(1934-09-26) 26 September 1934 (age 89) London, England
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight
182 lb (83 kg; 13.0 st)
Sporting nationality
England
Residence
Walton-on-Thames, England
Spouse
Ann
Children
Keith, Gary
Career
Turned professional
1950
Former tour(s)
European Tour European Seniors Tour
Professional wins
55
Number of wins by tour
European Tour
7
PGA Tour Champions
1
European Senior Tour
9 (Tied 5th all time)
Other
33 (regular) 5 (senior)
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament
WD: 1966
PGA Championship
DNP
U.S. Open
DNP
The Open Championship
T2: 1973
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame
2000 (member page)
Harry Vardon Trophy
1963, 1970
Neil Chapman Coles, MBE (born 26 September 1934) is an English professional golfer. Coles had a successful career in European golf, winning 29 important tournaments between 1956 and 1982. After reaching 50, he won a further 14 important Seniors tournaments between 1985 and 2002, winning his final European Seniors Tour event at the age of 67. He also played in eight Ryder Cup matches between 1961 and 1977.
While he never became one of the leading stars of global golf, and did not win a major championship, Coles was remarkable for his consistency, and even more for his durability. He was five times a top-ten finisher in the Open Championship, finishing third in 1961 and second in 1973. In 1982 at the age of 48 he won the Sanyo Open in Spain and held the distinction of being the oldest winner of a European Tour event for nearly 20 years. Even at the peak of his career, he made few appearances in the United States because of his fear of flying.[1]
In his eight Ryder Cup appearances, Coles had 5 wins, 6 defeats and 4 halves in his 15 singles matches; the 7 points he won in these is tied for the most singles points in Ryder Cup history. All his appearances were in a winless period for the Great Britain and Ireland team.
^"Old King Coles is a merry old soul". The Scotsman. 27 May 2007. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019.
Neil Chapman Coles, MBE (born 26 September 1934) is an English professional golfer. Coles had a successful career in European golf, winning 29 important...
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Olin Browne, Brad Bryant, Darren Clarke, Russ Cochran, Jim Colbert, NeilColes, Joe Daley, Marco Dawson, Roberto De Vicenzo, Dale Douglass, Dave Eichelberger...
current players. The chairman of the board is David Williams who replaced NeilColes who had held the post for 38 years. The chairman of the tournament committee...
2024. Retrieved 15 June 2021. Jacobs, Raymond (19 September 1966). "N. C. Coles triumphs in Dunlop Masters". Glasgow Herald. Archived from the original...
18,662 Hillside 27th 1981 Nick Faldo (3) 274 −10 4 strokes Ken Brown NeilColes 16,324 Ganton 26th 1980 Nick Faldo (2) 283 +3 1 stroke Ken Brown 16,324...
and at The Welcombe Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire in 1998. NeilColes won the tournament three times while it was played at Collingtree Park...
find Coles too hot to handle". The Glasgow Herald. 19 June 1989. p. 22. "Thomson makes in a double". The Glasgow Herald. 27 June 1988. p. 9. "Coles wins...
9 Jul 14, 1973 The Open Championship −12 (68-67-71-70=276) 3 strokes NeilColes, Johnny Miller 10 Jul 29, 1973 Canadian Open −10 (67-73-68-70=278) 2 strokes...
Tommy Horton Gary Player 1992 John Fourie 282 −2 3 strokes Bob Charles NeilColes Seniors' British Open 1991 Bobby Verwey 285 +1 1 stroke Bob Charles Tommy...
April 1969. p. 32. "Rome (B.P. Open)". The Times. 30 March 1970. p. 10. "Coles top in Rome". The Daily Telegraph. 30 March 1970. p. 13 – via Newspapers...
1968 to 1970. Huggett was joint winner of the 1971 Daks Tournament with NeilColes, but dropped to 8th place in the Order of Merit. He was 7th in the points...
held in early June. 17 of the 22 events were held at the Wentworth Club. NeilColes enjoyed considerable success in the event winning the tournament four...
greatest triumphs, and also became a showcase for the matchplay strength of NeilColes, who was at least a semi-finalist eleven times in eighteen years, a remarkable...
Weiskopf won his only major championship by three strokes over runners-up NeilColes and Johnny Miller, the winner of the U.S. Open a month earlier. Weiskopf...
Palmer led by two after nine holes but Coles won the 11th, 12th, 13th and the 18th to reach lunch two holes up. Coles was round in 72 to Palmer's 74. In the...
1978 at the Tournament Players Championship, finishing a stroke ahead of NeilColes and taking the first prize of £8,000. Two weeks later he was a runner-up...
three strokes. In June he won the Daks Tournament at Wentworth, beating NeilColes by two strokes, after final day rounds of 67 and 66, and was a joint winner...
In the Alcan event he finished tied for third place in that event with NeilColes and Lee Trevino, winning £2,487. In April 1971, Oosterhuis made his debut...
and announced on 23 August. The leading six in the points table were: NeilColes, Peter Oosterhuis, Brian Barnes, Harry Bannerman, Peter Butler and Maurice...
hole. NeilColes won six holes in a row against Charles Coody from the 12th to the 17th holes of the first round and went to lunch six holes up. Coles eventually...
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