Mobile Cup

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Mobile Cup
Tournament information
Location Northampton, England
Established2002
Course(s)Collingtree Park Golf Club
Par72
Length6,726 yards (6,150 m)
Tour(s) European Seniors Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund £125,000
Month playedJune
Final year2005
Tournament record score
Aggregate201 Bernard Gallacher (2002)
To par−12 as above
Final champion
Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Calì
Location Map
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Collingtree Park GC
Location in England
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Collingtree Park GC
Location in Northamptonshire

The Mobile Cup was a senior (over 50s) men's professional golf tournament played on the European Seniors Tour from 2002 to 2005. In 2002 and 2003 it was held at Stoke Park Golf Club, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, in 2004 it was played at The Oxfordshire Golf Club, Thame, Oxfordshire, while in 2005 it was held at Collingtree Park Golf Club, Northampton. In 2002 Bernard Gallacher's victory was his only success on the European Seniors Tour. Carl Mason's win in 2003 was the first of his record 25 wins on the tour.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-upVenue
2005 Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Calì 208−81 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Martin Gray Collingtree Park
2004 Flag of Scotland.svg Bill Longmuir 207−91 stroke Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ebihara The Oxfordshire
2003 Flag of England.svg Carl Mason 203−101 stroke Flag of England.svg Bob Cameron Stoke Park
2002 Flag of Scotland.svg Bernard Gallacher 201−124 strokes Flag of Jamaica.svg Delroy Cambridge Stoke Park

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