Tournament information | |
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Location | Ireland |
Established | 1967 |
Course(s) | Edmondstown Golf Course Cork Golf Club |
Month played | August |
Final year | 1969 |
Final champion | |
Peter Butler |
The R.T.V. International Trophy was a professional golf tournament. In its first year, 1967, there was a professional team tournament between the four home nations at Edmondstown Golf Course, County Dublin. [1] [2] The next year the event became an individual tournament played at Cork Golf Club, Little Island, Cork, Ireland. The individual event was held twice, in 1968 and 1969. The tournaments were sponsored by R.T.V. Rentals.
The tournament was played on 25, 26 and 27 August with each team playing the other three. There were teams of 6 with 3 foursomes matches in the morning and 6 singles in the afternoon. All matches were over 18 holes. [3] [1] [2] The total prize money was £3,480. [4]
The teams were:
Brian Barnes played for England, although he later represented Scotland in team events.
The event was the second attempt to run a regular professional home nations tournament, but like the first attempt, the Llandudno International Golf Trophy in 1938, it was only run once. The winning captain in 1938, Percy Alliss, was the father of the winning captain in 1967, Peter Alliss. A similar format was used for the 1971 Double Diamond International.[ citation needed ]
Friday 25 August
Team | Score | Team | Score | Halved |
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![]() | 5 | ![]() | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 4 | ![]() | 3 | 2 |
Saturday 26 August
Team | Score | Team | Score | Halved |
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![]() | 7 | ![]() | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 5 | ![]() | 4 | 0 |
Sunday 27 August
Team | Score | Team | Score | Halved |
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![]() | 5 | ![]() | 3 | 1 |
![]() | 5 | ![]() | 3 | 1 |
Team | Matches | Individual games | |||
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Won | Lost | Won | Lost | Halved | |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 4 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 |
![]() | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 4 |
![]() | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 |
Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (£) | Ref |
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1968 | Tommy Horton | ![]() | Cork Golf Club | 271 | 3 strokes | ![]() | 1,000 | [5] |
1969 | Peter Butler | ![]() | Cork Golf Club | 273 | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() | 1,000 | [6] |
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