Buddy Cook
{{short description|American professional golfer}}
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Archie Weldon "Buddy" Cook (March 26, 1926 – August 28, 2015){{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/archie-cook-obituary?pid=175715034 |title=Archie Cook Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information |website=Legacy.com|date=September 2015 }} was an American professional golfer.
Early life
Cook was born in Man, West Virginia.{{cite web |url=http://www.naplesgolf.com/naplesgolf2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102:buddy-cook-golfing-great-in-our-own-backyard&catid=67:news&Itemid=146 |title=Buddy Cook: Golfing great in our own backyard |access-date=January 30, 2012}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}
Professional career
Cook was a club pro at The Greenbrier from 1958 to 1972 and at Boca Raton Hotel and Club from 1956 to 1972. He played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and on the Senior PGA Tour in the 1980s. Cook won the West Virginia Open in 1985 at the age of 59.{{cite web |url=http://wvga.org/wp-content/uploads/West-Virginia-Open-Complete-History1.pdf |title=West Virginia Open History |first=Bob |last=Baker |access-date=January 30, 2012}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}
Professional wins
- 1985 West Virginia Open