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 1992 Carris Trophy 1994 English Amateur 1995 English Amateur, Brabazon Trophy (tie with Colin Edwards)
Professional wins (3) European Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up119 Jan 2003Dunhill 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.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12003Dunhill Championship Anders Hansen, Trevor Immelman, Paul Lawrie, Doug McGuigan, Bradford VaughanWon with eagle on second extra holeHansen and McGuigan eliminated by birdie on first hole22011Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles Thomas Bjørn, George Coetzee, Pablo Larrazábal, Bernd WiesbergerBjørn won with birdie on fifth extra holeFoster eliminated by par on fourth holeLarrazábal eliminated by par on second holeWiesberger eliminated by par on first hole
Sunshine Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up111 Mar 2001Stanbic Zambia Open1−14 (70-70-70-68=278)1 stroke Stuart Little, Jaco Olver219 Jan 2003Dunhill 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.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12003Dunhill Championship Anders Hansen, Trevor Immelman, Paul Lawrie, Doug McGuigan, Bradford VaughanWon with eagle on second extra holeHansen and McGuigan eliminated by birdie on first hole
Challenge Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up111 Mar 2001Stanbic Zambia Open1−14 (70-70-70-68=278)1 stroke Stuart Little, Jaco Olver229 Jul 2001Charles 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
Tournament2003200420052006200720082009Masters TournamentU.S. OpenThe Open ChampionshipT28T63T35PGA Championship Tournament20102011201220132014201520162017Masters TournamentU.S. OpenThe Open ChampionshipCUTPGA Championship
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament2003ChampionshipT68Match PlayInvitational
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Team appearances Amateur European Youths' Team Championship (representing England): 1994 St Andrews Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1994 (winners) Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1995 (winners) European Amateur Team Championship (representing England): 1995
Professional Seve Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2011 (winners)
See also 2016 European Tour Qualifying School graduates 2017 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
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