Roger Wessels

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Roger Wessels
Personal information
Full nameRoger Mark Wessels
Born (1961-03-04) 4 March 1961 (age 63)
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Residence George, South Africa
Career
Turned professional1983
Former tour(s) European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Canadian Tour
Professional wins12
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour5
Other7
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.

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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.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
127 Jan 1991 Lexington PGA Championship −9 (68-66-68-69=271)Playoff Flag of England.svg Mark James, Flag of the United States.svg Hugh Royer III
214 Oct 1995 Phalaborwa Mafunyane Trophy −4 (69-74-69=212)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Hugh Baiocchi
310 Nov 1996 Mycom Mafunyane Trophy (2)−14 (68-66-68=202)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Brett Liddle
415 Oct 2000 Observatory Classic −20 (65-65-66=196)6 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Justin Hobday, Flag of South Africa.svg Ashley Roestoff
518 Nov 2001 Platinum Classic −15 (68-69-64=201)4 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Des Terblanche

Southern Africa Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 1991 Lexington PGA Championship Flag of England.svg Mark James, Flag of the United States.svg Hugh Royer III Won par with on second extra hole
Royer eliminated by par on first hole
2 1995 Phalaborwa Mafunyane Trophy Flag of South Africa.svg Hugh Baiocchi

Canadian Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
131 Jul 1994 Canadian Masters −12 (63-70-69-70=272)1 stroke Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ray Stewart

Other South African wins (4)

Other wins (2)

Results in major championships

Tournament2002
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T77
PGA Championship DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Professional

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References

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