Scott MacKenzie (born 21 February 1972) is a retired Brazilian-born British professional darts player based in Hong Kong. He has represented Hong Kong on numerous occasions (in both steel tip and soft tip darts), including captaining the Hong Kong team at the 2008 Asia Pacific Cup in New Zealand and 2012 team to Australia. He was also a member of the 2010 and 2016 Asia Pacific Cup teams.[1] He has played in a total of 3 PDC World Championships and 3 PDC World Cups currently more than any other Hong Kong darts player.[2]
Scott MacKenzie
Personal information
Full name
Ronald Scott Alexander MacKenzie
Nickname
The Alchemist
Born
(1972-02-21) 21 February 1972 (age 50) São Paulo, Brazil
MacKenzie won the PDC Greater China Qualifier, defeating Alex Hon in the final, to qualify for the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship.[3] He became the first player from Hong Kong to qualify for a World Darts Championship. He played Germany's Jyhan Artut in the preliminary round, and missed two darts to win the match before losing 3-4.[4]
MacKenzie qualified for his second successive PDC World Championship in 2012 after defeating Royden Lam in the PDC Greater China Qualifier final.[5] He beat Paul Barham 4-2 in the best of seven legs preliminary round match to make it through to the last 64 for the first time. He played former World quarter-finalist, Wayne Jones, and was beaten 1-3.[6] In the rest of 2012 he lost in the quarter-finals of the Pacific Masters to Tony Carmichael and was also defeated in the semi-finals of the WDF Asia-Pacific Cup and Hong Kong Open.[7] He entered the PDC Qualifying School in an attempt to win a 2-year tour card but could not finish in the top 4 on any of the four days, but finished high enough in the rankings to eventually play in the pro tour events during that year.[7]
MacKenzie made his debut in the World Cup of Darts in June 2014 where he represented Hong Kong with Royden Lam, they have played in a total of 3 PDC World Cups together. They defeated Norway 5–2 in the first round in 2014 to face Australia in the second round.[8] Lam lost his singles match against Simon Whitlock, before MacKenzie saw off Paul Nicholson to mean a doubles match was required to settle the tie, which Hong Kong were whitewashed in 4–0.[9]
Mackenzie qualified for his 3rd PDC World Championship in 2015 where MacKenzie reached the final of the 2015 World Championship PDPA qualifier and lost 5–2 to Jason Hogg.[10] However, it was enough to earn him a spot in the preliminary round of the event where he raced into a 3–0 lead over Daryl Gurney and missed one dart to win 4–0.[11] Gurney levelled the match at 3–3, before MacKenzie missed a dart at double 11 to complete a 142 finish and was defeated 4–3.[12] MacKenzie and Lam caused a couple of shocks at the World Cup. First they defeated Wales' Mark Webster and Jamie Lewis 5–3. Lam then beat Ireland's William O'Connor 4–1, but MacKenzie missed six match darts against Connie Finnan from 3–0 up to lose 4–3 meaning a doubles match was needed to settle the tie. It went to the final leg in which MacKenzie finished 86 to send Hong Kong into the quarter-finals.[13] However, number two seeds Scotland proved to be too much as Gary Anderson and Peter Wright won both their singles matches 4–2 to eliminate Hong Kong.[14] MacKenzie claimed the 2015 Hong Kong Open by beating Alex Hon.[15] Mackenzie and Lam represented Hong Kong for a third successive time at the PDC World Cup in 2016 where again they played Ireland, a team consisting of William O'Connor and Mick McGowan, and they eventually lost 5–4 in the first round.[16]
Mackenzie has stated he has suffered from dartitis since the middle of 2014 which has greatly affected his form and results, but has managed to keep it at bay to a certain extent.[17]
World Championship results
PDC
2011: Preliminary round (lost to Jyhan Artut 3–4) (legs)
2015: Preliminary round (lost to Daryl Gurney 3–4) (legs)
Personal life
MacKenzie was born in São Paulo to a Japanese-Brazilian mother and a Scottish father. After spending the first six years of his life in Brazil, MacKenzie and his family relocated to the UK. He moved to Hong Kong in 1996.[18]
He obtained a BSc followed by a MSc in Chemistry whilst studying at the University of Kent.[19] He was sponsored by Puma darts and has also recently been sponsored by Dartslive, DMC Darts and L-style. When not playing darts, he is an investor relations manager for a hedge fund.[18] He is a fan of conspiracy theories associated with David Icke and often uses flights as well as wearing a sponsorship patch with DavidIcke.com written on during tournaments as free advertising.[20]
^Scott MacKenzie, Puma Darts sponsored player 2010-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
^"Hong Kong darts pair on target for another run at World Cup glory in Frankfurt". 28 May 2016.
