He won the Northern Professional Championship in 1961 and 1965 and was runner-up in the 1969 Portuguese Open.

Wilkshire never won a major tournament, although he was runner-up in the 1969 Portuguese Open behind Ramón Sota.

[8] Wilkshire finished fifth in the inaugural PGA Professional Championship at Calcot Park in August 1973.

[9] This gave him a place in the British and Irish team for the Diamondhead Cup match at Pinehurst, North Carolina, later in the year.

He was an assistant at West Derby and Carlisle City and later was the professional at a number of clubs, including Crompton & Royton, St Anne’s Old Links, Sherwood Forest, Arrowe Park, Stone Golf Club, Warren Heath and Bicester Golf Club.