Rocco Mediate
Rocco Mediate | ||
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Champions Tour Rookie of the Year 2013 | |
Rocco Anthony Mediate (born December 17, 1962) is an American professional golfer who has won six times on the PGA Tour and three times on the PGA Tour Champions. In the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines South Course, he finished runner-up after losing the first sudden-death hole after an 18-hole playoff to Tiger Woods. In 2016, Mediate won the Senior PGA Championship, one of the five senior majors.
Early life
Mediate was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. According to the Golf Channel, he is the son of a barber and has Italian ancestral heritage. Mediate attended Hempfield Area High School.
Amateur career
Mediate attended
Professional career
Mediate turned professional in 1985. His golfing career has been marred by back trouble. Early on, he compensated by using a long putter.
Mediate returned to the Tour in 1996 playing under a special medical extension and performed steadily. He picked up wins on the Tour in 1999, 2000 and 2002. After improving his fitness to minimize his back problems, he returned to using a conventional putter in 2003.
On October 9, 2006, it was announced that Mediate would become an on-course reporter for
Mediate has been featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking and considered to be one of the best putters in golf. At the 2006 Masters, Mediate was in contention to win the event on the final day until he took a septuple-bogey ten on the par-three 12th hole. His best finish in a major championship was a second-place showing at the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines South Course. Tied with Tiger Woods at -1 after regular tournament play, then tied again at even par through the 18 hole playoff, Woods finally bested Mediate on the first hole (hole #7) of sudden death, the 91st hole of the tournament. It was only the third time a U.S. Open playoff had gone to sudden death. Mediate's performance gained him 111 spots in the world golf rankings, moving him from 158th to 47th place.
Mediate earned his first win since 2002 at the 2010
Mediate has PGA Tour career earnings of over $16 million.[6]
Mediate joined the
In May 2016, Mediate won his first senior major championship at the Senior PGA Championship, with a three-stroke victory over the defending champion Colin Montgomerie.[8] His winning total of 265 (−19) broke the previous record by three and was the first wire-to-wire victory at the event since Jack Nicklaus in 1991. His victory was sealed when he holed out from a greenside bunker on the 71st hole of regulation play for birdie.[9]
On September 22, 2019, Mediate won the Sanford International on the PGA Tour Champions in South Dakota.
Personal life
Mediate is a distant cousin of Puerto Rico Islanders soccer player Domenic Mediate.[10]
Professional wins (13)
PGA Tour wins (6)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Mar 4, 1991 | Doral-Ryder Open
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−12 (66-70-68-72=276) | Playoff | Curtis Strange |
2 | Apr 25, 1993 | KMart Greater Greensboro Open
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−7 (74-67-71-69=281) | Playoff | Steve Elkington |
3 | Jan 31, 1999 | Phoenix Open | −11 (69-67-66-71=273) | 2 strokes | Justin Leonard |
4 | Aug 13, 2000 | Buick Open | −20 (68-64-70-66=268) | 1 stroke | Chris Perry |
5 | Apr 28, 2002 | Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic (2)
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−16 (68-67-66-71=272) | 3 strokes | Mark Calcavecchia |
6 | Oct 17, 2010 | Frys.com Open
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−15 (64-65-67-73=269) | 1 stroke | Alex Prugh, Bo Van Pelt |
PGA Tour playoff record (2–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 1991 | Doral-Ryder Open
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Curtis Strange | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 1993 | KMart Greater Greensboro Open
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Steve Elkington | Won with birdie on fourth extra hole |
3 | 2008 | U.S. Open | Tiger Woods | Lost to par on first extra hole after 18-hole playoff; Woods: E (71), Mediate: E (71) |
Other wins (3)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Nov 21, 1999 | Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational
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−6 (70-76-68-68=282) | 1 stroke | Annika Sörenstam |
2 | Nov 24, 2002 | ) | −31 (65-60-60=185) | 1 stroke | David Gossett and Matt Kuchar, John Huston and Jeff Maggert |
3 | Jun 24, 2003 | ) | −22 (63-57=120) | 1 stroke | Billy Andrade and Brad Faxon |
Other playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 2008 | ) | Billy Andrade and Davis Love III, Paul Goydos and Tim Herron, Camilo Villegas and Bubba Watson |
Villegas/Watson won by 1 stroke in three-hole aggregate playoff |
PGA Tour Champions wins (4)
Legend |
Senior major championships (1) |
Other PGA Tour Champions (3) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Feb 10, 2013 | Allianz Championship
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−17 (67-61-71=199) | 2 strokes | Bernhard Langer, Tom Pernice Jr. |
