ERIC COLE NEWS

Unable to overcome slow start Sunday Cole finished in solo fifth place at the Sony Open in Hawaii following a two-under 68 in the final round.

Impact Cole started the final round in the last group and just one back of the lead. It would be a very poor start for Cole who made bogey at 2 and then a double-bogey at the 6th hole. To his credit, the former Rookie of the Year came back from that with four straight birdies. Cole then made seven straight pars before cashing in on an easy two-putt birdie on the par-5 18th. It was just two shots shy for Cole of joining the playoff and trying to win his first PGA Tour title. The good for Cole was ranking fifth in SG: Approach and 10th in SG: Putting, but he definitely wants to do better than 57th in SG: Off-the-Tee and 63rd in SG: Around-the-Green. He will play in the American Express next week.

5 DAYS AGO • ROTOWIRE

J.J. Spaun takes the lead at Sony Open with a wide-open chase in the wind of Waialae

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6 DAYS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Patrick Fishburn and Denny McCarthy share Sony Open lead

Patrick Fishburn had a fast start at the Sony Open

JANUARY 11 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Paul Peterson makes PGA Tour debut at age 36 and leaves an impression

Paul Peterson has a share of the lead in the Sony Open

JANUARY 10 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Finishes 52nd at The Sentry Cole closed with an even-par 73 on Sunday at The Sentry to finish nine-under and alone in 52nd place.

Impact Cole didn't make a single birdie throughout his final 12 holes at Kapalua, ultimately ranking 43rd or worse in every Strokes Gained subcategory Sunday en route to just 12 greens in regulation. He finished the event ranked 54th of 58 in SG: Approach, while also losing 3.291 strokes putting. He'll look to turn it around at the upcoming Sony Open in Hawaii, where he tied for 13th last year when he hit the sixth-most fairways in regulation.

JANUARY 7 • ROTOWIRE

Surges with Sunday 63 Cole jumped into a share of 15th place after firing a seven-under 63 in the final round of The RSM Classic.

Impact Cole got off to a hot start with five birdies in the first seven holes and ended up posting a bogey-free round to tie for the lowest score of the day. He was led by his play on the greens this week, ranking fourth in SG: Putting to help make up for losing 2.8 strokes off-the-tee. Cole closed the year strong with three top-20 finishes over his final four events.

NOVEMBER 24, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Top-10 finish at ZOZO Championship Cole finished in a tie for sixth place at the ZOZO Championship following a four-under 66 in the final round.

Impact Cole once again lost strokes off the tee, but once again gained strokes on approach, around the greens and with the putter. This is now his sixth top-20 finish in his last 11 starts. Cole has yet to find the win column on the PGA Tour, but when he does I doubt it comes as much of a surprise given the amount of quality showings he has put up in these last two years.

OCTOBER 28, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Nico Echavarria shoots another 64 to lead the Zozo Championship by 2 shots after the second round

Nico Echavarria shot a 6-under 64 — matching his 64 on Thursday — to lead by two shots over Taylor Moore and Justin Thomas after the second round of the Zozo Championship in Japan

OCTOBER 25, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Moore leads by one shot at Zozo Championship after opening with 7-under 63

Taylor Moore shot a 7-under 63 to lead by one shot after the first round of the Zozo Championship, the only PGA Tour event in Japan

OCTOBER 24, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Leads in SG: Approach at Sanderson Cole carded a three-under 69 on Sunday at the Sanderson Farms Championship to finish tied for 16th place.

Impact Although he was never in contention Sunday, Cole managed a solid five birdies en route to his fourth consecutive round in the 60s. He was led by his iron play this week, gaining a whopping 10 strokes on approach - best of anyone in the field. It's Cole's fifth top-20 over his last nine starts, and he's locked into all of the 2025 signature events after finishing the summer in the top-50 of the FedExCup Standings.

OCTOBER 7, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Finishes strong again Cole fired a final round seven-under 63 at the FedEx St. Jude Championship to finish tied for 18th place.

Impact Cole got off to an excellent start Sunday with a pair of birdies and an eagle, with his only blemish of the day being a nice bogey save on the closing hole after hitting his tee shot into the water. He tied for the low round of the day and the result was good enough to get him into next week's BMW Championship. Cole led the field for the week in SG: Around the green.

