Marcus Fraser

Marcus Fraser (born 26 July 1978) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia and Asian Tour.

Born in Corowa, New South Wales, Fraser spent his early years working at a supermarket. He completed a distinguished amateur career in 2002, finishing as the top individual in the Eisenhower Trophy world teams event.

He turned professional in 2002 and completed his first seasons playing on Europe's second tier Challenge Tour. In 2003, he won three tournaments in one month, the Danish Open, the Talma Finnish Challenge and the Russian Open, which was also a European Tour event. The last of those wins secured his card on the European Tour for 2004. He has maintained his playing status since by consistently finishing inside the top 120 on the Order of Merit, with a best of 25th place in 2012. Fraser has played in over 200 events on the European Tour and his best world ranking position was 51st. He is one of the shortest driving guys on Tour, averaging 271 yards off the tee in 2016.

On 25 April 2010, Fraser won the 2010 Ballantine's Championship with a closing 69 to finish four shots clear. Fraser claimed his first victory in seven years, completing a wire-to-wire win during a weather reduced 54 hole event.

In June 2012, Fraser lost out in a playoff to Danny Willett at the BMW International Open in Cologne. He led after a 64 during round one, but finished with a bogey on the 72nd hole to fall into a playoff. Fraser three-putted the fourth extra hole to lose the tournament when Willett made his chip and putt for par.

Fraser won his third European Tour title at the inaugural Maybank Championship Malaysia in February 2016. He capitalised on a late collapse by leader Lee Soo-min, who had led by two with three holes to play. He won by two strokes, as Lee dropped four strokes in his final three holes, to end a winless drought of almost six years, during which he played in 119 events.

He played in the first Olympic Golf Tournament since 1904 representing Australia with Scott Hend, due to the retirements of compatriots Jason Day, Adam Scott and Marc Leishman. After one round, he led the tournament, posting a 8-under-par 63, setting an Olympic record (tied by Matt Kuchar in the last day). Fraser shot a two-under 69 in the second round, holding the 36-hole lead. He had a bad weekend (72-72) but was still able to finish T5.

• 1999 Victoria Amateur Championship
• 2001 Asia Pacific Championship
• 2002 New Zealand Amateur Championship

European Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	17 Aug 2003	BMW Russian Open1	−19 (68-65-68-68=269)	Playoff	Martin Wiegele
2	25 Apr 2010	Ballantine's Championship2	−12 (65-70-69=204)	4 strokes	Gareth Maybin, Brett Rumford
3	21 Feb 2016	Maybank Championship Malaysia2	−15 (66-69-66-68=269)	2 strokes	Lee Soo-min, Miguel Tabuena

1 Co-sanctioned with the Challenge Tour
2 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2003	BMW Russian Open	Martin Wiegele	Won with par on second extra hole
2	2009	Sportsbet Australian Masters	Rod Pampling	Lost to par on third extra hole
3	2012	BMW International Open	Danny Willett	Lost to par on fourth extra hole
4	2013	Ballantine's Championship	Brett Rumford, Peter Whiteford	Rumford won with eagle on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	8 Jun 2003	Nykredit Danish Open	−12 (70-71-69-66=276)	3 strokes	Grégory Bourdy, Joakim Rask
2	3 Aug 2003	Talma Finnish Challenge	−13 (67-66-71-71=275)	Playoff	Tony Edlund
3	17 Aug 2003	BMW Russian Open1	−19 (68-65-68-68=269)	Playoff	Martin Wiegele

1 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour

Asian Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	25 Apr 2010	Ballantine's Championship1	−12 (65-70-69=204)	4 strokes	Gareth Maybin, Brett Rumford
2	21 Feb 2016	Maybank Championship Malaysia1	−15 (66-69-66-68=269)	2 strokes	Lee Soo-min, Miguel Tabuena

1 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

• 2003 Volvo Trucks Classic (Von Nida Tour)

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

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

The HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy: 2002 (individual winner)
• Bonallack Trophy: 2002 (winners)