Mark Roe

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English professional golfer

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name	Mark Roe
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fullname	Mark Adrian Roe
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birth_place	Sheffield, England
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residence	Great Bookham, Surrey, England
spouse	Veronique Jacquet Roe
yearpro	1981
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extour	European Tour
prowins	3
eurowins	3
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masters	CUT: 1996
usopen	T13: 1995
open	T16: 1990
pga	DNP
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Roe played for 22 years and 524 events on the European Tour between 1985 and 2006, winning three tournaments and over £2 million in prize money. He reached number 40 in the world rankings. Later, he achieved success as a short game coach, working with 3 major champions and two world No 1 golfers. He is currently a highly respected analyst and golfing pundit for Sky Sports and continues to coach private clients around the world.

Early life and amateur career

In 1963, Roe was born in Sheffield. At school he was a gymnast, trampolinist, and spring board and high-board diving champion but suffered a perforated eardrum, and while convalescing he took up golf after caddying for his father Gordon. As an amateur, Roe was a member of the England and Great Britain Boy international golf team.

Professional career

In 1981, Roe turned professional. In 1985, he became a member of the European Tour having been successful at the final qualifying school at his fourth attempt. Roe won three times on the tour, his first victory was wire-to-wire defeating José María Olazábal by a single shot to win the 1989 Massimo Dutti Catalan Open and his best season on the European Tour was 9th in the Order of Merit which he achieved in 1994. In 1992, he won the Peugeot Open de France. He had several other top-10 finishes during the season.

In 1995, Roe was hit on the head by a stray golf ball which resulted in severe headaches. In July 1999 he tore ligaments in the ring and little fingers of his left hand after grabbing the collar of his dog, which resulted in 20 months out of the game.

Roe was just two strokes off the lead after the third round of the 2003 Open Championship when he was disqualified. He and his playing partner, Jesper Parnevik, had failed to swap their scorecards before play, meaning that both players had ended up signing for the wrong scores which resulted in their automatic disqualification. The sport's governing body, The R&A, have since changed the rules, and failure to exchange scorecards no longer results in disqualification. Roe commented at a later date that he "handled the situation in a way that his Father would have been proud of him" and that "he welcomed the rule change so that any other player may not have face to the rollercoaster of emotion that he had to endure on Open Championship Saturday at Royal St George’s in 2003."

In 2006, Roe retired from tournament golf signing off with a 67 on the Old Course at St Andrews in the final round of the Dunhill Links Championship. He now works as a commentator for Sky Sports. He is also a worldwide respected coach, specialising on the short game, and counts Lee Westwood Francesco Molinari , Justin Rose , Nicolas Colsaerts and Ross Fisher amongst many on the list of world class players he has helped.

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (3)

::data[format=table] | No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | 19 Mar 1989 | Massimo Dutti Catalan Open | −13 (69-70-69-71=279) | 1 stroke | SCO Gordon Brand Jnr, SCO Colin Montgomerie, ESP José María Olazábal | | 2 | 20 Sep 1992 | Trophée Lancôme | −13 (67-69-66-65=267) | 2 strokes | ARG Vicente Fernández | | 3 | 26 Jun 1994 | Peugeot Open de France | −14 (70-71-67-66=274) | 1 stroke | SWE Gabriel Hjertstedt | ::

Results in major championships

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Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	2001	2003
Masters Tournament										CUT
U.S. Open									T13
The Open Championship	T17	CUT	T52	T16	CUT	CUT	T24	T67	CUT		CUT	CUT	DQ
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Note: Roe never played in the PGA Championship.

CUT = missed the half-way cut

DQ = Disqualified

"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1980 (winners)

Professional

World Cup (representing England): 1989, 1994, 1995
Dunhill Cup (representing England): 1994

References

(8 October 2006). "Roe ends his 21-year Tour career". [[BBC Sport]].
Mossop, James. (20 July 2003). "Roe reflects on comedy of errors". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
(19 July 2003). "Roe and Parnevik disqualified". [[BBC Sport]].
Hopkins}}{{dead link, John. (28 September 2005). "Unlucky Roe hails rule change that was on the cards". [[The Times]].
"Sky Sports – Golf – Columnists – Mark Roe". [[Sky Sports]].
(22 January 2008). "Lee Westwood has Mark Roe to thank". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
Dixon, Peter. (7 July 2008). "Mark Roe shows Ross Fisher a short cut to the finish". [[The Times]].

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