Phillip K. Billings (born 1939) is a former Australian amateur golfer.

Golfing career

He was part of the winning Australian team at the

1966 Eisenhower Trophy The 1966 Eisenhower Trophy took place October 27 to 30 at the Club de Golf Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the fifth World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 32 four-m ...

in Mexico City. As national captain, he led his country to a tie with Great Britain at the Commonwealth Tournament in 1963. He has won the

Lake Macquarie Amateur The Lake Macquarie Amateur was an amateur golf tournament in Australia. It was first played in 1958 and was organised by and played at the Belmont Golf Club in nearby Marks Point, New South Wales. It was a 72-hole stroke play tournament (54 holes i ...

the most times, winning on seven occasions (1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1974). He was the medallist in the 1961

Australian Amateur The Australian Amateur is the national amateur golf championship of Australia. It has been played annually since 1894, except for the war years, and is organised by Golf Australia. Having traditionally been a match play event, from 2021 it has b ...

and won the

New South Wales Amateur The New South Wales Amateur Championship is the state amateur golf championship of New South Wales, Australia. It was first played in 1898. History In early 1898 Lord Hampden, the Governor of New South Wales, presented a solid silver cup to th ...

the same year. Billings also competed in professional events. He won the 1961

Lakes Open The Lakes Open was a golf tournament played at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia between 1934 and 1974. The inaugural event was organised in connection with the visit of a group of American professionals who had earlier pla ...

and was a runner-up in the 1971 New South Wales Open.

Personal life

For his career, Billings worked as a schoolteacher.

Tournament wins

* 1959

* 1960 Lake Macquarie Amateur * 1961

New South Wales Amateur Championship The New South Wales Amateur Championship is the state amateur golf championship of New South Wales, Australia. It was first played in 1898. History In early 1898 Lord Hampden, the Governor of New South Wales, presented a solid silver cup to th ...

, Lake Macquarie Amateur,

* 1964 Lake Macquarie Amateur * 1965 Lake Macquarie Amateur * 1966 Lake Macquarie Amateur * 1974 Lake Macquarie Amateur

Team appearances

* Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia):

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

(winners) * Commonwealth Tournament (representing Australia): 1963 (joint winners), 1967 *

Sloan Morpeth Trophy The Sloan Morpeth Trophy was an amateur team golf tournament, played between Australia and New Zealand. It was contested irregularly from 1947 to 2016. The trophy was presented by Sloan Morpeth in 1956. From 1993 to 2005 the two countries played ea ...

(representing Australia): 1961, 1964 (winners), 1965, 1966 (winners), 1967 (winners) *

Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches The Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches were an amateur team golf competition for men between the states and territories of Australia. The event started in 1904 when New South Wales played Victoria. Until World War II the event was played a ...

(representing New South Wales): 1957 (winners), 1958 (winners), 1959 (winners), 1960 (winners), 1961, 1962 (joint winners), 1963, 1964 (winners), 1965 (winners), 1967 (winners), 1968, 1969 (winners), 1970 (winners), 1971, 1972 (winners), 1974, 1982

References

Amateur golfers Australian male golfers People from the Hunter Region Sportsmen from New South Wales 20th-century Australian people 1939 births Living people {{Australia-golf-bio-stub