Tomás "Tommy" Cocha (born 26 April 1991) is an Argentine professional golfer who currently plays on

PGA Tour Latinoamérica PGA Tour Latinoamérica is a third level professional golf tour formed in 2012 and operated by the PGA Tour. It was formed in concert with the now defunct Tour de las Américas. Executives from the Tour de las Américas became employees of the new ...

having previously played on the

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and the

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. Cocha won the silver (men's individual) and bronze medal (mixed team) at the

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Amateur career

As a junior, Cocha was part of the winning Argentinian team at the 2009 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup in Japan alongside

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. As an amateur, Cocha also won the 2009 South American Match Play Championship and the 2010 South American Medal Play Championship.

Professional career

Cocha turned professional in 2010 and initially played on the Tour de las Américas in South America, he played his first

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event at the 2011

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in Mexico. In 2012, Cocha joined PGA Tour Latinoamérica and achieved his first win as a professional at the 2012 Mundo Maya Open in the tour's inaugural event. This win along with several other strong finishes lead to a 5th-place finish on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica Order of Merit for 2012, which earned Cocha his playing rights on the Web.com Tour for 2013. In 2013, Cocha had a poor season on the Web.com Tour, only making two cuts in twelve starts. In 2014, Cocha rejoined PGA Tour Latinoamérica and began to regain some form with a runner-up finish at the

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, a fourth at the Personal Classic, a fifth at the

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and a seventh at the Abierto de Chile. He also finished second at The Great Waterway Classic and seventh at the Wildfire Invitational to end 28th on the

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money list. Cocha's second win on PGA Tour Latinoamérica came in the second event of the 2015 season at the

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. His score of 271 set the tournament record for the lowest aggregate score. Cocha made it back-to-back wins on PGA Tour Latinoamérica by winning the

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in the next event, in doing so this was Cocha's third win on the tour, equaling the record held by

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Amateur wins

* 2009 South American Match Play Championship * 2010 South American Medal Play Championship.

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour Latinoamérica wins (4)

Team appearances

Amateur * Toyota Junior Golf World Cup (representing Argentina): 2009 (winners) *

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(representing Argentina): 2010

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cocha, Tommy Argentine male golfers PGA Tour Latinoamérica golfers Golfers at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in golf Golfers from Florida Sportspeople from Salta Province Sportspeople from Jujuy Province People from Salta People from Windermere, Florida 1991 births Living people 21st-century Argentine people