Mark Foster | |||
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Foster at the 2009 KLM Open | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Mark Barry Foster | ||
Born | Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England | 1 August 1975||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||
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.
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.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | 19 Jan 2003 | Dunhill Championship1 | −15 (70-66-69-68=273) | Playoff | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
European Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 2003 | Dunhill Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Won with eagle on second extra hole Hansen and McGuigan eliminated by birdie on first hole |
2 | 2011 | Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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 |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | 11 Mar 2001 | Stanbic Zambia Open1 | −14 (70-70-70-68=278) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
2 | 19 Jan 2003 | Dunhill Championship2 | −15 (70-66-69-68=273) | Playoff | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
1Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 2003 | Dunhill Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Won with eagle on second extra hole Hansen and McGuigan eliminated by birdie on first hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | 11 Mar 2001 | Stanbic Zambia Open1 | −14 (70-70-70-68=278) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
2 | 29 Jul 2001 | Charles Church European Challenge Tour Championship | −11 (67-70-71-69=277) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Masters Tournament | |||||||
U.S. Open | |||||||
The Open Championship | T28 | T63 | T35 | ||||
PGA Championship |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Masters Tournament | ||||||||
U.S. Open | ||||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | |||||||
PGA Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Tournament | 2003 |
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Championship | T68 |
Match Play | |
Invitational |
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Amateur
Professional