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Full name
  
Roger J. Mackay

Other
  
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Height
  
1.75 m

Nationality
  
Australia

Masters Tournament
  
DNP

Weight
  
73 kg


Turned professional
  
1983

Name
  
Roger Mackay

Japan golf tour
  
8

Professional wins
  
13

Role
  
Golfer

PGA tour of australasia wins
  
2

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Born
  
31 March 1956 (
1956-03-31
)

Died
  
June 17, 2002, Perth, Australia

Former tours
  
Japan Golf Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia

Araluen Golf Resort


Roger J. Mackay (31 March 1956 – 17 June 2002) was an Australian professional golfer.

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Mackay turned professional in 1983 and played on both the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Japan Golf Tour. His biggest successes came in Japan, where he won on eight occasions. In Australia he is best remembered for his 1987 win at the Australian PGA Championship. In 1991 he was named Western Australian Sports Star of the Year.

Mackay last played professional golf in 2001. He died the following year in Perth at the age of 46. He was survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.

Amateur wins

  • 1979 Western Australian Amateur
  • 1980 Western Australian Amateur, Australian Amateur
  • PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

  • 1987 Victorian Open, Australian PGA Championship
  • Japan Golf Tour wins (8)

  • 1989 (1) Bridgestone Open
  • 1990 (1) JCB Classic
  • 1991 (3) VISA Taiheiyo Masters, Mizuno Open, Dunlop Open
  • 1992 (1) JCB Classic
  • 1993 (1) PGA Philanthropy Tournament
  • 1994 (1) The Crowns
  • Other wins

  • 1984 American Samoan Open
  • 1986 Paratonga Open, Western Australia PGA Championship
  • Team appearances

  • World Cup (representing Australia): 1988
  • Four Tours World Championship (representing Australasia): 1991
  • References

    Roger Mackay Wikipedia