Tony Johnstone | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Anthony Alastair Johnstone | ||
Born | Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) | 2 May 1956||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) | ||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||
Residence | Sunningdale, England | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 1979 | ||
Former tour(s) | European Tour Sunshine Tour European Senior Tour | ||
Professional wins | 25 | ||
Highest ranking | 22 (30 January 1994) [1] | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
European Tour | 6 | ||
Sunshine Tour | 17 | ||
European Senior Tour | 2 | ||
Other | 1 | ||
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 | |||
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Anthony Alastair Johnstone (born 2 May 1956) is a Zimbabwean professional golfer.
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.
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]
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.
Legend |
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Flagship events (1) |
Other European Tour (5) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 4 Nov 1984 | Portuguese Open | −14 (70-69-67-68=274) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
2 | 12 Aug 1990 | Murphy's Cup | 50 pts (6-23-6-15=50) | 2 points | ![]() |
3 | 9 Jun 1991 | Murphy's Cup (2) | 40 pts (10-9-9-12=40) | Playoff | ![]() |
4 | 25 May 1992 | Volvo PGA Championship | −16 (67-70-70-65=272) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
5 | 15 Feb 1998 | Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship 1 | −17 (68-64-67-72=271) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
6 | 11 Mar 2001 | Qatar Masters | −14 (68-70-66-70=274) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
1Co-sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour
European Tour playoff record (1–4)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1981 | Swiss Open | ![]() ![]() | Piñero won with birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 1991 | Murphy's Cup | ![]() | Won with eagle on second extra hole |
3 | 1992 | Benson & Hedges International Open | ![]() | Lost to par on first extra hole |
4 | 1992 | Dunhill British Masters | ![]() | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
5 | 1996 | Turespaña Masters | ![]() | Lost to par on third extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 11 Feb 1984 | South African Open | −14 (67-65-72-70=274) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
2 | 18 Feb 1984 | SA Charity Classic | −26 (63-71-63-69=266) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
3 | 15 Dec 1984 | Safmarine South African Masters | −11 (68-66-70-73=277) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
4 | 21 Dec 1986 | Goodyear Classic | −9 (69-67-70-69=275) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
5 | 18 Jan 1987 | ICL International | −17 (69-67-64-71=271) | 6 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
6 | 14 Nov 1987 | Minolta Copiers Match Play | −6 (66) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
7 | 27 Nov 1987 | Protea Assurance Challenge | −18 (66-64-67-65=262) | 7 strokes | ![]() |
8 | 16 Jan 1988 | ICL International (2) | −22 (66-66-65-69=266) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
9 | 13 Nov 1988 | Minolta Copiers Match Play (2) | −1 (71) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
10 | 19 Nov 1988 | Bloemfontein Classic | −12 (66-71-69-69=276) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
11 | 21 Jan 1989 | Lexington PGA Championship | −11 (71-65-66-67=269) | Playoff | ![]() |
12 | 24 Feb 1990 | Palabora Classic | −14 (73-70-65-66=274) | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
13 | 28 Feb 1993 | EVS South African Masters (2) | −13 (67-66-68-74=275) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
14 | 28 Nov 1993 | Zimbabwe Open | −15 (71-68-66-68=273) | 8 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
15 | 12 Dec 1993 | Phillips South African Open (2) | −21 (64-69-69-65=267) | 7 strokes | ![]() |
16 | 9 Jan 1994 | Bell's Cup | −17 (65-68-68-70=271) | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
17 | 15 Feb 1998 | Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship 1 (2) | −17 (68-64-67-72=271) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Southern Africa Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 1989 | Lexington PGA Championship | ![]() | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 1994 | Autopage Mount Edgecombe Trophy | ![]() | Lost to par on second extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | 28 Nov 2009 | Gary Player Invitational (with ![]() | −15 (66-65=131) | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 8 Jun 2008 | Jersey Seniors Classic | −3 (69-70-74=213) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2 | 6 Sep 2009 | Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters | −10 (69-71-66=206) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Tournament | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
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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
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