Eric Cole

Exempt status

• PGA TOUR: Top 50 from 2022 Korn Ferry Tour (thru 2022-23)

JOINED TOUR

• Korn Ferry Tour: 2016
• PGA TOUR: 2023

Personal

• His mother, Laura Baugh, was the 1973 LPGA Rookie of the year and finished with 70 top-10s across a 25-year LPGA career. She also won the 1971 U.S. Women's Amateur as a 16-year-old, making her the youngest winner in history at the time. She eventually worked at Sawgrass Country Club for four years as a teaching professional before establishing her own golf school in St. Augustine.
• His father, Bobby Cole, a native of South Africa, won the 1977 Buick Open on the PGA TOUR, in addition to becoming the youngest winner of the British Amateur as an 18-year-old in 1966.
• Is a type 1 diabetic.
• Earned his 54th career Minor League Golf Tour win in December 2021.

Special Interests

• Fishing

Career Highlights

2022 Season

Earned his first PGA TOUR card via the Korn Ferry Tour Finals. Recorded five top-10s, including a solo-third at the Lake Charles Championship to highlight a No. 39 finish on the Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season Eligibility Points List, along with a T3 at the season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance which propelled him to a No. 7 finish on the Korn Ferry Tour Finals Eligibility Points List. Finished second on Tour in putts per green in regulation (1.701).

• Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance: Opened with a 6-under 66 and closed with three consecutive 4-under 68s to total 18-under 270 and finish T3, matching his career- and season-high finish, at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance, solidifying a place in The Finals 25 for his first PGA TOUR card.
• Lake Charles Championship: Placed solo third and totaled a 15-under 269, highlighted by his first hole-in-one in tournament play (a 7-iron at the 214-yard par-3 13th in the first round) and a 5-under 66 in the third round, at the Lake Charles Championship.
• Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard: Logged a third consecutive top-10 (after having one in 41 career Korn Ferry Tour starts prior to 2022) as he closed with a bogey-free 6-under 65 and totaled a 14-under 269 for T7 at the Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard.
• The Panama Championship: Recorded a second consecutive top-10, the third of his Korn Ferry Tour career, after rounds of 68-70-69-70 for a 3-under 277 and a T10 at The Panama Championship.
• The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club: Posted the second top-10 of his Korn Ferry Tour career with rounds of 67-70-67-72 for a 12-under 276 and T7 at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club.

2021 Season

Saw action in one PGA TOUR Latinoamerica event in the 2020 portion of the wraparound schedule, making the cut and recording a top-30 performance. Following his Korn Ferry Tour season, appeared in two Forme Tour tournaments, making two cuts and posting one top-10. Ended the year 61st on the Points List.

• Rolling Green Championship: Was par or better in all four rounds in suburban Philadelphia in early September. Closed 66-69 to finish seventh.

2020 Season

• Savannah Golf Championship: Highlighted by a second-round 64, finished T3 at the Savannah Golf Championship at 19-under 269.
• Country Club de Bogota Championship: Held a share of the 18-hole lead after opening with a 7-under 63. Finished the week T39 at the Country Club de Bogota Championship.

2016 Season

• Rex Hospital Open: Missed the cut in his first career start on the Korn Ferry Tour with rounds of 75-70 at the Rex Hospital Open.

Amateur Highlights

• 2007 NCAA Division II All-American as a freshman at Nova Southeastern University.
• Named 2007 Sunshine State Conference Freshman of the Year off the strength of a runner-up finish at the SSC Championship, where he led Nova Southeastern to the team title.