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Philip Parkin

Wales · born , Doncaster, England

1championship win

Summary

  • Titles 1983 The Amateur

Wins

  1. 1983 The Amateur Championship Turnberry · 5 & 4

Results by championship

    Best day

    1983 The Amateur

    Turnberry · won 5 & 4

    Welshman Philip Parkin beat American Jim Holtgrieve 5 & 4 at Turnberry in the first year of stroke-play qualifying.

    Chosen by rule: the first championship title. Year page: 1983.

    Career line, 1983–1983

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    • Other win

    Philip Parkin was born on December 12, 1961, in Doncaster, England. Parkin won the 1983 The Amateur.

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    The record

    Amateur titles (1)

    1. 1983 The Amateur Championship Turnberry · 5 & 4

    Profile

    Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.

    Full name

    Status

    • professional, turned professional in 1984 Wikipedia

    College or club

    Beyond our rooms

    • 1983 Walker Cup team (Great Britain & Ireland)
    • 1983 European Amateur Team Championship team (Wales)
    • 1984 St Andrews Trophy team (Great Britain & Ireland)
    • 1984 World Cup team (Wales)
    • 1989 World Cup team (Wales)
    • 1984 Hennessy Cognac Cup team (Wales)
    • 1985 Dunhill Cup team (Wales)
    • 1986 Dunhill Cup team (Wales)
    • 1989 Dunhill Cup team (Wales)
    • 1990 Dunhill Cup team (Wales)
    • 1991 Dunhill Cup team (Wales)
    • 1982 Tillman Trophy winner
    • 1986 Welsh Professional Championship winner

    Source: Wikipedia: Philip Parkin

    Known for

    • Andrew Philip Parkin (born 12 December 1961) is a Welsh professional golfer who has also worked as a golf commentator and analyst. Wikipedia

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. Wikipedia: Philip Parkin
    2. Wikidata: Q2639805
    3. Wikipedia: The Amateur Championship
    4. golfbible.co.uk: amateur championship
    5. golfcompendium.com: british amateur championship winners