Chuck Kocsis

Charles R. Kocsis (January 27, 1913 – May 30, 2006) was an American amateur golfer.

Kocsis was introduced to the game as a caddie at the Phoenix Country Club, which is now Rogell Municipal Golf Course. One of fourteen children, he grew up in the Old Redford area of Detroit. Attended Redford High and was victorious at the city and state championship levels.

Kocsis was the winner of six Michigan Match Play Amateurs and six Michigan Medal Play Amateurs,{{cite web |url=http://www.gam.org/pdf/mediaguide/2007MiAmMediaGuide.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-08-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008193707/http://www.gam.org/pdf/mediaguide/2007MiAmMediaGuide.pdf |archivedate=2007-10-08 }} three Michigan Opens (1931, 1945, 1946), individual intercollegiate champion{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1935/06/26/101514547.pdf |newspaper=The New York Times |title=Kocsis and Malloy Register 148s To Tie Johnson for Medal Honors |date=June 26, 1935 |accessdate=January 29, 2015}} member of three U.S. Walker Cup teams,{{cite web |url=http://www.usga.org/uploadedFiles/USGAHome/press_room/media_guide/20WalkerCup%281%29.pdf |title=2011 Walker Cup Match Guide |publisher=USGA |pages=10–11, 16, 22 |accessdate=July 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603151746/https://www.usga.org/uploadedFiles/USGAHome/press_room/media_guide/20WalkerCup(1).pdf |archive-date=June 3, 2010}} member of two NCAA Championship teams at the University of Michigan, low amateur in the Masters, low amateur in two U.S. Opens, runner-up at the 1956 U.S. Amateur, and runner-up at the 1937 Western Amateur.

Kocsis also found success on the senior level winning the US National Open Senior Championship in 1969, 1970, and 1979. Kocsis played in the International Seniors Championship five times and won four - 1970, 1973, 1980, and 1988. He set the tournament record at Gleneagles in 1970 with a 13 under par total of 271. During his time at the University of Michigan, Kocsis became a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity."Lambda Chis Dominate Intercollegiate Golf" The Cross and Crescent. July 1936.

The Golf Association of Michigan voted Kocsis the Michigan amateur golfer of the century and was a member of the first class elected into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame.

Tournament wins

:this list may be incomplete

1930 Michigan Amateur
1931 Michigan Open
1933 Michigan Amateur
1934 Michigan Amateur
1936 NCAA Championship{{cite news|title=Kocsis of Michigan Defeats Louisiana State Golfer|newspaper=Battle Creek Enquirer|date=June 28, 1936|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7150030/kocsis_of_michigan_defeats_louisiana/}}
1937 Michigan Amateur
1945 Michigan Open
1946 Michigan Open
1948 Michigan Amateur
1951 Michigan Amateur
1955 Michigan Amateur Medal Play
1958 Michigan Amateur Medal Play
1959 Michigan Amateur Medal Play
1960 Dogwood Invitational, Michigan Amateur Medal Play
1961 Michigan Amateur Medal Play
1962 Michigan Amateur Medal Play

Results in major championships

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!Tournament

!1930

!1931

!1932

!1933

!1934

!1935

!1936

!1937

!1938

!1939

align=left|Masters Tournament

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NYF

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|35

|T22

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|U.S. Open

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|CUT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T14 LA

|style="background:yellow;"|T10

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align=left|U.S. Amateur

|style="background:yellow;"|R16

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|R64

|style="background:yellow;"|QF

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:yellow;"|R16

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|The Amateur Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:yellow;"|R16

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

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!Tournament

!1940

!1941

!1942

!1943

!1944

!1945

!1946

!1947

!1948

!1949

align=left|Masters Tournament

|T44

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|U.S. Open

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|CUT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|CUT

align=left|U.S. Amateur

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|R32

|style="background:yellow;"|R16

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|The Amateur Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

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!Tournament

!1950

!1951

!1952

!1953

!1954

!1955

!1956

!1957

!1958

!1959

align=left|Masters Tournament

|T35

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T14 LA

|T45

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|CUT

|T22

align=left|U.S. Open

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T16 LA

|CUT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T32

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|U.S. Amateur

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|R128

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:yellow;"|2

|style="background:yellow;"|R16

|style="background:yellow;"|QF

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|The Amateur Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

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!Tournament

!1960

!1961

!1962

!1963

!1964

!1965

!1966

!1967

!1968

!1969

align=left|Masters Tournament

|T34

|CUT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|U.S. Open

|CUT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|U.S. Amateur

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|R128

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|R64

|R32

|–

align=left|The Amateur Championship

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!Tournament

!1970

!1971

!1972

!1973

align=left|Masters Tournament

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|U.S. Open

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Note: Kocsis never played in The Open Championship nor the PGA Championship.

LA = low amateur

NYF = tournament not yet founded

NT = no tournament

CUT = missed the half-way cut

R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = round in which player lost in match play

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Sources: U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur,[http://63.240.106.229/ USGA Championship Database] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622212453/http://63.240.106.229/ |date=June 22, 2009 }} 1938 Amateur Championship{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,771075,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826071500/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,771075,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 26, 2010 |title=Sport: After Jones |magazine=Time |date=June 6, 1938}}

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Walker Cup: 1938, 1949 (winners), 1957 (winners)

References

External links

[http://mghof.org/members/chuck-kocsis/ Michigan Golf Hall of Fame profile]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110511152317/http://www.usga.org/news/2006/June/Kocsis-Dies-At-93/ Obituary from the USGA]

Category:American male golfers

Category:Amateur golfers

Category:Michigan Wolverines men's golfers

Category:Golfers from Michigan

Category:1913 births

Category:2006 deaths

Category:20th-century American sportsmen

Chuck Kocsis

Tournament wins

Results in major championships

U.S. national team appearances

See also

References

External links