Pete Cooper (golfer)

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For other persons named Pete Cooper, see Pete Cooper (disambiguation).

Pete Cooper (born December 31, 1914) played professional golf on the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s; he was best known for winning the 1976 Senior PGA Championship.

In the ten-year span between 1949 and 1958, Cooper won five official PGA Tour events and had runner-up finishes in the 1950 Houston Open and the 1955 Tournament of Champions. He helped a young Chi Chi Rodriguez improve enough to secure a spot on the PGA Tour.

Cooper won the 1976 Senior PGA Championship at the age of 61 with a four-day total of 283 over runner-up Fred Wampler. The tournament was held at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

Cooper lived in Lakeland, Florida, where he owned the Par 3 and Lone Palm Golf Club. He was also active in golf course architecture and design.

[edit] PGA Tour wins

  • 1949 St. Petersburg Open
  • 1950 Miami International Four-Ball (with Claude Harmon)
  • 1954 Virginia Beach Open
  • 1957 St. Petersburg Open
  • 1958 West Palm Beach Open Invitational

[edit] Other regular career wins

[edit] Senior PGA Tour wins

Senior major championship shown in bold