Pip Elson

English golfer

Pip Elson

Personal information
Full name| Philip Ambrose Elson
Born|  (1954-04-14) 14 April 1954 (age 69)
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Height| 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Sporting nationality|  England
Residence| Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, England
Career
Turned professional| 1973
Former tour(s)| European Tour
European Seniors Tour
Best results in major championships

Masters Tournament| DNP
PGA Championship| DNP
U.S. Open| DNP
The Open Championship| T39: 1973
Achievements and awards
| Sir Henry Cotton
Rookie of the Year| 1973

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Philip Ambrose "Pip" Elson (born 14 April 1954) is an English professional golfer. He is the son of the cricketer Gus Elson[1] and the father of Jamie Elson.

Elson was born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. He won the British Youths Open Amateur Championship in 1971 before turning professional in 1973. In his breakthrough year he also won the BMGA Pro tour of the Club Championships of Wroxham Barns for the first time. He was that year's European Tour Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year. He was a consistent player, finishing between 38th and 64th on the European Tour Order of Merit every year of his tour career, which lasted until 1982, but he never won a European Tour event. He played on the European Seniors Tour in 2004.

## Results in major championships[edit]

Tournament  | 1972  | 1973  | 1974  | 1975  | 1976  | 1977  | 1978  | 1979  | 1980  | 1981  | 1982  | 1983

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The Open Championship | CUT  | T39  |  | CUT  |  | CUT  | CUT  |  |  |  | CUT  | CUT

Note: Elson only played in The Open Championship.

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1977 Open Championship)
"T" = tied

## Team appearances[edit]

* PGA Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1986

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1999". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2011.

## External links[edit]

* Pip Elson at the European Tour official site

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Sir Henry Cotton Rookies of the Year

* 1960 Tommy Goodwin
* 1961 Alex Caygill
* 1962 No award
* 1963 Tony Jacklin
* 1964 No award
* 1965 No award
* 1966 Robin Liddle
* 1967 No award
* 1968 Bernard Gallacher
* 1969 Peter Oosterhuis
* 1970 Stuart Brown
* 1971 David Llewellyn
* 1972 Sam Torrance
* 1973 Pip Elson
* 1974 Carl Mason
* 1975 No award
* 1976 Mark James
* 1977 Nick Faldo
* 1978 Sandy Lyle
* 1979 Mike Miller
* 1980 Paul Hoad
* 1981 Jeremy Bennett
* 1982 Gordon Brand Jnr
* 1983 Grant Turner
* 1984 Philip Parkin
* 1985 Paul Thomas
* 1986 José María Olazábal
* 1987 Peter Baker
* 1988 Colin Montgomerie
* 1989 Paul Broadhurst
* 1990 Russell Claydon
* 1991 Per-Ulrik Johansson
* 1992 Jim Payne
* 1993 Gary Orr
* 1994 Jonathan Lomas
* 1995 Jarmo Sandelin
* 1996 Thomas Bjørn
* 1997 Scott Henderson
* 1998 Olivier Edmond
* 1999 Sergio García
* 2000 Ian Poulter
* 2001 Paul Casey
* 2002 Nick Dougherty
* 2003 Peter Lawrie
* 2004 Scott Drummond
* 2005 Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
* 2006 Marc Warren
* 2007 Martin Kaymer
* 2008 Pablo Larrazábal
* 2009 Chris Wood
* 2010 Matteo Manassero
* 2011 Tom Lewis
* 2012 Ricardo Santos
* 2013 Peter Uihlein
* 2014 Brooks Koepka
* 2015 An Byeong-hun
* 2016 Wang Jeung-hun
* 2017 Jon Rahm
* 2018 Shubhankar Sharma
* 2019 Robert MacIntyre
* 2020 Sami Välimäki
* 2021 Matti Schmid
* 2022 Thriston Lawrence

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