Mark Brown (golfer)

Mark Brown (born 9 February 1975) is a New Zealand professional golfer.

Mark Brown
Personal information
Full nameMark Brown
Born (1975-02-09) 9 February 1975
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st)
Nationality New Zealand
ResidenceLower Hutt, New Zealand
Career
Turned professional1996
Current tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
OneAsia
Former tour(s)European Tour
Web.com Tour
Canadian Tour (1998–2002)
Asian Tour
Professional wins3
Highest ranking57 (27 April 2008)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Asian Tour2
PGA Tour of Australasia1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT24: 2008
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT44: 2013
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour of Australasia
Order of Merit winner		2008

Brown was born in Lower Hutt. He 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 will play on the Web.com Tour in 2014 after earning his tour card through qualifying school.

Brown is often confused with Mark Brown, a club professional from the United States who has played in several PGA Championships since 2000.

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 2 Mar 2008 Johnnie Walker Classic1 −18 (71-68-64-67=270) 3 strokes Greg Chalmers, Taichiro Kiyota,
Scott Strange

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

Asian Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 23 Feb 2008 SAIL Open Golf Championship at Jaypee Greens −14 (69-69-67-69=274) 4 strokes Scott Hend, Noh Seung-yul,
Jyoti Randhawa
2 2 Mar 2008 Johnnie Walker Classic1 −18 (71-68-64-67=270) 3 strokes Greg Chalmers, Taichiro Kiyota,
Scott Strange

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

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 2 Mar 2008 Johnnie Walker Classic1 −18 (71-68-64-67=270) 3 strokes Greg Chalmers, Taichiro Kiyota,
Scott Strange

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

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships
Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT T44
PGA Championship T24
  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament20082009
Match Play
Championship 76 T46
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

References
  1. "Week 17 2008 Ending 27 Apr 2008" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 October 2019.


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