Mark Foster (golfer)

Mark Foster
Foster at the 2009 KLM Open
Personal information
Full nameMark Barry Foster
Born (1975-08-01) 1 August 1975 (age 49)
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Sporting nationality England
ResidenceWorksop, Nottinghamshire, England
SpouseSophie
Career
Turned professional1995
Former tour(s)European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins3
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

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

Career

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 (3)

European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 19 Jan 2003 Dunhill Championship1 −15 (70-66-69-68=273) Playoff Denmark Anders Hansen, South Africa Trevor Immelman,
Scotland Paul Lawrie, Scotland Doug McGuigan,
South Africa Bradford Vaughan

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2003 Dunhill Championship Denmark Anders Hansen, South Africa Trevor Immelman,
Scotland Paul Lawrie, Scotland Doug McGuigan,
South Africa 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 Denmark Thomas Bjørn, South Africa George Coetzee,
Spain Pablo Larrazábal, Austria 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. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 11 Mar 2001 Stanbic Zambia Open1 −14 (70-70-70-68=278) 1 stroke England Stuart Little, South Africa Jaco Olver
2 19 Jan 2003 Dunhill Championship2 −15 (70-66-69-68=273) Playoff Denmark Anders Hansen, South Africa Trevor Immelman,
Scotland Paul Lawrie, Scotland Doug McGuigan,
South Africa 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 Denmark Anders Hansen, South Africa Trevor Immelman,
Scotland Paul Lawrie, Scotland Doug McGuigan,
South Africa Bradford Vaughan 		Won with eagle on second extra hole
Hansen and McGuigan eliminated by birdie on first hole

Challenge Tour wins (2)

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 England Stuart Little, South Africa Jaco Olver
2 29 Jul 2001 Charles Church European Challenge Tour Championship −11 (67-70-71-69=277) 2 strokes France Sébastien Delagrange, England 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

Tournament 2003
Championship T68
Match Play
Invitational
  Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ^ "EGA Events, Results, European Team Championships, European Youths' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 13 January 2023.