ROCCO MEDIATE

'Rocco Mediate'

'Personal Information'
'Birth'	Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
'Height'	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
'Weight'	190 lb (86 kg)
'Nationality'
'College'	Florida Southern College
Career
'Turned Pro'	1986
'Current tour'	PGA Tour
'Professional wins'	9 (PGA Tour: 5, other: 4)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters	T15: 2001
U.S. Open	4th: 2001
British Open	T18: 1996
PGA Championship	6th: 2002

'Rocco Mediate' (born December 17 1962) is an American golfer.
Mediate was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He attended Florida Southern College and turned professional in 1985.
Mediate's career has been dogged by back trouble and he started using a long putter early on because of this. In 1991 he became the first player to win on the PGA Tour using a long putter when he won the Doral-Ryder Open. He picked up another victory at the 1993 KMart Greater Greensboro Open, but he then had a long lay off due to a ruptured disk, but 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. He worked hard to improve his fitness to minimise his back problems, and in 2003 returned to using a conventional putter. He has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings.
Mediate played in the 2005 World Series of Poker's Main Event, as well as the 2001 Blem Classic of Las Vegas.
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.
On October 9, 2006, it was announced that Rocco would become an on-course reporter for The Golf Channel's 2007 PGA Tour coverage.

Contents

PGA Tour wins (5)

Other wins (4)

Results in major championships

See also

External links

PGA Tour wins (5)

★ 1991 Doral-Ryder Open

★ 1993 KMart Greater Greensboro Open

★ 1999 Phoenix Open

★ 2000 Buick Open

★ 2002 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic

Other wins (4)

★ 1999 Callaway Pebble Beach Invitational

★ 2000 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Notah Begay III and Phil Mickelson)

★ 2002 Franklin Templeton Shootout (with Lee Janzen)

★ 2003 CVS Charity Classic (with Jeff Sluman)

Results in major championships

Tournament	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T31	DNP

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	DNP	T22	T37	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T27
U.S. Open	DNP	CUT	T44	T25	WD	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T34
The Open Championship	DNP	CUT	T45	T39	DNP	DNP	T18	DNP	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	T69	T16	T40	T68	DNP	DNP	T36	DNP	DNP	T49

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The Masters	T52	T15	T36	T33	CUT	DNP	T36	DNP
U.S. Open	T32	4	T37	CUT	DNP	T6	CUT	DNP
The Open Championship	T52	WD	T47	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	WD	T66	6	T18	DNP	DNP	DNP	WD

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

WD = Withdrew

"T" = tied

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

See also

★ Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

External links

★ Profile on the PGA Tour's official site