Daily Telegraph Foursomes Tournament
Tournament information | |
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Location | England |
Established | 1947 |
Month played | September/October |
Final year | 1951 |
Final champion | |
Bill Cox and Walter McLeod |
The Daily Telegraph Foursomes Tournament was a golf tournament played in England. The event was held annually from 1947 to 1951, and had total prize money of £2,100.
Detail
32 professionals and 32 leading amateurs were invited and drawn into pairs. Five rounds of foursomes knock-out were played with one round on the first day and two rounds on the second and third days.
Winners
Year | Winners | Country | Venue | Margin of victory | Runners-up | Winner's share (£) | Ref |
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1947 | Charlie Ward & Ronnie White | England England | Birkdale Golf Club | 2&1 | Max Faulkner & Donald Cameron | 600 (pro) | [1] |
1948 | Charlie Ward & Gerald Micklem | England England | Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club | 19 holes | Fred Daly & J. Morton Dykes | [2] | |
1949 | Reg Horne & Ronnie White | England England | Moortown Golf Club | 19 holes | Jimmy Adams & Leonard Crawley | [3] | |
1950 | Wally Smithers & James Bruen | England Ireland | Formby Golf Club | 4&2 | Bill Branch & Mervyn Jones | [4] | |
1951 | Bill Cox & Walter McLeod | England Scotland | Ganton Golf Club | 19 holes | Jimmy Adams & Charles D. Lawrie | 600 (pro) | [5] |
References
- ↑ "Amateur golfers' high standard". The Glasgow Herald. 2 October 1947. p. 6.
- ↑ "Success of Ward and Micklem". The Glasgow Herald. 4 October 1948. p. 5.
- ↑ "White's splendid iron play at Moortown". The Glasgow Herald. 3 October 1949. p. 3.
- ↑ "Bruen's fine return". The Glasgow Herald. 9 October 1950. p. 6.
- ↑ "Scot's winning putt in Ganton golf final". The Glasgow Herald. 8 October 1951. p. 9.
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