Rocco Mediate

Rocco Mediate (born December 17 1962) is an American golfer. He was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He attended Florida Southern College and turned professional in 1985.

Mediate's career has been dogged by back trouble and he started using a long putter early on because of this. In 1991 he became the first player to win on the PGA Tour using a long putter when won the Doral-Ryder Open. He picked up another victory at the 1993 KMart Greater Greensboro Open, but he then had a long lay off due to a ruptured disk, but returned to the Tour in 1996 playing under a special medical extension and performed steadily. He picked up wins on the Tour in 1999, 2000 and 2002. He worked hard to improve his fitness to minimise his back problems, and in 2003 returned to using a conventional putter. He has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings. Mediate played in the 2005 World Series of Poker's Main Event, as well as the 2001 Blem Classic of Las Vegas.

At the 2006 Masters, Mediate was in contention to win the event on the final day until he took a septuple bogey ten on the par three 12th hole.

On October 9, 2006, it was announced that Rocco would become an on-course reporter for The Golf Channel's 2007 PGA Tour Coverage.

PGA Tour wins (5)

• 1991 Doral-Ryder Open
• 1993 KMart Greater Greensboro Open
• 1999 Phoenix Open
• 2000 Buick Open
• 2002 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic

Other wins (4)

• 1999 Callaway Pebble Beach Invitational
• 2000 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Notah Begay III and Phil Mickelson)
• 2002 Franklin Templeton Shootout (with Lee Janzen)
• 2003 CVS Charity Classic (with Jeff Sluman)

See also

• Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

External links

• Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
• Golf Stars Online - links to features and articles