Mark Brown (golfer)

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Mark Brown
Personal information
Full name	Mark Brown
Born	9 February 1975 (1975-02-09) (age 36) Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Nationality	New Zealand
Residence	Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Career
Turned professional	1996
Current tour(s)	European Tour Asian Tour PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s)	Canadian Tour (1998–2002)
Professional wins	3
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	1
Asian Tour	2
PGA Tour of Australasia	1
Other	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 2009
PGA Championship	T24: 2008
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit winner	2008

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

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 Rankings and he became the highest ranked golfer from New Zealand. He finished 2008 by winning the PGA Tour of Australasia's Order of Merit.

Mark is often confused with Mark Brown, a club professional from the United States of America who played in the PGA Championship in 2000 and 2001.

Professional wins

European Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runners-up
1	2 Mar 2008	Johnnie Walker Classic	-18 (71-68-64-67=270)	3 strokes	Greg Chalmers, Taichiro Kiyota Scott Strange

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 Classic	-18 (71-68-64-67=270)	3 strokes	Greg Chalmers Taichiro Kiyota Scott Strange

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runners-up
1	2 Mar 2008	Johnnie Walker Classic	-18 (71-68-64-67=270)	3 strokes	Greg Chalmers, Taichiro Kiyota Scott Strange

Other wins (1)

• 2006 Taranaki Open (New Zealand)

Results in major championships

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T24	DNP

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

Team appearances

• Eisenhower Trophy: 1994
• World Cup (representing New Zealand): 2008

External links

• Official website
• Mark Brown at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
• Mark Brown at the European Tour official site
• Mark Brown at the Asian Tour official site
• Mark Brown at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

Persondata
Name	Brown, Mark
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	9 February 1975
Place of birth	Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Date of death
Place of death