Mark Foster (golfer)

Mark Barry Foster (born 1 August 1975) is an English professional golfer.

Mark Foster
At KLM Open, 2009
Personal information
Full nameMark Barry Foster
Born (1975-08-01) 1 August 1975
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Nationality England
ResidenceWorksop, Notts., England
SpouseSophie
Career
Turned professional1995
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Sunshine Tour2
Challenge Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT28: 2003
Achievements and awards
Challenge Tour
Rankings winner
2001

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

Professional wins (4)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin 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.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
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)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
1 11 Mar 2001 Stanbic Zambia Open1 −14 (70-70-70-68=278) 1 stroke Stuart Little, Jaco Oliver
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.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
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)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
1 11 Mar 2001 Stanbic Zambia Open1 −14 (70-70-70-68=278) 1 stroke Stuart Little, Jaco Oliver
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

Mark Foster
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

Tournament2003
Championship T68
Match Play
Invitational
  Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

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