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Wayne Westner

South African golfer

Field	Value
name	Wayne Westner
image	Wayne Westner00.jpg
imagesize	200px
fullname	Wayne Brett Westner
nickname	Westy
birth_date
birth_place	Johannesburg, South Africa
death_date
death_place	Pennington, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
height
weight	82 kg
nationality
spouse	Alison Jean Westner
yearpro	1982
retired
extour	European Tour
Sunshine Tour
prowins	13
eurowins	2
sunwins	7
otherwins	5
majorwins
masters	DNP
usopen	T50: 1996
open	T34: 1993
pga	DNP
wghofid
wghofyear
award1	Southern Africa Tour
Order of Merit winner
year1	1995–96
awardssection

Sunshine Tour Order of Merit winner](southern-africa-tour-order-of-merit-winners) Wayne Brett Westner (28 September 1961 4 January 2017) was a South African golfer. He was twice winner of the South African Open and also won twice on the European Tour. In partnership with Ernie Els, they won the 1996 World Cup of Golf, played at the Erinvale Golf Club near Cape Town. Els won the individual event with Westner second and the pair won the team event by 18 shots.

Early life

Westner was born in Johannesburg.

Professional career

In 1981, he turned professional. He won several events in his home country, including two South African Opens. He spent many years on the European Tour where he won two tournaments and had a best Order of Merit finish of twentieth in 1993. In the 1992 Carroll's Irish Open, he lost to Nick Faldo at the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff. In partnership with Ernie Els, they won the 1996 World Cup of Golf for South Africa. Westner finished second, behind Els, in the individual event and the pair won the team event by 18 shots. He won the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in 1995/96.

At the 1998 Madeira Island Open, during the pre-tournament Pro-Am, Westner tore ankle ligaments after falling over six feet when a railway sleeper crumbled under him. He played only once more that season, and was never able to recover. He later ran his own golf college, The Wayne Westner Golf College.

Personal life

As of 1991, Westner was a born-again Christian.

Westner died by suicide in Pennington, KwaZulu-Natal, on 4 January 2017.

Professional wins (13)

European Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner-up
1	31 Jan 1993	Dubai Desert Classic	−14 (69-66-69-70=274)	2 strokes	ZAF Retief Goosen
2	25 Feb 1996	FNB Players Championship1	−18 (66-67-67-70=270)	1 stroke	ARG José Cóceres

1Co-sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1992	Carroll's Irish Open	ENG Nick Faldo	Lost after concession on fourth extra hole

Southern Africa Tour wins (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up
1	5 Feb 1983	ICL Tournament Players Classic	−15 (71-66-68-68=273)	1 stroke	ZAF Allan Henning
2	31 Jan 1988	Southern Suns South African Open	−13 (69-70-65-71=275)	2 strokes	ENG Ian Mosey
3	2 Feb 1991	Protea Assurance South African Open (2)	−16 (65-70-69-68=272)	4 strokes	ENG Mark James, ZIM Tony Johnstone
4	9 Feb 1991	AECI Charity Classic	−15 (69-69-70-65=273)	3 strokes	USA Tommy Tolles
5	28 Jan 1996	San Lameer South African Masters	−8 (69-68-70-73=280)	3 strokes	USA Patrick Moore, ZAF Warren Schutte,
ZAF Chris Williams
6	4 Feb 1996	Nashua Wild Coast Sun Classic	−12 (66-68-69-65=268)	4 strokes	USA Michael Christie, USA Greg Petersen
7	25 Feb 1996	FNB Players Championship1	−18 (66-67-67-70=270)	1 stroke	ARG José Cóceres

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Southern Africa Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1987	AECI Charity Classic	ZIM Mark McNulty	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2	1996	Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic	ZAF Richard Kaplan

Other South African wins (4)

1989 Southern Africa Tour Winter Championship
1990 PX Pro-Celebrity Classic, Sun City Classic
1992 Wild Coast Sun Classic

Other wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score
victory	Runners-up
1	24 Nov 1996	World Cup of Golf
(with ZAF Ernie Els)	−29 (136-144-130-137=547)	18 strokes	− Steve Jones and Tom Lehman

Results in major championships

Tournament	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
U.S. Open														T50
The Open Championship	CUT			CUT	71			CUT			T34	CUT		CUT	CUT

Note: Westner never played in the Masters Tournament nor the PGA Championship.

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Team appearances

Dunhill Cup (representing South Africa): 1994, 1996
World Cup (representing South Africa): 1994, 1996 (winners), 1997
Alfred Dunhill Challenge (representing Southern Africa): 1995 (winners)

References

Oakley, John. (18 June 1998). "Old club aids Bottomley". [[The Independent]].
Keogh, Brian. (16 December 2015). "Wayne's world – Westner wants to bring golf to the masses with simple invention". Irish Golf Desk.
"The Daily Telegraph 11 Feb 1991, page 38".
(4 January 2017). "Troubled Off The Tee".

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