Sunderland of Scotland Masters

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Sunderland of Scotland Masters
Tournament information
LocationScotland
Established1985
Format stroke play
Final year2002

The Sunderland of Scotland Masters was a golf tournament that was played from 1985 to 2002. It was a 72-hole stroke-play event on the "Tartan Tour", the PGA in Scotland's schedule. The event was initially played at Drumpellier but from 1991 a number of different Scottish venue were used.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenueWinner's
share (£)
Ref
Watsons of Airdrie Monklands Masters
1985 Flag of Scotland.svg David Huish 2736 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Willie Milne Drumpellier1,600 [1]
1986 Flag of Scotland.svg Sandy Walker 2781 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Steve Martin Drumpellier1,600 [2]
Sunderland Sportswear Masters
1987 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen McAllister 2712 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Martin Gray
Flag of Scotland.svg Craig Maltman
Flag of Scotland.svg Russell Weir
Drumpellier1,800 [3]
1988 Flag of Scotland.svg Russell Weir 2671 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Martin Gray Drumpellier2,000 [4]
1989 Flag of Scotland.svg Craig Maltman 2649 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Alastair Webster Drumpellier2,000 [5]
1990 Flag of Scotland.svg Russell Weir 2692 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Gillies Drumpellier3,000 [6]
Sunderland of Scotland Masters
1991 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Orr 2761 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Andrew Oldcorn Renfrew3,350 [7]
1992 Flag of Scotland.svg Kenny Walker 2842 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Orr Westerwood3,350 [8]
1993 Flag of Scotland.svg Andrew Oldcorn 2736 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Euan McIntosh Westerwood3,000 [9]
1994 Flag of Scotland.svg Russell Weir 2821 stroke Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Richard Dinsdale Westerwood3,000 [10]
1995 Flag of England.svg Michael Jones 2711 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Steven Thompson
Flag of England.svg Richard Walker
Gleddoch3,000 [11]
1996 Flag of Scotland.svg Craig Ronald 2712 strokes Flag of England.svg Ged Furey
Flag of Scotland.svg Steven Thompson
Ayr Belleisle3,600 [12]
1997 Flag of Scotland.svg Lee Vannet 2712 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Gillies Cawder3,600 [13]
1998 Flag of Scotland.svg Mike Miller 264Playoff Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Arnott Cawder
1999 Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Gillies 2701 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Alastair Forsyth Cawder3,600 [14]
2000 Flag of Scotland.svg Steve Martin 2013 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Brian Marchbank
Flag of Scotland.svg Russell Weir
Irvine [15]
2001 Flag of England.svg Jon Bevan 2024 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Gillies Irvine [16]
2002 Flag of Scotland.svg Ross Drummond 2071 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Ross Aitken
Flag of England.svg Robert Rock
Flag of Scotland.svg Murray Urquhart
Irvine3,600 [17]

The first Monklands Masters was held at Drumpellier in 1984 as an 18-hole pro-am and was won by Russell Weir. [18] The 2000, 2001 and 2002 events were reduced to 54 holes by bad weather.

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