Mark Brooks (golfer)
Mark Brooks | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Mark David Brooks |
Born | Fort Worth, Texas | March 25, 1961
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Weight | 150 lb (68 kg; 11 st) |
Nationality | ![]() |
Residence | Fort Worth, Texas |
Career | |
College | University of Texas |
Turned professional | 1983 |
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions European Senior Tour |
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Professional wins | 10 |
Highest ranking | 18 (November 17, 1996)[1] |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour | 7 |
European Tour | 1 |
Other | 3 |
Best results in major championships (wins: 1) | |
Masters Tournament | T24: 2002 |
PGA Championship | Won: 1996 |
U.S. Open | 2nd: 2001 |
The Open Championship | T3: 1995 |
Mark David Brooks (born March 25, 1961) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions.
Brooks was born in Fort Worth, Texas.[2] He attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a three-time All-American as a member of the golf team.[3] He turned professional in 1983.[2]
Brooks has seven wins on the PGA Tour, including one major, the 1996 PGA Championship. He was a member of the U.S. Presidents Cup team in 1996.[3]
During his thirties, Brooks began a second career in golf course design, and was a partner in the firm of Knott-Linn-Brooks House based in Palo Alto, California. His first major project, the Southern Oaks Golf Club outside Fort Worth, opened in 1999 and was highly acclaimed. In his late forties, he began splitting his playing time between the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour.[3] He lives in Fort Worth.[2]
After his 50th birthday in 2011, Brooks joined the Champions Tour. He came close to his first victory in June at the Principal Charity Classic, but bogeys on his final two holes allowed Bob Gilder to win by one shot. The solo 2nd-place finish was Brooks' best on any tour since his runner-up finish to Retief Goosen at the 2001 U.S. Open. In August 2014, Brooks again finished in solo second on the Champions Tour, after losing a sudden death playoff to Scott Dunlap at the Boeing Classic.
In 2015 Brooks was hired by Fox Sports as an-course analyst for the network's U.S. Open coverage.
Brooks has the record for most starts on the PGA Tour with 803.[4]
Amateur wins (3)[]
this list may be incomplete
- 1978 Future Masters
- 1979 Trans-Mississippi Amateur
- 1981 Southern Amateur
Professional wins (10)[]
PGA Tour wins (7)[]
Legend |
Major championships (1) |
Other PGA Tour (6) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Jul 24, 1988 | Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open | −15 (66-65-69-69=269) | Playoff | ![]() ![]() |
2 | Apr 28, 1991 | KMart Greater Greensboro Open | −13 (71-70-70-64=275) | Playoff | ![]() |
3 | Sep 1, 1991 | Greater Milwaukee Open | −18 (63-67-70-70=270) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
4 | Jun 5, 1994 | Kemper Open | −13 (65-68-69-69=271) | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
5 | Jan 21 1996 | Bob Hope Chrysler Classic | −23 (66-68-69-67-67=337) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
6 | May 5, 1996 | Shell Houston Open | −14 (66-68-70-70=274) | Playoff | ![]() |
7 | Aug 11, 1996 | PGA Championship | −11 (68-70-69-70=277) | Playoff | ![]() |
PGA Tour playoff record (4–3)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1988 | Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open | ![]() ![]() |
Won with birdie on second extra hole Sindelar eliminated by par on first hole |
2 | 1988 | Gatlin Brothers-Southwest Golf Classic | ![]() |
Lost to par on first extra hole |
3 | 1991 | KMart Greater Greensboro Open | ![]() |
Won with par on third extra hole |
4 | 1993 | Buick Southern Open | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Inman won with birdie on second extra hole Andrade, Brooks and Bryant eliminated by birdie on first hole |
5 | 1996 | Shell Houston Open | ![]() |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
6 | 1996 | PGA Championship | ![]() |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
7 | 2001 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
Lost 18-hole playoff; Goosen: E (70), Brooks: +2 (72) |
Other wins (3)[]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Jan 3, 1993 | Pebble Beach Invitational | −8 (68-68-72=208)* | 5 strokes | ![]() |
2 | Nov 24, 2002 | Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational (2) | −16 (70-65-68-69=272) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
3 | Nov 22, 2009 | Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational (3) | −12 (69-71-69-67=276) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
*Note: The 1993 Pebble Beach Invitational was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
Playoff record[]
Champions Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2014 | Boeing Classic | ![]() |
Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
Major championships[]
Wins (1)[]
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996 | PGA Championship | 2 shot deficit | −11 (68-70-69-70=277) | Playoff1 | ![]() |
1Defeated Kenny Perry with a birdie on the first extra hole.
Results timeline[]
Tournament | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | CUT | |||||
U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||
The Open Championship | ||||||
PGA Championship | CUT | CUT |
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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Masters Tournament | T35 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | T38 | ||
U.S. Open | T5 | T19 | T44 | T46 | CUT | T16 | CUT | 57 | CUT | |
The Open Championship | T80 | T55 | T20 | T3 | T5 | CUT | T66 | T62 | ||
PGA Championship | T26 | CUT | T15 | CUT | CUT | T31 | 1 | CUT | T56 | T16 |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Masters Tournament | T40 | T31 | T24 | |||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | 2 | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | ||||||||
PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | ||||||
U.S. Open | ||||||
The Open Championship | ||||||
PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Summary[]
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 7 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 |
PGA Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 6 |
Totals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 67 | 25 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (1990 U.S. Open – 1991 Open Championship)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1996 Open Championship – 1996 PGA)
Results in The Players Championship[]
Tournament | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
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The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | T63 | CUT | T36 | CUT | T9 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | T7 | CUT | T10 | T57 | T65 | T57 | T62 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Team appearances[]
Professional
- Presidents Cup: 1996 (winners)
See also[]
- 1983 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
- 1985 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
- 1986 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
- 1987 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
- List of men's major championships winning golfers
References[]
- ^ "Week 46 1996 Ending 17 Nov 1996" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "PGA Tour Profile – Mark Brooks". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "PGA Tour Media Guide – Mark Brooks". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
- ^ Myers, Alex (November 21, 2019). "Davis Love III takes another step toward a PGA Tour record he isn't sure he can break anymore". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
External links[]
- Mark Brooks at the PGA Tour official site
- Mark Brooks at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- American male golfers
- Texas Longhorns men's golfers
- PGA Tour golfers
- PGA Tour Champions golfers
- Winners of men's major golf championships
- Golf course architects
- Golf writers and broadcasters
- Golfers from Texas
- Sportspeople from Fort Worth, Texas
- 1961 births
- Living people