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Full name
  
Greg Turner

Professional wins
  
12

Weight
  
83 kg

Nationality
  
New Zealand

Name
  
Greg Turner

Education
  
University of Oklahoma


College
  
University of Oklahoma

Role
  
Golfer

Turned professional
  
1984

Height
  
1.88 m

Siblings
  
Glenn Turner

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Born
  
21 February 1963 (age 61) Dunedin, New Zealand (
1963-02-21
)

Former tour(s)
  
European Tour PGA Tour of Australasia

Current tours
  
European Senior Tour, Champions Tour

Residence
  
Queenstown, New Zealand

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

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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".

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European Tour wins (4)

European Tour playoff record (1–2)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (6)

  • 1984 New Zealand PGA Championship
  • 1989 New Zealand Open
  • 1990 Johnnie Walker Australian Classic
  • 1991 Daikyo Palm Meadows Cup
  • 1997 New Zealand Open
  • 1999 Australian PGA Championship
  • Other wins (2)

  • 1985 Fiji Open
  • 1986 Singapore Open
  • Results in major championships

    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)
  • Alfred Dunhill Challenge (representing Australasia): 1995
  • References

    Greg Turner Wikipedia