Tony Johnstone

Tony Johnstone
Tony Johnstone
Personal information
Full name	Anthony Alastair Johnstone
Born	2 May 1956 (age 68); 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)
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
Southern Africa Tour; Order of Merit winner
Southern Africa Tour; Order of Merit winner	1988–89, 1993–94

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

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	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

Results in major championships

Tournament	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1988	1989	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1998	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

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)

References

^ "Week 5 1994 Ending 30 Jan 1994" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
^ "Tony Johnstone welcomed as EDGA Ambassador".
^ ^a ^b 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.

External links

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

[w199405-1] "Week 5 1994 Ending 30 Jan 1994" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

[2] "Tony Johnstone welcomed as EDGA Ambassador".

[:0-3] 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.

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