Neil Coles, oldest
winner on the European Tour & Senior European Tour and the first golfer to
win in six different decades.. Allsport
Neil Coles became the first
golfer in history to win a professional event in six different decades when he
won the Jersey Seniors Open at La Moye.
Coles, aged 65 years and
10 months, also shattered his own record as the oldest man ever to win on the
European Seniors Tour.
"I am very proud of
the fact that I've become the first professional to win in six different decades,"
Coles said. "I heard last year that Gary Player thought he was the only
golfer who could achieve that feat so it's nice to prove him wrong."
“I have to admit that I
was very patchy to start with today,” he added. “I bogied two of the first seven
holes but a birdie at the long par-3 14th gave me some momentum and I played
a lot better after that.”
Coles won
his first professional event as a 22-year old at the 1956 Gor-Ray tournament
and he has since gone on to win a total of 45 titles around the world, including
25 on the European Tour and 14 on the European Seniors Tour.
In addition to holding the record as the oldest man to win on the European Seniors
Tour, he also holds the same record on the regular Tour, having won the 1982
Sanyo Open at the age of 48 years and 18 days.
207 N Coles (Eng) 66 71
70
210 J Bruner (USA) 72 66
72
211 R Carrasco (USA) 68
70 73
213 J Horton (USA) 69 75
69, N Job (Eng) 70 71 72
214 P Dawson (Eng) 71 71
72
215 J Rhodes (Eng) 69 72
74
217 T Horton (Eng) 71 72
74, S Wild (Eng) 73 73 71
218 J Grace (USA) 74 72
72, B Waites (Eng) 74 72 72, G MacDonald (Sco) 70 75 73, L Higgins (Ire) 75 69
74, M Gregson (Eng) 70 73 75, E Polland (NIrl) 71 71 76
219 D Oakley (USA) 75 74
70, J Van Wagenen (USA) 72 75 72, D O'Sullivan (Irl) 73 73 73, JR Delich (USA)
73 73 73, D Creamer (Eng) 72 73 74, B Huggett (Wal) 69 75 75, A Tapie (USA) 70
75 74, B Sandry (Eng) 71 72 76, A Croce (Ita) 70 73 76
220 N Wood (Sco) 72 74
74
221 R Campagnoli (Ita)
72 75 74, M Edmunds (Wal) 74 72 75, J McDermott (Irl) 72 73 76, B Hardwick (Can)
72 73 76
222 D Good (Aus) 72 76
74, P Dinez (Bra) 74 74 74, R Metherell (Aus) 76 70 76, B Verwey (Rsa) 75 71
76, D Huish (Sco) 73 73 76, T Britz (Rsa) 69 77 76
223 J McTear (Sco) 75 75
73, H Inngs (Rsa) 73 75 75, D Jones (NIrl) 73 73 77, P Leonard (NIrl) 77 69 77,
J Fourie (Rsa) 70 71 82
224 K Cox (USA) 77 73 74,
G Brown (Sco) 73 77 74, P Townsend (Eng) 75 74 75
225 A Garrido (Spa) 75
74 76, C Defoy (Wal) 72 76 77, G Parkhill (NIrl) 75 73 77
