Rocco Mediate
| Rocco Mediate | |
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| — Golfer — | |
Mediate in 2016
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Rocco Anthony Mediate |
| Born |
December 17, 1962 Greensburg, Pennsylvania |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Residence | Naples, Florida |
| Spouse | Jessica Mediate |
| Career | |
| College | Florida Southern College |
| Turned professional | 1985 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 13 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 6 |
| PGA Tour Champions | 3 |
| Other | 4 |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | T15: 2001 |
| U.S. Open | 2nd: 2008 |
| The Open Championship | T18: 1996 |
| PGA Championship | 6th: 2002 |
Rocco Anthony Mediate (born December 17, 1962) is an American professional golfer who has won six times on the PGA Tour and three times on the Champions Tour. Mediate's most notable moment of his career came in the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines South Course where he finished runner-up after losing the first sudden death hole after an 18-hole playoff to Tiger Woods.
Mediate was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Greensburg, Pennsylvania. According to the Golf Channel, he is the son of a barber and has Italian ancestral heritage. Mediate attended Hempfield Area High School. When he attended Florida Southern College, he was a member of the golf team. His close friend Lee Janzen, another PGA Tour pro, also played there. They helped lead Florida Southern to the 1985 Division II national team championship.
Mediate turned professional in 1985. His golfing career has been marred by back trouble. Early on, he compensated by using a long putter. In 1991 he became the first player to win on the PGA Tour using a long putter when he won the Doral-Ryder Open. He picked up another victory at the 1993 KMart Greater Greensboro Open, but he then had a long layoff due to a ruptured disk. He underwent major back surgery in 1999, but lost practically five years of his career. Back pain returned in 2004 and later nearly ended his career.
Mediate returned to the Tour in 1996 playing under a special medical extension and performed steadily. He picked up wins on the Tour in 1999, 2000 and 2002. After improving his fitness to minimize his back problems, he returned to using a conventional putter in 2003.
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