 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Ni 2008 BDO World Championship, Phillips ṣẹgun Shaun Greatbatch ni 32 kẹhin ṣugbọn o padanu ni iyi keji si aṣaju Martin Adams. Igbesẹ akọkọ miiran ti o tẹle ni 2009 BDO World Championship : , ti o padanu 31 si Ross Montgomery, ṣugbọn o gba akọle Border Classic 2009 o si de ipari ipari ti Scottish Open ati Welsh Classic. 