Greg Turner (golfer)

Greg Turner (born 21 February 1963) is a New Zealand golfer.

Turner was born in Dunedin. He attended Oklahoma University in the United States but has spent most of his career on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the European Tour. He has won four titles on the European Tour and achieved a career best ranking of eighteenth 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.

Turner has retired from tour golf and 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 representative Glenn Turner and award-winning poet Brian Turner. His sister-in-law Sukhi Turner is a former mayor of Dunedin.

Professional wins (12)

European Tour wins (4)

*1986 Scandinavian Enterprise Open
*1993 Italian Open
*1995 Turespana Open de Baleares
*1997 One 2 One British Masters

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (5)

*1984 New Zealand PGA Championship
*1989 New Zealand Open
*1990 Johnnie Walker Classic*
*1998 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

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur
*Eisenhower Trophy (representing New Zealand): 1982, 1984Professional
*Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing New Zealand): 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000
*World Cup of Golf (representing New Zealand): 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000
*Presidents Cup (International Team): 1998 (winners)

External links

* [http://www.gregturnergolf.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.pga.org.au/default.aspx?s=pgatourplayerprofiledisplay&pid=194 Profile on the PGA Tour of Australasia's official site]
* [http://www.europeantour.com/publish.sps?pageid=127&pagegid=%7B20E6AA6B%2D0225%2D4C71%2DBD89%2D2ACBEE615D69%7D&playerId=981 Profile on the European Tour's official site]