Ronan Rafferty

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

Rafferty was born in Newry, Northern Ireland. He won the British Boys title aged fifteen and played in the Walker Cup aged seventeen. He won the 1980 Brabazon Trophy (tie with Peter McEvoy).

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 and golf course design. He recently commentated on the 2006 USPGA Championship for Sky Sports in the UK.

He also regularly appears on Setanta Golf's coverage as an analyst.

European Tour wins (7)

*1989 Lancia Italian Open, Scandinavian Enterprise Open, Volvo Masters
*1990 PLM Open, Ebel European Masters Swiss Open
*1992 Portuguese Open
*1993 Hohe Brücke Austrian Open

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

*1982 Venezuelan Open
*1988 Alfred Dunhill Cup (with Eamonn Darcy and Des Smyth)
*1990 Alfred Dunhill Cup (with David Feherty and Philip Walton)

Results in major championships

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

Professional team appearances

*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
*Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Ireland x 9): 1988 (winners), 1990 (winners)
*WGC-World Cup: (representing Ireland x 8):

ee also

*List of people on stamps of Ireland

External links

* [http://www.raffertygolf.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.europeantour.com/players/bio.sps?iPlayerNo=159 Profile on official European Tour site]