Mark Foster (golfer)
| Mark Foster | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Foster at the 2009 KLM Open | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Mark Barry Foster | ||
| Born | 1 August 1975 Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  England | ||
| Residence | Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England | ||
| Spouse | Sophie | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 1995 | ||
| Former tour(s) | European Tour Sunshine Tour Challenge Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 3 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| European Tour | 1 | ||
| Sunshine Tour | 2 | ||
| Challenge Tour | 2 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Open | DNP | ||
| The Open Championship | T28: 2003 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Mark Barry Foster (born 1 August 1975) is an English professional golfer.
Career
[edit]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
[edit]- 1992 Carris Trophy
- 1994 English Amateur
- 1995 English Amateur, Brabazon Trophy (tie with Colin Edwards)
Professional wins (3)
[edit]European Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 Jan 2003 | Dunhill Championship1 | −15 (70-66-69-68=273) | Playoff |  Anders Hansen,  Trevor Immelman, Paul Lawrie, Doug McGuigan, Bradford Vaughan
|
1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
European Tour playoff record (1–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2003 | Dunhill Championship | Anders Hansen, Trevor Immelman, Paul Lawrie, Doug McGuigan, 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 | Thomas Bjørn, George Coetzee, Pablo Larrazábal,  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)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 Mar 2001 | Stanbic Zambia Open1 | −14 (70-70-70-68=278) | 1 stroke | Stuart Little, Jaco Olver
|
| 2 | 19 Jan 2003 | Dunhill Championship2 | −15 (70-66-69-68=273) | Playoff | Anders Hansen, Trevor Immelman, Paul Lawrie, Doug McGuigan, Bradford Vaughan
|
1Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2003 | Dunhill Championship | Anders Hansen, Trevor Immelman, Paul Lawrie, Doug McGuigan, Bradford Vaughan
|
Won with eagle on second extra hole Hansen and McGuigan eliminated by birdie on first hole |
Challenge Tour wins (2)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 Mar 2001 | Stanbic Zambia Open1 | −14 (70-70-70-68=278) | 1 stroke | Stuart Little, Jaco Olver
|
| 2 | 29 Jul 2001 | Charles Church European Challenge Tour Championship | −11 (67-70-71-69=277) | 2 strokes |  Sébastien Delagrange, Philip Golding
|
1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
Results in major championships
[edit]
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||||||
| U.S. Open | |||||||
| The Open Championship | T28 | T63 | T35 | ||||
| PGA Championship |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]| Tournament | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Championship | T68 |
| Match Play | |
| Invitational |
Did not play
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- European Youths' Team Championship (representing England): 1994[1]
- St Andrews Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1994 (winners)
- Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1995 (winners)
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing England): 1995
Professional
- Seve Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2011 (winners)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "EGA Events, Results, European Team Championships, European Youths' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
External links
[edit]- Mark Foster at the European Tour official site
- Mark Foster at the Sunshine Tour official site
- Mark Foster at the Official World Golf Ranking official site