Dunlop Tournament (United Kingdom)

Golf tournament

Dunlop TournamentTournament information

Location| United Kingdom
Established| 1949
Month played| May
Final year| 1961
Final champion
Kel Nagle

The Dunlop Tournament was a professional golf tournament played in the United Kingdom from 1949 to 1961. It replaced by the "Dunlop-Southport Tournament". It was sponsored by Dunlop. The last event was played in 1961 when Dunlop withdrew their funding, although the continued to support the Dunlop Masters.[1] The tournament was generally played in early May, except in 1951 when it was played in April and 1961 which was played in late June and early July. and was played over 72 holes of stroke play. From 1950 to 1958 the tournament was played over 90 holes. The first two rounds were played on two different courses after which there was cut and the remaining three rounds were played on the main course.

## Winners

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Year | Winner | Venue | Score | Margin
of victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's
share (£) | Ref

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1949 |  Max Faulkner | Wentworth Club | 287 | 2 strokes |  Sam King | 350 | [2]
1950 |  Bobby Locke | Wentworth Club | 353 | 2 strokes |  Charlie Ward | 350 | [3]
1951 |  Charlie Ward | Little Aston Golf Club
(and Sutton Coldfield Golf Club) | 359 | 1 stroke |  Jimmy Adams | 350 | [4]
1952 |  Max Faulkner | Sunningdale Golf Club | 345 | 7 strokes |  Tom Haliburton | 350 | [5]
1953 |  Henry Cotton | Wentworth Club | 353 | 5 strokes |  Dai Rees | 350 | [6]
1954 |  Bobby Locke | Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club
(and Hesketh Golf Club) | 361 | 1 stroke |  Antonio Cerdá | 350 | [7]
1955 |  Peter Alliss | Wentworth Club | 359 | 1 stroke |  Eric Brown | 500 | [8]
1956 |  Gary Player | Sunningdale Golf Club | 338 | 2 strokes |  Arthur Lees | 500 | [9]
1957 |  Ken Bousfield | Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club
(and Hesketh Golf Club) | 353 | 2 strokes |  Syd Scott | 500 | [10]
1958 |  Peter Thomson | Wentworth Club | 348 | 3 strokes |  Harold Henning | 500 | [11]
1959 |  Peter Alliss | Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club | 280 | 1 stroke |  Henry Cotton
Dai Rees | 600 | [12]
1960 |  Eric Brown
Ralph Moffitt | Gleneagles Hotel | 273 | Tie |  |  | [13]
1961 |  Kel Nagle | Notts Golf Club | 277 | 2 strokes |  Frank Phillips | 1000 | [14]

## References

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1. ^ "Dunlop drop professional tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 30 November 1961. p. 6.
2. ^ "Faulkner's putting wins first prize". The Glasgow Herald. 7 May 1949. p. 2.
3. ^ "Open champion's victory in Dunlop golf". The Glasgow Herald. 6 May 1950. p. 9.
4. ^ "Ward wins Dunlop tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 7 April 1951. p. 2.
5. ^ "Faulkner's remarkable golf "treble"". The Glasgow Herald. 3 May 1952. p. 9.
6. ^ "Cotton answers test of Wentworth". The Glasgow Herald. 9 May 1953. p. 4.
7. ^ "Locke wins Dunlop golf by one stroke". The Glasgow Herald. 8 May 1954. p. 4.
8. ^ "Alliss wins at Wentworth". The Glasgow Herald. 7 May 1955. p. 7.
9. ^ "Player beat tournament record by seven". The Glasgow Herald. 5 May 1956. p. 7.
10. ^ "Bousfield wins Dunlop tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 11 May 1957. p. 4.
11. ^ "P W Thompson's Dunlop tournament success". The Glasgow Herald. 10 May 1958. p. 4.
12. ^ "Dunlop tournament's exciting finish". The Glasgow Herald. 9 May 1959. p. 9.
13. ^ "Brown and Moffitt tie in Dunlop tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 9 May 1960. p. 4.
14. ^ "Players from abroad dominate Dunlop". The Glasgow Herald. 3 July 1961. p. 9.