Gallaher Ulster Open

Gallaher Ulster Open

Tournament information
Location	Northern Ireland
Established	1965
Tour(s)	British PGA Circuit
Format	Stroke play
Final year	1971
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 John Lister (1970)
Final champion
Tommy Horton

The Gallaher Ulster Open was a professional golf tournament that was played in Northern Ireland between 1965 and 1971.^[1] It was last played the year prior to the formation of the formally organised professional tour which evolved into the European Tour, and was a British PGA Order of Merit counting event.^[2]

Winners

Year	Venue	Winner	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share (£)	Ref
1965	Shandon Park	Bernard Hunt	273	Playoff (6th hole)	Brian Huggett Lionel Platts	1,000	[3]
1966	Shandon Park	Christy O'Connor Snr	268	Playoff (1st hole)	Cobie Legrange George Will	700	[4]
1967	Shandon Park	Bernard Hunt	267	1 stroke	Christy O'Connor Snr	700	[5]
1968	Shandon Park	Christy O'Connor Snr	267	2 strokes	Peter Butler	700
1969	Shandon Park	Christy O'Connor Snr	271	3 strokes	Norman Drew Malcolm Gregson Bernard Hunt Jimmy Martin	700
1970	Shandon Park	John Lister	264	3 strokes	Tommy Horton	1,000	[6]
1971	Malone	Tommy Horton	274	1 stroke	Neil Coles	1,350	[7]

References

1. "North's Open plan could mark return of glory days". Irish Independent. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
2. "Ulster Open for Shandon Park". The Glasgow Herald. 15 January 1969. p. 6. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
3. "B. J. Hunt's victory in long play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 13 September 1965. p. 4. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
4. "O'Connor beats Will and Legrange". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1966. p. 6. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
5. Jacobs, Raymond (7 August 1967). "Hunt triumphs by one stroke at Shandon Park". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
6. "Horton's record 63 not enough". The Glasgow Herald. 10 August 1970. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
7. "Horton too hot for Coles". The Glasgow Herald. 28 June 1971. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2011.