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Neil Coles (b. September 26, 1934, England) is a
professional golfer. As of 2005 he is the only man
to win a professional golf tournament in six
different decades, starting in the 1950s and
extending into the 21st century.

Coles won thirty won events in his regular career,
including seven after the European Tour was
officially established in 1972. The European
Tour's official site states that he won
twenty-five times on the tour, meaning that 25 of
the tournaments he won are regarded as having
equivalent status to official European Tour
events. His last European Tour win came in 1982.
 
While he never became one of the leading stars of
global golf, and did not win a major championship,
Coles was remarkable for his durability. He
finished in the top ten on the European Seniors
Tour|European Seniors Tour's order of merit eight
times between 1992 and 2000. In 2002, during which
season he turned sixty eight, he finished
eleventh. In that year he won the Lawrence Batley
tournament at the age of 67 years and 276 days,
which was then more than four years older than the
greatest age at which any other man had won a
senior professional golf tournament. He also had a
third place finish in 2003. His final win tally on
the Senior Tour was nine.

Coles is currently (June 2005) the chairman of the
PGA (golf) | PGA European Tour's board of
directors. He is also a golf course architect.

==Regular career wins==
*1956 Gor-Ray Tournament
*1960 Coombe Hill Assistants
*1961 Ballantine Tournament
*1962 Senior Service Tournament
*1963 Engadine Tournament, Daks Tournament (tie),
Martini International (tie)
*1964 Bowmaker Tournament, Dakes Tournament, News
of the World Match Play Championship
*1965 News of the World Match Play Championship,
Carrolls Sweet Afton
*1966 Pringle Tournament, Dunlop Masters
*1970 Walworth Aloyco, Sumrie Clothes Better-Ball
(with Bernard Hunt), Italian BP Open, Bowmaker
Tournament, Daks Tournament
*1971 Penfold-Bournemouth Tournament, Daks
Tournament (tie), Carrolls International, German
Open
*1972 Sunbeam Electric Scottish Open (play-off)
*1973 Sumrie Clothes Better-Ball (with Bernard
Hunt), Spanish Open (golf}|Spanish Open, Benson
and Hedges Match Play Championship
*1974 WD & HO Wills Open
*1976 Penfold PGA Championship (play-off)
*1977 Tournament Players Championship
*1982 Sanyo Open

==Team appearances==
*Ryder Cup (8): 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969,
1971, 1973, 1977.
*World Cup  of Golf: 1963, 1968
*Hennessy Cognac Cup: 1974 (winners), 1976, 1978
(winners), 1980 (winners)
*Double Diamond: 1971 (winners), 1973, 1975, 1976
(winners), 1977
Seniors Tour:
*Praia D'el Rey European Cup: 1998, 1999
*Lawrence Batley Trophy: 2002

==External link==
*http://www.europeantour.com/players/bio.sps?iPlay
erNo=39 Profile on the European Tour's official
site