| Scott MacKenzie | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | The Alchemist[1] |
| Born | Brazil |
| Home town | Hong Kong Hong Kong |
| Playing darts since | 1996 |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2007 |
| PDC | 2010 to present |
| Current world ranking | 94 |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| PDC premier events - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Last 64, 2012 |
| Other achievements | |
Scott MacKenzie (born 1972) is a darts player from 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. He was also a member of the 2010 Asia Pacific Cup in Japan.
MacKenzie won the PDC Greater China Qualifier, defeating Alex Hon in the final, to qualify for the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship.[2] 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.[3]
MacKenzie qualified for his second successive PDC World Championship in 2012 after defeating Royden Lam in the PDC Greater China Qualifier final.[4] 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.[5]
MacKenzie was born in Brazil to a Scottish father and a Japanese mother. 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.[1]
He obtained a BSc and an MSc in Chemistry whilst studying at the University of Kent.[6]. He is sponsored by Puma darts and has also recently been sponsored by Dartslive and Cosmo Darts / Fit Flight. When not playing darts, he is an investor relations manager for a hedge fund.[1]