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Tony Johnstone

Zimbabwean professional golfer (born 1956)

Summary

Zimbabwean professional golfer (born 1956)

Field	Value
name	Tony Johnstone
image	Tony Johnstone.JPG
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fullname	Anthony Alastair Johnstone
birth_date
birth_place	Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
death_date
height
weight	68 kg
nationality
residence	Sunningdale, England
yearpro	1979
extour	European Tour
Sunshine Tour
European Senior Tour
prowins	25
eurowins	6
sunwins	17
champwins
seneurowins	2
otherwins	1
majorwins
masters	CUT: 1993
usopen	T77: 1993
open	T34: 1992
pga	CUT: 1992, 1993, 1994
wghofid
wghofyear
award1	Southern Africa Tour
Order of Merit winner
year1	1988–89, 1993–94
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Sunshine Tour European Senior Tour Order of Merit winner](southern-africa-tour-order-of-merit-winners) Anthony Alastair Johnstone (born 2 May 1956) is a Zimbabwean professional golfer.

Career

Johnstone was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia. He attended Christian Brothers College.

In 1979, Johnstone turned professional and has spent his career playing mainly on the Southern African Tour and the European Tour. He won six times in Europe and finished a career best seventh on the European Tour Order of Merit in 1992. His most prestigious win came at the 1992 British PGA Championship. He won seventeen times on the Southern African Tour and topped the tour's Order of Merit in 1988–89 and 1993–94. He has represented Zimbabwe in international competition many times.

In 2008, he won his first EST event, the Jersey Seniors Classic. He won his second event on the Senior tour in 2009 at the Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters.

Johnstone is noted for his excellent short game and topped the European Tour's short game statistics in 1998, 1999 and 2000.

Broadcasting career

Johnstone currently works for Sky Sports as golf commentator. He was also a presenter for a television series called Bush Hacking. Three seasons were produced which were filmed in the Kruger Park and Shamwari in South Africa. The two minute episodes were broadcast as fillers during live golf coverage on Sky Sports and also broadcast on SuperGolf on SuperSport.

He has also played some on the European Seniors Tour.

Personal life

In 2004, Johnstone was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, possibly ending his playing career. With a revolutionary drug treatment, he appears to have put his MS in remission.

Johnstone lives in Sunningdale, England.

Professional wins (25)

European Tour wins (6)

Legend
Flagship events (1)
Other European Tour (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up
1	4 Nov 1984	Portuguese Open	−14 (70-69-67-68=274)	3 strokes	ENG Michael King
2	12 Aug 1990	Murphy's Cup	50 pts (6-23-6-15=50)	2 points	ENG Malcolm MacKenzie
3	9 Jun 1991	Murphy's Cup (2)	40 pts (10-9-9-12=40)	Playoff	IRL Eamonn Darcy
4	25 May 1992	Volvo PGA Championship	−16 (67-70-70-65=272)	2 strokes	SCO Gordon Brand Jnr, ESP José María Olazábal
5	15 Feb 1998	Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship1	−17 (68-64-67-72=271)	2 strokes	ZAF Ernie Els
6	11 Mar 2001	Qatar Masters	−14 (68-70-66-70=274)	2 strokes	SWE Robert Karlsson

1Co-sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1981	Swiss Open	ESP Antonio Garrido, ESP Manuel Piñero	Piñero won with birdie on first extra hole
2	1991	Murphy's Cup	IRL Eamonn Darcy	Won with eagle on second extra hole
3	1992	Benson & Hedges International Open	AUS Peter Senior	Lost to par on first extra hole
4	1992	Dunhill British Masters	IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
5	1996	Turespaña Masters	ESP Diego Borrego	Lost to par on third extra hole

