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Charles Coe

Charles Coe
Personal information
Full name Charles Robert Coe
Nickname Bucket
Born (1923-10-26)October 26, 1923
Ardmore, Oklahoma
Died May 16, 2001(2001-05-16) (aged 77)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st)
Nationality  United States
Spouse Elizabeth Coe (m. 1948-2001)
Children Charles, Jr., Ross, Ward
Career
College University of Oklahoma
Status Amateur
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T2: 1961
U.S. Open T13: 1958
The Open Championship DNP
PGA Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Bob Jones Award 1964

Charles Robert "Charlie" Coe (October 26, 1923 – May 16, 2001) was an American amateur golfer who is considered by many to be one of the greatest amateurs in history. A two-time U.S. Amateur winner, Coe never turned professional, instead choosing to spend time with his wife and family. He had a successful career in the oil business.

Born in Ardmore, Oklahoma, Coe served as a pilot during World War II, and later attended the University of Oklahoma from 1946-48. He won the Big Seven Conference championship all three years. Member of the Gamma Phi Chapter of Beta Theta Pi.

Coe won the U.S. Amateur in 1949, beating Rufus King 11 & 10 in the finals, and won it again in 1958 with a 5 & 4 victory over Tommy Aaron. He finished runner-up to Jack Nicklaus in the 1959 tournament. Coe won the Western Amateur in 1950, and made the finals of the British Amateur in 1951, losing to Dick Chapman. He won four Trans-Mississippi Amateurs (1947, 1949, 1952, and 1956). He played on six Walker Cup teams from 1949 to 1963, including playing captain on the 1959 team, and was non-playing captain on a seventh team in 1957.

Coe made 19 Masters Tournament appearances and owns almost every Masters amateur record, including most cuts made (15); top-24 finishes (9); top-10 finishes (3); eagles (6), rounds played (67) and most times low amateur (6). Coe won low amateur honors at Augusta in four consecutive decades: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He also holds the amateur records for best finish (2nd in 1961), lowest third round score (67 in 1959), and lowest 72-hole score (281 in 1961). In 1961, Coe rallied in the final round from six shots down to finish one stroke behind Gary Player.

In 1964, Coe received the Bob Jones Award, given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. Coe was posthumously named an honoree at the 2006 Memorial Tournament. When he died, the Rocky Mountain News quoted a Castle Pines golf club member saying, "Charlie Coe was an amateur at everything except life."


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