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John Lister (golfer)

New Zealand golfer

Summary

New Zealand golfer

Field	Value
name	John Lister
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fullname	John Malcolm Lister
birth_date
birth_place	Temuka, New Zealand
death_date
height
weight
nationality
status	Professional
yearpro
extour	PGA Tour
New Zealand Golf Circuit
prowins	15
pgawins	1
otherwins	14
majorwins
masters	T42: 1971
usopen	T27: 1977
open	T25: 1971
pga	T43: 1976
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wghofyear
award1	New Zealand Golf Circuit
money list winner
year1	1974–75, 1976–77
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New Zealand Golf Circuit money list winner](new-zealand-golf-circuit-money-list-winners) John Malcolm Lister (born 9 March 1947) is a professional golfer from New Zealand.

Career

In 1947, Lister was born in Temuka, New Zealand. Lister's older brother, Tom Lister, was a professional rugby player and represented New Zealand internationally.

Lister was one of the leading players on the Australia and New Zealand circuits during the 1970s. Between 1972 and 1977, he was the leading player on the New Zealand golf circuit winning ten of twenty-five events. He won the Garden City Classic four consecutive times (1972–1975). His four consecutive wins in a professional tour event is a record that he shares with Tiger Woods, who won the Bay Hill Invitational from 2000 to 2003.

Lister also enjoyed success around the world. In 1970, he won twice on the British PGA circuit and finished the season in fourth place on the Order of Merit. At the end of the year he qualified for the PGA Tour. He played on the PGA Tour from 1971 until 1982,

Professional wins (15)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner-up
1		11 Jul 1976	Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities Open	−16 (68-68-65-67=268)	2 strokes	USA Fuzzy Zoeller

British PGA circuit wins (2)

Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner-up	Ref.
1 Aug 1970	Piccadilly Medal	68-66=134	3 strokes	ENG Tommy Horton
8 Aug 1970	Gallaher Ulster Open	64-65-65-70=264	3 strokes	ENG Tommy Horton

New Zealand Golf Circuit wins (12)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up
1	21 Dec 1969	Vonnel International	−4 (70-70=140)	Playoff	AUS Bill Dunk, NZL Terry Kendall,
AUS Randall Vines
2	9 Jan 1971	Forest Products Stars Travel New Zealand PGA Championship	−30 (65-66-65-66=262)	8 strokes	AUS Vic Bennetts, AUS Graham Marsh
3	3 Dec 1972	Garden City Classic	−12 (68-72-69-71=280)	1 stroke	NZL Bob Charles
4	2 Dec 1973	Otago Charity Classic	−10 (68-69-70-71=278)	5 strokes	AUS Robert Taylor
5	9 Dec 1973	Garden City Classic (2)	−15 (68-73-68-67=277)	1 stroke	AUS David Good, AUS Bob Shearer
6	1 Dec 1974	Otago Charity Classic (2)	−16 (69-68-67-68=272)	1 stroke	AUS Kel Nagle
7	8 Dec 1974	Garden City Classic (3)	−18 (69-74-65-66=274)	6 strokes	AUS Bob Shearer, AUS Ian Stanley
8	7 Dec 1975	Garden City Classic (4)	−9 (68-74-71-70=283)	3 strokes	AUS Stewart Ginn
9	4 Jan 1976	New Zealand PGA Championship (2)	−17 (66-65-67-65=263)	Playoff	USA Bill Brask
10	12 Dec 1976	City of Auckland Classic	−11 (64-73-68-68=273)	4 strokes	AUS Vaughan Somers
11	19 Dec 1976	Meadowsfreight Waikato Charity Classic	−17 (67-66-69-69=271)	7 strokes	AUS David Good
12	9 Jan 1977	New Zealand PGA Championship (3)	−10 (64-70-69-71=274)	1 stroke	NZL Bob Charles, ENG John Downie

New Zealand Golf Circuit playoff record (2–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1969	Vonnel International	AUS Bill Dunk, NZL Terry Kendall,
AUS Randall Vines	Won with birdie on second extra hole
Kendall and Vines eliminated by par on first hole
2	1976	New Zealand PGA Championship	USA Bill Brask	Won with par on second extra hole

Source:

Playoff record

PGA Tour of Australia playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	1981	New Zealand PGA Championship	NZL Dennis Clark, AUS Brian Jones	Jones won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Clark eliminated by par on second hole

Results in major championships

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1976	1977	1978
Masters Tournament		T42				CUT
U.S. Open		T37		T58		T27
The Open Championship	CUT	T25	CUT
PGA Championship					T43	T62	CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Source:

Team appearances

World Cup (representing New Zealand): 1969, 1970, 1971

References

Alliss, Peter. (1983). "The Who's Who of Golf". [[Orbis Publishing]].
Young, Bruce. (18 March 2004). "John Lister the forgotten statistic".
(6 October 1970). "Lister fourth on merit list". The Canberra Times.
(6 October 1970). "Vardon Trophy for Coles". The Glasgow Herald.
"John Lister".
(3 August 1970). "Fates conspire against Horton". The Glasgow Herald.
(10 August 1970). "Horton's record 63 not enough". The Glasgow Herald.
(22 December 1969). "Four way play-off to Lister". The Age.
Brenner, Morgan G.. (2009). "The Majors of Golf: Complete Results of the Open, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and the Masters, 1860-2008". McFarland.

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