In 1981, he turned professional. He won several events in his home country, including two
South African Opens. He spent many years on the
European Tour where he won two tournaments and had a best Order of Merit finish of twentieth in 1993. In the 1992
Carroll's Irish Open, he lost to
Nick Faldo at the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff. In partnership with
Ernie Els, they won the
1996 World Cup of Golf for South Africa. Westner finished second, behind Els, in the individual event and the pair won the team event by 18 shots. He won the
Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in 1995/96. At the 1998
Madeira Island Open, during the pre-tournament
Pro-Am, Westner tore ankle ligaments after falling over six feet when a
railway sleeper crumbled under him. He played only once more that season, and was never able to recover. He later ran his own golf college, The Wayne Westner Golf College. == Personal life ==