Champions Tour
In October 2007, Cook became eligible to play on the Champions Tour. In his second start he won the AT&T Championship in San Antonio, 19 days after his 50th birthday. He finished two strokes ahead of Mark O'Meara and earned $240,000 for the victory, his first in six years. A year later, at the same event, he captured his second Champions Tour win, coming from behind with a 65 in the final round to win by three strokes over Keith Fergus.
Cook won his third career title on the Champions Tour in 2009 at the Administaff Small Business Classic by two strokes over Bob Tway and Jay Haas. Two weeks later, Cook picked up his fourth Champions Tour win at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship by five strokes over Russ Cochran. Cook set a scoring record at the tournament, shooting 22-under-par, with a 10-under-par 62 in the second round. Cook successfully defended this title in the 2010 Charles Schwab Cup Championship, winning by two strokes over Michael Allen.
Cook has had some near-misses in senior majors. At the 2008 Senior British Open at Royal Troon, he lost a playoff to Bruce Vaughan. At The Tradition in 2009, Cook bogeyed the 72nd hole and lost a playoff to Mike Reid. In 2011, Fred Couples defeated Cook on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff in the Senior Players Championship.
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