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robert coles challenge tour 3 hornchurch , england 168 lb kg st on 5 8 3 2 september 1972 1994 hornchurch , england robert coles.jpg robert coles -lrb- golfer -rrb-
 robert coles european tour
robert coles -lrb- golfer -rrb-

robert coles -lrb- born 2 september 1972 -rrb- is an english professional golfer who currently plays on the european tour .
coles was born in hornchurch , england .
he turned professional in 1994 .
coles has won three times on the challenge tour , once at the 2003 ba-ca golf open -lrb- austrian open -rrb- and twice in 2009 , at the moroccan classic by banque populaire and the challenge of ireland .
the austrian open at the time was a challenge tour event , but has since become a european tour event .
he has finished on the top 100 on the european tour order of merit three times , in 2004 , 2005 and 2011 .
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 .
