Philip Eriksson | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Karl Philip Christer Eriksson |
Born | Hallstavik, Sweden | 22 November 1991
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Residence | Borås, Sweden |
Partner | Emma Westin |
Career | |
Turned professional | 2011 |
Current tour(s) | Sunshine Tour |
Former tour(s) | Challenge Tour Nordic Golf League |
Professional wins | 7 |
Philip Eriksson (born 22 November 1991) is a Swedish professional golfer.
In 2016, Eriksson missed out on European Tour qualification after winning the first stage of Q-School. [1] In 2018 he qualified for the South Africa-based Sunshine Tour and got his first win at the Dimension Data Pro-Am in February 2019. [2] The win qualified him for the 2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. [3]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 17 Feb 2019 | Dimension Data Pro-Am | −21 (66-67-67-68=268) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
Tournament | 2019 |
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Championship | |
Match Play | |
Invitational | T51 |
Champions |
"T" = Tied
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