Mark Foster (golfer)

Mark Foster
At KLM Open, 2009
Personal information
Full name	Mark B. Foster
Born	1 August 1975 (1975-08-01) (age 36) Worksop, Notts., England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Nationality	England
Residence	Worksop, Notts., England
Spouse	Sophie
Career
Turned professional	1995
Current tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	4
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	1
Challenge Tour	3
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T28: 2003
PGA Championship	DNP
Achievements and awards
Challenge Tour Rankings winner	2001

Mark B. 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 2007 he had his career best finish on the Order of Merit in 52nd position.

Amateur wins (4)

• 1992 English Boys Stroke Play Championship
• 1994 English Amateur
• 1995 English Amateur, Brabazon Trophy (tie with Colin Edwards)

Professional wins (4)

European Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runners-up
1	19 Jan 2003	Dunhill Championship	-15 (70-66-69-68=273)	Playoff	Anders Hansen, Trevor Immelman, Paul Lawrie, Doug McGuigan, Bradford Vaughan

Challenge Tour wins (3)

• 1997 Interlaken Open
• 2001 Stanbic Zambia Open, Charles Church European Challenge Tour Championship

Results in major championships

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T28	T63	DNP	DNP	T35
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur

• Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1995 (winners)
• St Andrews Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1994 (winners)

Professional

• Seve Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2011 (winners)

External links

• Mark Foster at the European Tour official site
• Mark Foster at the Sunshine Tour official site
• Mark Foster at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

Persondata
Name	Foster, Mark
Alternative names	Foster, Mark B.
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	1 August 1975
Place of birth	Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
Date of death
Place of death