Tony Johnstone

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

Johnstone was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. 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 beaten the disease 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.

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 (23)

European Tour (6)

*1984 Portuguese Open
*1990 Murphy's Cup
*1991 Murphy's Cup
*1992 Volvo PGA Championship
*1998 Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship (co-sanctioned with Sunshine Tour)
*2001 Qatar Masters

unshine Tour (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, South African Open
*1994 Bell's Cup
*1998 Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship (co-sanctioned with European Tour)

European Seniors Tour (1)

*2008 Jersey Seniors Classic

Results in major championships

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

Team appearances

Amateur

*Eisenhower Trophy (representing Zimbabwe): 1976

Professional

*Hennessy Cognac Cup: 1982
*Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Zimbabwe): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000
*World Cup (representing Zimbabwe): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001

External links

* [http://www.europeantour.com/publish.sps?pageid=127&pagegid=%7B20E6AA6B%2D0225%2D4C71%2DBD89%2D2ACBEE615D69%7D&playerId=94 Profile on the European Tour's official site]
* [http://www.sunshinetour.info/profiles/JOH004.htm Profile on the Sunshine Tour's official site]