John Cook
Summary
Wins
- 1978 U.S. Amateur Plainfield Country Club · 5 & 4
Near misses
- 1979 U.S. Amateur Canterbury Golf Club · runner-up to Mark O'Meara · 8 & 7
- 1992 PGA Championship Bellerive Country Club · runner-up to Nick Price · 281
- 1992 The Open Muirfield · runner-up to Nick Faldo · 273
Ryder Cup
1 Cups, 2 matches: 1 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 1 points. Foursomes 0-0-0, four-ball 1-0-0, singles 0-1-0.
- 1993 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) USA · USA won 15–13 · 1-1-0, 1 point · automatic
Rivals
Beat him
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Nick Price's rivals →
Results by championship
Best day
1992 The Open
Runner-up to Nick Faldo · 273.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1992.
Career line, 1978–1993
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- Other win
- Runner-up
- Ryder Cup, USA
John Cook was born in 1957 in Toledo, Ohio. Cook's best major finish was second, at the 1992 PGA Championship and the 1992 Open. Cook won the 1978 U.S. Amateur. Cook was runner-up at the 1979 U.S. Amateur. Cook played in 1 Ryder Cup for USA (1993), winning 1, losing 1 and halving 0 of 2 matches for 1 point.
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The record
Wins
- 1978 U.S. Amateur Plainfield Country Club · 5 & 4
Near misses
- 1979 U.S. Amateur Canterbury Golf Club · runner-up to Mark O'Meara · 8 & 7
- 1992 PGA Championship Bellerive Country Club · runner-up to Nick Price · 281
- 1992 The Open Muirfield · runner-up to Nick Faldo · 273
Ryder Cup
Cook played 1 Ryder Cups for USA: 2 matches, 1 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 1 points (50.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-0-0, four-ball 1-0-0, singles 0-1-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1993 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) USA · USA won 15–13 · 1-1-0, 1 point · automatic
Partners, with matches played together: Chip Beck (1).
Other wins in championships we cover
- 1978 U.S. Amateur Plainfield Country Club · 5 & 4
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.