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Tony Johnstone
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Bulawayo, Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe
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Biography

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

Johnstone was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia and attended Christian Brothers College. He lives in Sunningdale in England. He turned professional in 1979 and has spent his career playing mainly on the Southern African Sunshine Tour and in Europe. He won six times on the European Tour 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 Sunshine Tour, including one co-sanctioned event also included in his European Tour win tally, and he topped that tour's Order of Merit in 1988/89 and 1993/94. He has represented Zimbabwe in international competition many times.

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 and made his European Seniors Tour debut shortly after turning fifty in 2006. In 2008 he won his first EST event, the Jersey Seniors Classic. 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. He has also worked as a golf broadcaster.

Professional wins (25)

European Tour wins (6)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
14 Nov 1984Portuguese Open−14 (70-69-67-68=274)3 strokesEngland Michael King
212 Aug 1990Murphy's Cup50 pts (6-23-6-15=50)2 ptsEngland Malcolm MacKenzie
39 Jun 1991Murphy's Cup (2)40 pts (10-9-9-12=40)PlayoffRepublic of Ireland Eamonn Darcy
425 May 1992Volvo PGA Championship−16 (67-70-70-65=272)2 strokesScotland Gordon Brand, Jnr, Spain José María Olazábal
515 Feb 1998Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship
(co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour)
−17 (68-64-67-72=271)2 strokesSouth Africa Ernie Els
611 Mar 2001Qatar Masters−14 (68-70-66-70=274)2 strokesSweden Robert Karlsson

European Tour playoff record (1–4)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
11981Swiss OpenSpain Antonio Garrido, Spain Manuel PiñeroPiñero won with birdie on first extra hole
21991Murphy's CupRepublic of Ireland Eamonn DarcyWon with eagle on second extra hole
31992Benson & Hedges International OpenAustralia Peter SeniorLost to par on first extra hole
41992Dunhill British MastersRepublic of Ireland Christy O'Connor JnrLost to birdie on first extra hole
51996Turespana MastersSpain Diego BorregoLost to par on third extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (17)

  • 1984 South African Open, Charity Classic, South African Masters
  • 1986 Goodyear Classic
  • 1987 ICL International, Minolta Copiers Match Play, Wild Coast Classic
  • 1988 ICL International, Minolta Copiers Match Play, Bloemfontein Classic
  • 1989 South African PGA Championship
  • 1990 Palabora Classic
  • 1993 South African Masters, Zimbabwe Open, Philips South African Open (Dec.)
  • 1994 Bell's Cup
  • 1998 Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship (co-sanctioned with European Tour)

Other wins

  • 2009 Gary Player Invitational (with Ángel Cabrera)

European Senior Tour wins (2)

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

Results in major championships

Tournament1982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000
Masters TournamentDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPCUTDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNP
U.S. OpenDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPT77DNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTT39CUTDNPCUTT52DNPT73T34CUTCUTCUTCUTDNPCUTDNPCUT
PGA ChampionshipDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPCUTCUTCUTDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

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)
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