Two-time Australian Open golf champion Frank Phillips dies

Two-time Australian Open golf champion Frank Phillips, who additionally gained tournaments in Singapore and Kong Kong, has died, PGA Australia stated in a press release Wednesday. He was 90.

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PGA Australia stated Phillips died Tuesday at a nursing residence in Bowral, south of Sydney, the place he had lived the previous few years.

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Phillips gained 23 tournaments worldwide together with the Australian Open twice β€” 1957 at Kingston Heath and 1961 at Victoria Golf Club, each in Melbourne β€” and he tied for second with Jack Nicklaus to complete behind Gary Player on the 1965 Australian Open. He additionally gained the New South Wales Open 5 occasions and the Singapore Open and the Hong Kong Open.

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He performed within the US Masters twice, within the U.S. Open and on the British Open, the place he positioned twelfth at St. Andrews in 1964.

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