Spalding Tournament
British golf tournament
Golf tournament
Tournament information | |
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Location | United Kingdom |
Established | 1946 |
Course(s) | Old Course at St Andrews Worthing Golf Club Moor Park Golf Club |
Format | Stroke play |
Final year | 1960 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 267 Bobby Locke (1950) |
Final champion | |
Harry Weetman |
The Spalding Tournament was a professional golf tournament played in the United Kingdom. It was played annually from 1946 to 1960. The total prize money was £1500 in 1946, £1250 in 1947 and 1948, £1350 from 1949 to 1959 and £2250 in 1960.[1] The event was sponsored by A.G. Spalding & Brothers.
From 1954 the Spalding Tournament moved to April and replaced the Silver King Tournament as the season opening event. The Silver King Tournament had been played at Moor Park from 1936 to 1953.
Winners
Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (£) | Ref |
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1946 | Dai Rees | Wales | Old Course at St Andrews | 300 | 1 stroke | Henry Cotton Reg Whitcombe | 315 | [2] |
1947 | Henry Cotton | England | Old Course at St Andrews | 288 | 5 strokes | Dai Rees | 300 | [3] |
1948 | Norman Von Nida | Australia | Old Course at St Andrews | 289 | 2 strokes | Fred Bullock Reg Whitcombe | 300 | [4] |
1949 | Charlie Ward | England | Worthing Golf Club | 273 | 1 stroke | Jimmy Adams | 300 | [5] |
1950 | Bobby Locke | South Africa | Worthing Golf Club | 267 | 2 strokes | Dai Rees | 300 | [6] |
1951 | Jack Hargreaves | England | Worthing Golf Club | 281 | 3 strokes | John Panton | 300 | [7] |
1952 | Antonio Cerdá & Harry Weetman | Argentina England | Worthing Golf Club | 271 | Tie | Shared title | Shared 300 and 200 | [8] |
1953 | Bernard Hunt | England | Worthing Golf Club | 273 | 2 strokes | Jack Hargreaves | 300 | [9] |
1954 | Dai Rees | Wales | Moor Park Golf Club | 272 | 2 strokes | Eric Brown | 300 | [10] |
1955 | Cecil Denny | England | Moor Park Golf Club | 278 | 1 stroke | Eric Lester | 300 | [11] |
1956 | Christy O'Connor Snr & Harry Weetman | Ireland England | Moor Park Golf Club | 276 | Tie | Shared title | Shared 300 and 200 | [12] |
1957 | Bernard Hunt | England | Moor Park Golf Club | 278 | 3 strokes | Peter Alliss | 300 | [13] |
1958 | Frank Jowle | England | Moor Park Golf Club | 277 | 2 strokes | Harold Henning Arthur Lees | 300 | [14] |
1959 | Harold Henning & Eric Lester | South Africa England | Moor Park Golf Club | 278 | Tie | Shared title | Shared 300 and 200 | [15] |
1960 | Harry Weetman | England | Moor Park Golf Club | 273 | 5 strokes | Dai Rees | 500 | [16] |
References
- ^ "Spalding golf prizes increased". The Times. 26 January 1960. p. 14.
- ^ "Cotton's missed putt gives victory to Rees". The Glasgow Herald. 8 June 1946. p. 4.
- ^ "Cotton wins first prize". The Glasgow Herald. 7 June 1947. p. 6.
- ^ "Von Nida wins first prize". The Glasgow Herald. 5 June 1948. p. 4.
- ^ "Spalding golf winner". The Glasgow Herald. 4 June 1949. p. 2.
- ^ "Locke wins and set up another record". The Glasgow Herald. 3 June 1950. p. 9.
- ^ "Panton second in golf at Worthing". The Glasgow Herald. 2 June 1951. p. 2.
- ^ "Record-breaking golfer finishes only fourth". The Glasgow Herald. 14 June 1952. p. 9.
- ^ "B J Hunt beats leading British players". The Glasgow Herald. 15 August 1953. p. 2.
- ^ "Rees wins 'Spalding' tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 24 April 1954. p. 2.
- ^ "Spalding win for Denny". The Glasgow Herald. 23 April 1955. p. 4.
- ^ "Weetman and O'Connor tie in Spalding tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 21 April 1956. p. 7.
- ^ "Spalding win for Hunt". The Glasgow Herald. 27 April 1957. p. 9.
- ^ "Jowle's first major tournament win". The Glasgow Herald. 26 April 1958. p. 9.
- ^ "Lester and Henning tie for Spalding". The Glasgow Herald. 25 April 1959. p. 9.
- ^ "Weetman wins Spalding". The Glasgow Herald. 23 April 1960. p. 12.