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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. 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. Cóceres turned professional in 1986 and won a place on the European Tour at the 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 National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney. 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 (20)

PGA Tour wins (2)

PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

European Tour wins (2)

Tour de las Américas wins (1)

Other wins (13)

*1988 (1) Los Lagartos Grand Prix (Argentina) *1989 (1)

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(Argentina) *1992 (2) Montevideo Open (Uruguay), Los Cardales Challenge (Argentina) *1993 (2)

(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)

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(Argentina)

European Senior Tour wins (2)

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 9/11
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 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strike ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

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 frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

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(representing Argentina):

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker ru ...

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