Mark Pilkington (golfer)

Mark Pilkington
Personal information
Full name	Mark Pilkington
Born	17 March 1978 (1978-03-17) (age 33) Bangor, Wales
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nationality	Wales
Residence	Morfa Nefyn, Wales
Career
Turned professional	1998
Current tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	1
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 2001, 2006
PGA Championship	DNP
Achievements and awards
Challenge Tour Rankings winner	2006

Mark Pilkington (born 17 March 1978) is a Welsh professional golfer.

Pilkington was born in Bangor, Gwynedd. He enjoyed a successful amateur career, representing Wales at all levels, and highlighted by winning the Welsh Amateur Championship in 1998. He turned professional later that year, immediately after winning a place on the European Tour at final qualifying school.

Pilkington had an unsuccessful rookie season on the European Tour in 1999, and played on the Challenge Tour the following season after failing to regain his card at qualifying school. He followed up a consistent Challenge Tour season with success at qualifying school to return to the top level for 2001. He managed to retain his European Tour card by finishing inside the top 100 on the Order of Merit in both 2001 and 2002, but his form dipped in 2003 and he dropped back down to the second tier for 2004.

After two largely unsuccessful seasons on the Challenge Tour, Pilkington's fortunes were revived in 2006 when he produced consistently good performances to finish the season on top of the Challenge Tour Rankings. After a slow start to the season, he recorded back to back second place finishes, before rounding off the season with victory in the Kazakhstan Open and another runners-up prize at the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final. By topping the money list, he had regained his card on the European Tour,^[1] but in 2007 he finished in 136th place on the Order of Merit to again lose his place on the elite tour.

Amateur wins

• 1996 Peter McEvoy Trophy
• 1998 Welsh Amateur Championship

Professional wins

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner-up
1	1 Oct 2006	Kazakhstan Open	-16 (70-66-67-69=272)	2 strokes	Shaun P. Webster

Results in major championships

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

References

1. ^ "Pilkington excited by Tour return". BBC Sport. 8 November 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/6129778.stm. Retrieved 2009-05-04. 

External links

• Mark Pilkington at the European Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Pilkington, Mark
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	17 March 1978
Place of birth	Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
Date of death
Place of death