Johnnie Walker Classic Winners

NEW DELHI, INDIA - MARCH 02: Mark Brown of New Zealand poses with the trophy after winning the final round of the 2008 Johnnie Walker Classic held at The DLF Golf and Country Club on March 2, 2008 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)

New Zealand’s Mark Brown claimed his first Johnnie Walker Classic title in 2008, Brown also took home a tidy US$409,743 in prize money.

In 2007, South African Anton Haig took the title at the Johnnie Walker Classic in Phuket, Thailand. For details of the win, visit our 2007 Johnnie Walker Classic page.

Kevin Stadler became the first sponsored invitation player ever to win the Johnnie Walker Classic, in Australia in 2006. In 2005, current world number 3 Adam Scott added his name to the list of Johnnie Walker Classic winners when he took the title in Beijing.

Repeat Johnnie Walker Classic winners

A total of three players have won the Johnnie Walker Classic twice – Tiger Woods, Ernie Els, and Nick Faldo.

US star Tiger Woods, number 1 in the World Golf Rankings for a phenomenal record total of 264 consecutive weeks, won in Phuket in 1998 and in Bangkok in 2000.

South African Ernie Els, ranked as world number 5, won the Johnnie Walker Classic twice, both times in Australia, in 1997 and in 2003. Of all Johnnie Walker Classic winners, Ernie Els has broken the most records in the tournament.

England’s Nick Faldo won the first ever Johnnie Walker Classic, in Hong Kong in 1990. He went on to win again in Singapore, in 1993.

South African golfers have figured high in the Johnnie Walker Classic. As well as two-time winner Ernie Els, South Africans Ian Palmer, Retief Goosen and – most recently – Anton Haig have won the tournament. In the 2007 Johnnie Walker Classic, five South Africans had scores putting them in the top 10. As well as winner Anton Haig, these included Richard Sterne, Retief Goosen, Ernie Els and David Frost.

All Johnnie Walker Classic winners, since 1990

Season	Winner	Nationality	Location
2008	Mark Brown	New Zealand	India
2007	Anton Haig	South Africa	Thailand
2006	Kevin Stadler	United States	Australia
2005	Adam Scott	Australia	China
2004	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	Thailand
2003	Ernie Els	South Africa	Australia
2002	Retief Goosen	South Africa	Australia
2001	Tiger Woods	United States	Thailand
2000	Michael Campbell	New Zealand	Taiwan
1999	No tournament
1998	Tiger Woods	United States	Thailand
1997	Ernie Els	South Africa	Australia
1996	Ian Woosnam	Wales	Singapore
1995	Fred Couples	United States	Philippines
1994	Greg Norman	Australia	Thailand
1993	Nick Faldo	England	Singapore
1992	Ian Palmer	South Africa	Thailand
1991	No tournament
1990	Nick Faldo	England	Hong Kong

For details about the history of the tournament, played since 1990, visit our Johnnie Walker Classic history page.

Don’t miss the excitement of the 2009 Johnnie Walker Classic, due to be held from 19 - 22 February at the at the Vines Resort & Country Club in Perth, Australia.

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