Andrew Haydn "Chubby" Chandler (born 1953) is an English retired

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(

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) and current managing director of the Cheshire-based sports management firm International Sports Management (ISM).

Golf career

Chandler is of

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descent. As an amateur, he won the

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in 1972 and turned professional in 1974. His first European Tour tournament was that year's Italian Open, which was also the tour debut of

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. He spent the following 15 years playing on the Tour, with his best season in 1986 when he finished 44th on the Order of Merit; he also had his best result in that season with a third place in the Italian Open. Despite never winning on Tour, he did have one professional victory, at the 1985 São Paulo International. However, after another slump in form, he retired from the professional game in 1989.

Professional wins

*1985 São Paulo International

Results in major championships

''Note: Chandler only played in The Open Championship.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Management career

After retirement from his playing career in 1989, Chandler decided to start a sports management business. He approached fellow professional golfers

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and

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, and agreed a deal to manage their careers, operating with an initial £10,000

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from a back room at Mere Golf Club. Soon after, in 1990, Chandler was approached by the young amateur player

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, who went on to become one of his most successful players. The golf management business steadily grew throughout the 1990s, until Chandler was approached by the

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player

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to manage the career of his young teammate,

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. Flintoff went on to propel Chandler and his company into the spotlight during the

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, while Fairbrother took a post at ISM himself after retiring from cricket in 2002About ISM
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at the

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, ISM had represented four of the previous five major championship winners, namely

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and Clarke himself. McIlroy left ISM in the autumn of 2011, later saying that ISM took his career in the wrong direction. McIlroy regretted his decision in 2010 to give up his

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card, and skipping the 2010 Players Championship at Sawgrass that year. Chandler's aversion to the PGA Tour was cited by McIlroy as one of the main reasons for their split.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chandler, Andrew English male golfers European Tour golfers British sports agents English people of Turkish descent People educated at Bolton School 1953 births Living people