The Penfold Tournament was a golf tournament on the British PGA tournament circuit. Since the circuit later evolved into the European Tour, the tournament is recognised as an official European Tour event from 1972. It was played between 1932 and 1935, and from 1946 to 1974 at a variety of courses in the United Kingdom. The tournament was sponsored by Penfold Golf and was often played at coastal resorts, whose councils shared the costs.[1] In 1974, Penfold were taken over by Colgate-Palmolive and continued their sponsorship through the Penfold PGA Championship from 1975 to 1977.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Worthing, England |
| Established | 1932 |
| Course(s) | Hill Barn Golf Club |
| Par | 70 |
| Tour(s) | European Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | £12,000 |
| Month played | May |
| Final year | 1974 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 266 Ken Bousfield (1961) |
| To par | −8 Tommy Horton (1974) |
| Final champion | |
 Tommy Horton | |
| Location map | |
  Hill Barn GC Location in England  Hill Barn GC Location in West Sussex | |
It was generally played as an individual stroke play event. In 1949 there were two qualifying rounds, after which the leading 32 were drawn into 16 pairs, who then played four rounds of knock-out foursomes match play to determine the winning pair. In 1950, it was played at mixed-team match play. 32 professional men and 32 ladies qualified over 36 holes and were then drawn into pairs. These pairs played five rounds of knock-out foursomes match play to determine the winning pair, the final being over 36 holes. It returned to an individual stroke play format for 1951. From 1952 to 1954, it was played at 36 holes of stroke play followed by match play for the top 32 players.
In 1955 Penfold combined their sponsorship with Swallow Raincoats who had supported the Swallow-Harrogate Tournament in 1953 and 1954. The new tournament was known as the Swallow-Penfold Tournament and had a first prize of £1,000 and total prize money of £4,000. The new event had a 72-hole stroke play format. Swallow dropped their sponsorship after the 1966 event but the tournament continued with £4,000 prize money in 1967. Prize money increased to £8,000 in 1971 and finally £12,000 in 1974.
Winners
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References
edit- ^ "Penfold can look forward to 1975 with a smile". The Times. 17 December 1974. p. 9.
- ^ "Mediocre 72 ends Barnes's challenge". The Glasgow Herald. 13 May 1974. p. 5.
- ^ "Polland change approach and breaks through". The Glasgow Herald. 14 May 1973. p. 5.
- ^ "Sudden death triumph for Oosterhuis". The Glasgow Herald. 15 May 1972. p. 4.
- ^ "Coles takes Penfold first prize with 69 and 70 on last day". The Glasgow Herald. 10 May 1971. p. 4.
- ^ "Hunt triumphs in Penfold". The Glasgow Herald. 4 May 1970. p. 5.
- ^ "Caygill wins after dispute with opponent". The Glasgow Herald. 5 May 1969. p. 15.
- ^ "Butler wins Penfold at extra hole". The Glasgow Herald. 6 May 1968. p. 6.
- ^ "Cockin wins Penfold play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 8 May 1967. p. 5.
- ^ "Thomas triumphs at Little Aston". The Glasgow Herald. 9 May 1966. p. 5.
- ^ "A Miguel triumphs in play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 10 May 1965. p. 7.
- ^ "Penfold and Swallow win for Alliss". The Glasgow Herald. 11 May 1964. p. 5.
- ^ "Swallow-Penfold win for Hunt". The Glasgow Herald. 13 May 1963. p. 10.
- ^ "Penfold-Swallow win for Weetman". The Glasgow Herald. 28 May 1962. p. 4.
- ^ "Bousfield's victory by six strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 29 May 1961. p. 9.
- ^ "Weetman wins £1,000 prize". The Glasgow Herald. 6 June 1960. p. 4.
- ^ "Narrow win by Butler". The Glasgow Herald. 25 May 1959. p. 4.
- ^ "Weetman wins Penfold and Swallow event". The Glasgow Herald. 26 May 1958. p. 4.
- ^ "Weetman wins by three strokes at Killermont". The Glasgow Herald. 20 May 1957. p. 11.
- ^ "First major tournament win for E C Lester". The Glasgow Herald. 21 May 1956. p. 8.
- ^ "O'Connor wins Britain's first £1,000 prize". The Glasgow Herald. 28 May 1955. p. 13.
- ^ "Cotton's Penfold victory". The Glasgow Herald. 24 May 1954. p. 4.
- ^ "Lees wins "Penfold"". The Glasgow Herald. 25 May 1953. p. 9.
- ^ "Brown's great win at Maesdu". The Glasgow Herald. 19 May 1952. p. 9.
- ^ "Scot finishes third in Penfold golf". The Glasgow Herald. 16 June 1951. p. 2.
- ^ "Other golf events". The Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1950. p. 9.
- ^ "Rivalry of Burton brothers". The Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1949. p. 2.
- ^ "Open Champion's success". The Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1948. p. 6.
- ^ "Season's lowest golf aggregate". The Glasgow Herald. 6 September 1947. p. 4.
- ^ "Adams second in Penfold tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 9 September 1946. p. 4.
- ^ "Three-stroke win for Thomson". The Glasgow Herald. 9 July 1934. p. 19.
- ^ "Burton win Porthcawl tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 15 July 1933. p. 3.
- ^ "Win for Percy Alliss at Porthcawl". The Glasgow Herald. 16 July 1932. p. 2.