Tony Johnstone

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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.

Johnstone is noted for his excellent short game and topped the European Tour's short game statistics in 1998, 1999 and 2000. He made his European Seniors Tour debut shortly after turning fifty in 2006. He has also worked as a golf broadcaster.

[edit] Professional wins

European Tour

1984 Portuguese Open
1990 Murphy's Cup
1991 Murphy's Cup
1992 Volvo PGA Championship
1998 Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship (also included below as it was a co-sanctioned event)
2001 Qatar Masters

Sunshine Tour
(All in South Africa except the 1993 Zimbabwe Open)

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 (also included above as it was a co-sanctioned event)