2 | Sep 1, 2013 | Shaw Charity Classic | −22 (63-64-64-191) | 7 strokes | Tom Byrum |
3 | May 29, 2016 | Senior PGA Championship | −19 (62-66-71-66=265) | 3 strokes | Colin Montgomerie |
4 | Sep 22, 2019 | Sanford International | −9 (69-68-64-201) | 2 strokes | Ken Duke, Bob Estes, Colin Montgomerie |
Results in major championships
Tournament | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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Masters Tournament | ||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | |||||
The Open Championship | ||||||
PGA Championship | T31 |
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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Masters Tournament | T22 | T37 | T27 | |||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | T44 | T25 | WD | T34 | |||||
The Open Championship | CUT | T45 | T39 | T18 | CUT | |||||
PGA Championship | T69 | T16 | T40 | T68 | T36 | CUT | T49 |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Masters Tournament | T52 | T15 | T36 | T33 | CUT | T36 | T49 | |||
U.S. Open | T32 | 4 | T37 | CUT | T6 | CUT | 2 | T47 | ||
The Open Championship | T52 | WD | T47 | T19 | ||||||
PGA Championship | WD | T66 | 6 | T18 | CUT | WD | 72 |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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Masters Tournament | |||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | ||||||
The Open Championship | |||||||
PGA Championship | WD | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = Withdrew
"T" = tied
Summary
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 |
Totals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 51 | 35 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (1991 PGA – 1993 PGA)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (four times)
Results in The Players Championship
Tournament | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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The Players Championship | T50 | CUT | T11 |
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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The Players Championship | T11 | T15 | CUT | T6 | T55 | T4 | CUT | T57 | CUT |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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The Players Championship | CUT | T65 | 3 | T45 | T58 | T44 | T54 | T60 |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 |
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The Players Championship | T54 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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Match Play
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R64 | R64 | R32 | R32 | R64 | |||||
Championship
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NT1 | T24 | ||||||||
Invitational
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WD | T15 | T16 | T52 |
1Cancelled due to
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
WD = Withdrew
"T" = tied
NT = No Tournament
Senior major championships
Wins (1)
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
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2016 | Senior PGA Championship | 2 shot lead | −19 (62-66-71-66=265) | 3 strokes | Colin Montgomerie |
Results timeline
Results not in chronological order before 2022.
Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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The Tradition | 35 | T6 | T38 | T42 | T8 | T12 | NT | T40 | T65 | ||
Senior PGA Championship | T20 | WD | T26 | 1 | CUT | T64 | T12 | NT | T23 | WD | T63 |
U.S. Senior Open | T3 | T26 | T20 | CUT | CUT | T14 | T47 | NT | T52 | T18 | CUT |
Senior Players Championship | T22 | T22 | T26 | 78 | T60 | T20 | T63 | T67 | T7 | T17 | T32 |
Senior British Open Championship
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T18 | T40 | NT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
U.S. national team appearances
Professional
- UBS Cup: 2003 (tie)
- Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (representing PGA Tour): 2000 (winners), 2008
See also
References
- OWGR. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
- ^ "Transcript of Rocco Mediate news conference - Buick Open". August 11, 2000. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
- ^ Bio of Mediate, Gaylord Sports Archived December 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Rocco Mediate wins Frys.com Open". ESPN. Associated Press. October 17, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
- ^ "Frys.com - Round 4 notebook". PGA Tour. October 17, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
- ^ "Rocco Mediate – Performance Stats". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
- ^ "Rocco Mediate 16th winner in debut". ESPN. Associated Press. February 10, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
- ^ Inglis, Martin (May 30, 2016). "Colin Montgomerie: 'I did nothing wrong'". bunkered.
- ^ "Mediate closes strong, wins Senior PGA Championship". Champions Tour. May 29, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
- ^ "Baylor Bears Player Bio – Carmine Mediate". Retrieved October 28, 2013.
External links
- Rocco Mediate at the PGA Tour official site
- Rocco Mediate at the Official World Golf Ranking official site