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Mark Brooks

United States · born , Fort Worth, Texas, USA

1major championship

Summary

  • First major 1996 PGA Championship
  • Runner-up in majors 1 time

Wins

  1. 1996 PGA Championship Valhalla Golf Club · 277 (-11) · won a playoff against Kenny Perry

Near misses

  1. 1995 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · finished T3 · 283 (-5)
  2. 1996 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · finished T5 · 276 (-8)
  3. 2001 U.S. Open Southern Hills C.C. · runner-up to Retief Goosen · playoff: 18 holes, 70–72

Rivals

Beat him

Beaten in finals and playoffs

Next in the chain: Retief Goosen's rivals →

Moments

  1. 1996 PGA Championship Mark Brooks birdied the par-5 18th in regulation to force a playoff, then birdied it again to beat hometown favorite Kenny Perry.
  2. 1996 PGA Championship It was the last sudden-death playoff in PGA Championship history; the 3-hole aggregate format replaced it from 2000.

Results by championship

    Best day

    1996 PGA Championship

    Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky · 277 (-11) · won a playoff against Kenny Perry (Brooks 4 (birdie); Perry did not finish the hole)

    Mark Brooks birdied the par-5 18th in regulation to force a playoff, then birdied it again to beat hometown favorite Kenny Perry.

    It was the last sudden-death playoff in PGA Championship history; the 3-hole aggregate format replaced it from 2000.

    Chosen by rule: his most recent major win. Year page: 1996.

    Career line, 1995–2001

    PGA Championship
    1996 PGA Championship: won
    U.S. Open
    2001 U.S. Open: runner-up to Retief Goosen
    The Open
    1995 The Open: finished T31996 The Open: finished T5
    1996199820002002

    4 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Runner-up
    • Top 10

    Mark Brooks was born on March 25, 1961, in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Brooks won one major championship: the 1996 PGA Championship.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (1)

    1. 1996 PGA Championship Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky · 277 (-11) · won a playoff against Kenny Perry (Brooks 4 (birdie); Perry did not finish the hole)

    Near misses

    Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

    1. 1995 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · finished T3 · 283 (-5)
    2. 1996 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · finished T5 · 276 (-8)
    3. 2001 U.S. Open Southern Hills C.C. · runner-up to Retief Goosen · playoff: 18 holes, 70–72

    U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 2 (GNN U.S. Open room data).

    Sources

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. where2golf
    2. Golf Compendium PGA Tour career wins
    3. Golf Compendium winners list
    4. Golf Compendium 1996
    5. Today's Golfer past champions
    6. BetMGM winner payouts
    7. Today's Golfer purse history
    8. PGA of America club pros who made the cut
    9. PGA of America 1996 leaderboard
    10. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 34
    11. OWGR player event table, 1996
    12. R&A 1995
    13. R&A 1996