From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gordon J. Brand
Gordon J. Brand
Gordon J. Brand Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 1989
The Open Championship 2nd: 1986
PGA Championship DNP
Gordon John Brand (born 6 August 1955) is an English
professional golfer.
Brand turned professional in 1976 and enjoyed full
playing privileges on the European Tour for 20 years.
During his time on tour, he finished inside the top 30 on
the Order of Merit seven times and inside the top-100 16
times. His highest ranking came in 1986, fifth place, in
which year he finished as runner-up to Greg Norman in
The Open Championship at Turnberry. Brand is also re-
membered for recording a hole in one at the 16th hole
during the 1981 Open Championship at Royal St George’s
Golf Club. In that year he won the Tooting Bec Cup after
posting a round of 65. Gordon repeated this feat again in
1986 on his way to finishing runner-up.
Personal information
In 1989, Brand won his sole European Tour event win-
Full name Gordon John Brand ning by four shots at the Volvo Belgian Open at Royal
Waterloo G.C., Brussels. He was also very successful in
Nickname Brandy
Africa, winning on the continent seven times notably
Born 6 August 1955 (1955-08-06) winning the Open de Côte d’Ivoire no fewer than three
Cambridge, England times. He was twice a winner of the Safari Tour order of
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) merit.
Brand played in the 1983 Ryder Cup, represented Eng-
Nationality England land at the 1983 World Cup and was part of the 1986
Residence Ilkley, England; and winning 1987 Alfred Dunhill Cup teams. Brands win
São Lourenço, Portugal against Sam Torrance helped, alongside Nick Faldo and
Howard Clark beat Scotland on the final day to secure the
Spouse Lyn Brand (m.1979)
title.
Children Marylyn, Elizabeth Jane After a successful golfing career, Brand went on to
work for the European Tour as a tournament referee be-
Career
fore quitting in 2005 to play on the European Seniors
Turned professional 1976 Tour.
Current tour(s) European Seniors Tour Since turning 50 and joining the European Seniors
Tour in 2005 Brand has five victory’s to his name, the
Former tour(s) European Tour most memorable coming at the 2008 The De Vere Col-
Professional wins 14 lection PGA Seniors Championship. After a 72-hole score
of 4-over par, Brand and Gordon Brand, Jnr of Scotland
Number of wins by tour
played a record equaling six hole playoff, with Gordon J.
European Tour 1 Brand winning the sixth extra hole with a par putt on the
par 3 17th after playing the 18th hole five times. After his
European Seniors Tour 5
win, Brand credited his wife Lyn, a former Ladies Euro-
Other 7 pean Tour player for a putting tip suggested to him be-
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No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Runner-up
Victory
1 11 May 1989 Volvo Belgian Open -11 (67-69-68-69=273) 6 strokes Mark Davis
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin Runner-up
of
Victory
1 15 Oct OKI Castellón Open de España Senior -13 (65-66-72=203) 2 strokes Carl Mason
2006
2 11 Nov Arcapita Seniors Tour Championship -5 (73-72-66=211) Playoff Adan Sowa
2006
3 2 Mar 2007 DGM Barbados Open -8 (72-70-66=208) 1 stroke Doug Johnson
4 24 Aug The De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Champion- +4 Playoff Gordon Brand,
2008 ship (72-77-68-75=292) Jnr
5 31 Aug Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters -9 (68-69-70=207) 2 strokes Juan Quirós
2008
No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2006 Arcapita Seniors Tour Championship Adan Sowa Won with par on third hole
2 2008 The De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship Gordon Brand, Jnr Won with par on seventh hole
fore the final round. A week later, Brand also won the
Travis Perkins Senior Masters at Woburn Golf Club. With
Results in major champion-
that win, Brand finished a senior career best second on ships
the Order of Merit behind former Masters champion Ian
Woosnam. Since finishing second on the Order of Merit Tournament 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 19
in 2008, Gordon has struggled for form finishing 21st and Masters Tour- DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DN
15th in 2009 and 2010 Order of Merits respectively, post- nament
ing only five top-10 finishes. U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DN
Gordon J. Brand should not be confused with his Scot-
The Open CUT DNP T19 CUT CUT CUT T25 2 T4
tish contemporary Gordon Brand, Jnr.
Championship
PGA Champi- DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DN
Professional wins (13) onship
DNP = Did not play
European Tour wins (1) CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Other wins (7) Yellow background for top-10
• 1981 (1) Open de Côte d’Ivoire
• 1983 (1) Nigerian Open
• 1986 (2) Open de Côte d’Ivoire, Nigerian Open
Senior majors results
• 1987 (1) Zimbabwe Open Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
• 1988 (2) Open de Côte d’Ivoire, The Leeds Cup
Senior PGA DNP CUT T77 CUT DNP CUT
• 1990 (1) Zambia Open
Championship
European Seniors Tour (5) Senior British T10 T10 CUT T26 T50 69
Open Champi-
European Seniors Tour playoff record (2-0)
onship
U.S. Senior DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP
Open
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the halfway cut
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"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for a wins. Yellow background for
External links
top-10 • Gordon J. Brand at the European Tour official site
Persondata
Team appearances Name Brand, Gordon J
• Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1983 Alternative names Brand, Gordon John
• Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing England): 1986, Short description Professional golfer
1987 (winners) Date of birth 6 August 1955
• World Cup (representing England): 1983
Place of birth Cambridge, England
• Four Tours World Championship: 1986
Date of death
Place of death
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Categories:
• English golfers
• European Tour golfers
• European Seniors Tour golfers
• 1955 births
• Living people
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