John Chillas
| John Chillas | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | John Stalker Chillas |
| Born | 31 July 1951 Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Scotland |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1971 |
| Current tour(s) | European Senior Tour |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 5 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Senior Tour | 3 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T52: 1984 |
John Stalker Chillas (born 31 July 1951) is a Scottish professional golfer. He won the Scottish PGA Championship twice, in 1976 and 2001. He has also won three times on the European Seniors Tour. He tied for 52nd place in the 1984 Open Championship.
His best season on the Seniors Tour was 2004 when, in addition to winning the end-of-season Estoril Seniors Tour Championship, he was runner-up 5 times and third on two other occasions. From late August to late September he was runner-up in 4 successive tournaments, the Charles Church Scottish Seniors Open, the Bovis Lend Lease European Senior Masters, The Daily Telegraph Turismo Andaluz European Seniors Match Play Championship and the ADT English Seniors Open. He finished the season third in the order of merit.
Professional wins (5)
Regular wins (2)
European Seniors Tour wins (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 Aug 2003 | Travis Perkins Senior Masters | −7 (70-70-69=209) | 1 stroke |  Eamonn Darcy
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| 2 | 24 Oct 2004 | Estoril Seniors Tour Championship | −6 (69-70-68=207) | 2 strokes |  David Good
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| 3 | 22 Sep 2007 | Scandinavian Senior Open | −8 (70-67-68=205) | Playoff |  Glenn Ralph
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Team appearances
- PGA Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland/Europe): 1982, 1983 (winners), 1984 (winners), 1988, 1992
- UBS Cup (representing the Rest of the World): 2004