Mark Wiebe

Mark Wiebe
 Golfer 
Personal information
Full name Mark Charles Wiebe
Born (1957-09-13) September 13, 1957
Seaside, Oregon
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st)
Nationality  United States
Residence Denver, Colorado
Career
College Palomar College
San Jose State University
Turned professional 1980
Current tour(s) Champions Tour
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Nationwide Tour
Professional wins 8
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 2
PGA Tour Champions 5
Other 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T35: 1987
U.S. Open T25: 1988
The Open Championship CUT: 1997, 2001, 2014
PGA Championship T12: 1989

Mark Charles Wiebe (born September 13, 1957) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Champions Tour. He also played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour.

Wiebe was born in Seaside, Oregon and grew up in Escondido, California. He attended Escondido High School from 197275, then Palomar College from 197677, then San Jose State University from 197879, and was a member of the golf team at both institutions. While a student at Palomar, he was the individual medalist at the 1977 California Amateur, won the 1977 Idaho Amateur; and he holds the Palomar school record for low round at 6-under-par (66).[1] He turned pro in 1980 and joined the PGA Tour in 1983.

Wiebe has about four dozen top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events including two wins. His first win came in 1985 at the Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic when he beat John Mahaffey with a birdie on the first extra hole of a sudden-death playoff.[2] In 1986, he won the Hardee's Golf Classic and finished 25th on the final money list. Wiebe's best finish in a major was a T-12 at the 1989 PGA Championship.[3] Wiebe was a co-leader after 36 holes with Tom Watson at the 1987 U.S. Open[4] before shooting closing rounds of 77 and 79 to finish tied for 58th.

Wiebe became eligible to join the Champions Tour when he turned 50 in September 2007. He won the first Champions Tour tournament that he played in at the SAS Championship. Wiebe matched Bobby Wadkins as the tour's youngest winner at 50 years and 10 days old.[5]

On July 29, 2013, Wiebe won his maiden senior major at the Senior Open Championship at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club. He defeated Bernhard Langer on the fifth hole of a sudden-death playoff with a par, after both players finished the tournament at nine-under-par. Wiebe began the final round four shots back of Langer, but produced a four-under round of 66 to make the playoff, after Langer had double-bogeyed the final hole of regulation play. Both players parred the first two extra holes before play was halted due to darkness, becoming the first ever Senior Open Championship to have a Monday finish. At the third extra hole, Langer missed a twelve footer for the victory, before Wiebe won at the fifth extra hole with a par, after Langer could not get up and down from a greenside bunker.[6] On September 22, 2013, Wiebe won his second event of the year at the Pacific Links Hawai'i Championship. He defeated Corey Pavin in a sudden-death playoff with a par on the second extra hole.

Wiebe lives in Denver, Colorado and is the father of three children. His son, Gunner, qualified for PGA Tour Latinoamérica in 2013.

Amateur wins (2)

Professional wins (8)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1 Jul 14, 1985 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic −11 (70-69-64-70=273) Playoff United States John Mahaffey
2 Jul 20, 1986 Hardee's Golf Classic −12 (69-65-66-68=268) 1 stroke United States Curt Byrum

PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1985 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic United States John Mahaffey Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 1988 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic United States Tom Sieckmann Lost to par on second extra hole
3 1993 Buick Classic Fiji Vijay Singh Lost to birdie on third extra hole

Other wins (1)

Champions Tour wins (5)

Legend
Senior major championships (1)
Other Champions Tour (4)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 Sep 23, 2007 SAS Championship −18 (65-66-67=198) 3 strokes United States Dana Quigley
2 Apr 6, 2008 Cap Cana Championship −14 (67-68-67=202) 4 strokes Argentina Vicente Fernández
3 Jun 12, 2011 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn −19 (64-68-65=197) Playoff United States James Mason
4 Jul 29, 2013 The Senior Open Championship −9 (70-65-70-66=271) Playoff Germany Bernhard Langer
5 Sep 22, 2013 Pacific Links Hawai'i Championship −11 (64-69-72=205) Playoff United States Corey Pavin

Champions Tour playoff record (3–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2011 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn United States James Mason Won with par on third extra hole
2 2013 The Senior Open Championship Germany Bernhard Langer Won with par on fifth extra hole
3 2013 Pacific Links Hawai'i Championship United States Corey Pavin Won with par on second extra hole

Senior major championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner-up
2013 The Senior Open Championship4 shot deficit −9 (70-65-70-66=271)Playoff1 Germany Bernhard Langer

1 Defeated Langer in a sudden-death playoff with a par at the fifth extra hole

Senior results timeline

Results are not in chronological order prior to 2016.

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
The Tradition T18 T41 T6 T28 T45 77 58 T70 DNP
Senior PGA Championship T30 T44 CUT T60 CUT T59 75 CUT DNP
Senior Players Championship T7 T43 T3 T33 T17 T14 T60 T62 T57 DNP
The Senior Open Championship T27 T47 T46 CUT T6 1 CUT T58 DNP
U.S. Senior Open CUT T22 T18 T23 8 CUT CUT T62 WD

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

References

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