Wayne Westner

Wayne Westner
 Golfer 
Personal information
Full name Wayne Brett Westner
Nickname Westy
Born 28 September 1961
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
Nationality  South Africa
Residence Johannesburg, South Africa
Spouse Alison Jean Westner
Career
Turned professional 1982
Former tour(s) Sunshine Tour
European Tour
Professional wins 12
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 2
Sunshine Tour 11
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open T50: 1996
The Open Championship T34: 1993
PGA Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour
Order of Merit winner
1995/96

Wayne Brett Westner (born 28 September 1961) is a South African golfer.

Westner was born in Johannesburg. He turned professional in 1981 and has won several events in his home country, including two South African Opens. He spent many years on the European Tour where he won two tournaments and had a best Order of Merit finish of twentieth in 1993. In 1996 he won the World Cup for South Africa in partnership with Ernie Els. He won the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in 1995/96.

At the 1998 Madeira Island Open, during the pre-tournament Pro-Am, Westner tore angle ligaments after falling over six feet when a railway sleeper crumbled under him.[1] He played only once more that season, and never been able to rediscover his best form since.

Wayne is currently running his own Golf College, The Wayne Westner Golf College, on the South Coast of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Professional wins (12)

European Tour (2)

Sunshine Tour (11)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T50 DNP
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP CUT 71 DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP T34 CUT DNP CUT CUT

Note: Westner never played in the Masters Tournament nor the PGA Championship.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

References

  1. Oakley, John (18 June 1998). "Old club aids Bottomley". The Independent (London). Retrieved 2009-08-18.

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