Charles Coe

For the English Unitarian minister and writer, see Charles Clement Coe.

Charles Coe
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Charles Robert Coe
Nickname	Bucket
Born	(1923-10-26)October 26, 1923 Ardmore, Oklahoma
Died	May 16, 2001(2001-05-16) (aged 77) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)^[1]
Weight	135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st)^[1]
Nationality	United States
Spouse	Elizabeth Coe (m. 1948-2001)
Children	Charles, Jr., Ross, Ward
Career
College	University of Oklahoma
Status	Amateur
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T2: 1961
U.S. Open	T13: 1958
The Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
Achievements and awards
Bob Jones Award	1964

Charles Robert "Charlie" Coe (October 26, 1923 – May 16, 2001) was an American amateur golfer who is considered by many to be one of the greatest amateurs in history.^[2] A two-time U.S. Amateur winner, Coe never turned professional, instead choosing to spend time with his wife and family. He had a successful career in the oil business.

Born in Ardmore, Oklahoma,^[1] Coe served as a pilot during World War II,^[3] and later attended the University of Oklahoma from 1946-48. He won the Big Seven Conference championship all three years.^[4]

Coe won the U.S. Amateur in 1949, beating Rufus King 11 & 10 in the finals, and won it again in 1958 with a 5 & 4 victory over Tommy Aaron. He finished runner-up to Jack Nicklaus in the 1959 tournament. Coe won the Western Amateur in 1950, and made the finals of the British Amateur in 1951, losing to Dick Chapman. He won four Trans-Mississippi Amateurs (1947, 1949, 1952, and 1956). He played on six Walker Cup teams from 1949 to 1963, including playing captain on the 1959 team, and was non-playing captain on a seventh team in 1957.

Coe made 19 Masters Tournament appearances and owns almost every Masters amateur record, including most cuts made (15); top-24 finishes (9); top-10 finishes (3); eagles (6), rounds played (67) and most times low amateur (6).^[5] Coe won low amateur honors at Augusta in four consecutive decades: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He also holds the amateur records for best finish (2nd in 1961), lowest third round score (67 in 1959), and lowest 72-hole score (281 in 1961).^[6] In 1961, Coe rallied in the final round from six shots down to finish one stroke behind Gary Player.

In 1964, Coe received the Bob Jones Award, given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. Coe was posthumously named an honoree at the 2006 Memorial Tournament. When he died, the Rocky Mountain News quoted a Castle Pines golf club member saying, "Charlie Coe was an amateur at everything except life."

The Charlie Coe Golf Center at the University of Oklahoma is named in his honor. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 1987. Coe died on May 16, 2001 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Amateur wins (7)

this list is probably incomplete

1947 Trans-Mississippi Amateur
1949 U.S. Amateur, Trans-Mississippi Amateur
1950 Western Amateur
1952 Trans-Mississippi Amateur
1956 Trans-Mississippi Amateur
1958 U.S. Amateur

Major championships

Amateur wins (2)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Runner-up
1949	U.S. Amateur	11 & 10	Rufus King
1958	U.S. Amateur	5 & 4	Tommy Aaron

Results timeline

Tournament	1947	1948	1949
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	T16 LA
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Amateur	R128	SF	1
British Amateur	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	T32	T12 LA	T46	T16	T20	T32	DNP	CUT	T23	6 LA
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T13 LA	T38
U.S. Amateur	R32	QF	R16	R64	R256	R256	R16	R32	1	2
British Amateur	DNP	2	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	R64

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Masters Tournament	T39	T2 LA	T9 LA	T37	CUT	CUT	T50	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Amateur	R64	R64	R256	SF	DNP	–	–	–	–	–
British Amateur	DNP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Tournament	1970	1971
Masters Tournament	T23 LA	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP

Note: Coe never played in The Open Championship nor the PGA Championship.

