Jeff Coston (born October 15, 1955) is an American

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Biography

Coston cites watching

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tee off in the 1965 Greater Seattle Open Invitational at Inglewood Country Club as the moment he realized he wanted to dedicate his life to golf. He joined the

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in 1985. That year at the Buick Invitational Championship, a 14-year-old

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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 The Michelob Championship at Kingsmill was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1968 to 2002. It was played in Virginia at the River Course of Kingsmill Golf Club outside of Williamsburg, from 1981 to 2002. From 1977 through 1995, it was know ...

. From 1991 to 1994, he played on the Ben Hogan/Nike Tour (now Nationwide Tour), winning once, at the 1991

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. Coston runs the Jeff Coston Academy, located at the

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near

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, 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

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by finishing third at

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in 2014.

Amateur wins

''this list may be incomplete'' *1977

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Professional wins (43)

Ben Hogan Tour wins (1)

Ben Hogan Tour playoff record (1–1)

Other wins (23)

*1989 North Dakota Open *1995

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*1996 Washington Open *1997 Rosaurs Spokane Open,

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*1999 Washington Open,

*2000

*2001 Washington Open,

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*2002

*2003

*2004

*2006 Rosaurs Spokane Open, Guisti Memorial *2007

*2008 Rosaurs Spokane Open *2009

*2010 Washington Open,

*2016 Washington Open *2021 Washington Open *2022

Senior wins (25)

*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, Oregon Senior Open *2012 Oregon Senior Open *2013 Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship *2017 Oregon Senior Open *2018 Oregon Senior Open *2019 Oregon Senior Open *2020 Oregon Senior Open, Pacific Northwest Senior PGA Championship *2021 Washington Senior Open, Oregon Senior Open *2022 PNW Senior Players Championship, Washington Senior Open

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coston, Jeff American male golfers PGA Tour golfers PGA Tour Champions golfers American golf instructors Golfers from Seattle People from Blaine, Washington 1955 births Living people