Phillip Archer

Phillip Archer
— Golfer —

At KLM Open in 2009
Personal information
Full name Phillip Archer
Born (1972-03-17) 17 March 1972
Warrington, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 189 lb (86 kg; 13.5 st)
Nationality  England
Residence Warrington, England
Career
Turned professional 1991
Current tour(s) Challenge Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins 4
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour 3
Other 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open T48: 2006
The Open Championship 81st: 2008
PGA Championship DNP

Phillip Archer (born 17 March 1972) is an English professional golfer.

Archer was born in Warrington. He is best known for shooting a score of 60 in the first round at the Celtic Manor Wales Open in 2006. He had a chance of being the first player on the European Tour to shoot a 59, but missed his birdie putt on the 18th green.[1] His best European Tour Order of Merit finish is 29th in 2007. He lost his card after a poor 2010 season. He has won three tournaments on the Challenge Tour, Europe's second tier tour. He won the Rolex Trophy in 2004, the Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne in 2011 and the Pacific Rubiales Colombia Classic in 2012.

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 22 Aug 2004 Rolex Trophy –18 (65-67-66=198) 5 strokes England Lee Slattery
2 12 Jun 2011 Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne –7 (69-67-61-76=273) 1 stroke Austria Roland Steiner
3 11 Mar 2012 Pacific Rubiales Colombia Classic –8 (71-71-68-70=280) 1 stroke England Chris Lloyd, Denmark Morten Ørum Madsen

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open T48 DNP CUT DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP 81 DNP CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Professional

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archer misses out on Tour record". BBC Sport. 1 June 2006. Retrieved 27 May 2009.

External links

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