British Masters

British Masters

Tournament information
Location	Hertfordshire, England
Established	1946
Course(s)	The Grove
Par	71
Length	7,121 yards (6,511 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	£3,000,000
Month played	October
Tournament record score
Aggregate	266 Peter Baker (1993)
To par	−22 Peter Baker (1993)
Current champion
Alexander Norén

The Grove

Location in England

The British Masters is a professional golf tournament. It was founded in 1946 as the Dunlop Masters and was held every year up to 2008, except for 1984. Dunlop's sponsorship ended in 1982, and the name sponsor changed frequently thereafter, with the word "British" usually also in the tournament's official name.

The tournament was not held from 2009 to 2014 but returned to the schedule in 2015. The 2015 event was held at Woburn from 8 to 11 October and was won by Matthew Fitzpatrick.

History

The Dunlop Masters was first held in 1946 and was a continuation of the Dunlop-Metropolitan Tournament which had been held before World War II. Like the Dunlop-Metropolitan, the Dunlop Masters was a 72-hole end-of-season event with a restricted field. The Dunlop-Metropolitan was first played in 1934, the same year as The Masters.

During the 1980s the British Masters was one of the most lucrative events on the European Tour with a prize fund that was as high as third among the tournaments on the schedule, but its status, or at least its relative level of prize money, has declined considerably in recent years.

The tournament has been played at many different venues; twice in the "Dunlop Masters" era it was held in the Republic of Ireland. When the Quinn Group took over as sponsors in 2006, the event was moved again, this time to the Group owned Belfry.

The deal with the Quinn Group ended in 2008, and when attempts to find another sponsor were unsuccessful, the British Masters was removed from the European Tour schedule for 2009.^[1]

The event returned in 2015, being played at Woburn and hosted by golfer Ian Poulter. The 2016 edition will be played at The Grove and hosted by Luke Donald.^[2]

The 1967 event was particularly notable for providing British television with its first live hole in one, as Tony Jacklin aced the 16th hole at Royal St George's.^[3]

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref
British Masters supported by Sky Sports
2016	Alexander Norén	Sweden	The Grove	266	−18	2 strokes	Bernd Wiesberger
2015	Matthew Fitzpatrick	England	Woburn G&CC	269	−15	2 strokes	Søren Kjeldsen Shane Lowry Fabrizio Zanotti
2009–14: No tournament
Quinn Insurance British Masters
2008	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	Spain	The Belfry	276	−12	Playoff	Lee Westwood	[4]
Quinn Direct British Masters
2007	Lee Westwood	England	The Belfry	273	−15	5 strokes	Ian Poulter	[5]
2006	Johan Edfors	Sweden	The Belfry	277	−11	1 stroke	Gary Emerson Stephen Gallacher Jarmo Sandelin	[6]
Daily Telegraph Dunlop Masters
2005	Thomas Bjørn	Denmark	Forest of Arden Hotel & CC	282	−6	Playoff	Brian Davis David Howell	[7]
Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters
2004	Barry Lane	England	Forest of Arden Hotel & CC	272	−16	3 strokes	Ángel Cabrera Eduardo Romero	[8]
2003	Greg Owen	England	Forest of Arden Hotel & CC	274	−14	3 strokes	Christian Cévaër Ian Poulter	[9]
Victor Chandler British Masters
2002	Justin Rose	England	Woburn G&CC	269	−19	1 stroke	Ian Poulter	[10]
2001	Thomas Levet	France	Woburn G&CC	274	−14	Playoff	Mathias Grönberg David Howell Robert Karlsson	[11]
2000	Gary Orr	Scotland	Woburn G&CC	267	−21	2 strokes	Per-Ulrik Johansson	[12]
1999	Bob May	United States	Woburn G&CC	269	−19	1 stroke	Colin Montgomerie	[13]
One 2 One British Masters
1998	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	Forest of Arden Hotel & CC	281	−7	1 stroke	Pierre Fulke Eduardo Romero	[14]
1997	Greg Turner	New Zealand	Forest of Arden Hotel & CC	275	−13	1 stroke	Colin Montgomerie	[15]
1996	Robert Allenby	Australia	Collingtree Park GC	284	−4	Playoff	Miguel Ángel Martín	[16]
Collingtree British Masters
1995	Sam Torrance	Scotland	Collingtree Park GC	270	−18	1 stroke	Michael Campbell
Dunhill British Masters
1994	Ian Woosnam (2)	Wales	Woburn G&CC	271	−17	4 strokes	Seve Ballesteros
1993	Peter Baker	England	Woburn G&CC	266	−22	7 strokes	Carl Mason	[17]
1992	Christy O'Connor Jnr	Ireland	Woburn G&CC	270	−18	Playoff	Tony Johnstone	[18]
1991	Seve Ballesteros (2)	Spain	Woburn G&CC	275	−13	3 strokes	Eamonn Darcy David Gilford Tony Johnstone
1990	Mark James	England	Woburn G&CC	270	−18	2 strokes	David Feherty
1989	Nick Faldo	England	Woburn G&CC	267	−21	4 strokes	Ronan Rafferty
1988	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	Woburn G&CC	273	−15	2 strokes	Nick Faldo Mark McNulty
1987	Mark McNulty	Zimbabwe	Woburn G&CC	274	−14	1 stroke	Ian Woosnam	[19]
1986	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	Woburn G&CC	275	−13	2 strokes	Gordon Brand, Jnr
1985	Lee Trevino	United States	Woburn G&CC	278	−10	3 strokes	Rodger Davis
Silk Cut Masters
1984	No tournament
1983	Ian Woosnam	Wales	St. Pierre G&CC	269	−15	3 strokes	Bernard Gallacher
Dunlop Masters
1982	Greg Norman (2)	Australia	St. Pierre G&CC	267	−17	8 strokes	Bernhard Langer
1981	Greg Norman	Australia	Woburn G&CC	273	−15	4 strokes	Graham Marsh
1980	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	St. Pierre G&CC	270	−14	5 strokes	Brian Barnes
1979	Graham Marsh	Australia	Woburn G&CC	283	−5	1 stroke	Isao Aoki Neil Coles
1978	Tommy Horton	England	St. Pierre G&CC	279	−5	1 stroke	Dale Hayes Graham Marsh Brian Waites
1977	Guy Hunt	England	Lindrick GC	291	+7	Playoff	Brian Barnes	[20]
1976	Baldovino Dassù	Italy	St. Pierre G&CC	271	−13	1 stroke	Hubert Green
1975	Bernard Gallacher (2)	Scotland	Ganton GC	289	+5	2 strokes	Dale Hayes
1974	Bernard Gallacher	Scotland	St. Pierre G&CC	282	−2	Playoff	Gary Player	[21]
1973	Tony Jacklin	England	St. Pierre G&CC	272	−12	7 strokes	Bob Charles
1972	Bob Charles	New Zealand	Northumberland GC	277	−11	2 strokes	Tony Jacklin

