Mark Silvers
{{short description|American professional golfer (born 1986)}}
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| birth_place = Savannah, Georgia
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| height = 6 ft 0 in
| weight = 175 lb
| nationality = {{USA}}
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| college = University of South Carolina
| yearpro = 2009
| tour = Web.com Tour
| extour = PGA Tour Canada
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| usopen = T54: 2015
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Mark Silvers (born November 5, 1986) is an American professional golfer and low level amateur pickleball player.{{Cite web|title=Mark Silvers - 4.5 Pickleball Player in Savannah, Georgia|url=https://www.globalpickleball.network/pickleball-partners/partners/profile-page/userprofile/97466|access-date=2022-01-20|website=www.globalpickleball.network}}
Silvers was born in Savannah, Georgia. He was an All-American at the University of South Carolina.{{cite news |url=http://nbc26.tv/2015/06/19/north-augustas-matt-nesmith-fires-76-in-first-round-of-u-s-open/ |title=North Augusta's Matt NeSmith fires 76 in first round of U.S. Open |work=NBC26.tv |first=Brendan |last=Robertson |date=June 19, 2015 |accessdate=June 23, 2015}}
Silvers competed on mini-tours after turning professional in 2009. He won Golf Channel's reality show, Big Break Greenbrier in 2012, earning an exemption into the 2013 Greenbrier Classic on the PGA Tour.{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.34259.mark-silvers.html/profile |title=Mark Silvers profile |publisher=PGA Tour |accessdate=June 24, 2015}}
Silvers played on PGA Tour Canada in 2014, winning one event and finishing 10th on the Order of Merit. He finished T-14 at the Web.com Tour Qualifying School to earn his 2015 Web.com Tour card.
Silvers finished tied for 54th at the 2015 U.S. Open.{{cite magazine |url=http://scores.golfweek.com/scores.asp?Action=Tournament&TournamentID=11025 |title=U.S. Open: Player Results |magazine=Golfweek |accessdate=June 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622064327/http://scores.golfweek.com/scores.asp?Action=Tournament&TournamentID=11025 |archive-date=June 22, 2015 |url-status=dead }} Silvers qualified for the tournament by earning medalist honors at sectional qualifying after being an alternate due to his performance at local qualifying.{{cite web |url=http://www.thestate.com/sports/golf/article24831607.html |title=Former USC golfer Mark Silvers eager for second U.S. Open |newspaper=The State |location=Columbia, South Carolina |first=Bob |last=Spear |accessdate=June 23, 2015}}
Professional wins (1)
=PGA Tour Canada wins (1)=
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!No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of !Runner-up |
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|align=right|Sep 7, 2014 |−15 (70-65-72-66=273) |Playoff |{{flagicon|USA}} Matt Harmon |
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External links
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- {{OWGR|14705}}
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Category:American male golfers
Category:South Carolina Gamecocks men's golfers
Category:Golfers from Savannah, Georgia
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