Ronan Rafferty

About

Famous in the late 1980s and early 1990s for his multiple European Tour wins, this Northern Irish golfer also won five PGA Tour of Australasia events, as well as the 1982 Venezuela Open.

Before Fame

In his mid-teens, he played in the Boys Amateur Championship and in the Walker Cup. Several years later, he became the co-winner of the English Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship's Brabazon Trophy.

Trivia

He tied for fourteenth place in the 1990 Masters Tournament and for ninth place in the 1984 Open Championship.

Family Life

He was born and raised in Newry, Northern Ireland.

Associated With

In 1989, he won the Lancia Italian Open, defeating runner-up Sam Torrance by one stroke.