Van Phillips (golfer)
| Van Phillips | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Vanslow Luke Phillips |
| Born | 27 March 1972 London, England |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight | 167 lb (76 kg; 11.9 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  England |
| Residence | Camberley, Surrey, England |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1993 |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour Challenge Tour |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Challenge Tour | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 1997 |
Vanslow Luke Phillips (born 27 March 1972) is an English professional golfer.
Phillips was born in London. As an amateur, he won the Berkshire Trophy twice before turning professional after playing in the Walker Cup at the end of 1993. In 1996 he won the Interlaken Open on the second tier Challenge Tour, and graduated to the European Tour for the following season by finishing in 6th place on the tour rankings at the end of the year.
Phillips made steady progress, finishing inside the top 100 on the Order of Merit in each of his first four seasons on the European Tour. He captured his maiden win in 1999, at the Algarve Portuguese Open, where he overcame John Bickerton in a playoff.[1] In 2001, he struggled to hold on to his tour card, and has competed mostly on the Challenge Tour since then. He won the Mauritius Open, a non-tour event in 2006.[2]
Early in his professional career Phillips regularly played in a shirt and tie as part of a sponsorship deal.[3]
Amateur wins
- 1992 Berkshire Trophy
- 1993 Berkshire Trophy
Professional wins
European Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 Mar 1999 | Algarve Portuguese Open | −12 (72-68-68-68=276) | Playoff | John Bickerton
|
European Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1999 | Algarve Portuguese Open | John Bickerton
|
Won with par on first extra hole |
Challenge Tour wins (1)
- 1996 Interlaken Open
Other wins (1)
- 2006 Mauritius Open
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Team appearances
Amateur
- Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1993
References
- ^ "Phillips holds nerve to win first Tour title". The Independent. 8 March 1999. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ^ "Van the man is Mauritius master". Daily Mail. 17 December 2006. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ^ "Smart start for Phillips". The Independent. 14 March 1997. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
External links
- Van Phillips at the European Tour official site
- Van Phillips at the Official World Golf Ranking official site