External links
Player profile on Scott MacKenzie from Dartsdatabase
December 30, 2022
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Scott MacKenzie born 21 February 1972 is a retired Brazilian born British professional darts player based in Hong Kong He has represented Hong Kong on numerous occasions in both steel tip and soft tip darts including captaining the Hong Kong team at the 2008 Asia Pacific Cup in New Zealand and 2012 team to Australia He was also a member of the 2010 and 2016 Asia Pacific Cup teams 1 He has played in a total of 3 PDC World Championships and 3 PDC World Cups currently more than any other Hong Kong darts player 2 Scott MacKenziePersonal informationFull nameRonald Scott Alexander MacKenzieNicknameThe AlchemistBorn 1972 02 21 21 February 1972 age 50 Sao Paulo BrazilHome townHong KongDarts informationPlaying darts since1996Darts22 Gram DMC SignatureLateralityRight handedWalk on music Dynamite by Taio CruzOrganisation see split in darts BDO2007 2010PDC2010 2017WDF Platinum best performancesWorld MastersLast 72 2011PDC premier events best performancesWorld Ch shipLast 64 2012Other tournament winsHong Kong Open2010 2015PDC China Qualifier2010 2011Medal record Men s DartsRepresenting Hong KongWDF Asia Pacific Cup2010 Tokyo Men s pairs2016 Osaka Team event2010 Tokyo Team event2012 Darwin Men s singles2012 Darwin Men s pairs2012 Darwin Team event2016 Osaka Men s pairsAsia Darts Association event Scott Mackenzie at the front holding flag Contents 1 Career 2 World Championship results 2 1 PDC 3 Personal life 4 References 5 External linksCareer EditMacKenzie won the PDC Greater China Qualifier defeating Alex Hon in the final to qualify for the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship 3 He became the first player from Hong Kong to qualify for a World Darts Championship He played Germany s Jyhan Artut in the preliminary round and missed two darts to win the match before losing 3 4 4 MacKenzie qualified for his second successive PDC World Championship in 2012 after defeating Royden Lam in the PDC Greater China Qualifier final 5 He beat Paul Barham 4 2 in the best of seven legs preliminary round match to make it through to the last 64 for the first time He played former World quarter finalist Wayne Jones and was beaten 1 3 6 In the rest of 2012 he lost in the quarter finals of the Pacific Masters to Tony Carmichael and was also defeated in the semi finals of the WDF Asia Pacific Cup and Hong Kong Open 7 He entered the PDC Qualifying School in an attempt to win a 2 year tour card but could not finish in the top 4 on any of the four days but finished high enough in the rankings to eventually play in the pro tour events during that year 7 MacKenzie made his debut in the World Cup of Darts in June 2014 where he represented Hong Kong with Royden Lam they have played in a total of 3 PDC World Cups together They defeated Norway 5 2 in the first round in 2014 to face Australia in the second round 8 Lam lost his singles match against Simon Whitlock before MacKenzie saw off Paul Nicholson to mean a doubles match was required to settle the tie which Hong Kong were whitewashed in 4 0 9 Mackenzie qualified for his 3rd PDC World Championship in 2015 where MacKenzie reached the final of the 2015 World Championship PDPA qualifier and lost 5 2 to Jason Hogg 10 However it was enough to earn him a spot in the preliminary round of the event where he raced into a 3 0 lead over Daryl Gurney and missed one dart to win 4 0 11 Gurney levelled the match at 3 3 before MacKenzie missed a dart at double 11 to complete a 142 finish