Lord Derby's Young Professionals' Tournament

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Lord Derby's Young Professionals' Tournament was a golf tournament on the British PGA Circuit that was played from 1968 to 1974. From 1968 to 1971 it was a stroke play tournament for under-23 professionals. In 1968 it was over 72 holes while in 1969 it was reduced to a 54 hole event. From 1972 and 1974 it was a match-play event with the age limit increased to 25. [1] The tournament was supported by Lord Derby, the president of the PGA.

Winners

YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share (£)
Ref
Lord Derby-Ladbroke Under-25 Match Play Championship
1974 Richard Jewell Flag of England.svg  England West Lancashire Golf Club 6 & 5 Flag of England.svg Paul Herbert 900 [2]
Lord Derby's Under-25 Match Play Championship
1973 Brian Thompson Flag of England.svg  England Morecambe Golf Club 2 up Flag of Scotland.svg John McTear 450 [3]
1972 Sam Torrance Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Royal Birkdale Golf Club 5 & 4 Flag of England.svg Doug McClelland [4]
Lord Derby's Under-23 Professionals' Tournament
1971 David Vaughan Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club 2181 stroke Flag of England.svg Noel Hunt
Flag of Ireland.svg John O'Leary
[5]
1970 Peter Oosterhuis Flag of England.svg  England St Annes Old Links 2185 strokes Flag of England.svg Nick Job 170 [6]
1969 Craig Defoy Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Hesketh Golf Club 2144 strokes Flag of England.svg John Garner
Flag of England.svg Keith Ashdown
[7]
1968 Guy Hunt Flag of England.svg  England Hillside Golf Club 2888 strokes Flag of England.svg John Garner
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Andrew Phillips
150 [8]

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References

  1. "Past Champions - Former Events". PGA European Tour. 11 March 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  2. "Shock win for Jewell". The Glasgow Herald . 9 August 1974. p. 4.
  3. "McTear loses in final". The Glasgow Herald . 21 July 1973. p. 4.
  4. "Southport (Royal Birkdale)". The Times. 9 September 1972. p. 5.
  5. "Lytham". The Times. 23 July 1971. p. 6.
  6. "Oosterhuis under-23 champion". The Glasgow Herald . 17 July 1970. p. 7.
  7. "De Foy in a fine finish". The Times. 25 July 1969. p. 16.
  8. "Hunt wins by eight strokes". The Glasgow Herald . 27 September 1968. p. 6.