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23rd Nov
Fifth Place for Brown
Mark Brown has finished fifth at the Samsung Whitford Pro-Am with rounds of and to finish at -under par, six shots behind winner Josh Geary. Mark enjoyed the outing after a week recovering from jet lag and resting and was happy to be back amongst his fellow NZ... read more »
20th Nov
Mark Joins the Race to....Whitford
Mark Brown has proven his status as 'the people's golfer' in fronting up for the Samsung Whitford Pro-Am at Whitford Golf Club in Auckland, New Zealand. After failing to make the top on the European Tour Money List and the rich Dubai World Championship, Mark has returned to... read more »
29th Oct
Mark's Week
Necessity has forced a change of name of this blog from 'Mark's Monday' to 'Mark's Week'. It was getting a bit ridiculous, and everyone knows that Monday is a day for washing and resting. It is great to be back in Singapore this week, even though I had... read more »
14th Oct
Mark's Monday (getting later...)
Last weeks event, the Madrid Masters, was a strange week. There was some really positive stuff happening but also a lot of frustration. I got off to a nice solid start of , then played late on Friday to shoot par . We all thought four under would... read more »
12th Oct
Brown Finishes Up in Madrid
Mark Brown has finished in th place at the Madrid Masters with scores of , , and over the four days. Brown should take heart in the consistency of his rounds, this being one of his most steady and consistent performances in months, averaging greens in regulation per... read more »
7th Oct
Mark's Monday (on Wednesday)
Down to sunny Spain for the Madrid Open this week. After a cold and windy week in Scotland last week it feels nice to have some heat in the sun and some dry conditions to play in. The Dunhill Links Championship was played over fantastic links courses, St... read more »
5th Oct
Grim Finish For Brown
After weather forced the abandonment of play on Saturday, Mark Brown has completed his first Dunhill LInks Championship with a grim on the third day of play at Carnoustie. Brwn needed a miracle to have any chance of playing the fourth round at St Andrews but it wasn't... read more »
5th Sep
Triple Trouble Adds to Woes
Mark Brown's costly triple bogey on the par three thirteenth in the second round in Switzerland means he will have yet another weekend without competition golf. At -under for the round he looked well placed to play another two rounds but his horrid error and only one following... read more »
1st Sep
Mark's Monday
Another frustrating performance at the Johnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles last week. For the second week in a row my long game was certainly in good enough shape to be competitive but a combination of a few poor shots, double bogies and extremely poor putting let me down.... read more »
25th Aug
Mark's Monday
I had a really positive week last week in Holland, even though the scores didn't really show it, it was the best golf I have played in a very long time. After a four week break I quickly got into my stride, playing the first few holes of... read more »
24th Aug
Not Quite There Yet
Mark Brown has shot a one over par in the final round of the KLM Open in Holland. On another day of ideal conditions, Brown birdied the second and just missed a chance for birdie on three. When the marshals indicated his tee shot on four was fine... read more »
17th Aug
New Feature: Mark's Monday
Hi all, thought it might be a good idea to post something each Monday, some thoughts of the previous week and a look forward to the week ahead. This week s event the KLM Open near Amsterdam. It has been a bit of a strange time of year,... read more »
17th Aug
Brown Parts Ways With Long Time Coach
Mark Brown and his coach Mal Tongue have parted ways after years. Mark has paid tribute to Mal by thanking him for his years of dedication and advice. Mal has been a tremendous influence on my golfing career, taking me from a skinny year old to winning on... read more »
29th Jul
Disappointment for Brown
Mark Brown's Open dream has ended for with a -over par in windy conditions at Turnberry to miss the cut by three shots. Brown played as well as possible in the windy conditions but it was his putter that let him down with several missed from short distance.... read more »
29th Jul
Open underway this time
One year on from being first reserve, Mark Brown has started in the Open Championship and shot a very respectable -over par . It was one of those rare days of late that the score could have been a lot better. Luck was not with Brown's putter, though... read more »
29th Jul
Open championship dream begins
Mark Brown will tee off in his first Open Championship this week, the th Open Championship at the Ailsa Course, Turnberry. There wil be no repeat of last year's first reserve heartbreak as Mark tees off at am with Johan Edfors of Sweden and Briny Baird from the... read more »
29th Jul
Mc Brown playing the wrong tune
Mark Brown has added another "MC" to his year's results with a disastrous -over par in the second round of the Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond. Teeing off in brilliant sunshine with no wind the conditions were ripe for scoring. Brown has been struggling with his driving... read more »
10th Jul
Scottish Open first round complete
Mark Brown has shot a -under par in the first round of the Barclays Scottish Open to be in a tie for nd place. Brown's round was typically dramatic with a good start, average middle and solid finish with four birdies and three bogeys in total, including a... read more »
9th Jul
New week for Brown
The beauty of Mark Brown's current status on the European Tour is that there is always another tournament next week so this week it is the Barclays Scottish Open at the scenic Loch Lomond north of Glasgow. Brown arrived on Monday and has spent the last two days... read more »
4th Jul
Better day for Brown
Mark Brown has shot a -over par on a much improved day at Le Golf National but still well off the pace. Brown exorcised the demons of yesterday's second hole disaster with a birdie and another on his final hole. Brown will now play a corporate day before... read more »
3rd Jul
Disappointment for Brown
A disappointed Mark Brown has shot an -over par on the first day of the Open de France at Le Golf National outside Paris. On the bright side, with the course being a par he avoided the dreaded 'snowman holding a doughnut' . Brown did the damage with... read more »
27th Jun
Better, but still not good enough
Mark Brown has put in a much improved performance on recent weeks but this still hasn't been enough to make the cut at the BMW International in Munich. Brown started badly with a bogey from the right hand rough on the tenth but recovered well from a hook... read more »
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