Background
Pilkington was born in Bangor, Gwynedd.
Pilkington was born in Bangor, Gwynedd.
He enjoyed a successful amateur career, representing Wales at all levels, and highlighted by winning the Welsh Amateur Championship in 1998. He turned professional later that year, immediately after winning a place on the European Tour at final qualifying school. Pilkington had an unsuccessful rookie season on the European Tour in 1999, and played on the Challenge Tour the following season after failing to regain his card at qualifying school.
He followed up a consistent Challenge Tour season with success at qualifying school to return to the top level for 2001.
After two largely unsuccessful seasons on the Challenge Tour, Pilkington"s fortunes were revived in 2006 when he produced consistently good performances to finish the season on top of the Challenge Tour Rankings. After a slow start to the season, he recorded back to back second-place finishes, before rounding off the season with victory in the Kazakhstan Open and another runners-up prize at the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final.
1996 Peter McEvoy Trophy Challenge Tour wins (1) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10.