Mark Brooks (golfer)
# Mark Brooks (golfer)

Mark David Brooks (born March 25, 1961) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions.

Brooks was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a three-time All-American as a member of the golf team. He turned professional in 1983.

Brooks has seven wins on the PGA Tour, including one major, the 1996 PGA Championship. He was a member of the U.S. Presidents Cup team in 1996.

During his thirties, Brooks began a second career in golf course design, and was a partner in the firm of Knott-Linn-Brooks House based in Palo Alto, California. His first major project, Southern Oaks Golf Club outside Fort Worth, opened in 1999.

After his 50th birthday in 2011, Brooks joined the Champions Tour. He came close to his first victory in June at the Principal Charity Classic, but bogeys on his final two holes allowed Bob Gilder to win by one shot. The solo 2nd-place finish was Brooks' best on any tour since his runner-up finish to Retief Goosen at the 2001 U.S. Open. In August 2014, Brooks again finished in solo second on the Champions Tour, after losing a sudden death playoff to Scott Dunlap at the Boeing Classic.

In 2015 Brooks was hired by Fox Sports as an-course analyst for the network's U.S. Open coverage.

Brooks has the record for most starts on the PGA Tour with 803.

## Amateur wins (3)

this list may be incomplete

* 1978 Future Masters
* 1979 Trans-Mississippi Amateur
* 1981 Southern Amateur

## Professional wins (10)

### PGA Tour wins (7)

* Legend
* Major championships (1)
* Other PGA Tour (6)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jul 24, 1988 | Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open | −15 (66-65-69-69=269) | Playoff | Dave Barr, Joey Sindelar |
| 2 | Apr 28, 1991 | KMart Greater Greensboro Open | −13 (71-70-70-64=275) | Playoff | Gene Sauers |
| 3 | Sep 1, 1991 | Greater Milwaukee Open | −18 (63-67-70-70=270) | 1 stroke | Robert Gamez |
| 4 | Jun 5, 1994 | Kemper Open | −13 (65-68-69-69=271) | 3 strokes | Bobby Wadkins, D. A. Weibring |
| 5 | Jan 21 1996 | Bob Hope Chrysler Classic | −23 (66-68-69-67-67=337) | 1 stroke | John Huston |
| 6 | May 5, 1996 | Shell Houston Open | −14 (66-68-70-70=274) | Playoff | Jeff Maggert |
| 7 | Aug 11, 1996 | PGA Championship | −11 (68-70-69-70=277) | Playoff | Kenny Perry |

PGA Tour playoff record (4–3)

| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1988 | Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open | Dave Barr, Joey Sindelar | Won with birdie on second extra hole Sindelar eliminated by par on first hole |
| 2 | 1988 | Gatlin Brothers-Southwest Golf Classic | Tom Purtzer | Lost to par on first extra hole |
| 3 | 1991 | KMart Greater Greensboro Open | Gene Sauers | Won with par on third extra hole |
| 4 | 1993 | Buick Southern Open | Billy Andrade, Brad Bryant, Bob Estes, John Inman | Inman won with birdie on second extra hole Andrade, Brooks and Bryant eliminated by birdie on first hole |
| 5 | 1996 | Shell Houston Open | Jeff Maggert | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 6 | 1996 | PGA Championship | Kenny Perry | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 7 | 2001 | U.S. Open | Retief Goosen | Lost 18-hole playoff; Goosen: E (70), Brooks: +2 (72) |

### Other wins (3)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jan 3, 1993 | Pebble Beach Invitational | −8 (68-68-72=208)* | 5 strokes | Bob May |
| 2 | Nov 24, 2002 | Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational (2) | −16 (70-65-68-69=272) | 3 strokes | Jeff Gove |
| 3 | Nov 22, 2009 | Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational (3) | −12 (69-71-69-67=276) | 2 strokes | Rickie Fowler, D. A. Points |

*Note: The 1993 Pebble Beach Invitational was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

## Playoff record

Champions Tour playoff record (0–1)

| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2014 | Boeing Classic | Scott Dunlap | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |

## Major championships

### Wins (1)

| Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1996 | PGA Championship | 2 shot deficit | −11 (68-70-69-70=277) | $Playoff^1$ | Kenny Perry |

$^1Defeated$ Kenny Perry with a birdie on the first extra hole.

### Results timeline

| Tournament | 1984 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Masters Tournament | | | | | CUT |
| U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | |
| The Open Championship | | | | | |
| PGA Championship | | | | CUT | CUT |
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
| Masters Tournament | | T35 | CUT | CUT | | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | T38 |
| U.S. Open | T5 | T19 | T44 | T46 | CUT | | T16 | CUT | 57 | CUT |
| The Open Championship | | T80 | T55 | | T20 | T3 | T5 | CUT | T66 | T62 |
| PGA Championship | T26 | CUT | T15 | CUT | CUT | T31 | 1 | CUT | T56 | T16 |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Masters Tournament | T40 | T31 | T24 | | | | | | | |
| U.S. Open | CUT | 2 | CUT | | CUT | | CUT | | | |
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | | | | | | | | |
| PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Masters Tournament | | | | | |
| U.S. Open | | | | | |
| The Open Championship | | | | | |
| PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |

CUT = missed the half way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place.

### Summary

| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 7 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 |
| PGA Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 6 |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 67 | 25 |

* Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (1990 U.S. Open – 1991 Open Championship)
* Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1996 Open Championship – 1996 PGA)

## Results in The Players Championship

| Tournament | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | | T63 | | CUT | T36 | CUT | T9 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | T7 | CUT | T10 | T57 | T65 | T57 | T62 | CUT | CUT | CUT |

CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place

## Team appearances

Professional

* Presidents Cup: 1996 (winners)
