José Eusebio Cóceres (born 14 August 1963) is an

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who spent many years on the

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and the

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Early life

Cóceres was born in Argentina's Chaco province. He is one of 11 children who grew up in a two-bedroom house. He became a caddie and taught himself the game.

Professional career

In 1986, Cóceres turned professional and won a place on the European Tour at its 1990

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. After struggling in 1991 and 1992 he performed steadily on the tour from 1993 onwards and in 2000 he reached a career high of thirteenth on the Order of Merit. His two European Tour wins came at the 1994 Heineken Open Catalonia and the 2000

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. In 2001, Cóceres switched to the PGA Tour. His first season in the U.S. was very inconsistent, with seven missed cuts and only two top ten finishes, but those top ten finishes were wins at the WorldCom Classic - The Heritage of Golf and the

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. He was the first Argentine to win on the PGA Tour since

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at the 1968 Houston Champions International. He broke his arm before the start of the 2002 season, and has struggled for form since. He has featured in the top 20 of the

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. Cóceres did not play on the PGA Tour from 2009 to 2013 due to an injured left wrist.PGA Tour Media Guide
/ref> Cóceres has won several tournaments in his home country and elsewhere in South America. In 2002 he became the third golfer to receive Argentina's highest sports award, the '' Olimpia de Oro'' ("Golden Olympia").

Professional wins (33)

PGA Tour wins (2)

PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

European Tour wins (2)

Tour de las Américas wins (1)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

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TPG Tour wins (2)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

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Other wins (13)

*1988 (1) Los Lagartos Grand Prix (Argentina) *1989 (1) Pinamar Open (Argentina) *1992 (2) Montevideo Open (Uruguay), Los Cardales Challenge (Argentina) *1993 (2) Pinamar Open (Argentina), Los Cardales Challenge (Argentina) *1994 (2) Ituzaingo Grand Prix (Argentina), Mendoza Open (Argentina) *1995 (1) Tournament of Champions (Argentina) *2003 (1) Argentine PGA Championship *2004 (2)

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, Argentine PGA Championship *2007 (1) Campeonato Metropolitano (Argentina)

European Senior Tour wins (2)

Senior Tour of Argentina wins (6)

*2014 Tour Senior Championship (1) *2015 Chino Fernández Senior Classic *2018 24° The Open Championship Of Seniors (1) *2018 Tour Senior Championship (2) *2019 25° The Open Championship Of Seniors (2) *2020 Gran Premio Senior PGA Campo Chico Sourc
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Argentine Tour Senior de la PGA Argentina wins (6)

*2017 8° Fourball institucional of Profesionals of Golf of Argentine (Las Praderas de Lujan) *2019 1° Fourball institucional of Profesionals of Golf of Argentine (Cuba Fatima Golf) *2019 3° Fourball institucional of Profesionals of Golf of Argentine (Reserva Cardales Golf) *2019 6° Fourball institucional of Profesionals of Golf of Argentine (Reserva Cardales Golf) *2020 Final Fourball institucional of Profesionals of Golf of Argentine (San Sebastian) *2025 3° Fourball institucional of Profesionals of Golf of Argentine (Mercedes Golf Club)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2002 PGA – 2003 PGA) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in The Players Championship

WD = withdrew
"T" = Tied

Results in World Golf Championships

¹Cancelled due to

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QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

Team appearances

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(representing Argentina):

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

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(representing Argentina):

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

References

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