Harry Cooper | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Full name | Henry Edward Cooper | ||||||
Nickname | Lighthorse Harry | ||||||
Born | Leatherhead, England | August 4, 1904||||||
Died | October 17, 2000 White Plains, New York, US | (aged 96)||||||
Height | 5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m) | ||||||
Weight | 152 lb (69 kg; 10.9 st) | ||||||
Sporting nationality | England United States | ||||||
Spouse | Emma Buchanan Cooper (1910–2002) | ||||||
Career | |||||||
Turned professional | 1923 | ||||||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour | ||||||
Professional wins | 36 | ||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||
PGA Tour | 30 | ||||||
Other | 6 | ||||||
Best results in major championships | |||||||
Masters Tournament | 2nd/T2: 1936, 1938 | ||||||
PGA Championship | T3: 1925 | ||||||
U.S. Open | 2nd: 1927, 1936 | ||||||
The Open Championship | DNP | ||||||
Achievements and awards | |||||||
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Henry Edward Cooper (August 4, 1904 – October 17, 2000) was an English-American PGA Tour golfer of the 1920s and 1930s. After he retired from competitive golf, he became a well-regarded instructor, into his 90s. In his long golf career he had 30 PGA Tour victories and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1992.