Tony Johnstone

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

For the TV presenter, see Tony Johnston.

Tony Johnstone
Personal information
Full nameAnthony Alastair Johnstone
Born (1956-05-02) 2 May 1956
Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Sporting nationality Zimbabwe
ResidenceSunningdale, England
Career
Turned professional1979
Former tour(s)European Tour
Sunshine Tour
European Senior Tour
Professional wins25
Highest ranking22 (30 January 1994)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour6
Sunshine Tour17
European Senior Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 1993
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 1992, 1993, 1994
U.S. OpenT77: 1993
The Open ChampionshipT34: 1992
Achievements and awards
Southern Africa Tour
Order of Merit winner		1988–89, 1993–94

Early life

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

Professional career

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. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 4 Nov 1984 Portuguese Open −14 (70-69-67-68=274) 3 strokes England Michael King
2 12 Aug 1990 Murphy's Cup 50 pts (6-23-6-15=50) 2 points England Malcolm MacKenzie
3 9 Jun 1991 Murphy's Cup (2) 40 pts (10-9-9-12=40) Playoff Republic of Ireland Eamonn Darcy
4 25 May 1992 Volvo PGA Championship −16 (67-70-70-65=272) 2 strokes Scotland Gordon Brand Jnr, Spain José María Olazábal
5 15 Feb 1998 Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship1 −17 (68-64-67-72=271) 2 strokes South Africa Ernie Els
6 11 Mar 2001 Qatar Masters −14 (68-70-66-70=274) 2 strokes Sweden Robert Karlsson

1Co-sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–4)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 1981 Swiss Open Spain Antonio Garrido, Spain Manuel Piñero Piñero won with birdie on first extra hole
2 1991 Murphy's Cup Republic of Ireland Eamonn Darcy Won with eagle on second extra hole
3 1992 Benson & Hedges International Open Australia Peter Senior Lost to par on first extra hole
4 1992 Dunhill British Masters Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr Lost to birdie on first extra hole
5 1996 Turespaña Masters Spain 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 South Africa Fulton Allem
2 18 Feb 1984 SA Charity Classic −26 (63-71-63-69=266) 2 strokes South Africa Gavan Levenson
3 15 Dec 1984 Safmarine South African Masters −11 (68-66-70-73=277) 1 stroke South Africa Fulton Allem
4 21 Dec 1986 Goodyear Classic −9 (69-67-70-69=275) 1 stroke South Africa Fulton Allem
5 18 Jan 1987 ICL International −17 (69-67-64-71=271) 6 strokes South Africa Justin Hobday, South Africa Wilhelm Winsnes
6 14 Nov 1987 Minolta Copiers Match Play −6 (66) 3 strokes Zimbabwe Mark McNulty
7 27 Nov 1987 Protea Assurance Challenge −18 (66-64-67-65=262) 7 strokes South Africa Hugh Baiocchi
8 16 Jan 1988 ICL International (2) −22 (66-66-65-69=266) 1 stroke England Denis Durnian
9 13 Nov 1988 Minolta Copiers Match Play (2) −1 (71) 2 strokes South Africa Wayne Westner
10 19 Nov 1988 Bloemfontein Classic −12 (66-71-69-69=276) 2 strokes England Phil Harrison, South West Africa Schalk van der Merwe
11 21 Jan 1989 Lexington PGA Championship −11 (71-65-66-67=269) Playoff South Africa Chris Williams
12 24 Feb 1990 Palabora Classic −14 (73-70-65-66=274) 3 strokes South Africa John Bland, South Africa Wayne Westner
13 28 Feb 1993 EVS South African Masters (2) −13 (67-66-68-74=275) 1 stroke South Africa Roger Wessels
14 28 Nov 1993 Zimbabwe Open −15 (71-68-66-68=273) 8 strokes South Africa Nic Henning, South Africa James Kingston
15 12 Dec 1993 Phillips South African Open (2) −21 (64-69-69-65=267) 7 strokes South Africa Ernie Els
16 9 Jan 1994 Bell's Cup −17 (65-68-68-70=271) 3 strokes South Africa Ernie Els, South Africa David Frost
17 15 Feb 1998 Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship1 (2) −17 (68-64-67-72=271) 2 strokes South Africa Ernie Els

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Southern Africa Tour playoff record (1–1)

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

Other wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 28 Nov 2009 Gary Player Invitational
(with Argentina Ángel Cabrera)		 −15 (66-65=131) 3 strokes South Africa John Bland and South Africa Tjaart van der Walt,
Scotland Bill Longmuir and South Africa 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 England Gordon J. Brand, Scotland Ross Drummond,
Paraguay Ángel Franco, South Africa Bertus Smit
2 6 Sep 2009 Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters −10 (69-71-66=206) 1 stroke Australia Peter Senior

Results in major championships
Tournament 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 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
  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. Harris, Cathy (19 May 2006). "Fit-again Johnstone happy to be back in the swing of things". The Times. London. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
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