Mark Brooks (golfer)

Mark David Brooks (born March 25, 1961) is an American professional golfer who plays on the Champions Tour.
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, the Southern Oaks Golf Club outside Fort Worth, opened in 1999 and was highly acclaimed. In his late forties, he began splitting his playing time between the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour. He lives in Fort Worth.
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.

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

PGA Tour wins (7)

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 with 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, Bryant, and Brooks eliminated with 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:70, Brooks:72)

Other wins (3)

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• 1993 Pebble Beach Invitational
• 2002 Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational
• 2009 Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1996	PGA Championship	2 shot deficit	−11 (68-70-69-70=277)	Playoff1	Kenny Perry

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

Results timeline

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

Summary

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

Professional

• Presidents Cup: 1996 (winners)