Mark Foster (golfer)

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Mark Foster
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Foster at the 2009 KLM Open
Personal information
Full nameMark Barry Foster
Born (1975-08-01) 1 August 1975 (age 48)
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
SpouseSophie
Career
Turned professional1995
Former tour(s) European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Sunshine Tour2
Challenge Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T28: 2003
Achievements and awards
Challenge Tour
Rankings winner 		2001

Mark Barry Foster (born 1 August 1975) is an English professional golfer.

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Career

Foster was born in Worksop. He won the English Amateur twice before turning professional in 1995. For the first few years as a professional he was troubled by back problems, but in 2001 he won twice on the Challenge Tour and topped the money list. He won for the first time on the European Tour at the 2003 Dunhill Championship in South Africa. In 2011 he had his career best finish on the Order of Merit in 32nd position.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
119 Jan 2003 Dunhill Championship 1−15 (70-66-69-68=273)Playoff Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Hansen, Flag of South Africa.svg Trevor Immelman,
Flag of Scotland.svg Paul Lawrie, Flag of Scotland.svg Doug McGuigan,
Flag of South Africa.svg Bradford Vaughan

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2003 Dunhill Championship Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Hansen, Flag of South Africa.svg Trevor Immelman,
Flag of Scotland.svg Paul Lawrie, Flag of Scotland.svg Doug McGuigan,
Flag of South Africa.svg Bradford Vaughan 		Won with eagle on second extra hole
Hansen and McGuigan eliminated by birdie on first hole
2 2011 Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Bjørn, Flag of South Africa.svg George Coetzee,
Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Larrazábal, Flag of Austria.svg Bernd Wiesberger 		Bjørn won with birdie on fifth extra hole
Foster eliminated by par on fourth hole
Larrazábal eliminated by par on second hole
Wiesberger eliminated by par on first hole

Sunshine Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
111 Mar 2001 Stanbic Zambia Open 1−14 (70-70-70-68=278)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Stuart Little, Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco Olver
219 Jan 2003 Dunhill Championship 2−15 (70-66-69-68=273)Playoff Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Hansen, Flag of South Africa.svg Trevor Immelman,
Flag of Scotland.svg Paul Lawrie, Flag of Scotland.svg Doug McGuigan,
Flag of South Africa.svg Bradford Vaughan

1Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2003 Dunhill Championship Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Hansen, Flag of South Africa.svg Trevor Immelman,
Flag of Scotland.svg Paul Lawrie, Flag of Scotland.svg Doug McGuigan,
Flag of South Africa.svg Bradford Vaughan 		Won with eagle on second extra hole
Hansen and McGuigan eliminated by birdie on first hole

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
111 Mar 2001 Stanbic Zambia Open 1−14 (70-70-70-68=278)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Stuart Little, Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco Olver
229 Jul 2001 Charles Church European Challenge Tour Championship −11 (67-70-71-69=277)2 strokes Flag of France.svg Sébastien Delagrange, Flag of England.svg Philip Golding

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Results in major championships

Mark Foster Mark Foster.jpg
Mark Foster
Tournament2003200420052006200720082009
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T28T63T35
PGA Championship
Tournament20102011201220132014201520162017
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2003
Championship T68
Match Play
Invitational
  Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "EGA Events, Results, European Team Championships, European Youths' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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