John Chillas

John Chillas
Personal information
Full name John Stalker Chillas
Born (1951-07-31) 31 July 1951
Aberdeen, Scotland
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st)
Nationality  Scotland
Career
Turned professional 1971
Current tour(s) European Senior Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins 5
Number of wins by tour
European Senior Tour 3
Other 2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T52: 1984
PGA Championship DNP

John Stalker Chillas (born 31 July 1951) is a Scottish professional golfer. He won the Scottish PGA Championship twice, in 1976 and 2001. He has also won three times on the European Seniors Tour. He tied for 52nd place in the 1984 Open Championship.

His best season on the Seniors Tour was 2004 when, in addition to winning the end-of-season Estoril Seniors Tour Championship, he was runner-up 5 times and third on two other occasions. From late August to late September he was runner-up in 4 successive tournaments, the Charles Church Scottish Seniors Open, the Bovis Lend Lease European Senior Masters, The Daily Telegraph Turismo Andaluz European Seniors Match Play Championship and the ADT English Seniors Open. He finished the season third in the order of merit.

Professional wins (5)

Regular wins (2)

European Seniors Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 17 Aug 2003 Travis Perkins Senior Masters −7 (70-70-69=209) 1 stroke Republic of Ireland Eamonn Darcy
2 24 Oct 2004 Estoril Seniors Tour Championship −6 (69-70-68=207) 2 strokes Australia David Good
3 22 Sep 2007 Scandinavian Senior Open −8 (70-67-68=205) Playoff England Glenn Ralph

Team appearances

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