Tournament information | |
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Location | Scotland |
Established | 1985 |
Format | stroke play |
Final year | 2002 |
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.
Year | Winner | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue | Winner's share (£) | Ref |
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Watsons of Airdrie Monklands Masters | |||||||
1985 | David Huish | 273 | 6 strokes | Willie Milne | Drumpellier | 1,600 | [1] |
1986 | Sandy Walker | 278 | 1 stroke | Steve Martin | Drumpellier | 1,600 | [2] |
Sunderland Sportswear Masters | |||||||
1987 | Stephen McAllister | 271 | 2 strokes | Martin Gray Craig Maltman Russell Weir | Drumpellier | 1,800 | [3] |
1988 | Russell Weir | 267 | 1 stroke | Martin Gray | Drumpellier | 2,000 | [4] |
1989 | Craig Maltman | 264 | 9 strokes | Alastair Webster | Drumpellier | 2,000 | [5] |
1990 | Russell Weir | 269 | 2 strokes | Colin Gillies | Drumpellier | 3,000 | [6] |
Sunderland of Scotland Masters | |||||||
1991 | Gary Orr | 276 | 1 stroke | Andrew Oldcorn | Renfrew | 3,350 | [7] |
1992 | Kenny Walker | 284 | 2 strokes | Gary Orr | Westerwood | 3,350 | [8] |
1993 | Andrew Oldcorn | 273 | 6 strokes | Euan McIntosh | Westerwood | 3,000 | [9] |
1994 | Russell Weir | 282 | 1 stroke | Richard Dinsdale | Westerwood | 3,000 | [10] |
1995 | Michael Jones | 271 | 1 stroke | Steven Thompson Richard Walker | Gleddoch | 3,000 | [11] |
1996 | Craig Ronald | 271 | 2 strokes | Ged Furey Steven Thompson | Ayr Belleisle | 3,600 | [12] |
1997 | Lee Vannet | 271 | 2 strokes | Colin Gillies | Cawder | 3,600 | [13] |
1998 | Mike Miller | 264 | Playoff | Robert Arnott | Cawder | ||
1999 | Colin Gillies | 270 | 1 stroke | Alastair Forsyth | Cawder | 3,600 | [14] |
2000 | Steve Martin | 201 | 3 strokes | Brian Marchbank Russell Weir | Irvine | [15] | |
2001 | Jon Bevan | 202 | 4 strokes | Colin Gillies | Irvine | [16] | |
2002 | Ross Drummond | 207 | 1 stroke | Ross Aitken Robert Rock Murray Urquhart | Irvine | 3,600 | [17] |
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