Eric James Cole is an American professional golfer. He hails from Delray Beach, Florida, where he plays in the PGA Tour. His parents, Bobby Cole and Laura Baugh, were also professional golfers. Cole was born in 1988, a year after his parents remarried after their divorce when he had six siblings. He grew up around golf as both parents were on tour, and he started playing seriously at eleven.
At age 14, while playing high school golf, Cole became friends with Sam Saunders, Arnold Palmer's grandson. Palmer, too, got to know him, and they played golf together at various home courses, such as Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Florida and Latrobe Country Club in Pennsylvania. In subsequent times, Cole also caddied for Saunders at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on the PGA Tour.
He won 56 times on the Minor League Golf Tour, including the tour championship in 2009 & 2021.
Cole earned his Korn Ferry Tour card in 2017 after playing eight events and making two cuts. His top finish was T39th place. He returned to the Korn Ferry Tour for the 2021 season and made 31 starts. It was in October 2020 that he achieved his first top-10 Savannah Golf Championship, where he finished in third place. In addition, he had five top-10s throughout the 2022 season, including two third-place finishes.
Cole was an invitee for the 2021 US Open held at Torrey Pines Golf Course, in which he missed the cut following scores of 77-73.
He tied for third at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship in 2022 to earn his PGA Tour card for the 2023 season. In February, He tied Chris Kirk atop the leaderboard at the Honda Classic before Kirk claimed victory with a birdie on the long hole of sudden death. He was named the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year for the 2022-23 season.
Bobby Cole won The Buick Open in 1977, and he has finished three times amongst the top tens in major tournaments. In 1966, Eri Cole’s father became the youngest British Amateur victor at eighteen. While a sixteen-year-old, Laura Baugh became America's youngest-ever women's amateur champion in 1971 and won LPGA's Rookie of the Year award two years later.
Eric Cole's Caddie
Reed Cochran is Cole’s caddy and is also from a golfing family. He opted for the caddying profession himself. Cole and Reed Cochran have had a relatively long professional relationship. They have been associates since May 2022. Cochran was watching over Cole's bag when he qualified for his debut season on the PGA Tour through the Korn Ferry Tour's Q-School. Russ Cochran, Reed Cochran's dad, is a professional golfer with extensive experience in the game of golf. Cochran senior has 11 professional victories at 65, with one coming on the PGA Tour, five in the Champions Tour and another five on other tours.
Cochran frequently accompanied his father as a caddy, mainly after he commenced playing in senior tournaments. One of Cochran's brothers, played professionally in thirty-two tournaments, including four times on the PGA Tour and thirty-two tournaments on the PGA Tour Latinoamerica between 2013 and last year.
Between 2012 and 2018, he played seventy-one events across the Korn Ferry Tour, PGA Tour Latinoamerica and PGA Tour Canada.
Cole's current caddy earlier worked with an Australian player, Curtis Luck, who built a career on the Korn Ferry tour, while Reed Cochran was carrying his bag when Curtis tasted victory for the first time.
Curtis Luck has played 104 tournaments on the Korn Ferry Tour and 38 on the PGA Tour. He has played professionally since 2017.
What is Reed Cochran's net worth?
There is no information concerning Cochran's annual earnings. This makes it challenging to determine Cochran's net worth. Payment of caddies is based on a performance-based system where their income varies from year to year. It is essential to mention that the "payment system" used for caddies in golf has remained unchanged since 1950, when the total prize money at tournaments was around $2 million.
Usually, these are measured as a percentage of winnings – 10% for winners and less for those who don't win: 7% for top-10 finishers and 5% if they finish outside this category.
Cole’s net worth, on the other hand, is estimated to be between $1 million and $3 million. Cole's dedication and success have led him to some big paydays. For instance, in 2006, when he played in a tournament in Europe, the cash reward was 26 thousand dollars – this is about what Cole now wins in one month!
Eric Cole's Caddie FAQ's
A. Eric Cole's caddie is Reed Cochran as of 202.
A. Reed Cochran's net worth is not official information.
A. Caddies, like Reed Cochran, are typically paid a percentage of the golfer's winnings, with the rate varying based on the golfer's performance in the competition.
A. Reed Cochran has previously worked with Curtis Luck.
A. Eric Cole’s net worth is around $3 million.
