Roger Wessels

Roger Wessels
Personal information
Full name	Roger Mark Wessels
Born	(1961-03-04) 4 March 1961 (age 64) Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Sporting nationality	South Africa
Residence	George, South Africa
Career
Turned professional	1983
Former tour(s)	European Tour Sunshine Tour Canadian Tour
Professional wins	12
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour	5
Other	7
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T77: 2002

Roger Mark Wessels (born 4 March 1961) is a South African professional golfer.

Career

Wessels was born in Port Elizabeth. He turned professional at a relatively late age in 1987, without having had any major successes as an amateur. Despite that, he won several times on the Southern Africa Tour, latterly the Sunshine Tour, including the South African PGA Championship in 1991. He also played on the Canadian Tour, where he won the Canadian Masters title in 1994. He represented South Africa in the World Cup at the end of that year.

Wessels played on the European Tour from 1995 through 2003, having his best season in 2000 when he finished 35th on the Order of Merit. He retired from tournament golf at the end of 2003, and has since pursued a career as a teaching professional. ^[1]

Professional wins (12)

Sunshine Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	27 Jan 1991	Lexington PGA Championship	−9 (68-66-68-69=271)	Playoff	Mark James, Hugh Royer III
2	14 Oct 1995	Phalaborwa Mafunyane Trophy	−4 (69-74-69=212)	Playoff	Hugh Baiocchi
3	10 Nov 1996	Mycom Mafunyane Trophy (2)	−14 (68-66-68=202)	3 strokes	Brett Liddle
4	15 Oct 2000	Observatory Classic	−20 (65-65-66=196)	6 strokes	Justin Hobday, Ashley Roestoff
5	18 Nov 2001	Platinum Classic	−15 (68-69-64=201)	4 strokes	Des Terblanche

Southern Africa Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1991	Lexington PGA Championship	Mark James, Hugh Royer III	Won par with on second extra hole Royer eliminated by par on first hole
2	1995	Phalaborwa Mafunyane Trophy	Hugh Baiocchi

Canadian Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	31 Jul 1994	Canadian Masters	−12 (63-70-69-70=272)	1 stroke	Ray Stewart

Other South African wins (4)

• 1992 Tzaneen Classic
• 1994 Kalahari Classic, Mercedes Benz Golf Challenge
• 1995 Renwick Group Classic Pro-Am

Other wins (2)

• 1994 Sanlam Cancer Challenge Pro-Am
• 1999 Smurfit COC Pro-Am

Results in major championships

Tournament	2002
The Open Championship	T77

Note: Wessels only played in The Open Championship "T" = tied

Team appearances

Professional

• World Cup (representing South Africa): 1994

References

1. "Our management & professionals". KeNako Golf & Sports Academy. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2009.

External links

• Roger Wessels at the European Tour official site
• Roger Wessels at the Sunshine Tour official site
• Roger Wessels at the Official World Golf Ranking official site