Scott MacKenzie (snooker player)

Scott MacKenzie
Born 21 July 1980 (1980-07-21) (age 31)
Sport country  Scotland
Professional 1997–
Highest ranking 60
Current ranking 88
Career winnings GB£42,015
Highest <dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">break</dfn> 135 (2006 Welsh Open)
Best ranking finish Last 16 (2006 China Open)

Scott MacKenzie (born 21 July 1980) is a Scottish professional snooker player who lives in Renfrewshire. His first appearance at a ranking event came at the 2004 Daily Record Players Championship. He beat James Wattana in the final qualifying round before losing 5–1 to Marco Fu in the first round proper.

He appeared in the last 16 of a ranking event for the first time in his career at the 2006 China Open. He won four qualifying matches to secure a place in the tournament, culminating in a 5–2 defeat of Ian McCulloch. In Beijing, he saw off wild card Li Hang 5–2 then stunned Matthew Stevens 5–4 before losing 5–0 to eventual champion Mark Williams.

MacKenzie enjoyed a superb run in the 2008 UK Championship with wins over Dene O'Kane and Tom Ford in the qualifiers which set up a last 48 meeting with Michael Holt whom he defeated 9–0. That set-up a clash with reigning World Champion Graeme Dott and marked his first appearance in a televised match. MacKenzie's journey ended there as Dott ran out a 9–2 winner. The remainder of the season was a disappointment, however, as he was unable to repeat that run and fell three places in the rankings to No 63.

MacKenzie revealed that he had previously almost quit snooker and even ditched his cue. "After one particularly bad performance I threw my cue away. But my dad convinced me to keep trying. I borrowed a cue from Martin Dziewialtowski and that has really changed things for me."

At the 2009 World Snooker Championship Mackenzie announced that if he did not qualify for the even he would hang up his cue and retire from the game for good: "I'll try not to think about it and I'll approach it the way I would any normal tournament. [...] But I imagine if I'm sitting in the chair one frame away from getting beat and knowing it is my last ever tournament, there will be a few things swirling around my head."[1] Mackenzie lost in the first qualifying round, 10–9 to Wayne Cooper.

Currently doing well in the Australian Snooker Goldfields Open. His resurgence in form said to be attributed to a relaxation technique, Thinking about his golf game !

MacKenzie is also a part-time butcher.

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