Penfold Tournament

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Penfold Tournament
Tournament information
Location Worthing, England
Established1932
Course(s)Hill Barn Golf Club
Par70
Tour(s) European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund £12,000
Month playedMay
Final year1974
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Ken Bousfield (1961)
To par−8 Tommy Horton (1974)
Final champion
Flag of England.svg Tommy Horton
Location map
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Icona golf.svg
Hill Barn GC
Location in England
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Hill Barn GC
Location in West Sussex

The Penfold Tournament was a golf tournament on the British PGA tournament circuit. Since the circuit later evolved into the European Tour, the tournament is recognised as an official European Tour event from 1972. It was played between 1932 and 1935, and from 1946 to 1974 at a variety of courses in the United Kingdom. The tournament was sponsored by Penfold Golf and was often played at coastal resorts, whose councils shared the costs. [1] In 1974, Penfold were taken over by Colgate-Palmolive and continued their sponsorship through the Penfold PGA Championship from 1975 to 1977.

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It was generally played as an individual stroke play event. In 1949 there were two qualifying rounds, after which the leading 32 were drawn into 16 pairs, who then played four rounds of knock-out foursomes match play to determine the winning pair. In 1950, it was played at mixed-team match play. 32 professional men and 32 ladies qualified over 36 holes and were then drawn into pairs. These pairs played five rounds of knock-out foursomes match play to determine the winning pair, the final being over 36 holes. It returned to an individual stroke play format for 1951. From 1952 to 1954, it was played at 36 holes of stroke play followed by match play for the top 32 players.

In 1955 Penfold combined their sponsorship with Swallow Raincoats who had supported the Swallow-Harrogate Tournament in 1953 and 1954. The new tournament was known as the Swallow-Penfold Tournament and had a first prize of £1,000 and total prize money of £4,000. The new event had a 72-hole stroke play format. Swallow dropped their sponsorship after the 1966 event but the tournament continued with £4,000 prize money in 1967. Prize money increased to £8,000 in 1971 and finally £12,000 in 1974.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share (£)
VenueRef.
Penfold Tournament
1974 Flag of England.svg Tommy Horton 272−81 stroke Flag of England.svg Peter Tupling 2,000 Hill Barn [2]
Penfold-Bournemouth Tournament
1973 Ulster Banner.svg Eddie Polland 281−32 strokes Flag of England.svg Doug Sewell 1,500 Queens Park [3]
1972 Flag of England.svg Peter Oosterhuis 285+1Playoff Flag of Ireland.svg Christy O'Connor Jnr 1,500 Queens Park [4]
1971 Flag of England.svg Neil Coles 2844 strokes Flag of England.svg Stuart Brown
Flag of Scotland.svg Gordon Cunningham
Flag of England.svg Doug Sewell
Flag of Scotland.svg Ronnie Shade
1,500 Queens Park [5]
Penfold Tournament
1970 Flag of England.svg Bernard Hunt (2)2712 strokes Flag of England.svg Neil Coles 750 Hill Barn [6]
1969 Flag of England.svg Alex Caygill 2782 strokes Flag of Ireland.svg Christy O'Connor Snr 750 Hill Barn [7]
1968 Flag of England.svg Peter Butler (2)281Playoff Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Dave Thomas 750 Maesdu [8]
1967 Flag of England.svg John Cockin 275Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stan Peach 750 Blackpool North Shore [9]
Swallow-Penfold Tournament
1966 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Dave Thomas 2811 stroke Flag of England.svg Bernard Hunt 750 Little Aston [10]
1965 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Ángel Miguel 287Playoff Flag of England.svg Lionel Platts 750 Pannal [11]
1964 Flag of England.svg Peter Alliss 2931 stroke Flag of England.svg Alex Caygill
Flag of England.svg Hedley Muscroft
750 Maesdu [12]
1963 Flag of England.svg Bernard Hunt 2729 strokes Flag of England.svg Peter Butler 1,000 Belleisle [13]
1962 Flag of England.svg Harry Weetman (4)2803 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Eric Brown 950 Maesdu
North Wales
[14]
1961 Flag of England.svg Ken Bousfield 2666 strokes Flag of England.svg Bernard Hunt 950 Stoneham
Southampton Municipal
[15]
1960 Flag of England.svg Harry Weetman (3)2712 strokes Flag of Ireland.svg Christy O'Connor Snr
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Thomson
1,000 Copt Heath
Olton
[16]
1959 Flag of England.svg Peter Butler 2801 stroke Flag of England.svg Harry Weetman 1,000 The Royal Burgess [17]
1958 Flag of England.svg Harry Weetman (2)289Playoff Flag of Ireland.svg Harry Bradshaw 1,000 Prestwick [18]
1957 Flag of England.svg Harry Weetman 2703 strokes Flag of England.svg Peter Alliss
Flag of Italy.svg Alfonso Angelini
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Harold Henning
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Flory Van Donck
1,000 Glasgow [19]
1956 Flag of England.svg Eric Lester 2751 stroke Flag of England.svg Max Faulkner 1,000 The Royal Burgess [20]
1955 Flag of Ireland.svg Christy O'Connor Snr 2922 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Eric Brown
Flag of England.svg Syd Scott
1,000 Southport and Ainsdale [21]
Penfold Tournament
1954 Flag of England.svg Henry Cotton 5 and 4 Flag of England.svg John Jacobs 400 [22]
1953 Flag of England.svg Arthur Lees (2)2 up Flag of England.svg Ken Bousfield 400 [23]
1952 Flag of Scotland.svg Eric Brown 6 and 5 Flag of Scotland.svg Laurie Ayton Jnr 500 [24]
Penfold-Bournemouth Festival of Britain Tournament
1951 Flag of England.svg Arthur Lees 2782 strokes Flag of England.svg Sam King 650 Queens Park
Meyrick Park
[25]
Penfold Tournament
1950 Flag of England.svg Norman Sutton (2) and
Flag of England.svg Joan Gee
1 up Flag of England.svg Sam King and
Flag of England.svg Audrey Barrett
[26]
1949 Flag of England.svg John Burton (2) and
Flag of England.svg Max Faulkner
1 up Flag of England.svg Dick Burton and
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Flory Van Donck
200
(each)
[27]
1948 Ulster Banner.svg Fred Daly 2733 strokes Flag of England.svg Ken Bousfield
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Dai Rees
200 Gleneagles [28]
1947 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Dai Rees
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Norman Von Nida
Flag of England.svg Reg Whitcombe (2)
270Title shared120
(each)
Stoke Poges [29]
1946 Flag of England.svg Norman Sutton 2832 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Jimmy Adams 200 Sutton Coldfield [30]
1940–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1935–1939: No tournament
Penfold-Fairhaven Tournament
1934 Flag of England.svg Reg Whitcombe 284Playoff Flag of England.svg Mark Seymour 150 Fairhaven [31]
Penfold-Porthcawl Tournament
1933 Flag of England.svg John Burton 2922 strokes Flag of England.svg Reg Whitcombe 150 Royal Porthcawl [32]
1932 Flag of England.svg Percy Alliss 2781 stroke Flag of England.svg Alf Padgham 150 Royal Porthcawl [33]

