Australian golfer David McKenzie competing on the PGA Tour.
McKenzie's first major international breakthrough was his victory in the 2005 Gila River Golf Classic on the Nationwide Tour, then the principal US developmental tour. He later earned PGA TOUR opportunities and played the 2006 PGA TOUR season. His first major Australian breakthrough came at the Victorian PGA Championship in January 2013, where he claimed his first Australian PGA Tour title after several close finishes.
Verified headline statistics include: turned professional in 1990; one Nationwide Tour victory; 28 PGA TOUR starts and 12 cuts made in the 2006 season; two PGA TOUR top-10 finishes in 2006; official 2006 PGA TOUR earnings of US$425,228; one PGA Tour of Australasia victory; one verified PGA Tour China victory in the Lanhai Open; and career PGA TOUR Champions earnings of US$2,674,889 with 129 cuts made from 131 starts according to the PGA TOUR profile. The PGA TOUR profile lists zero PGA TOUR Champions victories. A complete official career total across every tour was not independently verified and is therefore not stated.
Defining moments include winning the 2005 Gila River Golf Classic on the Nationwide Tour; playing the 2006 PGA TOUR season and recording two top-10 finishes; winning the 2013 Victorian PGA Championship at Forest Resort Creswick by two strokes; winning the 2014 Lanhai Open on PGA Tour China by five strokes; and later continuing to compete successfully in senior and legends-tour golf in Australia. His 2013 Victorian PGA victory was particularly notable because it followed several near-misses, including a previous Victorian PGA defeat by a short missed putt.