Marcus Both

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Marcus Both
Personal information
Born (1979-06-08) 8 June 1979 (age 44)
Horsham, Australia
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb; 14.5 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Melbourne, Australia
Career
Turned professional2003
Current tour(s) Asian Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour3
Achievements and awards
Asian PGA Tour
Rookie of the Year
2003

Marcus Both (born 8 June 1979) is an Australian professional golfer.

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Both turned professional in 2003. He has played on the Asian Tour since then, winning three times, including the 2003 PRC Sanya Open and the 2009 Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open.

His most recent victory however, came at the 2014 ICTSI Philippine Open with a final round 70 ensuring a two stroke win. [1]

Professional wins (3)

Asian Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
126 Oct 2003 Sanya Open −13 (68-70-70-67=275)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Hendrik Buhrmann, Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Yuan-chi,
Flag of Singapore.svg Mardan Mamat
222 Nov 2009 Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open −9 (70-69-73-67=279)1 stroke Flag of Malaysia.svg Shaaban Hussin
318 May 2014 ICTSI Philippine Open −6 (70-66-76-70=282)2 strokes Flag of the Philippines.svg Jay Bayron, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Holman,
Flag of the Philippines.svg Antonio Lascuña, Flag of Bangladesh.svg Siddikur Rahman,
Flag of Thailand.svg Arnond Vongvanij

Asian Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2005 Crowne Plaza Open Flag of Thailand.svg Prayad Marksaeng Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. "Australian Both wins Philippine Open". SBS News. 18 May 2014.