and was defeated 4 3 12 MacKenzie and Lam caused a couple of shocks at the World Cup First they defeated Wales Mark Webster and Jamie Lewis 5 3 Lam then beat Ireland s William O Connor 4 1 but MacKenzie missed six match darts against Connie Finnan from 3 0 up to lose 4 3 meaning a doubles match was needed to settle the tie It went to the final leg in which MacKenzie finished 86 to send Hong Kong into the quarter finals 13 However number two seeds Scotland proved to be too much as Gary Anderson and Peter Wright won both their singles matches 4 2 to eliminate Hong Kong 14 MacKenzie claimed the 2015 Hong Kong Open by beating Alex Hon 15 Mackenzie and Lam represented Hong Kong for a third successive time at the PDC World Cup in 2016 where again they played Ireland a team consisting of William O Connor and Mick McGowan and they eventually lost 5 4 in the first round 16 Mackenzie has stated he has suffered from dartitis since the middle of 2014 which has greatly affected his form and results but has managed to keep it at bay to a certain extent 17 World Championship results EditPDC Edit 2011 Preliminary round lost to Jyhan Artut 3 4 legs 2012 First round lost to Wayne Jones 1 3 2015 Preliminary round lost to Daryl Gurney 3 4 legs Personal life EditMacKenzie was born in Sao Paulo to a Japanese Brazilian mother and a Scottish father After spending the first six years of his life in Brazil MacKenzie and his family relocated to the UK He moved to Hong Kong in 1996 18 He obtained a BSc followed by a MSc in Chemistry whilst studying at the University of Kent 19 He was sponsored by Puma darts and has also recently been sponsored by Dartslive DMC Darts and L style When not playing darts he is an investor relations manager for a hedge fund 18 He is a fan of conspiracy theories associated with David Icke and often uses flights as well as wearing a sponsorship patch with DavidIcke com written on during tournaments as free advertising 20 References Edit WDF World Darts Federation News PDC Archived from the original on 2016 10 31 Retrieved 2016 12 12 Final International Winners Known Archived 2010 12 03 at the Wayback Machine PDC tv World Championship Night Five Archived 2010 12 24 at the Wayback Machine PDC tv Trio Secure World Championship Spots Archived 2011 12 13 at the Wayback Machine PDC tv World Championship Night One PDC December 15 2011 Archived from the original on January 8 2012 Retrieved December 16 2011 a b Scott MacKenzie 2012 Darts Database Archived from the original on 15 February 2013 Retrieved 15 February 2013 bwin World Cup of Darts First Round PDC Retrieved 7 June 2014 bwin World Cup of Darts Second Round PDC Retrieved 8 June 2014 PDPA World Championship Qualifier PDC Retrieved 15 December 2014 William Hill World Championship Draw PDC Retrieved 15 December 2014 William Hill World Championship Day Three PDC Retrieved 20 December 2014 bwin World Cup of Darts Second Round PDC Retrieved 18 June 2015 bwin World Cup of Darts Quarter Finals PDC Retrieved 18 June 2015 2015 Hong Kong Open Player Prize Money Darts Database Retrieved 2 January 2016 Betway World Cup of Darts Day Two PDC Retrieved 22 December 2016 Issue 46 November 18 2016 a b Interview with Scott MacKenzie Scott MacKenzie Puma Darts sponsored player Archived 2010 12 21 at the Wayback Machine Hong Kong darts pair on target for another run at World Cup glory in Frankfurt 28 May 2016 External links EditPlayer profile on Scott MacKenzie from Dartsdatabase Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scott MacKenzie darts player 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