John Cook

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MEDIA GUIDE
 PGA TOUR Victories
(11) 1981  Bing Crosby National Pro-Am.  1983  Canadian Open.  1987  The International.  1992  Bob Hope Chrysler Classic,  United Airlines Hawaiian Open,  Las Vegas Invitational.  1996  FedEx St. Jude Classic,  CVS Charity Classic.  1997  Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.  1998  GTE Byron Nelson
Golf Classic.  2001  Reno-Tahoe Open. 
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 Champions Tour Victories
(1) 2007  AT&T Championship. 
 Other Victories
(5): 1982 Sao Paulo Open. 1983 World Cup [with Rex Caldwell]. 1994 Fred Meyer Challenge [with Mark O'Meara]. 1995 Mexican Open. 2000 Fred Meyer Challenge [with Mark O'Meara].
 Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position
$119,756 (210)
 Current Year Champions Tour Money and Position
$249,384 (58)
 Current Year Nationwide Tour Money and Position
$14,000 (195)
Current Year Best Champions Tour Finishes
1-- AT&T Championship.
Current Year Best Nationwide Tour Finishes
T8-- Chitimacha Louisiana Open Pres'd by Dynamic Industries.
Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round
66 at Round 2, Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun.
Current Year Champions Tour Best Round
65 at Round 1, AT&T Championship. 65 at Round 3, AT&T Championship.
Current Year Nationwide Tour Best Round
67 at Round 4, Chitimacha Louisiana Open Pres'd by Dynamic Industries.
Current Year Champions Tour Highlights
Claimed his first Champions Tour event in his second career start, winning the AT&T Championship in San Antonio in mid-October by two strokes over good friend Mark O'Meara. Clutch seven-foot par putt at the final hole at Oak Hills preserved the victory after he trailed by two strokes through
36 holes. Win in San Antonio came just 19 days after he turned 50, making him the youngest winner in tournament history and the eighth-youngest all-time on the Champions Tour. Victory at the AT&T Championship ended a personal drought of 6 years, 1month, 25 days between victories (2001 Reno-Tahoe Open) and was his second title in Texas (1998 Byron Nelson Golf Classic)...Made his Champions Tour debut the week prior at the Administaff Small Business Classic and finished T36 near Houston...Troubled by health problems for most of the year and made just 13 starts on the PGA TOUR prior to turning 50...Best events of the season came in back-to-back starts early on. Was T26 at the Mayakoba Golf Classic in Mexico and then T27 at the Shell Houston Open in early April...After a T30 at the AT&T Classic near Washington, D.C. in late May, played only four more PGA TOUR events in 2007. After withdrawing from the Buick Open in early July, did not play again until late September at the Turning Stone Resort Championship (missed cut).
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Current Year Nationwide Tour Highlights
Making just his second career start on the Nationwide Tour, finished T8 at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open.
Best PGA TOUR Finishes
1-- Bing Crosby National Pro-Am, Canadian Open, The International, Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, United Airlines Hawaiian Open, Las Vegas Invitational, FedEx St. Jude Classic, CVS Charity Classic, Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic, Reno-Tahoe Open.
Best Champions Tour Finishes
1-- AT&T Championship.
Best Nationwide Tour Finishes
T8-- Chitimacha Louisiana Open Pres'd by Dynamic Industries.
2006 Best PGA TOUR Finishes
T3-- FedEx St. Jude Classic. T5-- Reno-Tahoe Open.
2006 Season PGA TOUR
Tournaments Entered--22; in money--11; Top 10 finishes--2
 Personal
Born in Ohio, but grew up in Southern California...Persuaded by Jack Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf to attend Ohio State...John's father, Jim, was a longtime tournament director on the PGA TOUR...Joined USA Network's "PGA TOUR Sunday" as an analyst in 2003...Son Jason plays golf at Pepperdine.
 PGA TOUR Playoff Record
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