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Gordon J. Brand
Personal information
Full name	Gordon John Brand
Born	6 August 1955 (1955-08-06) (age 54) Cambridge, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Nationality	England
Residence	Ilkley, England; São Lourenço, Portugal
Career
Turned professional	1976
Current tour(s)	European Seniors Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	14
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	1
European Seniors Tour	5
Best results in Major Championships
The Masters	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT: 1989
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, 5th place, in which year he finished as runner-up to Greg Norman in The Open Championship at Turnberry.

In 1989, Brand won his sole European tour event winning by 4 shots at the Volvo Belgian Open at Royal Waterloo G.C., Brussels. He was also very successful in Africa, winning on the continent seven times.

Brand played in the 1983 Ryder Cup, represented England at the 1983 World Cup and was part of the 1986 and winning 1987 Alfred Dunhill Cup team. Brand, alongside Nick Faldo and Howard Clark beat Scotland on the final day to secure the title.

After a successful golfing career, Brand went on to work for the European Tour as a tournament referee before quitting in 2005 to play on the European Seniors Tour.

Since turning 50 and joining the European senior's tour in 2005 Brand has five victory's to his name, the most memorable coming at the 2008 The De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship. After a 72 hole score of 4-over par, Gordon J Brand and Gordon Brand, Jnr of Scotland played a record equaling six hole playoff, Gordon J Brand winning the sixth extra hole with a par putt on the par 3 17th after playing the 18th hole five times. After his win Brand credited his wife Lyn, a former Ladies European Tour player for a putting tip suggested to him before the final round.

Gordon J Brand should not be confused with his Scottish contemporary Gordon Brand, Jnr.

Professional wins (13)

European Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner-up
1	11 May 1989	Volvo Belgian Open	-11 (67-69-68-69=273)	6 strokes	Mark Davis

Other wins (7)

• 1981 (1) Ivory Coast Open
• 1983 (1) Nigerian Open
• 1986 (2) Ivory Coast Open, Nigerian Open
• 1987 (1) Zimbabwe Open
• 1988 (2) Ivory Coast Open, The Leeds Cup
• 1990 (1) Zambia Open

European Seniors Tour (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	15 Oct 2006	OKI Castellón Open de España Senior	-13 (65-66-72=203)	2 strokes	Carl Mason
2	11 Nov 2006	Arcapita Seniors Tour Championship	-5 (73-72-66=211)	Playoff	Adan Sowa
3	2 Mar 2007	DGM Barbados Open	-8 (72-70-66=208)	1 stroke	Doug Johnson
4	24 Aug 2008	The De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship	+4 (72-77-68-75=292)	Playoff	Gordon Brand, Jnr
5	31 Aug 2008	Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters	-9 (68-69-70=207)	2 strokes	Juan Quirós

Results in major championships

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

Senior majors results

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

Team appearances

• Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1983
• Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing England): 1986, 1987 (winners)
• World Cup (representing England): 1983
• Four Tours World Championship: 1986

External links

• Profile on the European Tour's official site

European Ryder Cup team – 1983 Severiano Ballesteros · Gordon J. Brand · Ken Brown · José Maria Cañizares · Nick Faldo · Bernard Gallacher · Bernhard Langer · Sandy Lyle · Sam Torrance · Brian Waites · Paul Way · Ian Woosnam · Tony Jacklin (non-playing captain)