PGA Tour

Eric Cole Plays PXG

Eric Cole was practically born with a club in his hands. Growing up in Palm Springs, California, golf wasn’t just a pastime, it was the family business. His father, Bobby Cole, competed on the PGA Tour, and his mother, Laura Baugh, was an LPGA standout, so elite golf was the dinner-table conversation.

After turning pro in 2009, Cole took the long road - years of grinding on developmental tours, earning every start the hard way. That persistence paid off in a big way when he broke through on the PGA Tour in 2023. A string of impressive finishes capped off a breakout rookie season and earned him PGA Tour Rookie of the Year honors for 2022–23 - proof that patience, talent, and a little family DNA go a long way.