At age 65, Coston wins Washington Open

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Updated: June 9, 2021

First Phil Mickelson, now Jeff Coston. The 65-year-old Coston and the director of instruction at Semiahmoo Resort eagled one of his holes and went on to win the Muckleshoot Washington Open at Meridian Valley Country Club in Kent, making him the oldest Section major winner.

Coston won the tournament just three days after the 50-year-old Mickelson won the PGA Championship. Like Mickelson, Coston did in thrilling fashion, overcoming a big deficit in the final round to win.

Coston shot a final-round 68 to win by two shots over amateur Nathan Cogswell of Seattle U , Matt Epstein and Derek Berg of the Pacific Northwest Golf Academy. Colin Ingles of Shadow Hills led after two rounds but finished four shots back.

Coston was 2 over par at one point in his final round but rallied back in the closing holes to win his sixth Washington Open championship – having won the tournament in the last four decades.

“I just never gave up,” said Coston. “Things weren’t looking real good when I was sitting at two over, but then I got refocused and got it back together.”