AUGUST 19, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

In field for BMW Championship Cole is in the field for the BMW Championship, according to Rob Bolton of PGATour.com.

Impact August has been a positive month for Cole thus far. He scored -12 during the Wyndham Championship and followed that up with a score of -7 in this year's FedEx St. Jude Championship.

AUGUST 19, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Agony (Tom Kim) and ecstasy (Eric Cole), among other losers and winners in battle to advance in FedEx Cup Playoffs The FedEx St. Jude Championship provided down-the-leaderboard drama with players vying to make the top 50 in points to advance to the next p...

AUGUST 18, 2024 • GOLFDIGEST.COM

Surges with Sunday 63 Cole jumped into a share of seventh place after firing a seven-under 63 in the final round of the Wyndham Championship.

Impact Cole took advantage of making the cut on the number by closing with the lowest final round in which he carded nine birdies - seven of which came on his back-nine. He gained over six strokes putting alone in the final round and gained shots in every strokes gained category for the week. It's Cole's third top-10 finish this year and all three have come over his last five tournaments.

AUGUST 12, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Opportunity knocks: Davis Thompson, Eric Cole, Aaron Rai, others eye maiden TOUR title at John Deere Classic - PGA TOUR SILVIS, Ill. – Over its 50-plus years, the John Deere Classic has had more than a few names. But for more than half of its 52 previous itera...

JULY 7, 2024 • PGATOUR.COM

Draws and Fades: Look for Eric Cole, not Davis Thompson, to earn first TOUR win at John Deere Classic - PGA TOUR If you wanted some fireworks on this Fourth of July weekend, look no further than Silvis, Illinois, and to the John Deere Classic.

JULY 7, 2024 • PGATOUR.COM

Davis Thompson takes 2-shot lead into the final round of the low-scoring John Deere Classic

Davis Thompson had nine birdies on the vulnerable TPC Deere Run

JULY 6, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Hayden Springer posts 14th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history with his eagle-birdie finish for a 59

Hayden Springer has posted the 14th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history

JULY 4, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Akshay Bhatia shares the lead in Detroit after his golf ball finds a fairway drain on the 17th

Akshay Bhatia shot a 5-under 67 that included a free drop after his golf ball fell into a fairway drain at Detroit Golf Club

JUNE 28, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Akshay Bhatia shoots 64 in Detroit to take 1st-round lead at Rocket Mortgage Classic

Akshay Bhatia chipped in for eagle from 83 feet on the 17th hole at Detroit Golf Club and closed with a birdie for an 8-under 64 and the first-round lead Thursday in the Rocket Mor...

JUNE 27, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

PGA Tour and LIV Golf get to final week before the Masters

This is the final week before the Masters, and nearly half the field for Augusta National is in action

APRIL 2, 2024 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Finishes T-33 at Valspar Cole posted an even-par 71 on Sunday at the Valspar Championship to finish tied for 33rd place.

Impact Cole's highlight of the week came Saturday in which he holed out from 120 yards on the par-5 14th hole for eagle. He stood out with his iron play, ranking seventh for the tournament in SG: Approach and tied for 10th in greens in regulation. Overall, the reigning Rookie of the Year has regressed slightly this year with just one top-10 across 11 starts.

MARCH 26, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Prop Farm: Sharp money follows Min Woo Lee, Eric Cole among others ahead of Valspar Championship - PGA TOUR After nine weeks of triple-digit winners and no player shorter than +4000, the PGA TOUR has gone the opposite direction with the pre-tournam...

MARCH 20, 2024 • PGATOUR.COM

Fourth in putting average at API Cole closed with a two-over 74 on Sunday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational to finish one-under and tied for 21st.

Impact Cole struggled off the tee at Bay Hill as he ranked outside the top-40 in both driving accuracy and distance, but he finished fourth in putting average and T11 in scrambling to salvage a top-25 result on the heels of a rough outing at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches. Cole improves one spot to No. 22 in the early FedExCup standings, and he'll make his second career PLAYERS Championship appearance this week. In his TPC Sawgrass debut last year, Cole gained 3.2 strokes from tee to green on the way to a T27 finish.

MARCH 12, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

2024 Cognizant Classic odds, predictions: Favorites and picks from the field

Looking to get some golf bets down? Read here for a list of odds, favorites and long-shots bets to win the Cognizant Classic.

FEBRUARY 28, 2024