Markus Brier (born 5 July 1968) is an Austrian professional golfer. He won twice on the European Tour and in 2008 was his country's second highest ranked player, behind Bernd Wiesberger.
Career Brier won the Swiss and German Amateur Opens in the mid-1990s, and turned professional in 1995 at a relatively late age. Nine top ten finishes, including five top threes, on the 1999 Challenge Tour earned him third place on the season ending money list and playing privileges on the European Tour for 2000. He retained his tour card through his final position on the order of merit every year, except for 2002 and 2010 when he regained it through final qualifying school.
Since joining the European Tour, Brier has continued to play in his home event, the Austrian Open, winning it on two occasions during a period when it was a Challenge Tour event. In 2006 the tournament was promoted back onto the main European Tour schedule, now under the sponsored title BA-CA Golf Open. In its first year back, Brier once again took the title, in the process becoming the first Austrian golfer to win a European Tour event. This win helped him to his then best year-end finish on the Order of Merit of 49th.
Brier's second European Tour win came in 2007 at the Volvo China Open and he improved his position on the year end Order of Merit to 32nd. He has also featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings.
In 2012, Brier failed to regain his card at qualifying school. He failed to do so again in 2016 at age 48. He was the oldest competitor during 2016 Q School. Had he placed high enough, he would have been the oldest player to graduate to the European Tour via Q School.
Amateur wins 1994 Swiss Amateur Open Championship 1995 German Amateur Open Championship
Professional wins (10) European Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up111 Jun 2006BA-CA Golf Open−18 (65-67-66-68=266)3 strokes Søren Hansen215 Apr 2007Volvo China Open1−10 (72-68-67-67=274)5 strokes Scott Hend, Graeme McDowell, Andrew McLardy 1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
European Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12007Telecom Italia Open Gonzalo Fernández-CastañoLost to birdie on second extra hole
Challenge Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up12 Jun 2002Austrian Golf Open−21 (67-67-62-71=267)1 stroke Gary Birch Jr.25 Sep 2004BA-CA Golf Open (2)−23 (65-63-66-67=261)8 strokes Roope Kakko, Lee Slattery
Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12008MAN NÖ Open André BossertLost to par on first extra hole
Alps Tour wins (3) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up115 Sep 2001Steigenberger Open−14 (67-66-72=205)Playoff Ulf Wendling220 Aug 2005MAN NÖ Open−6 (71-69-64=204)1 stroke Francisco Valera314 May 2022Gösser Open−17 (67-66-66=199)1 stroke Clark Dennis, Lukas Lipold, Andrea Saracino
Other wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up120 Aug 2013Zurich Open−8 (68-68=136)1 stroke Javier Colomo
European Senior Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up13 Oct 2021Farmfoods European Senior Masters−5 (70-66-75=211)2 strokes Ricardo González231 Aug 2025Black Desert NI Legends−12 (65-69-70=204)2 strokes Mikael Lundberg
European Senior Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12021Scottish Senior Open Thomas LevetLost to par on first extra hole
Results in major championships Tournament20012002200320042005200620072008200920102011The Open ChampionshipCUTT46CUTT12CUTCUTPGA ChampionshipCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Note: Brier never played in the Masters Tournament or the U.S. Open.
Results in senior major championships Results not in chronological order Tournament201820192020202120222023202420252026Senior PGA ChampionshipCUTNTT40CUTCUTCUTThe TraditionNTU.S. Senior OpenNTT40T25Senior Players ChampionshipSenior British Open ChampionshipT32CUTNTCUTT53CUTT29CUTT26
"T" indicates a tie for a place CUT = missed the halfway cut NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Team appearances Amateur European Boys' Team Championship (representing Austria): 1985 European Amateur Team Championship (representing Austria): 1991, 1993 Eisenhower Trophy (representing Austria): 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994
Professional World Cup (representing Austria): 2004, 2007 Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2007
See also 2010 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
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