Lawrence Batley Seniors

Lawrence Batley Seniors

Tournament information
Location	Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
Established	1992
Course(s)	Huddersfield Golf Club Woodsome Hall Golf Club
Tour(s)	European Senior Tour
Final year	2002
Final champion
Neil Coles

Huddersfield Golf Club

Location in England

The Lawrence Batley Seniors was a senior (over 50s) men's professional golf tournament on the European Senior Tour. It was played from 1992 to 2002 in the Huddersfield area of West Yorkshire, England. From 1995 the tournament was held at Huddersfield Golf Club, north of Huddersfield, while in 1994 it was held at Woodsome Hall Golf Club, south-west of Huddersfield, and in 1992 and 1993 at both venues.^[1] The tournament was sponsored by Lawrence Batley who had earlier supported a European Tour event, the Lawrence Batley International, from 1981 to 1987. Batley died in August 2002, soon after the final tournament.

Neil Coles won the final tournament in 2002 and set a record as the oldest winner of a European Senior Tour event, aged 67 years and 276 days.^[2]

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref
2002	Neil Coles	England	Huddersfield GC	209	−4	Playoff	David Creamer Steve Stull	[3]
2001	Nick Job	England	Huddersfield GC	204	−9	5 strokes	Denis Durnian	[4]
2000	David Huish	Scotland	Huddersfield GC	212	−1	Playoff	Neil Coles John Fourie	[5]
1999	Eddie Polland	Northern Ireland	Huddersfield GC	204	−9	2 strokes	Antonio Garrido	[6]
1998	Bobby Verwey (2)	South Africa	Huddersfield GC	210	−3	Playoff	Antonio Garrido	[7]
1997	Antonio Garrido	Spain	Huddersfield GC	206	−7	1 stroke	Renato Campagnoli	[8]
1996	Malcolm Gregson	England	Huddersfield GC	209	−4	2 strokes	Neil Coles Alberto Croce	[9]
1995	Alberto Croce	Italy	Huddersfield GC	209	−4	1 stroke	Tommy Horton	[10]
1994	John Morgan	England	Woodsome Hall GC	202	−8	4 strokes	José Maria Roca	[11]
1993	Peter Butler	England	Huddersfield GC & Woodsome Hall GC	207	−5	1 stroke	Michael Murphy	[12]
1992	Bobby Verwey	South Africa	Huddersfield GC & Woodsome Hall GC	204	−8	6 strokes	David Butler Peter Butler Tommy Horton	[13]

References

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2. "Oldest Winners on The European Senior Tour". europeantour.com. 14 October 2014.
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8. "For the record - Golf". The Times. 7 July 1997. p. 41.
9. "Golf". The Times. 5 August 1996. p. 33.
10. "For the record - Golf". The Times. 5 August 1995. p. 35.
11. "Morgan's level best". The Times. 30 July 1994. p. 35.
12. "For the record - Golf". The Times. 31 July 1993. p. 27.
13. "Verwey finishes six ahead in Seniors". The Times. 1 August 1992. p. 29.