Jeff Coston
Jeff Coston is an American professional golfer.
Biography
Coston cites watching Jack Nicklaus tee off in the 1965 Greater Seattle Open Invitational at Inglewood Country Club as the moment he realized his wanted to dedicate his life to golf. He joined the PGA Tour in 1985. That year at the Buick Invitational Championship, a 14-year-old Phil Mickelson carried the scoreboard for the playing threesome of Coston, Steve Pate and Chris Perry. Coston played on the PGA Tour in 1985 and 1988. His best finish was a tied for seventh at the 1988 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic. From 1991 to 1994, he played on the Ben Hogan/Nike Tour, winning once, at the 1991 Ben Hogan Shreveport Open.Coston runs the Jeff Coston Academy, located at the Semiahmoo Resort near Blaine, Washington, opened in 1994. In 2000 he qualified for the U.S. Open, finishing 53rd. He is the second most prolific winner of the Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship since 1970, and the only player to have won it five times consecutively, having won the championship every year between 2006 and 2010. He has also won the Washington Senior Open every year between 2006 and 2010. He has been Pacific Northwest Player of the Year in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2010 and PGA Senior Player of the Year consecutively in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.
Coston qualified for the 2015 Champions Tour by finishing third at qualifying school in 2014.
Amateur wins
this list may be incomplete- 1977 Pacific Northwest Amateur
Professional wins (34)
Ben Hogan Tour wins (1)
Ben Hogan Tour playoff recordNo. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
1 | 1991 | Ben Hogan Shreveport Open | Beau Baugh | Won with birdie on fifth extra hole |
2 | 1992 | Ben Hogan Tulsa Open | Steve Lowery | Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
Other wins (19)
- 1995 Oregon Open
- 1996 Washington Open
- 1997 Rosaurs Spokane Open, Pacific Northwest PGA Championship
- 1999 Washington Open, Pacific Northwest PGA Championship
- 2000 Pacific Northwest PGA Championship
- 2001 Washington Open, Northwest Open
- 2002 Pacific Northwest PGA Championship
- 2003 Pacific Northwest PGA Championship
- 2004 Oregon Open
- 2006 Rosaurs Spokane Open, Guisti Memorial
- 2007 Northwest Open
- 2008 Rosaurs Spokane Open
- 2009 Pacific Northwest PGA Championship
- 2010 Washington Open, Pacific Northwest PGA Championship
Senior wins (14)
- 2006 Washington Senior Open, Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship
- 2007 Oregon Senior Open, Washington Senior Open, Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship
- 2008 Washington Senior Open, Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship
- 2009 Oregon Senior Open, Washington Senior Open, Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship
- 2010 Washington Senior Open, Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship
- 2011 Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship
- 2013 Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship