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Home > Golf > PGA Tour Players > Russ Cochran
Russ Cochran
Golf is an outdoor sport where player as an individual or from varied teams strike a ball targeting a hole using various clubs. PGA stands for Professional Golfers' Association Tour. The PGA Tour is an organization headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA that operates the USA's main professional golf Tours. The PGA Tour since 1968 has been completely separated from the Professional Golfers' Association of America, PGA of America, which is now primarily an association of club professionals.
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Russ Cochran was born on October 31, 1958 in Paducah, Kentucky. His height is 6 foot and weight 190 pounds. His best PGA Tour Finishes in 1991Centel Western Open. PGA Tour Victory was in 1991Centel Western Open.
In Career Highlights, after losing playoff at unofficial Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic in 1991, he earned first PGA Tour victory at 91 Centel Western Open. His Trailed Greg Norman by five strokes with eight holes to play. He was 2-under par down the stretch, while Norman played final nine in 40, and earned two-stroke victory. At the time, joined Bob Charles, Sam Adams, Ernie Gonzalez and Phil Mickelson as left-handed Tour winners Entered final round of 1991 Tour Championship tied with Craig Stadler and remained tied after each shot 71.
In 1997, T10 at The Players Championship, he was 6th at Freeport-McDermott Classic, T7 at Quad City Classic, T2 at Buick Open and fourth at Greater Vancouver Open. He tied for second at 1993 Freeport-McMoran Classic, one stroke behind Mike Standly. In 1999, he rallied to keep his exempt status with three top-10 finishes in last nine starts and closed the deal with a tie for ninth at Southern Farm Bureau Classic and won two Tournament Players Series events. In 1993, he was TPS leading money winner that year, which earned him Tour exemption in 1984. He possessed superior approach and dedication to the game which made him stand out from the other players.
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