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Markus Brier 
Personal information Full name Markus Brier Born 5 July 1968
Vienna, AustriaHeight 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Nationality 
AustriaResidence Vienna, Austria Career Turned professional 1995 Current tour(s) European Tour Professional wins 5 Number of wins by tour European Tour 2 Challenge Tour 2 Other 1 Best results in Major Championships Masters Tournament DNP U.S. Open DNP The Open Championship T12: 2007 PGA Championship CUT: 2007 Markus Brier (born 5 July 1968) is one of relatively few Austrian touring professional golfers, and as of 2008 is his country's highest ranked player.
Brier won the Swiss and German Amateur Opens in the mid 1990s, and turned professional in 1995 at a relatively late age. Nine top ten finishes, including five top threes, on the 1999 Challenge Tour earned him third place on the season ending money list and playing privileges on the European Tour for 2000. He has retained his tour card since then through his final position on the order of merit every year, except for 2002 when he regained it through final qualifying school.
Since joining the European Tour, Brier has continued to play in his home event, the Austrian Open, winning it on two occasions during a period when it was a Challenge Tour event. In 2006 the tournament was promoted back onto the main European Tour schedule, now under the sponsored title BA-CA Golf Open. In its first year back, Brier once again took the title, in the process becoming the first Austrian golfer to win a European Tour event.[1] This win helped him to his then best year-end finish on the Order of Merit of 49th.
Brier's second European Tour win came in 2007 at the Volvo China Open and he improved his position on the year end Order of Merit to 32nd. He has also featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings.
Contents
Amateur wins (2)
- 1994 Swiss Amateur Open Championship
- 1995 German Amateur Open Championship
Professional wins (5)
European Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
VictoryRunner(s)-up 1 11 Jun 2006 BA-CA Golf Open -18 (65-67-66-68=266) 3 strokes 
Søren Hansen2 15 Apr 2007 Volvo China Open -10 (72-68-67-67=274) 5 strokes 
Scott Hend, 
Graeme McDowell,
Andrew McLardyChallenge Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
VictoryRunner(s)-up 1 2 Jun 2002 Austrian Golf Open -21 (67-67-62-71=267) 1 stroke 
Gary Birch Jr2 5 Sep 2004 BA-CA Golf Open -23 (65-63-66-67=263) 8 strokes 
Roope Kakko, 
Lee SlatteryOther wins (1)
- 2005 MAN NÖ Open (Alps Tour)
Equipment
- Irons - Mizuno Mp-52 3-PW, Dynamic Gold Lite
- Drivers - Mizuno MP-630 8.5
- Fairway Woods - Mizuno MP Titanium 13.5, 5 wood
- Wedges - Mizuno MPT-10 White Satin 54, 58
Results in major championships
Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP The Open Championship CUT DNP T46 DNP DNP CUT T12 DNP CUT PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP Tournament 2010 2011 The Masters DNP DNP U.S. Open DNP DNP The Open Championship DNP CUT PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Austria): 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994
Professional
- World Cup (representing Austria): 2004, 2007
- Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2007
See also
- 2010 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
References
- ^ "Austrian Brier seals home victory". BBC Sport. 11 June 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/5069658.stm. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
External links
- Official website (German)
- Markus Brier at the European Tour official site
- Markus Brier at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
Categories:- Austrian golfers
- European Tour golfers
- Sportspeople from Vienna
- 1968 births
- Living people
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