Philip Walton
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Philip Walton (born 28 March 1962) is an Irish golfer.
Walton attended Oklahoma State University in the United States and played for Great Britain & Ireland in the Walker Cup in 1981 and 1983. He turned professional in 1983 and spent many years on the European Tour, making the top one hundred on the Order of Merit every year from 1983 to 1998, with a best ranking of thirteenth in 1995. He has won three European Tour events and four Irish PGA Championships.
Walton has represented Ireland or Great Britain & Ireland on many occasions. He was a member of the winning Irish team at the 1990 Alfred Dunhill Cup. He made his only Ryder Cup appearance for Europe in 1995 at Oak Hill, where he beat Jay Haas on the final green of the crucial penultimate singles match.
Tournament wins
Amateur
1981 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship, Spanish Open Amateur Championship
1982 Irish Amateur Championship
European Tour
1990 Open de France
1995 Open Catalonia, Murphy’s English Open
Other professional tournaments
1987 Irish PGA Championship
1989 Irish PGA Championship
1991 Irish PGA Championship
1995 Irish PGA Championship
Team appearances
Amateur
Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1981, 1983
Eisenhower Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1982
Professional
Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1995 (winners)
Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Ireland): 1989, 1990 (winning team), 1992, 1994, 1995
World Cup (representing Ireland): 1995
Europcar Cup: 1988
