Driving Success: The Journey of Phillis

  • Multiple World Champion & Tour Winner

    Five World Long Drive Championships - 06, 16, 18, 22 & 24. Phillis is one of three multiple world champions in the women’s division. Having played on various Long Drive Tours around the world - WLD, XDL, Asia Long Drive, ULD, LatinoAmerican LD - Phillis proudly carries both the New Zealand and Cook Islands flags!

  • 10-Time New Zealand XDL Champion

    Since the beginning, Phillis has flown the New Zealand flag with pride and excellence in the sport of Long Drive. The NZ Championships has been a fixture in the Long Drive calendar in NZ thanks to Olna Ford - IGANZ & the New Zealand Long Blacks brand. In addition, Phillis was inducted into the Queen’s Order of Merit for Service to Golf.

  • Global Speaker

    Through years of competition at the highest level, Phillis has experienced both the exhilaration of victory and the challenges that test resilience. From the pressures of performing on the world stage to overcoming personal and professional obstacles, her journey has been on of persistence, adaptation and growth. Now as a global speaker, Phillis shares these experiences to empower others. Her message goes beyond sport; it’s about unlocking the potential within.

Breaking Barriers beyond the tee…

Phillis is the youngest ever World Long Drive Champion at 19 years 3 months. 10 years after her first championship following graduation at AUT University in Auckland, NZ, she won her 2nd title in 2016. In 2017 she made history again breaking a world record of 406 yards in 2017. Phillis is 1 of 4 women to achieve 400 yards in competition. In 2019, she broke her own world record twice in the same set 408 yards followed by 414 yards in the Ak-Chin event. In 2022, Phillis won her 4th title in Tampa, FL at the ULD World Long Drive Championships. Recently in 2024, Phillis captured her 5th title in Atlanta.

In addition to speaking on performance, resilience and breaking barriers, Phillis hosts online coaching sessions, full-day and half-day golf schools, offering comprehensive training in the full game of golf as well as specialised Long Drive classes around the World.


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