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Full name
  
Ronan Patrick Rafferty

PGA Tour of Australasia
  
5

Weight
  
86 kg

Former tours
  
Professional wins
  
13

Height
  
1.80 m

Turned professional
  
1981

Children
  
Jonathan, Emma

Role
  
Golfer

Nationality
  
Northern Ireland

Name
  
Ronan Rafferty

Spouse
  
Yvonne Rafferty


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Born
  
13 January 1964 (age 60) Newry, Northern Ireland, UK (
1964-01-13
)

Residence
  
Gleneagles, Scotland, UK

Current tours
  
European Seniors Tour

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Ronan Patrick Rafferty (born 13 January 1964) is a Northern Irish professional golfer, who formerly played on the European Tour.

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Rafferty was born in Newry, Northern Ireland. He won the Boys Amateur Championship aged fifteen and played in the Walker Cup aged seventeen. He tied for first place with Peter McEvoy in the 1980 English Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship for the Brabazon Trophy.

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The most notable achievement of Rafferty's professional career came in 1989, when he finished top of the European Tour Order of Merit. He came close to breaking the then record for consecutive cuts made on the European Tour in the early 1990s, before struggling for form amid injuries later in the decade. He failed to finish inside the top 100 on the Order of Merit between 1998 and 2004. In total he has seven wins on the tour, all of which came between 1989 and 1993. Rafferty now plays few tournaments, and is involved in broadcasting, where he works as a commentator and analyst, and golf course design. He regularly appeared on Setanta Golf's coverage of the PGA Tour.

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Amateur wins

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  • 1979 Boys Amateur Championship
  • 1980 Brabazon Trophy (tie with Peter McEvoy)
  • European Tour wins (7)

    European Tour playoff record (1–4)

    PGA Tour of Australasia wins (5)

  • 1987 West End South Australian Open, Nissan-Mobil New Zealand Open
  • 1988 Australian Match Play Championship
  • 1990 Coca-Cola Classic
  • 1992 Daikyo Palm Meadows Cup
  • Other wins (2)

  • 1988 Equity & Law Challenge
  • 1982 Venezuela Open
  • Results in major championships

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

    Summary

  • Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (1988 Open Championship – 1990 Open Championship)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1
  • Team appearances

    Amateur

  • Eisenhower Trophy (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1980
  • Walker Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1981
  • Professional

  • World Cup (representing Ireland): 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
  • Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing Ireland): 1984
  • Dunhill Cup (representing Ireland): 1986, 1987, 1988 (winners), 1989, 1990 (winners), 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995
  • Four Tours World Championship (representing Europe): 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 (winners)
  • Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1989
  • Record: 3 matches, 1 point (33% point percentage)
  • All formats (W–L–H): 1–2–0 = 1 pt
  • Singles: 1–0–0 = 1pt
  • Foursomes: 0–2–0 = 0pts
  • Fourballs: 0–0–0 = 0pts
  • References

    Ronan Rafferty Wikipedia