Andrew Johnston (golfer)
| Andrew Johnston | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | Beef |
| Born |
18 February 1989 London, England |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb; 15.1 st) |
| Nationality |
 England
|
| Residence | Friern Barnet, England |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2009 |
| Current tour(s) |
European Tour PGA Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Challenge Tour | 2 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | T54: 2016 |
| The Open Championship | 8th: 2016 |
| PGA Championship | T60: 2016 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Challenge Tour Rankings winner |
2014 |
Andrew Johnston (born 18 February 1989) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He has one win on the European Tour, which came at the 2016 Open de España. Known affectionately as 'Beef' since his youth, he has carried the nickname into his professional career, and is a popular character amongst the crowd.
Johnston, who is of partial Jamaican descent, was born in London in 1989 to a working-class family. His father worked as a bus driver and his mother as a school dinner lady.
He started playing golf at the age of four with his father and siblings in a local chip and putt course, and later joined the North Middlesex Golf Club, which is still his home club today. At 14 he was in The Middlesex Junior Squad, and became a scratch player at 16.
Johnston was a successful amateur, representing England boys and the Great Britain and Ireland team in the Jacques Léglise Trophy. He turned professional in 2009 and won for the first time that year on the Jamega Tour. After a 2010 season split between the Jamega Tour, the PGA EuroPro Tour and invites to the Challenge Tour, Johnston enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2011. He played in his first European Tour event at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa, and qualified for his first major championship, the Open Championship, via local final qualifying at Royal Cinque Ports. Johnston also recorded several good results from invites to the Challenge Tour, including a runner-up spot at the M2M Russian Challenge Cup. That qualified him for the Grand Final, where he finished in a tie for third to jump to 15th in the standings and secure a place on the European Tour for 2012.
Johnston played 20 events in his first season on the European Tour, without being able to make any top-10 result and ultimately failing to retain his tour membership.
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