Mark Brown claims Legends Tour title
- Dave Worsley
- Jul 14
- 2 min read
Kiwi Mark Brown has returned to European golf with a triumph in winning the 27th Swiss Seniors Open at Golf Club Bad Ragaz on the Legends Tour.
The 50-year-old originally from the Hutt Valley overturned a one-shot deficit in a bogey-free final round of 6-under 64 to win by two strokes.
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Scores of 66, 65 and 64 saw Brown finish at 15-under for the tournament.
Chasing 36-hole leader Robert Coles, Brown maintained composure down the stretch and with crucial birdies on the par 4 15th and par 5 16th holes managed to take hold of the tournament as Coles couldn’t recover from a one-over front nine.
A par on the 17th for Brown allowed him to head down 18 with a two-shot lead, making a sweat-less par to become a debutant Legends Tour winner, the first since Scott Hend in 2013.
“It’s amazing,” said Brown, “I really didn’t know what to expect this week, so we’ve all just had a blast. We’ve had a fantastic week, and what a way to finish today.
“I stayed pretty patient. I felt like the scoring was going to be pretty low today. There’s hardly any wind, so I just needed to be patient, especially on the front nine. I managed to make a few birdies on that back nine coming home, which was really the key. Winning is never easy, so I had the heart rate going coming up 18.
“I’ve got a six-year-old son and he’s obsessed by the trophies. Unfortunately, we don’t win too many in a golf tournament, so he’ll be especially pleased to see the trophy.”
The win is Brown’s 12th internationally and second in Europe, adding to his co-sanctioned European Tour and PGA of Tour of Australasia win at the 2008 Johnnie Walker Classic and follows his April 2025 win on the Charles Tour at the Muriwai Open.
The Legends Tour heads next to the UK and Sunningdale Golf Club, Berkshire for the Senior Open on July 24-27.