LA = Low amateur
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Source for The Masters: www.masters.com

Source for U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur: USGA Championship Database

Source for 1959 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 28, 1959, pg. 9.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Walker Cup: 1949 (winners), 1951 (winners), 1953 (winners), 1957 (non-playing captain) 1959 (winners, playing captain), 1961 (winners), 1963 (winners)
Eisenhower Trophy: 1958

References

1 2 3 Elliott, Len; Kelly, Barbara (1976). Who's Who in Golf. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. p. 38. ISBN 0-87000-225-2.
↑ "Amateur golfer Charlie Coe dies at 77". http://www.newsok.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ Coe, Charles R. Obituary
↑ "Former U.S. Amateur champ Coe dies at 77". CNN.
↑ SoonerSports.com. Coe Golf Center. University of Oklahoma. Retrieved on 2007-08-21.
↑ "Masters Golf Tournament Records". Archived from the original on 2006-10-22.

External links

U.S. Amateur champions

1895 Charles B. Macdonald 1896 H. J. Whigham 1897 H. J. Whigham 1898 Findlay S. Douglas 1899 Herbert M. Harriman 1900 Walter Travis 1901 Walter Travis 1902 Louis N. James 1903 Walter Travis 1904 Chandler Egan 1905 Chandler Egan 1906 Eben Byers 1907 Jerome Travers 1908 Jerome Travers 1909 Robert A. Gardner 1910 William C. Fownes Jr. 1911 Harold Hilton† 1912 Jerome Travers 1913 Jerome Travers 1914 Francis Ouimet 1915 Robert A. Gardner 1916 Chick Evans 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 S. Davidson Herron 1920 Chick Evans 1921 Jesse P. Guilford 1922 Jess Sweetser 1923 Max R. Marston† 1924 Bobby Jones 1925 Bobby Jones 1926 George Von Elm 1927 Bobby Jones 1928 Bobby Jones 1929 Harrison R. Johnston 1930 Bobby Jones 1931 Francis Ouimet 1932 Ross Somerville 1933 George Dunlap 1934 Lawson Little 1935 Lawson Little 1936 John Fischer† 1937 Johnny Goodman 1938 Willie Turnesa 1939 Bud Ward 1940 Dick Chapman 1941 Bud Ward 1942–45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Ted Bishop† 1947 Skee Riegel 1948 Willie Turnesa 1949 Charles Coe 1950 Sam Urzetta† 1951 Billy Maxwell 1952 Jack Westland 1953 Gene Littler 1954 Arnold Palmer 1955 Harvie Ward 1956 Harvie Ward 1957 Hillman Robbins 1958 Charles Coe 1959 Jack Nicklaus 1960 Deane Beman 1961 Jack Nicklaus 1962 Labron Harris, Jr. 1963 Deane Beman 1964 William C. Campbell 1965 Bob Murphy 1966 Gary Cowan† 1967 Bob Dickson 1968 Bruce Fleisher 1969 Steve Melnyk 1970 Lanny Wadkins 1971 Gary Cowan 1972 Vinny Giles 1973 Craig Stadler 1974 Jerry Pate 1975 Fred Ridley 1976 Bill Sander 1977 John Fought 1978 John Cook 1979 Mark O'Meara 1980 Hal Sutton 1981 Nathaniel Crosby 1982 Jay Sigel 1983 Jay Sigel 1984 Scott Verplank 1985 Sam Randolph 1986 Buddy Alexander 1987 Billy Mayfair 1988 Eric Meeks 1989 Chris Patton 1990 Phil Mickelson 1991 Mitch Voges 1992 Justin Leonard 1993 John Harris 1994 Tiger Woods 1995 Tiger Woods 1996 Tiger Woods† 1997 Matt Kuchar 1998 Hank Kuehne 1999 David Gossett 2000 Jeff Quinney† 2001 Bubba Dickerson 2002 Ricky Barnes 2003 Nick Flanagan† 2004 Ryan Moore 2005 Edoardo Molinari 2006 Richie Ramsay 2007 Colt Knost 2008 Danny Lee 2009 An Byeong-hun 2010 Peter Uihlein 2011 Kelly Kraft 2012 Steven Fox† 2013 Matthew Fitzpatrick 2014 Gunn Yang 2015 Bryson DeChambeau

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

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