Greg Turner

Greg Turner
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Greg Turner
Born	(1963-02-21) 21 February 1963 Dunedin, New Zealand
Height
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".

Professional wins (12)

European Tour wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	3 Aug 1986	Scandinavian Enterprise Open	−18 (69-62-69-70=270)	Playoff	Craig Stadler
2	23 May 1993	Lancia Martini Italian Open	−21 (65-70-68-64=267)	1 stroke	José Cóceres
3	26 Mar 1995	Turespana Open de Baleares	−14 (74-65-67-68=274)	2 strokes	Costantino Rocca
4	21 Sep 1997	One 2 One British Masters	−13 (68-71-66-70=275)	1 stroke	Colin Montgomerie

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (5)

• 1984 New Zealand PGA Championship
• 1989 New Zealand Open
• 1990 Johnnie Walker Classic*
• 1997 New Zealand Open
• 1999 Australian PGA Championship

Other wins (3)

• 1985 Fiji Open
• 1986 Singapore Open
• 1991 Daikyo Palm Meadows Cup (Australia)

* This was not the current Johnnie Walker Classic, which was originally called the Johnnie Walker Asian Classic and acquired its current name in 1993.

Results in major championships

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
The Open Championship	T35	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	T39	T20	DNP	T7	T51	T15	CUT	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	T16	CUT	DNP

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.

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing New Zealand): 1982, 1984

Professional

• World Cup (representing New Zealand): 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000
• Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing New Zealand): 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000
• Presidents Cup (International Team): 1998 (winners)

External links

• Official website
• Greg Turner at the European Tour official site
• Greg Turner at the Official World Golf Ranking official site