Brooks turned professional in 1983. He has seven wins on the
PGA Tour, including one
major, the
1996 PGA Championship. He was a member of the U.S.
Presidents Cup team in 1996. During his thirties, Brooks began a second career in
golf course design, and was a partner in the firm of Knott-Linn-Brooks House based in
Palo Alto, California. His first major project, Southern Oaks Golf Club outside Fort Worth, opened in 1999. After his 50th birthday in 2011, Brooks joined the
Champions Tour. He came close to his first victory in June at the
Principal Charity Classic, but bogeys on his final two holes allowed
Bob Gilder to win by one shot. The solo 2nd-place finish was Brooks' best on any tour since his runner-up finish to
Retief Goosen at the
2001 U.S. Open. In August 2014, Brooks again finished in solo second on the Champions Tour, after losing a sudden death playoff to
Scott Dunlap at the
Boeing Classic. In 2015 Brooks was hired by
Fox Sports as an-course analyst for the network's
U.S. Open coverage. Brooks is a co-host of the Fifteenth Club radio show with Scotty Sayers, Ed Clements, and Ben Clements. Brooks has the record for most starts on the PGA Tour with 803. ==Amateur wins (3)==