Meet Phillis

  • 5-Time World Long Drive Champion

    Five World Long Drive Championships - 06, 16, 18, 22 & 24. This makes Phillis one of three multiple World Champions in the Women’s Division.

  • 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 New Zealand Championships has been a fixture in the Long Drive calendar in NZ thanks to Olna Ford - IGANZ & the New Zealand Long Blacks brand. Through the sport of Long Drive, Phillis was also inducted into the Queen’s Order of Merit.

  • Multiple Tour Event Winner

    Having played on multiple Long Drive Tours around the world - World Long Drive Tour, Xtreme Driver’s League, Asia Long Drive, Ultimate Long Drive Tour, LatinoAmerican Long Drive Tour - Phillis proudly waves both the New Zealand and Cook Islands flags wherever she goes!

2023 Mile High Champion

Phillis is a 5-Time World Long Drive Champion and holds a 414 yard World Record

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. In 2024, Phillis won her 5th title in Atlanta.

In addition to being an elite competitor, Phillis delivers keynote talks and lectures across the golfing industry, including on cruise ships. She also hosts 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.