Marcus Fraser

This article is about the Australian golfer. For the Scottish footballer, see Marcus Fraser (footballer).
Marcus Fraser
— Golfer —

KLM Open 2008
Personal information
Full name Marcus Fraser
Born (1978-07-26) 26 July 1978
Corowa, NSW, Australia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb; 14.0 st)
Nationality  Australia
Residence Melbourne, Australia
Spouse Carlie (m. 2008)
Career
Turned professional 2002
Current tour(s) European Tour
Asian Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins 6
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 3
Asian Tour 2
PGA Tour of Australasia 1
Challenge Tour 3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open T45: 2007
The Open Championship T20: 2015
PGA Championship T47: 2013

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

Career

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.

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.[1]

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.[2]

He is playing in the first Olympic Golf Tournament since the early 1900s. After one round, he led the tournament, posting a 8 under 63. Fraser shot a two under 69 in the second round, holding the 36 hole lead. Fraser had a bad weekend but still finished T5.

Amateur wins (3)

Professional wins (6)

European Tour wins (3)

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

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

European Tour playoff record (1–3)

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

Challenge Tour wins (3)

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

1 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour

Asian Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 25 Apr 2010 Ballantine's Championship1 −12 (65-70-69=204) 4 strokes Northern Ireland Gareth Maybin, Australia Brett Rumford
2 21 Feb 2016 Maybank Championship Malaysia1 −15 (66-69-66-68=269) 2 strokes South Korea Lee Soo-min, Philippines Miguel Tabuena

1 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP T45 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP T64 DNP
The Open Championship CUT T35 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT T54 DNP T20 CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T66 T47 DNP DNP T73

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Cadillac Championship DNP T45 T24 T60 DNP DNP 60
Dell Match Play DNP DNP DNP R32 DNP DNP T51
Bridgestone Invitational T58 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T38
HSBC Champions T63 DNP T42 DNP DNP DNP T70

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

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. ↑ "Aussie Marcus Fraser eases to victory in South Korea". BBC Sport. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "Maybank Championship Malaysia: Lee collapse helps Fraser win". BBC Sport. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
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