Rocco Mediate

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Rocco Mediate
Personal Information
Birth December 17, 1962 (1962-12-17) (age 45)
Greensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Nationality Flag of the United States United States
College Florida Southern College
Career
Turned Pro 1986
Current tour PGA Tour
Professional wins 9 (PGA Tour: 5, Other: 4)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters T15: 2001
U.S. Open 4th: 2001
British Open T18: 1996
PGA Championship 6th: 2002

Rocco Anthony Mediate (born December 17, 1962) is an American professional golfer.

Mediate was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He attended Florida Southern College and turned professional in 1985.

Mediate's career has been dogged by back trouble and he started using a long putter early on because of this. 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 lay off due to a ruptured disk, but 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. He worked hard to improve his fitness to minimise his back problems, and in 2003 returned to using a conventional putter. He has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings. At the 2006 Masters, Mediate was in contention to win the event on the final day until he took a septuple-bogey ten on the par three 12th hole.

On October 9, 2006, it was announced that Rocco would become an on-course reporter for The Golf Channel's 2007 PGA Tour coverage. He played in the 2005 World Series of Poker's Main Event, as well as the 2001 Blem Classic of Las Vegas. He is also a distant cousin of D.C. United footballer Domenic Mediate.[1]

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[edit] Professional wins (9)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (5)

[edit] Other wins (4)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T31 DNP
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters DNP T22 T37 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T27
U.S. Open DNP CUT T44 T25 WD DNP DNP DNP DNP T34
The Open Championship DNP CUT T45 T39 DNP DNP T18 DNP DNP CUT
PGA Championship T69 T16 T40 T68 DNP DNP T36 DNP DNP T49
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
The Masters T52 T15 T36 T33 CUT DNP T36 DNP
U.S. Open T32 4 T37 CUT DNP T6 CUT DNP
The Open Championship T52 WD T47 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship WD T66 6 T18 DNP DNP DNP WD

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = Withdrew
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

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