Derrick Cooper

Derrick Cooper
Personal information
Full name	Derrick Cooper
Born	5 May 1955 (1955-05-05) (age 56)
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nationality	England
Residence	Warrington, England
Career
Turned professional	1972
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	1
Other	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T19: 1989
PGA Championship	DNP

Derrick Cooper (born 5 May 1955) is an English golfer. He turned professional in 1972. It took him some time to establish himself on the European Tour, but he held a tour card for sixteen consecutive seasons from 1984 and made the top one hundred on the European Tour Order of Merit a total of fifteen times, with a best ranking of nineteenth in 1989. He won his sole European Tour title at the 1988 Cepsa Madrid Open. He was a member of the PGA European Tour organisation's Board of Directors for seven years from 1998 and became a European Seniors Tour tournament referee in 2000.

Professional wins

European Tour wins (1)

• 1988 Cepsa Madrid Open

Other wins (1)

• 1984 PGA Fourball Championship (with Denis Durnian, tied with Philip Posnett & Peter Hanna)

Results in major championships

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T51	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	T21	T40	CUT	T19
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T39	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T58	DNP	DNP	CUT	T72
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

External links

• Derrick Cooper at the European Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Cooper, Derrick
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	5 May 1955
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death