Phillip Price
Name:
Phillip John PriceCountry:
WalesBorn:
Oct 21, 1966 in Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales.Original/Home Club:
Pontypridd, WalesOccupation:
Professional golferTurned Pro:
1989Europe
Staysure
Played as the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship (Aug 1-4). Second-placed Michael Campbell (NZ), James Kingston (RSA) and Peter Lonard (Aus) finished 2 shots behind Phillip Price (Wales), who recorded his second European Senior Tour win. [International course, London GC, Ash, Kent, England].
Awards
Eurpn Snr Tr
Price (Wales) won the 2019 European Snr (Staysure) Tour Order of Merit and associated John Jacobs Trophy (for the first time the Tour adopted a points-based system rather than prize money). Price had a season-long tally of 2887.9 points. James Kingston (RSA) was second with 2526.3 pts; David Shacklady (Eng) was third with 2196.4 pts.
Europe
WinstonGolf
Played as the WinstonGolf Senior Open (Jul 14-16). Second-placed Thaworn Wiratchant (Thai) finished 1 shot behind 50-year-old Phillip Price (Wales), who claimed his first European Senior Tour win. [Links course, WinstonGolf, Vorbeck, nr Schwerin, Germany].
Europe
Smurfit
Played as the Smurfit European Open (July 3-6). Second-placed Mark McNulty (Zim/Ire) and Alastair Forsyth (Scot) finished 1 shot behind Phillip Price (Wales). [Palmer North course, K Club, Straffan, nr Dublin].
Europe
Algarve
Played as the Algarve Open de Portugal (April 26-29). Second-placed Pádraig Harrington (Ire) and Sven Strüver (Ger) finished 2 shots behind Phillip Price (Wales), who won this event for the second time. [South course, Quinta do Lago GC, nr Almancil, Algarve, Portugal].
Europe
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Played as the Portuguese Open (March 17-20). Second-placed Paul Eales (Eng), Retief Goosen (RSA) and defending champion David Gilford (Eng) finished 4 shots behind 27-year-old Phillip Price (Wales), who recorded his first European Tour win. [Penha Longa Resort, Sintra, Portugal].
Tournaments:
PGA Championship: the year’s second men’s major championship is hosted by Southern Hills CC, Tulsa, Oklahoma, amidst doubt as to whether reigning champion Phil Mickelson will defend his title (May 19-22).
Soudal Open: Belgium’s return to European Tour golf sees 36-hole Rinkven International GC host the Soudal Open, the country’s national open championship (May 12-15).
Who's Who:
Scottie Scheffler: bags the 2022 Masters Tournament title, and with it a fourth win in six starts on the PGA Tour and his first major championship victory.
Stephen Dodd: took the European Senior Tour’s 2021 Order of Merit honours following the abandonment due to rain of the season’s final event, the MCB Tour Championship – Mauritius (April 1-3, 2022).
Golf World Top 100: Best Golf Courses in Europe. From France to Spain to the Netherlands and Norway, the Golf World Top 100 panel reveals the places you have to play (published 20 October 2021).
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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