Greg Turner
| Greg Turner | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Greg Turner |
| Born |
21 February 1963 Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb; 13.1 st) |
| Nationality |
 New Zealand
|
| Residence | Queenstown, New Zealand |
| Career | |
| College | University of Oklahoma |
| Turned professional | 1984 |
| Current tour(s) |
European Seniors Tour Champions Tour |
| Former tour(s) |
European Tour PGA Tour of Australasia |
| Professional wins | 12 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 4 |
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 5 |
| Best results in major championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T7: 1996 |
| PGA Championship | T16: 1999 |
| Achievements and awards | |
|
PGA Tour of Australia Rookie of the Year |
1985 |
Greg Turner (born 21 February 1963) is a New Zealand professional golfer.
Turner was born in Dunedin. He attended the University of Oklahoma in the United States but has spent most of his career on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the European Tour. He won four tournaments on the European Tour and achieved a career best ranking of 18th on the European Tour Order of Merit in 1997. He has represented New Zealand in international competitions many times and was one of Peter Thomson's two wild card selections (along with Frank Nobilo for the winning International Team in the 1998 Presidents Cup.
Since retiring from tournament golf, Turner has set up a golf course design and corporate hospitality business. He is also active in the promotion of a series of tournaments in New Zealand for both amateur and professional golfers.
Turner's brothers are former national cricket captain Glenn Turner and award-winning poet Brian Turner. His sister-in-law Sukhi Turner is a former mayor of Dunedin.
At the age of 15, Turner's son Jack won the club championship of the family's home club "The Hills".
European Tour playoff record (1–2)
* This was not the current Johnnie Walker Classic, which was originally called the Johnnie Walker Asian Classic and acquired its current name in 1993.
Note: Turner never played in the Masters Tournament nor the U.S. Open.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
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