In the ten-year span between 1949 and 1958, he won five official PGA Tour events and had runner-up finishes in the 1950 Houston Open and the 1955 Tournament of Champions.

[1] He helped a young Chi-Chi Rodríguez improve enough to secure a spot on the PGA Tour.

Cooper won the 1976 PGA Seniors' Championship at the age of 61 with a four-day total of 283 over runner-up Fred Wampler.

Cooper lived in Lakeland, Florida, where he owned the Par 3 and Lone Palm Golf Club.

PGA Tour playoff record (1–1) Sources:[2][3][4][5][6] this list is probably incomplete