Charles R. Kocsis was an American

United States

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 amateur

Amateur

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 golf

Golf

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The Golf Association of Michigan voted Chuck Kocsis the Michigan amateur golfer of the century and was a member of the first class elected into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame. Charles Kocsis, better known as Chuck, was introduced to the game as a caddie at the Phoenix Country Club, which is now Rogell Municipal Golf Course. One of fourteen children, he grew up in the Old Redford area of Detroit. Attended Redford High and was victorious at the city and state championship levels. Winner of six Michigan Amateurs , three Michigan Open

Michigan Open

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s (1931, 1945, 1946), individual NCAA Champion

NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships

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, member of 3 U.S. Walker Cup

Walker Cup

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 teams, member of two NCAA Championship teams at the University of Michigan, low amateur in two Masters, low amateur in two U.S. Opens, runner-up at the 1956 U.S. Amateur, and runner-up at the 1937 Western Amateur

Western Amateur

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. Chuck also found success on the senior level winning several National and International Senior Amateurs. During his time at the University of Michigan, Kocsis became a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity

Lambda Chi Alpha

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Tournament wins

this list may be incomplete

• 1930 Michigan Amateur
• 1931 Michigan Open
  Michigan Open
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• 1933 Michigan Amateur
• 1934 Michigan Amateur
• 1936 NCAA Championship
  NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships
  The NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships, played in late May or early June, is the top annual competition in U.S. men's collegiate golf. It is a stroke play team competition, starting in 2009 the competition changed to a stroke play/match play competition with the top 8 teams after 54 holes of...
  
  
• 1937 Michigan Amateur
• 1945 Michigan Open
  Michigan Open
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• 1946 Michigan Open
  Michigan Open
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• 1948 Michigan Amateur
• 1951 Michigan Amateur
• 1960 Dogwood Invitational
  Dogwood Invitational
  The Dogwood Invitational is a top ten men's amateur golf tournament. Founded in 1941, it is hosted annually at the Druid Hills Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.-Winners:*2011 Nate McCoy*2010 Andrew Yun*2009 Brian Harman*2008 Rory Hie*2007 Webb Simpson^...
  
  

Results in major championshpis

Tournament	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
Masters Tournament	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	DNP	DNP	DNP	35	T22 LA	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	T14 LA	T10	DNP	DNP
U.S. Amateur	R16	DNP	DNP	DNP	R64	QF	DNP	R16	DNP	DNP
British Amateur	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	R16	DNP

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Masters Tournament	T44	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	DNP	CUT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
U.S. Amateur	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	NT	NT	R32	R16	R16	DNP
British Amateur	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	T35	DNP	T14 LA	T45	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	T22
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	DNP	T16 LA	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T32	DNP	DNP
U.S. Amateur	DNP	DNP	R128	DNP	DNP	DNP	2	R16	QF	DNP
British Amateur	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Masters Tournament	T34	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Amateur	DNP	R128	DNP	R64	R32	-	-	-	-	-
British Amateur	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Note: Kocsis never played in the British Open

The Open Championship

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 or the PGA Championship

PGA Championship

The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...

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Source for U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur: USGA Championship Database

Source for 1938 British Amateur: TIME Magazine, June 6, 1938

LA = Low Amateur

NYF = Tournament not yet founded

NT = No tournament

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

WD = Withdrew

DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion

R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Yellow background for top-10

External links

• Michigan Golf Hall of Fame profile
• Obituary from the USGA