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Full name
  
John Stalker Chillas

Nationality
  
Scotland

Former tour(s)
  
European Tour

European seniors tour
  
3

Height
  
1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)

Current tour(s)
  
European Senior Tour

Turned professional
  
1971

Professional wins
  
5

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Born
  
31 July 1951 (age 65) Aberdeen, Scotland (
1951-07-31
)

Weight
  
86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st)

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.

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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.

Regular wins (2)

  • 1976 Scottish Professional Championship
  • 2001 Scottish PGA Championship
  • Team appearances

  • PGA Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland/Europe): 1982, 1983 (winners), 1984 (winners), 1988, 1992
  • UBS Cup (representing the Rest of the World): 2004
  • References

    John Chillas Wikipedia