Sunderland of Scotland Masters

Sunderland of Scotland Masters

Tournament information
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.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Winner's share (£)	Ref
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]

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.

References

1. Begg, David (20 May 1985). "Another 69 puts Huish well ahead". The Glasgow Herald . p. 17.
2. Begg, David (16 June 1986). "Martin's 65 is not enough to thwart Walker's mastery". The Glasgow Herald . p. 12.
3. Burnside, Elspeth (15 June 1987). "McAllister defies the wet conditions to comes home in 31". The Glasgow Herald . p. 12.
4. Burnside, Elspeth (18 June 1988). "Weir proves the star with a record score". The Glasgow Herald . p. 26.
5. "Maltman leaves them all behind". The Glasgow Herald . 16 June 1989. p. 46.
6. Nicol, Alister (30 June 1990). "Weir soaks up pressure". Daily Record (Scotland) . p. 36 – via Newspaper.com.
7. "Anglo Gary Orr". Daily Record (Scotland) . 7 September 1991. p. 43 – via Newspaper.com.
8. Nicol, Alister (27 June 1992). "Walker strolls it". Daily Record (Scotland) . p. 44 – via Newspaper.com.
9. Nicol, Alister (27 June 1993). "Andy's top 10!". Daily Record (Scotland) . p. 44 – via Newspaper.com.
10. "Sunderland of Scotland Masters". The Daily Telegraph . 25 June 1994. p. 25 – via Newspaper.com.
11. "Bolton's Michael Jones". Daily Record (Scotland) . 24 June 1995. p. 52 – via Newspaper.com.
12. "Craig Ronald". Daily Record (Scotland) . 29 June 1996. p. 57 – via Newspaper.com.
13. "Lee's just Sunder-ful". Daily Record (Scotland) . 28 June 1997. p. 62 – via Newspaper.com.
14. "Gillies is Colin the shots after his Tartan Tour victory". Daily Record (Scotland) . 26 June 1997. p. 59 – via The Free Library.
15. "Sunderland of Scotland Masters". The Daily Telegraph . 10 June 2000. p. 106 – via Newspaper.com.
16. "Bevan busts a gust to win". Daily Record (Scotland) . 8 September 2001. p. 50 – via The Free Library.
17. "Six-birdie Drummond grabs glory". Daily Record (Scotland) . 7 September 2002. p. 55 – via The Free Library.
18. "Former Scottish boy's champion Russell Weir". The Glasgow Herald . 14 May 1984. p. 15.