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Mark Hensby

Golf is an outdoor sport where player as an individual or from varied teams strike a ball targeting a hole using various clubs. This game does not have any fixed standard playing area, but an ideal measurement can be decided as per the availability of space and number of players involved. The game basically originated from Scotland and has been played for atleast five centuries in the British Isles. Although often viewed as an elite pastime, golf is now becoming an increasingly popular sport across all sections of society. The two basic forms of playing golf are match play and stroke play.

Mark Adam Hensby was born on June 29, 1971 in Melbourne, Australia. His height is five foot eight inch and weight is 150 pounds. He has eleven years of professional golf playing experience. In 1998 he set tournament mark with 20 under 260 at Fort Smith Classic, his first Nationwide Tour victory. He is the winner of numerous other tournaments, including the 1996 Illinois Open by eight strokes and the 1994 Illinois State Amateur. In 2001, his first season on Tour, he finished 186th on money list. In 2003 he made the cut in 17 of 23 events on the 2003 Nationwide Tour. He collected 276,519 dollars to finish number 7 on the final money list. His PGA Tour victories include 2004 John Deere Classic and his Nationwide Tour victory includes 1998 NIKE Fort Smith Classic.

Mark Hensby is one of the best known golf players in the history of the game. A unique style of game strategy and excellent judgment is what makes this great player one of the best all time golf players. Sheer determination, concentration and self confidence has helped him through out his professional career of playing golf to achieve what other players can only imagine of.

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