References

  1. "Penfold can look forward to 1975 with a smile". The Times. 17 December 1974. p. 9.
  2. "Mediocre 72 ends Barnes's challenge". The Glasgow Herald. 13 May 1974. p. 5.
  3. "Polland change approach and breaks through". The Glasgow Herald. 14 May 1973. p. 5.
  4. "Sudden death triumph for Oosterhuis". The Glasgow Herald. 15 May 1972. p. 4.
  5. "Coles takes Penfold first prize with 69 and 70 on last day". The Glasgow Herald. 10 May 1971. p. 4.
  6. "Hunt triumphs in Penfold". The Glasgow Herald. 4 May 1970. p. 5.
  7. "Caygill wins after dispute with opponent". The Glasgow Herald. 5 May 1969. p. 15.
  8. "Butler wins Penfold at extra hole". The Glasgow Herald. 6 May 1968. p. 6.
  9. "Cockin wins Penfold play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 8 May 1967. p. 5.
  10. "Thomas triumphs at Little Aston". The Glasgow Herald. 9 May 1966. p. 5.
  11. "A Miguel triumphs in play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 10 May 1965. p. 7.
  12. "Penfold and Swallow win for Alliss". The Glasgow Herald. 11 May 1964. p. 5.
  13. "Swallow-Penfold win for Hunt". The Glasgow Herald. 13 May 1963. p. 10.
  14. "Penfold-Swallow win for Weetman". The Glasgow Herald. 28 May 1962. p. 4.
  15. "Bousfield's victory by six strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 29 May 1961. p. 9.
  16. "Weetman wins £1,000 prize". The Glasgow Herald. 6 June 1960. p. 4.
  17. "Narrow win by Butler". The Glasgow Herald. 25 May 1959. p. 4.
  18. "Weetman wins Penfold and Swallow event". The Glasgow Herald. 26 May 1958. p. 4.
  19. "Weetman wins by three strokes at Killermont". The Glasgow Herald. 20 May 1957. p. 11.
  20. "First major tournament win for E C Lester". The Glasgow Herald. 21 May 1956. p. 8.
  21. "O'Connor wins Britain's first £1,000 prize". The Glasgow Herald. 28 May 1955. p. 13.
  22. "Cotton's Penfold victory". The Glasgow Herald. 24 May 1954. p. 4.
  23. "Lees wins "Penfold"". The Glasgow Herald. 25 May 1953. p. 9.
  24. "Brown's great win at Maesdu". The Glasgow Herald. 19 May 1952. p. 9.
  25. "Scot finishes third in Penfold golf". The Glasgow Herald. 16 June 1951. p. 2.
  26. "Other golf events". The Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1950. p. 9.
  27. "Rivalry of Burton brothers". The Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1949. p. 2.
  28. "Open Champion's success". The Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1948. p. 6.
  29. "Season's lowest golf aggregate". The Glasgow Herald. 6 September 1947. p. 4.
  30. "Adams second in Penfold tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 9 September 1946. p. 4.
  31. "Three-stroke win for Thomson". The Glasgow Herald. 9 July 1934. p. 19.
  32. "Burton win Porthcawl tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 15 July 1933. p. 3.
  33. "Win for Percy Alliss at Porthcawl". The Glasgow Herald. 16 July 1932. p. 2.