Southern Africa Tour wins (17)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up
1	11 Feb 1984	South African Open	−14 (67-65-72-70=274)	3 strokes	ZAF Fulton Allem
2	18 Feb 1984	SA Charity Classic	−26 (63-71-63-69=266)	2 strokes	ZAF Gavan Levenson
3	15 Dec 1984	Safmarine South African Masters	−11 (68-66-70-73=277)	1 stroke	ZAF Fulton Allem
4	21 Dec 1986	Goodyear Classic	−9 (69-67-70-69=275)	1 stroke	ZAF Fulton Allem
5	18 Jan 1987	ICL International	−17 (69-67-64-71=271)	6 strokes	ZAF Justin Hobday, ZAF Wilhelm Winsnes
6	14 Nov 1987	Minolta Copiers Match Play	−6 (66)	3 strokes	ZIM Mark McNulty
7	27 Nov 1987	Protea Assurance Challenge	−18 (66-64-67-65=262)	7 strokes	ZAF Hugh Baiocchi
8	16 Jan 1988	ICL International (2)	−22 (66-66-65-69=266)	1 stroke	ENG Denis Durnian
9	13 Nov 1988	Minolta Copiers Match Play (2)	−1 (71)	2 strokes	ZAF Wayne Westner
10	19 Nov 1988	Bloemfontein Classic	−12 (66-71-69-69=276)	2 strokes	ENG Phil Harrison, South West Africa Schalk van der Merwe
11	21 Jan 1989	Lexington PGA Championship	−11 (71-65-66-67=269)	Playoff	ZAF Chris Williams
12	24 Feb 1990	Palabora Classic	−14 (73-70-65-66=274)	3 strokes	ZAF John Bland, ZAF Wayne Westner
13	28 Feb 1993	EVS South African Masters (2)	−13 (67-66-68-74=275)	1 stroke	ZAF Roger Wessels
14	28 Nov 1993	Zimbabwe Open	−15 (71-68-66-68=273)	8 strokes	ZAF Nic Henning, ZAF James Kingston
15	12 Dec 1993	Phillips South African Open (2)	−21 (64-69-69-65=267)	7 strokes	ZAF Ernie Els
16	9 Jan 1994	Bell's Cup	−17 (65-68-68-70=271)	3 strokes	ZAF Ernie Els, ZAF David Frost
17	15 Feb 1998	Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship1 (2)	−17 (68-64-67-72=271)	2 strokes	ZAF Ernie Els

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Southern Africa Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1989	Lexington PGA Championship	ZAF Chris Williams	Won with birdie on first extra hole
2	1994	Autopage Mount Edgecombe Trophy	USA Bruce Vaughan	Lost to par on second extra hole

Other wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score
victory	Runners-up
1	28 Nov 2009	Gary Player Invitational
(with ARG Ángel Cabrera)	−15 (66-65=131)	3 strokes	ZAF John Bland and ZAF Tjaart van der Walt,
SCO Bill Longmuir and ZAF Omar Sandys

European Senior Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up
1	8 Jun 2008	Jersey Seniors Classic	−3 (69-70-74=213)	2 strokes	ENG Gordon J. Brand, SCO Ross Drummond,
PAR Ángel Franco, ZAF Bertus Smit
2	6 Sep 2009	Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters	−10 (69-71-66=206)	1 stroke	AUS Peter Senior

Results in major championships

Tournament	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1988	1989	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1998	2000
Masters Tournament										CUT
U.S. Open										T77
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	CUT	T39	CUT	CUT	T52	T73	T34	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship									CUT	CUT	CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1982 Open Championship)

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

Amateur

Eisenhower Trophy (representing Rhodesia): 1976

Professional

Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing the Rest of the World): 1982
Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Zimbabwe): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
World Cup (representing Zimbabwe): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Alfred Dunhill Challenge (representing Southern Africa): 1995 (winners)

References

"Tony Johnstone welcomed as EDGA Ambassador".
Harris, Cathy. (19 May 2006). "Fit-again Johnstone happy to be back in the swing of things". [[The Times]].

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