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

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 nationality South Africa
ResidenceGeorge, 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 TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT77: 2002

Career

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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)

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Sunshine Tour wins (5)

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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)

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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)

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

Other wins (2)

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

Results in major championships

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Tournament 2002
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

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Professional

References

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