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Mark Adrian Roe (born 20 February 1963) is an English Tournament professional golfer, short game coach and golfing analyst for Sky Sports. Roe won worldwide respect for the way he handled being disqualified from the 2003 Open Championship for a scorecard error. [2]
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Ben Curtis was the surprise winner of The Open when it was held at Royal St George's in 2003, although the story could have been different had it not been for Mark Roe's costly mistake.
Curtis was a 500/1 outsider when he enjoyed a shock one-shot victory on the Kent coast, having set the clubhouse target and then watched Thomas Bjorn throw away a three-stroke advantage over the final four holes.
The American went into the final round that year two strokes off the lead and in the group tied-third, where Roe also thought he was going to be placed until being alerted about his heartbreaking error.
Image: Mark Roe was disqualified from The Open at Royal St George's in 2003
Roe, who went into the week as world No 305, had jumped up the leaderboard with a third-round 67 and was set to head into the final day still in contention for a career-changing major success.
The Englishman was playing alongside Jasper Parnevik, who struggled to an 81, with both players only realising after finishing their rounds that they had forgotten to swap scorecards before teeing off.
Both players had signed for incorrect scorecards, resulting in them immediately being disqualified, denying Roe a potential Sunday pairing with Tiger Woods and the opportunity to challenge for the biggest win of his life.
"I wasn't sure if I wanted to watch The Open the next day, I didn't know what I wanted to do," Roe said. "I did decide that I wanted to watch the final few holes and went home and watched it.
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