Mark Brown (golfer)

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Mark Brown
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Personal information
Born (1975-02-09) 9 February 1975 (age 49)
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Residence Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Career
Turned professional1996
Current tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s) European Tour
Asian Tour
Canadian Tour
OneAsia Tour
Professional wins8
Highest ranking 57 (27 April 2008) [1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Asian Tour2
PGA Tour of Australasia1
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship T24: 2008
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T44: 2013
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour of Australasia
Order of Merit winner 		2008

Mark Brown (born 9 February 1975) is a New Zealand professional golfer. He was particularly successful in 2007 and 2008. In early 2008, he won the SAIL Open Golf Championship and the Johnnie Walker Classic in successive weeks and was in the world top 100 for much of 2008. He played on the European Tour from 2008 to 2011.

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Early life

Brown was born in Lower Hutt.

Professional career

Brown had played golf on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the Canadian Tour, and the Asian Tour without much success until 2007 when he had four top-ten finishes on the Asian Tour and finished 15th on the Order of Merit.

In 2008, he won his first Asian Tour event at the SAIL Open Golf Championship at Jaypee Greens in India. The following week he won the Johnnie Walker Classic, which was also held in India and was co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia. This victory propelled Brown to 64th in the Official World Golf Ranking and he became the highest ranked golfer from New Zealand. He finished 2008 by winning the PGA Tour of Australasia's Order of Merit.

Brown played on the European Tour from 2008 to 2011 but lost his place on the tour after 2011. Apart from his win in 2008, his best finish was to be tied for 3rd place in the 2009 Volvo China Open. From 2012 he played mostly on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the OneAsia tour. He was runner-up in the 2012 New Zealand PGA Championship and the 2014 New Zealand Open. He has won four times on the Charles Tour, all his wins coming in the Carrus Open at the Tauranga Golf Club in Tauranga. He twice scored 59 in the Carrus Open, both in the second round. He first achieved it in 2014, when he won the event, and repeated the feat in 2018, when he eventually finished as a runner-up. [2] [3]

Professional wins (8)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
12 Mar 2008 Johnnie Walker Classic 1−18 (71-68-64-67=270)3 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Chalmers, Flag of Japan.svg Taichiro Kiyota,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Strange

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia

Asian Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
123 Feb 2008 SAIL Open Golf Championship −14 (69-69-67-69=274)4 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Hend, Flag of South Korea.svg Noh Seung-yul,
Flag of India.svg Jyoti Randhawa
22 Mar 2008 Johnnie Walker Classic 1−18 (71-68-64-67=270)3 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Chalmers, Flag of Japan.svg Taichiro Kiyota,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Strange

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
12 Mar 2008 Johnnie Walker Classic 1−18 (71-68-64-67=270)3 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Chalmers, Flag of Japan.svg Taichiro Kiyota,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Strange

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Asian Tour

Charles Tour wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
130 Sep 2012 Carrus Open −17 (64-71-66-62=263)4 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Troy Rohipa
228 Sep 2014 Carrus Open (2)−17 (68-59-66-70=263)2 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Doug Holloway
320 Sep 2015 Carrus Open (3)−14 (67-65-66-68=266)1 stroke Flag of New Zealand.svg Jim Cusdin, Flag of New Zealand.svg Joshua Munn (a)
423 Apr 2017 Carrus Open (4)−18 (64-66-67-65=262)2 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Harry Bateman, Flag of New Zealand.svg Gareth Paddison
527 Oct 2024 TSB Taranaki Open −6 (68-72-73-69=282)Playoff Flag of New Zealand.svg Josh Geary

Golf Tour of New Zealand wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament200820092010201120122013
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUTT44
PGA Championship T24
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20082009
Match Play
Championship 76T46
Invitational 80
Champions T31
  Did not play

"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 17 2008 Ending 27 Apr 2008" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Charles Tour: Carrus Open: Brown joins 59 club in Tauranga". New Zealand Golf. 26 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Brown bounces back with magical round of 59". New Zealand Golf. 20 April 2018.


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