Background
Coles was born in Hornchurch, England.
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Robert Coles
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He turned professional in 1994. The Austrian Open at the time was a Challenge Tour event, but has since become a European Tour event. He lost his card in 2006 and returned to the Challenge Tour.
He returned to the European Tour in 2010.
He has amassed over one million euros in career earnings. In February 2011, Coles finished runner-up at the Avantha Masters to Shiv Chowrasia.
The pair were tied going into the par-five 18th, however Coles made bogey allowing Chowrasia to take the tournament with a par. Challenge Tour wins (3).
Achievements
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Coles has won three times on the Challenge Tour, once at the 2003 Bachelor-California Golf Open (Austrian Open) and twice in 2009, at the Moroccan Classic by Banque Populaire and the Challenge of Ireland. He has finished on the top 100 on the European Tour Order of Merit three times, in 2004, 2005 and 2011.
