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Classy Finish For Brown

Mark Brown has scored a best round of the day bogey free in the final round of the Maybank Malaysian Open to finish in a tie for tenth place. After consistent performances of , and over the first three rounds Brown saved his best for last to gain... read more »

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Never Mind, It's All White

Mark Brown has eased the disappointment of missing the cut by one at the Hong Kong Open by making it home to Wellington in time to watch the All Whites play Bahrain for a place in the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Brown, who keeps his passion... read more »

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Nervous Wait For Seething Brown

A bogey on the last hole of the second round has put Mark Brown in an invidious position. Rounds of and have left him at one under par for the tournament, on the cut line 'bubble'. The Clash's anthem "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" will be... read more »

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Mark Brown on Stuff

No, not in an Andre Agassi kind of way but on www.stuff.co.nz. Click here to read the story.

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Best WGC Finish for Brown

Mark Brown has shot a confidence boosting four under par in the final round of the WGC HSBC Champions Tournament in Shanghai. He finally tamed the front nine, shooting a bogey free one under and making greens in regulation. This means Mark's best finish in a WGC event... read more »

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Mark Brown has shot a one under par in the third round of the WGC HSBC Champions at Sheshan International Golf Course in Shanghai. It was a more consistent scoring round for Brown who managed to stay out of double and triple bogey trouble and proved he can... read more »

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Solid Showing but Brown Disappointed

Mark Brown made the best of his first nine holes in the second round of the HSBC Champions in China, making the turn at -under par, -under for the tournament. Unfortunately a double on the first and two balls in the water on the eighth leading to a... read more »

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Gritty Brown Fights Back in China

It looked to be another grim day for Mark Brown at the WGC HSBC Champions in Shanghai as he slipped to three over par after five holes thanks to a bogey on the first and a double on the fifth. However Mark hung in there and had a... read more »

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Brown Returns to China

Mark Brown will tee up the ball in the rich WGC-HSBC Champions Tournament this week at Sheshan International Golf Course in Shanghai. Brown qualifies by virtue of his status as Australasian Order of Merit winner and will be looking to perform well over the four rounds. This is... read more »

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Wat-er Day

Mark Brown has had a week to forget in Sinagpore, his agony prolonged by the stormy weather. After a lost ball and two in the water on Thursday, Friday fared no better with a long delay due to storms and heavy rain meaning the second round was completed... read more »

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Stink Day off the Tee

Mark Brown had a bad day at the very hot office today as he shot a seven over par in the first round of the Barclays Singapore Open. Three, yes three double bogeys on par fours were costly errors as he only hit seven of fairways. Mark will... read more »

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Frustration For Brown

Mark Brown will not remember the seventh hole at the Oceanico Victoria Golf Course in Portugal with fondness. He managed to play the hole six over par in two rounds, yet still finished one-under par in two rounds, three shots outside the cut. Brown has shown a promising... read more »

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Even Par, but Ouch

Mark Brown has shot an even par on the first day of the Portugal Masters near Faro. On the face of it this is a reasonable score but closer inspection is encouraging yet demoralising for Brown. He hit greens in regulation but also made tripe bogey on the... read more »

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Persistence Pays Off

Mark Brown's dogged determination and practice has finally seen some rewards in the first round of the Madrid Masters in Spain. Brown shot a four under par to sit in a tie for th place, six shots behind the early runaway leader Manuel Quiros of Spain. Brown's blemish... read more »

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Improvement on Second Day for Brown

Mark Brown has shot an even par in the second round of the Dunhill Links Championship. Playing at Kingsbarns, Brown was again consistent from tee to green marking of greens in regulation. However he undid his three birdies on the front nine with three bogeys on the back... read more »

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Not the Best Start at the Dunhill

It wasn't the greatest of beginnings for Mark Brown in the first round of the Dunhill Links Championship as he shot -over par at St Andrews. Brown's putter was again the club a fault with putts despite hitting of fairways. Sean Fitzpatrick played well with a nett so... read more »

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markbrowngolf.com Back From A Break

Apologies for the lack of news here at www.markbrowngolf.com, HQ has gone back to New Zealand and Mark has had a couple of weeks off. He has had Sky TV installed at home, cooked, cleaned and done all the washing and been practising hard or so he tells... read more »

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Focused on Putting on Cologne

Or maybe that word should be "in" not "on". Mark Brown has shot a -over par in the first round of the Mercedes Benz Championship in Cologne, Germany. After getting off to a poor start with three bogeys in the first six holes, Mark made birdie on the... read more »

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Mixed Bag on First Day

It was a round of two halves for Mark Brown today as he shot a one over par in the first round of the Omega European Masters in Switzerland. Brown started solidly and confidently on the back nine, getting to -under par with little trouble on the scenic... read more »

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Brown Left to Ponder Chances

Mark Brown has missed the cut in Scotland after shooting a -over par in the second round of the Johnnie Walker Championship in Scotland. Brown should take heart from his improved display. In the blustery early morning conditions Brown got off to a poor start missing a short... read more »

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No Damage on Thursday

Mark Brown described his -over par in the first round of the Johnnie Walker Championship as doing "no damage". After getting off to a fine start in the cloudy and calm conditions racing to -under par, Mark knew he had to make the most of the lack of... read more »

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Solid Saturday for Brown

Mark Brown had another good round in Holland today with a -under par to move to -under for the tournament. Brown was once again superb from tee to green and made tap in par after par as once again he hold too few putts. Brown had putts in... read more »

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Another Good Display From Brown

Mark Brown himself admits it would be hard to play better tee to green than he has over the last two days, today shooting a -over par in the second round of the KLM Open in Holland. Brown's putter let him down today, with five makeable birdie chances... read more »

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Brown Starts Well in Holland

Mark Brown has played what he described as "his best ball striking round of the year" in shooting -under par in the first round of the KLM Open at Kennemer Golf and Country Club. Teeing off at am, Brown showed patience as he made par after par in... read more »

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Putting woes sink Mark Brown

Mark Brown blamed a dismal putting display for not finishing higher up the leader board on day one of the British Open Championship at Turnberry. Brown recorded putts in superb scoring conditions on the Ailsa course to end the opening round of his first-ever British Open trailing seven... read more »

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