Philip Golding

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Philip Golding
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Personal information
Full namePhilip Keith Golding
Born (1962-07-25) 25 July 1962 (age 61)
Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence London, England
Career
Turned professional1981
Current tour(s) European Senior Tour
Champions Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins10
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Challenge Tour3
European Senior Tour5
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2000, 2003

Philip Keith Golding (born 25 July 1962) is an English professional golfer.

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Career

Golding was born in Luton, Bedfordshire. He was a promising cricketer who played for Middlesex Colts before he took up golf at the age of 17. [1] He turned professional in 1981, becoming an assistant at his local golf club.

Golding has been a regular fixture at the European Tour's qualifying school, where in 2007 he stretched his record to 18 appearances. [2] [3] He has often won a tour card, but up to the age of forty he had never done well enough on the Tour to retain his card automatically.

In 2003 Golding won the Open de France, one of Europe's most prestigious events, on his 201st tour start. [4] His prize of 416,660 was more than twice as much as he had ever won in a complete season before that year, and he went on to finish the season in a career best 32nd place on the Order of Merit. After falling away again in 2004 he had a solid season in 2005, with a pair of top ten finishes, but he has struggled since, returning to qualifying school again in 2006 and 2007. In 2008, he was again unable to retain his place on the elite tour, and dropped back down to the second tier Challenge Tour for 2009.

Having been a past winner of the Open de France, Golding had an exemption to play on the European Senior Tour from his 50th birthday in mid-2012. Golding won on the European Senior Tour for the first time in August 2013 when he took the Speedy Services Wales Senior Open. He won for a second time the following season at the French Riviera Masters and had two more wins in 2017, in the Swiss Seniors Open and the Travis Perkins Masters. In 2018 he had his biggest senior success, winning the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship.

Professional wins (10)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
129 Jun 2003 Open de France −15 (66-70-68-69=273)1 stroke Flag of England.svg David Howell

Challenge Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
19 Sep 1990 Brussels Pro-Am Flag placeholder.svg
27 Aug 1993 Rolex Pro-Am −13 (65-66-71-73=275)3 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Olle Nordberg
34 Jul 1999 Open des Volcans −18 (67-68-69-66=270)2 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Stephen Scahill

Other wins (1)

European Senior Tour wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
116 Jun 2013 Speedy Services Wales Senior Open −2 (66-79-66=211)2 strokes Flag of England.svg David J. Russell
25 Oct 2014 French Riviera Masters −15 (64-67-70=201)4 strokes Flag of Argentina.svg César Monasterio
39 Jul 2017 Swiss Seniors Open −15 (67-65-63=195)1 stroke Flag of Ireland.svg Mark McNulty
43 Sep 2017 Travis Perkins Masters −5 (70-71-70=211)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Clark Dennis, Flag of Ireland.svg Brendan McGovern
55 Aug 2018 Staysure PGA Seniors Championship −18 (72-67-68-63=270)2 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Persson Atlevi

European Senior Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2014 WINSTONgolf Senior Open Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer, Flag of England.svg Paul Wesselingh Wesselingh won with birdie on third extra hole
Golding eliminated by par on second hole

Results in major championships

Tournament2000200120022003
The Open Championship CUTCUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Golding only played in The Open Championship.

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2003
Match Play
Championship
Invitational T61
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

See also

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References

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  2. Farrell, Andy (29 June 2003). "Golding relives his School days". London: The Independent . Retrieved 15 June 2009.[ dead link ]
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