Tony Johnstone

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Tony Johnstone
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Personal information
Full nameAnthony Alastair Johnstone
Born (1956-05-02) 2 May 1956 (age 69)
Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Residence Sunningdale, England
Career
Turned professional1979
Former tour(s) European Tour
Sunshine Tour
European Senior Tour
Professional wins25
Highest ranking 22 (30 January 1994) [1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour6
Sunshine Tour17
European Senior Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 1993
PGA Championship CUT: 1992, 1993, 1994
U.S. Open T77: 1993
The Open Championship T34: 1992
Achievements and awards
Southern Africa Tour
Order of Merit winner
1988–89, 1993–94

Anthony Alastair Johnstone (born 2 May 1956) is a Zimbabwean professional golfer.

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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. [2] 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. [3]

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. [3]

Johnstone lives in Sunningdale, England.

Professional wins (25)

European Tour wins (6)

Legend
Flagship events (1)
Other European Tour (5)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
14 Nov 1984 Portuguese Open −14 (70-69-67-68=274)3 strokes Flag of England.svg Michael King
212 Aug 1990 Murphy's Cup 50 pts (6-23-6-15=50)2 points Flag of England.svg Malcolm MacKenzie
39 Jun 1991 Murphy's Cup (2)40 pts (10-9-9-12=40)Playoff Flag of Ireland.svg Eamonn Darcy
425 May 1992 Volvo PGA Championship −16 (67-70-70-65=272)2 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Gordon Brand Jnr, Flag of Spain.svg José María Olazábal
515 Feb 1998 Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship 1−17 (68-64-67-72=271)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Ernie Els
611 Mar 2001 Qatar Masters −14 (68-70-66-70=274)2 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Karlsson

1Co-sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–4)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 1981 Swiss Open Flag of Spain.svg Antonio Garrido, Flag of Spain.svg Manuel Piñero Piñero won with birdie on first extra hole
2 1991 Murphy's Cup Flag of Ireland.svg Eamonn Darcy Won with eagle on second extra hole
3 1992 Benson & Hedges International Open Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Senior Lost to par on first extra hole
41992 Dunhill British Masters Flag of Ireland.svg Christy O'Connor Jnr Lost to birdie on first extra hole
5 1996 Turespaña Masters Flag of Spain.svg Diego Borrego Lost to par on third extra hole

Southern Africa Tour wins (17)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
111 Feb 1984 South African Open −14 (67-65-72-70=274)3 strokes Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Fulton Allem
218 Feb 1984 SA Charity Classic −26 (63-71-63-69=266)2 strokes Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Gavan Levenson
315 Dec 1984 Safmarine South African Masters −11 (68-66-70-73=277)1 stroke Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Fulton Allem
421 Dec 1986 Goodyear Classic −9 (69-67-70-69=275)1 stroke Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Fulton Allem
518 Jan 1987 ICL International −17 (69-67-64-71=271)6 strokes Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Justin Hobday, Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Wilhelm Winsnes
614 Nov 1987 Minolta Copiers Match Play −6 (66)3 strokes Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Mark McNulty
727 Nov 1987 Protea Assurance Challenge −18 (66-64-67-65=262)7 strokes Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Hugh Baiocchi
816 Jan 1988 ICL International (2)−22 (66-66-65-69=266)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Denis Durnian
913 Nov 1988 Minolta Copiers Match Play (2)−1 (71)2 strokes Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Wayne Westner
1019 Nov 1988 Bloemfontein Classic −12 (66-71-69-69=276)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Phil Harrison, Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Schalk van der Merwe
1121 Jan 1989 Lexington PGA Championship −11 (71-65-66-67=269)Playoff Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Chris Williams
1224 Feb 1990 Palabora Classic −14 (73-70-65-66=274)3 strokes Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg John Bland, Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Wayne Westner
1328 Feb 1993 EVS South African Masters (2)−13 (67-66-68-74=275)1 stroke Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Roger Wessels
1428 Nov 1993 Zimbabwe Open −15 (71-68-66-68=273)8 strokes Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Nic Henning, Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg James Kingston
1512 Dec 1993 Phillips South African Open (2)−21 (64-69-69-65=267)7 strokes Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Ernie Els
169 Jan 1994 Bell's Cup −17 (65-68-68-70=271)3 strokes Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Ernie Els, Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg David Frost
1715 Feb 1998 Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship 1 (2)−17 (68-64-67-72=271)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Ernie Els

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Southern Africa Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1989 Lexington PGA Championship Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Chris Williams Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 1994 Autopage Mount Edgecombe Trophy Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Vaughan Lost to par on second extra hole

Other wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
128 Nov 2009 Gary Player Invitational
(with Flag of Argentina.svg Ángel Cabrera)
−15 (66-65=131)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg John Bland and Flag of South Africa.svg Tjaart van der Walt,
Flag of Scotland.svg Bill Longmuir and Flag of South Africa.svg Omar Sandys

European Senior Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
18 Jun 2008 Jersey Seniors Classic −3 (69-70-74=213)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Gordon J. Brand, Flag of Scotland.svg Ross Drummond,
Flag of Paraguay.svg Ángel Franco, Flag of South Africa.svg Bertus Smit
26 Sep 2009 Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters −10 (69-71-66=206)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Senior

Results in major championships

Tournament1982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open T77
The Open Championship CUTCUTCUTT39CUTCUTT52T73T34CUTCUTCUTCUTCUTCUT
PGA Championship CUTCUTCUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1982 Open Championship)
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

  1. "Week 5 1994 Ending 30 Jan 1994" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  2. "Tony Johnstone welcomed as EDGA Ambassador".
  3. 1 2 Harris, Cathy (19 May 2006). "Fit-again Johnstone happy to be back in the swing of things". The Times . London. Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2009.