Tony_Johnstone
Tony Johnstone
Zimbabwean professional golfer (born 1956)
Anthony Alastair Johnstone (born 2 May 1956) is a Zimbabwean professional golfer.
| Tony Johnstone | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Anthony Alastair Johnstone | ||
| Born | (1956-05-02) 2 May 1956 (age 67) Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Zimbabwe | ||
| 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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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]
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.
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 |  Michael King |
| 2 | 12 Aug 1990 | Murphy's Cup | 50 pts (6-23-6-15=50) | 2 points | Malcolm MacKenzie |
| 3 | 9 Jun 1991 | Murphy's Cup (2) | 40 pts (10-9-9-12=40) | Playoff |  Eamonn Darcy |
| 4 | 25 May 1992 | Volvo PGA Championship | −16 (67-70-70-65=272) | 2 strokes |  Gordon Brand Jnr,  José María Olazábal |
| 5 | 15 Feb 1998 | Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship1 | −17 (68-64-67-72=271) | 2 strokes |  Ernie Els |
| 6 | 11 Mar 2001 | Qatar Masters | −14 (68-70-66-70=274) | 2 strokes |  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 | Antonio Garrido, Manuel Piñero |
Piñero won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 1991 | Murphy's Cup | Eamonn Darcy |
Won with eagle on second extra hole |
| 3 | 1992 | Benson & Hedges International Open |  Peter Senior |
Lost to par on first extra hole |
| 4 | 1992 | Dunhill British Masters | Christy O'Connor Jnr |
Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
| 5 | 1996 | Turespaña Masters | 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 |  Fulton Allem |
| 2 | 18 Feb 1984 | SA Charity Classic | −26 (63-71-63-69=266) | 2 strokes | Gavan Levenson |
| 3 | 15 Dec 1984 | Safmarine South African Masters | −11 (68-66-70-73=277) | 1 stroke | Fulton Allem |
| 4 | 21 Dec 1986 | Goodyear Classic | −9 (69-67-70-69=275) | 1 stroke | Fulton Allem |
| 5 | 18 Jan 1987 | ICL International | −17 (69-67-64-71=271) | 6 strokes | Justin Hobday, Wilhelm Winsnes |
| 6 | 14 Nov 1987 | Minolta Copiers Match Play | −6 (66) | 3 strokes | Mark McNulty |
| 7 | 27 Nov 1987 | Protea Assurance Challenge | −18 (66-64-67-65=262) | 7 strokes | Hugh Baiocchi |
| 8 | 16 Jan 1988 | ICL International (2) | −22 (66-66-65-69=266) | 1 stroke | Denis Durnian |
| 9 | 13 Nov 1988 | Minolta Copiers Match Play (2) | −1 (71) | 2 strokes | Wayne Westner |
| 10 | 19 Nov 1988 | Bloemfontein Classic | −12 (66-71-69-69=276) | 2 strokes | Phil Harrison, Schalk van der Merwe |
| 11 | 21 Jan 1989 | Lexington PGA Championship | −11 (71-65-66-67=269) | Playoff | Chris Williams |
| 12 | 24 Feb 1990 | Palabora Classic | −14 (73-70-65-66=274) | 3 strokes | John Bland, Wayne Westner |
| 13 | 28 Feb 1993 | EVS South African Masters (2) | −13 (67-66-68-74=275) | 1 stroke | Roger Wessels |
| 14 | 28 Nov 1993 | Zimbabwe Open | −15 (71-68-66-68=273) | 8 strokes | Nic Henning, James Kingston |
| 15 | 12 Dec 1993 | Phillips South African Open (2) | −21 (64-69-69-65=267) | 7 strokes | Ernie Els |
| 16 | 9 Jan 1994 | Bell's Cup | −17 (65-68-68-70=271) | 3 strokes | Ernie Els, David Frost |
| 17 | 15 Feb 1998 | Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship1 (2) | −17 (68-64-67-72=271) | 2 strokes | 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 | Chris Williams |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 1994 | Autopage Mount Edgecombe Trophy |  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  Ángel Cabrera) |
−15 (66-65=131) | 3 strokes | John Bland and Tjaart van der Walt, Bill Longmuir and 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 | Gordon J. Brand, Ross Drummond, Ángel Franco, Bertus Smit |
| 2 | 6 Sep 2009 | Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters | −10 (69-71-66=206) | 1 stroke | Peter Senior |
| 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
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)
- "Week 5 1994 Ending 30 Jan 1994" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- Harris, Cathy (19 May 2006). "Fit-again Johnstone happy to be back in the swing of things". The Times. London. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
- Tony Johnstone at the European Tour official site
- Tony Johnstone at the Sunshine Tour official site
- Tony Johnstone at the Official World Golf Ranking official site