John R. Garner is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 professional golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

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During his playing career, Garner won one European Tour

PGA European Tour

The PGA European Tour is an organization which operates the three leading men's professional golf tours in Europe: the elite European Tour, the European Seniors Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour. Its headquarters are at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England...

 event, when he defeated Neil Coles

Neil Coles

Neil Chapman Coles, MBE is an English professional golfer. As of 2005, Coles is only the second man to win a professional golf tournament in six different decades, starting in the 1950s and extending into the 21st century.Coles was born in England...

 in the final of the Benson & Hedges Match Play Championship in 1972. He didn't win again until 1998 at the Senior Tournament of Champions on the European Seniors Tour

European Seniors Tour

The European Seniors Tour is a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over run by the PGA European Tour.The Tour was founded in 1992. In 2008 it had a total prize fund of €7,729,284, so it is much further behind the U.S.-based Champions Tour in relative prize money than the main European...

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Garner was a member of the Great Britain Ryder Cup

Ryder Cup

The Ryder Cup is a biennial golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is jointly administered by the PGA of America and the PGA European Tour, and is contested every two years, the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe...

 team in 1971

1971 Ryder Cup

The 19th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 13½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point...

 and the Great Britain and Ireland team in 1973

1973 Ryder Cup

The 20th Ryder Cup Matches were held at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.The United States team won the competition by a score of 19 to 13 points...

. He made just one appearance in 1971, teaming up with Neil Coles in a four-ball match against Americans

United States

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 Frank Beard and J. C. Snead, who won the match 2 up with 1 hole to play. Garner did not play a single match in 1973.

Garner is currently the teaching professional at the Manukorihi Golf Club in Taranaki, New Zealand

New Zealand

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European Seniors Tour wins (1)

• 1998 Senior Tournament of Champions

Results in major championships

The only major that Garner played in was The Open Championship

The Open Championship

The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...

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Tournament	1967	1968	1969
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	CUT	CUT	T34

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	DNP	T35	T28	CUT	T11	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T60	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

• Ryder Cup
  Ryder Cup
  The Ryder Cup is a biennial golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is jointly administered by the PGA of America and the PGA European Tour, and is contested every two years, the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe...
  
  : 1971
  1971 Ryder Cup
  The 19th Ryder Cup Matches were held at the Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.The United States team won the competition by a score of 18½ to 13½ points.-Format:The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point...
  
  , 1973
  1973 Ryder Cup
  The 20th Ryder Cup Matches were held at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.The United States team won the competition by a score of 19 to 13 points...
  
  
• Double Diamond: 1971, 1972, 1973

External links

• Manukorihi Golf Club