Yorkshire Evening News Tournament

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Yorkshire Evening News Tournament
Tournament information
Location Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Established1923
Format Match play (1923–1939, 1949)
Stroke play (1944–1948; 1950–1963)
Final year1963
Final champion
Flag of Scotland.svg Tom Haliburton
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The Yorkshire Evening News Tournament was a professional golf tournament that was held in the Leeds area of Yorkshire, England between 1923 and 1963. It was a fixture on the British PGA tournament circuit, which would later become the European Tour. Before World War II, it was a knockout match play tournament preceded by a 36-hole stroke play qualifying round; when it was revived following the war it was a pure stroke play tournament, except for 1949 when it was played as knockout match play.

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First tournament (1923) 1923 Yorkshire Evening News Tournament.png
First tournament (1923)

In the early years, the Yorkshire Evening News Tournament was considered a British major golf tournament. "The first tournament, in 1923, was billed as the unofficial ‘Championship of the World’ between American superstars Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen. Hagen triumphed, but lost in the final by a two-hole margin to Ryder Cup star Herbert Jolly." [1]

Format

From its founding in 1923 until 1939, the Yorkshire Evening News Tournament was contested as match play knockout by the leading players after 36 holes of stroke play. [2] [3] When it was revived in 1944, during World War II, it was a 36-hole stroke play tournament. Following the end of the war, in 1946, it was extended to 72 holes. The 72-hole stroke play format was retained except for 1949, when it was played as knockout match play in order to provide British players with practice in advance of the Ryder Cup. [4]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share (£)
VenueRef
1963 Flag of Scotland.svg Tom Haliburton 2801 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Thomson 1,000 Sand Moor [5]
1962 Flag of England.svg Peter Butler 2734 strokes Flag of England.svg Ken Bousfield 1,000 Moortown [6]
1961 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Thomson 2821 stroke Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Dai Rees Sand Moor [7]
1960 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Thomson 2685 strokes Flag of England.svg Bernard Hunt 500Moortown [8]
1959 Ulster Banner.svg Norman Drew 2814 strokes Flag of England.svg Peter Alliss
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Harold Henning
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Thomson
500Sand Moor [9]
1958 Flag of Scotland.svg Eric Brown &
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Harold Henning
280TieShared title500 & 250
(shared)
Moortown [10]
1957 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Thomson 26415 strokes Flag of Ireland.svg Harry Bradshaw 500Sand Moor [11]
1956 Flag of England.svg Ken Bousfield &
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Dai Rees
281TieShared title500 & 250
(shared)
Moortown [12]
1955 Flag of Argentina.svg Antonio Cerdá 2763 strokes Flag of England.svg Harry Weetman 500Sand Moor [13]
1954 Flag of Scotland.svg John Panton 2841 stroke Flag of England.svg Ken Bousfield
Flag of England.svg Bernard Hunt
500Moortown [14]
1953 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Flory Van Donck 2781 stroke Flag of Ireland.svg Harry Bradshaw 500Sand Moor [15]
1952 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Dai Rees 2831 stroke Flag of England.svg Henry Cotton
Flag of England.svg Syd Scott
Moortown [16]
1951 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Dai Rees &
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Norman Von Nida
281TieShared title300 & 150
(shared)
Moortown [17]
1950 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Dai Rees 2768 strokes Flag of England.svg Arthur Lees Sand Moor [18]
1949 Flag of England.svg Sam King 6 & 5 Flag of England.svg Walter Lees Moortown [19]
1948 Flag of England.svg Charlie Ward 2753 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Norman Von Nida Moortown [20]
1947 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Norman Von Nida &
Flag of England.svg Henry Cotton
277TieShared title200 & 100
(shared)
Moortown [21]
1946 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Bobby Locke 2837 strokes Flag of England.svg A G Matthews
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Dai Rees
Moortown [22]
1945 Flag of England.svg Archie Compston 1485 strokes Flag of England.svg Bill Cox Moortown [23]
1944 Flag of England.svg Sam King 1336 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Shankland Roundhay [24]
1940–43: No tournament due to World War II
1939 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Dai Rees 37 holes Flag of England.svg Jack Hargreaves 150Temple Newsam [25]
1938 Flag of England.svg Alf Perry 8 & 6 Flag of England.svg Vernon Greenhalgh Leeds [26]
1937 Flag of England.svg Arthur Lacey 2 & 1 Flag of Scotland.svg John Fallon Moortown [27]
1936 Flag of England.svg Dick Burton 3 & 2 Flag of England.svg A G Matthews Temple Newsam [28]
1935 Flag of England.svg Henry Cotton 3 & 2 Flag of England.svg Percy Alliss 150Sand Moor [29]
1934 Flag of England.svg Alf Padgham 37 holes Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Sid Brews Moortown [30]
1933 Flag of England.svg Arthur Lacey 2 & 1 Flag of England.svg Alf Padgham Temple Newsam [31]
1932 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Bert Hodson 39 holes Flag of England.svg Fred Robson Moortown [32]
1931 Flag of England.svg Ernest Whitcombe 39 holes Flag of England.svg Tom Barber Sand Moor [33]
1930 Flag of Guernsey.svg Herbert Jolly 3 & 1 Flag of England.svg Owen Sanderson 200Headingley [34]
1929 Flag of the United States.svg Joe Turnesa 37 holes Flag of Guernsey.svg Herbert Jolly 200Moortown [35] [36]
1928 Flag of England.svg Charles Whitcombe 3 & 2 Flag of Guernsey.svg Herbert Jolly Moortown [37]
1927 Flag of England.svg Ernest Whitcombe 9 & 8 Flag of Guernsey.svg Herbert Jolly Headingley [38]
1926 Flag of England.svg Charles Whitcombe 9 & 8 Flag of Ireland.svg Moses O'Neill Moortown [39]
1925 Flag of England.svg Len Holland 3 & 2 Flag of England.svg James Ockenden Moortown [40]
1924 Flag of England.svg Fred Robson 37 holes Flag of England.svg Archie Compston Headingley [41]
1923 Flag of Guernsey.svg Herbert Jolly 2 up Flag of the United States.svg Walter Hagen 200Headingley [42] [43]

Records

Venues

CourseTimes hostedFirst yearLast year
Moortown Golf Club 1919251963
Sand Moor Golf Club 919311962
Headingley Golf Club419231930
Temple Newsham Golf Club319331939
Leeds Golf Club119381938
Roundhay Golf Club119441944

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