Pre-European Tour

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref
1971	Maurice Bembridge	England	St. Pierre G&CC	273 (−11)	2 strokes	Peter Oosterhuis	[22]
1970	Brian Huggett	Wales	Royal Lytham & St Annes GC	293 (+9)	5 strokes	David Graham	[23]
1969	Cobie Legrange	South Africa	Little Aston GC	281	3 strokes	Peter Butler	[24]
1968	Peter Thomson (2)	Australia	Sunningdale GC	274	5 strokes	Dave Thomas	[25]
1967	Tony Jacklin	England	Royal St George's GC	274	3 strokes	Neil Coles	[26]
1966	Neil Coles	England	Lindrick GC	278	1 stroke	Christy O'Connor Snr Peter Thomson	[27]
1965	Bernard Hunt (2)	England	Portmarnock GC	283	1 stroke	Peter Thomson	[28]
1964	Cobie Legrange	South Africa	Royal Birkdale GC	288	1 stroke	Max Faulkner Ralph Moffitt	[29][30]
1963	Bernard Hunt	England	Little Aston GC	282	4-hole playoff (3 strokes)	Ralph Moffitt	[31]
1962	Dai Rees	Wales	Wentworth Club	278	2 strokes	Ralph Moffitt Peter Thomson	[32]
1961	Peter Thomson	Australia	Royal Porthcawl GC	284	8 strokes	Christy O'Connor Snr	[33]
1960	Jimmy Hitchcock	England	Sunningdale GC	275	2 strokes	Max Faulkner John Jacobs Bobby Locke	[34]
1959	Christy O'Connor Snr (2)	Ireland	Portmarnock GC	276	4 strokes	Joe Carr (am) Norman Drew	[35]
1958	Harry Weetman (2)	England	Little Aston GC	276	4 strokes	Bobby Locke	[36]
1957	Eric Brown	Scotland	Notts GC (Hollinwell)	275	3 strokes	Peter Alliss	[37]
1956	Christy O'Connor Snr	Ireland	Prestwick GC	277	1 stroke	Eric Brown	[38]
1955	Harry Bradshaw (2)	Ireland	Little Aston GC	277	4 strokes	Henry Cotton	[39]
1954	Bobby Locke (2)	South Africa	Prince's GC	291	3 strokes	Harry Bradshaw	[40]
1953	Harry Bradshaw	Ireland	Sunningdale GC	272	3 strokes	Max Faulkner	[41]
1952	Harry Weetman	England	Mere GC	281	4 strokes	Arthur Lees	[42]
1951	Max Faulkner	England	Wentworth Club	281	4 strokes	Reg Horne	[43]
1950	Dai Rees	Wales	Hoylake	281	4 strokes	Charlie Ward	[44]
1949	Charlie Ward	England	St Andrews	290	36-hole playoff (1 stroke)	John Burton	[45][46]
1948	Norman Von Nida	Australia	Sunningdale GC	272	2 strokes	Fred Daly	[47]
1947	Arthur Lees	England	Little Aston GC	283	36-hole playoff (4 strokes)	Norman Von Nida	[48][49]
1946	Jimmy Adams	Scotland	Stoneham GC	286	Tie		[3][50]
	Bobby Locke	South Africa

Multiple winners

• 2 wins: Seve Ballesteros, Harry Bradshaw, Bernard Gallacher, Bernard Hunt, Tony Jacklin, Cobie Legrange, Bobby Locke, Greg Norman, Christy O'Connor Snr, Dai Rees, Peter Thomson, Harry Weetman, Ian Woosnam

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External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official website

Coordinates: 51°40′38″N 0°26′11″W / 51.677325°N 0.43632°W