Topic: Rocco Mediate
Quotes
You gotta be aggressive this week because it's going to take a low score to win
Rocco Mediate leads the Buick Open Jun 28, 2007
We're in the lead because we both picked it up when the other wasn't there
Janzen, Mediate take Shootout lead Nov 23, 2002
I don't know if I've ever seen it rain here that hard that quick
In Sports from United Press International Mar 22, 2002
I don't know if I've ever seen it rain here that hard that quick
Mickelson shares Players lead Mar 21, 2002
Rocco Anthony Mediate (born December 17, 1962) is an American professional golfer with multiple PGA Tour wins.
Mediate was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Greensburg, Pennsylvania. According to the Golf Channel, he is the son of a barber and has Italian ancestral heritage. Mediate attended Florida Southern College and was a member of the golf team. His close friend Lee Janzen, another PGA Tour pro, also played there. They helped lead Florida Southern to the 1985 Division II national team championship.
Mediate turned professional in 1985. His golfing career has been marred by back trouble. Early on, he compensated by using a long putter. In 1991 he became the first player to win on the PGA Tour using a long putter when he won the Doral-Ryder Open. He picked up another victory at the 1993 KMart Greater Greensboro Open, but he then had a long layoff due to a ruptured disk. He underwent major back surgery in 1999, but lost practically five years of his career. Back pain returned in 2004 and later nearly ended his career.
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