{{short description|South African professional golfer (born 1961)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Roger Wessels | image = | imagesize = <!-- e.g. 250px (default is 200px) --> | caption = | fullname = Roger Mark Wessels | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|3|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Port Elizabeth, South Africa | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1961|3|4|df=y}} --> | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.91|precision=0}} | weight = <!-- {{convert| |lb|kg st|abbr=on}} OR {{convert| |kg|lb st|abbr=on}} --> | nationality = {{ZAF}} | residence = George, South Africa | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | yearpro = 1983 | retired = <!-- Year retired --> | tour = <!-- Current tours which a member of --> | extour = European Tour<br>Sunshine Tour<br>Canadian Tour | prowins = 12 | pgawins = <!-- Number of PGA Tour wins --> | eurowins = <!-- Number of European Tour wins --> | japwins = <!-- Number of Japan Golf Tour wins --> | asiawins = <!-- Number of Asian Tour wins --> | sunwins = 5 | auswins = <!-- Number of PGA Tour of Australasia wins --> | nwidewins = <!-- Number of Nationwide Tour wins --> | chalwins = <!-- Number of Challenge Tour wins --> | champwins = <!-- Number of Champions Tour wins --> | seneurowins = <!-- Number of European Seniors Tour wins --> | otherwins = 7 | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | masters = DNP | usopen = DNP | open = T77: 2002 | pga = DNP | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = | year1 = | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kenakoacademy.com/kenako/professionals.htm |title=Our management & professionals |work=KeNako Golf & Sports Academy |accessdate=2009-08-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620033402/http://www.kenakoacademy.com/kenako/professionals.htm |archivedate=June 20, 2009 }}</ref>
==Professional wins (12)== ===Sunshine Tour wins (5)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner(s)-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|27 Jan 1991 |Lexington PGA Championship |−9 (68-66-68-69=271) |Playoff |{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark James, {{flagicon|USA}} Hugh Royer III |- |align=center|2 |align=right|14 Oct 1995 |Phalaborwa Mafunyane Trophy |−4 (69-74-69=212) |Playoff |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Hugh Baiocchi |- |align=center|3 |align=right|10 Nov 1996 |Mycom Mafunyane Trophy (2) |−14 (68-66-68=202) |3 strokes |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Brett Liddle |- |align=center|4 |align=right|15 Oct 2000 |Observatory Classic |−20 (65-65-66=196) |6 strokes |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Justin Hobday, {{flagicon|ZAF}} Ashley Roestoff |- |align=center|5 |align=right|18 Nov 2001 |Platinum Classic |−15 (68-69-64=201) |4 strokes |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Des Terblanche |}
'''Southern Africa Tour playoff record (2–0)''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result |-style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=center|1 |1991 |Lexington PGA Championship |{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark James, {{flagicon|USA}} Hugh Royer III |Won par with on second extra hole<br>Royer eliminated by par on first hole |-style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=center|2 |1995 |Phalaborwa Mafunyane Trophy |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Hugh Baiocchi | |}
===Canadian Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|31 Jul 1994 |Canadian Masters |−12 (63-70-69-70=272) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|CAN}} 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== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !Tournament !2002 |- |The Open Championship |align="center"|T77 |} ''Note: Wessels only played in The Open Championship'' "T" = tied
==Team appearances== '''Professional''' *World Cup (representing South Africa): 1994
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{EuroTour player|7011}} *{{SunshineTour player|WES001}} *{{OWGR|649}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wessels, Roger}} Category:South African male golfers Category:European Tour golfers Category:Sunshine Tour golfers Category:Sportspeople from Gqeberha Category:Sportspeople from George, South Africa Category:Golfers from the Western Cape Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century South African sportsmen