Graham Cooke
Category: Amateur Player
Graham Cooke
Inducted: 2010
Born: September 11, 1946
Place of Birth: Belleville, Ontario
Graduated from Michigan State University in Landscape Architecture and is enjoying a long, renowned career designing courses, primarily across Canada, with other works in the U.S., Italy, Finland & India.
National:
- 1979, 2001 Canadian Amateur Championship – Runner-up
- 1987, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 – 2002 Canadian Mid-Amateur Champion
- 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009 Canadian Senior Champion
- 2004 – 2007 Canadian Senior Championship – Runner-up
Provincial:
- 1965 Ontario Junior Champion
- 1981, 1984, 1993, 1996 Quebec Amateur Champion
- Five-time Champion: Duke of Kent (Quebec regional tournament)
- Four-time Champion: Alexander of Tunis (Quebec regional tournament)
- 2001 Winner of Golf Quebec’s inaugural “Graham Cooke Cup”
- 2006, 2008 Quebec Senior Amateur Champion
- Twenty-Seven Quebec Willingdon Cup appearances
Other Items of Note:
- Seven Canadian National Team Appearances
- Nations Cup Championship: Paris, France (1976)
- World Pairs Championship: Bogata, Columbia (1977)
- King’s Invitation Championship: Rabat. Morocco (1978)
- World Team Championship: Pinehurst, U.S.A. (1980)
- World Team Championship: Stockholm, Sweden (1988)
- World Team Championship: Vancouver, Canada (1992)
- Pacific Rim Championship: Kelowna, Canada (1993)
- Runner-up at the British Senior Amateur Championship in 2007 & 2009
- 1969 Big Ten Champions with Michigan State University
- 1971 NCAA All-American with Michigan State University
- Worked closely with Golf Quebec in course rating systems
- Past R.C.G.A. Governor
- Designed more than 75 golf courses in Canada and internationally
Awards:
Inducted to Quebec Golf Hall of Fame in 2008
Inducted to Ontario Golf Hall of Fame in 2012
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