Daks Tournament
Golf tournament
Tournament information | |
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Location | England |
Established | 1950 |
Final year | 1971 |
Final champion | |
Neil Coles and Brian Huggett |
The Daks Tournament was an important professional golf tournament held in England from 1950 to 1971 and was generally held in early June. 17 of the 22 events were held at the Wentworth Club. Neil Coles enjoyed considerable success in the event winning the tournament four times and being a runner-up on four occasions. The tournament was sponsored by DAKS.
Winners
Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (£) | Ref |
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1950 | Norman Sutton | England | Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club | 272 | 3 strokes | Flory Van Donck | 400 | [1] |
1951 | John Panton | Scotland | Sunningdale Golf Club | 282 | 3 strokes | Bobby Locke | 400 | [2] |
1952 | Fred Daly | Northern Ireland | Wentworth Club | 280 | 2 strokes | Jack Hargreaves | 400 | [3] |
1953 | Dai Rees | Wales | Wentworth Club | 280 | 1 stroke | Tom Haliburton Flory Van Donck | 400 | [4] |
1954 | Peter Alliss | England | Little Aston Golf Club | 279 | 1 stroke | Bobby Locke | 400 | [5] |
1955 | John Pritchett | England | Sunningdale Golf Club | 275 | 2 strokes | Dai Rees | 600 | [6] |
1956 | Trevor Wilkes | South Africa | Wentworth Club | 276 | 9 strokes | Eric Brown Tom Haliburton Peter Mills | 600 | [7] |
1957 | Bobby Locke | South Africa | Wentworth Club | 281 | 3 strokes | Eric Brown Bernard Hunt | 600 | [8] |
1958 | Harold Henning Peter Thomson | South Africa Australia | Wentworth Club | 275 | Tie | Shared title | Shared 1000 and 400 | [9] |
1959 | Christy O'Connor Snr | Ireland | Wentworth Club | 274 | 3 strokes | Peter Mills | 1000 | [10] |
1960 | Peter Thomson | Australia | Wentworth Club | 279 | 2 strokes | Tom Haliburton Jimmy Hitchcock | 1000 | [11] |
1961 | Bernard Hunt | England | Wentworth Club | 279 | 1 stroke | Neil Coles | 1000 | [12] |
1962 | Bob Charles Dai Rees | New Zealand Wales | Wentworth Club | 278 | Tie | Shared title | Shared 1000 and 500 | [13] |
1963 | Peter Alliss Neil Coles | England England | Wentworth Club | 280 | Tie | Shared title | Shared 1000 and 500 | [14] |
1964 | Neil Coles | England | Wentworth Club | 282 | 1 stroke | Peter Thomson | 1000 | [15] |
1965 | Peter Thomson | Australia | Wentworth Club | 275 | 4 strokes | Guy Wolstenholme | 1000 | [16] |
1966 | Hugh Boyle | Ireland | Wentworth Club | 286 | 1 stroke | Neil Coles Dai Rees Dave Thomas | 1000 | [17] |
1967 | Malcolm Gregson | England | Wentworth Club | 279 | 2 strokes | Neil Coles | 1000 | [18] |
1968 | Malcolm Gregson | England | Wentworth Club | 284 | 1 stroke | Neil Coles | 1000 | [19] |
1969 | Brian Huggett | Wales | Wentworth Club | 289 | 2 strokes | Bernard Gallacher | 1000 | [20] |
1970 | Neil Coles | England | Wentworth Club | 281 | 3 strokes | Peter Wilcock | 1000 | [21] |
1971 | Neil Coles Brian Huggett | England Wales | South Herts Golf Club | 284 | Tie | Shared title | Shared 1000 and 650 | [22] |
References
- ^ "N Sutton wins "Daks" golf". The Glasgow Herald. 5 August 1950. p. 6.
- ^ "Panton wins tournament by 3 strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 19 May 1951. p. 6.
- ^ "First prize to F Daly". The Glasgow Herald. 28 June 1952. p. 2.
- ^ "First prize for Rees". The Glasgow Herald. 13 June 1953. p. 2.
- ^ "Daks tournament victory for Peter Alliss". The Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1954. p. 9.
- ^ "Assistant golfer's success". The Glasgow Herald. 11 June 1955. p. 9.
- ^ "Young South African's "Daks" victory". The Glasgow Herald. 18 June 1956. p. 11.
- ^ "Locke beats brown by three strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 17 June 1957. p. 9.
- ^ "Thomson and Henning tie in Daks event". The Glasgow Herald. 16 June 1958. p. 9.
- ^ "Daks victory for O'Connor". The Glasgow Herald. 15 June 1959. p. 6.
- ^ "Thomson wins Daks event". The Glasgow Herald. 13 June 1960. p. 4.
- ^ "Hunt's brilliant finish". The Glasgow Herald. 12 June 1961. p. 5.
- ^ "Rees tied with Charles". The Glasgow Herald. 11 June 1962. p. 3.
- ^ "Daks tournament ends in tie". The Glasgow Herald. 17 June 1963. p. 11.
- ^ "Coles wins Daks by stroke". The Glasgow Herald. 8 June 1964. p. 4.
- ^ "Thomson's four stroke win in Daks". The Glasgow Herald. 7 June 1965. p. 4.
- ^ "Boyle steals home in Daks tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 6 June 1966. p. 4.
- ^ "Gregson wins Daks with sparkling finish". The Glasgow Herald. 5 June 1967. p. 8.
- ^ "Gregson again comes from behind to win". The Glasgow Herald. 10 June 1968. p. 4.
- ^ "Huggett edges out Gallacher over closing two holes". The Glasgow Herald. 2 June 1969. p. 5.
- ^ "Coles holds off challenge". The Glasgow Herald. 1 June 1970. p. 5.
- ^ "Huggett and Coles in tie". The Glasgow Herald. 7 June 1971. p. 10.
External links
- Results on where2golf.com