Jeff Coston
Jeff Coston | |
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— Golfer — | |
Personal information | |
Born |
Seattle, Washington | October 15, 1955
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight | 155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st) |
Nationality | United States |
Career | |
College | Seattle University |
Turned professional | 1977 |
Current tour(s) | Champions Tour |
Former tour(s) |
PGA Tour Nationwide Tour |
Professional wins | 34 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Web.com Tour | 1 |
Other | 33 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
U.S. Open | T53: 2000 |
The Open Championship | DNP |
PGA Championship | 72nd: 2004 |
Jeff Coston (born October 15, 1955) is an American professional golfer.
Biography
Coston cites watching Jack Nicklaus tee off in the 1965 Greater Seattle Open Invitational at Inglewood Country Club as the moment he realized his wanted to dedicate his life to golf.[1] He joined the PGA Tour in 1985.[1] That year at the Buick Invitational Championship, a 14-year-old Phil Mickelson carried the scoreboard for the playing threesome of Coston, Steve Pate and Chris Perry.[2] Coston played on the PGA Tour in 1985 and 1988. His best finish was a tied for seventh at the 1988 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic. From 1991 to 1994, he played on the Ben Hogan/Nike Tour (now Nationwide Tour), winning once, at the 1991 Ben Hogan Shreveport Open.
Coston runs the Jeff Coston Academy, located at the Semiahmoo Resort near Blaine, Washington, opened in 1994. In 2000 he qualified for the U.S. Open, finishing 53rd. He is the second most prolific winner of the Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship since 1970, and the only player to have won it five times consecutively, having won the championship every year between 2006 and 2010.[3] He has also won the Washington Senior Open every year between 2006 and 2010. He has been Pacific Northwest Player of the Year in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2010 and PGA Senior Player of the Year consecutively in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.
Coston qualified for the 2015 Champions Tour by finishing third at qualifying school in 2014.[4]
Amateur wins
this list may be incomplete
Professional wins
Nationwide Tour
Other wins
- 1995 Oregon Open
- 1996 Washington Open
- 1997 Rosaurs Spokane Open, Pacific Northwest PGA Championship
- 1999 Washington Open, Pacific Northwest PGA Championship
- 2000 Pacific Northwest PGA Championship
- 2001 Washington Open, Northwest Open
- 2002 Pacific Northwest PGA Championship
- 2003 Pacific Northwest PGA Championship
- 2004 Oregon Open
- 2006 Rosaurs Spokane Open, Guisti Memorial
- 2007 Northwest Open
- 2008 Rosaurs Spokane Open
- 2009 Pacific Northwest PGA Championship
- 2010 Washington Open, Pacific Northwest PGA Championship
Senior wins
- 2006 Washington Senior Open, Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship
- 2007 Oregon Senior Open, Washington Senior Open, Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship
- 2008 Washington Senior Open, Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship
- 2009 Oregon Senior Open, Washington Senior Open, Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship
- 2010 Washington Senior Open, Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship
- 2011 Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship
- 2013 Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship
References
- 1 2 "Bio". Jeff Coston. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ↑ San Diego Magazine. CurtCo/SDM LLC. January 2005. p. 76. ISSN 0036-4045. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ↑ "PNW Senior PGA Championship". PNWPGA. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ↑ Stambaugh, Phil (November 21, 2014). "Esposito is medalist at National Qualifying". PGA Tour.
External links
- Official website
- Jeff Coston at the PGA Tour official site