Phillip Price Explained

Phillip Price
Fullname:John Phillip Price
Birth Date:21 October 1966
Birth Place:Pontypridd, Wales
Residence:Newport, Wales
Yearpro:1989
Tour:European Senior Tour
Extour:PGA Tour
European Tour
PGA Tour Champions
Prowins:7
Eurowins:3
Seneurowins:3
Otherwins:1
Masters:T35: 2004
Usopen:T53: 1999
Open:T10: 2003
Pga:T58: 2001
Award1:European Senior Tour
Order of Merit winner
Year1:2019

John Phillip Price (born 21 October 1966) is a Welsh professional golfer who plays on the European Senior Tour. He won three European Tour events between 1994 and 2003 and played in the 2002 Ryder Cup.

Early life

Price was born in 1966 in Pontypridd. He currently resides in Newport.

Professional golfer

Price turned professional in 1989 and qualified for membership of the European Tour for the 1991 season via the 1990 Qualifying School. His best year on the tour came in 2000, when he finished eighth on the Order of Merit. His other top ten placing came in 2003, when he was tenth.

He has three tournament wins on the European Tour. In 2005 he played on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, but he did not do well enough to retain his card. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

Price has made one appearance in the Ryder Cup, playing for the winning European team of 2002. He beat Phil Mickelson in the final day's singles to secure an invaluable point and an historic victory.

Price played in the 2016 Senior Italian Open which started on his 50th birthday and finished second, a stroke behind Stephen Dodd. In 2017 he had his first win on the European Senior Tour, winning the WINSTONgolf Senior Open. He won the 2019 Staysure PGA Seniors Championship for his second European Senior Tour win.

Professional wins (7)

European Tour wins (3)

NoDateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
120 Mar 1994Portuguese Open−6 (64-71-71-72=278)4 strokes Paul Eales, David Gilford,
Retief Goosen
229 Apr 2001Algarve Open de Portugal (2)−15 (72-67-70-64=273)2 strokes Pádraig Harrington, Sven Strüver
36 Jul 2003Smurfit European Open−16 (66-69-67-70=272)1 stroke Alastair Forsyth, Mark McNulty

Other wins (1)

European Senior Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
116 Jul 2017WINSTONgolf Senior Open−14 (66-69-67=202)1 stroke Thaworn Wiratchant
24 Aug 2019Staysure PGA Seniors Championship−17 (67-66-71-67=271)2 strokes Michael Campbell, James Kingston,
Peter Lonard
320 Aug 2022Irish LegendsE (72-70-71=213)1 stroke Peter Baker, Emanuele Canonica,
Paul Eales, Jarmo Sandelin,
Steen Tinning

European Senior Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12018MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles) Roger ChapmanLost to eagle on first extra hole
22021Irish Legends Thomas BjørnLost to birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament19921993199419951996199719981999
Masters Tournament
U.S. OpenT53
The Open ChampionshipCUTCUTT58
PGA Championship
Tournament2000200120022003200420052006
Masters TournamentT35
U.S. OpenWDT57
The Open ChampionshipCUTT30CUTT10CUTCUT
PGA ChampionshipCUTT15CUTCUTCUT
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
0 0 0 0 1 1 9 3
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
Totals 0 0 0 0 1 2 18 7

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20002001200220032004
Match PlayR64R64R64
ChampionshipT17NT1T54
InvitationalT228T71T67T50
1Cancelled due to 9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also