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Golf Illustrated Gold Vase

The Golf Illustrated Gold Vase was a prestigious amateur golf tournament in England.[1] It was a 36-hole scratch stroke play competition.

Golf Illustrated Gold Vase
Tournament information
LocationEngland
Established1909
FormatStroke play
Final year2002
Final champion
Roger Roper

History edit

The contest for a gold vase was announced in The Times on 3 April 1909. The vase, valued at 250 guineas, was presented by the proprietors the Golf Illustrated. The initial event was to be at Mid-Surrey on 17 June and was open to amateurs with a handicap of scratch or better. The vase would be held by the winner's home club and the winner himself would receive a silver replica. Three consecutive wins would win the vase outright.[2]

Winners edit

Year Venue Winners Country Score Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref
2003 Cardrona Golf Club Roger Roper   England [3]
2002 Walton Heath Golf Club Andrew Inglis [4]
2001 Walton Heath Golf Club James Heath   England [4]
2000 Walton Heath Golf Club John Kemp   England [4]
1999 Walton Heath Golf Club Mark Side   England [4]
1998 Walton Heath Golf Club Rupert Rea   England [4]
1997 Walton Heath Golf Club Mark James [4]
1996 Not played
1995 The Oxfordshire Golf Club Anthony Wall   England
1994 S Burrell
1993 Sunningdale Golf Club Van Phillips
Charles Challen		   England
  England		 131 Tie [5]
1992 Paul Page   England
1991 Sunningdale Golf Club Rupert Scott   England
1990 Walton Heath Golf Club Andy Rogers   England
1989 Sunningdale Golf Club Gary Wolstenholme   England 142 3 strokes   Jim Payne [6]
1988 Walton Heath Golf Club Max Turner
1987 Walton Heath Golf Club David Lane   England
1986 Walton Heath Golf Club Bobby Eggo   Guernsey
1985 Walton Heath Golf Club Mark Davis   England
1984 Walton Heath Golf Club Jon Marks   England [7]
1983 Walton Heath Golf Club Stephen Keppler   England
1982 Walton Heath Golf Club Iain Carslaw   Scotland
1981 Walton Heath Golf Club Pat Garner   England 143
1980 Walton Heath Golf Club Gordon Brand Jnr   Scotland 142 4 strokes   M Johnson
  Peter McEvoy
  P.G. Way
  B.J. Winteridge		 [8]
1979 Walton Heath Golf Club Kevin Miller   England 140 1 stroke   Peter Thomas [9]
1978 Walton Heath Golf Club Peter Thomas   England 141 1 stroke   Stuart Robson [10]
1977 Walton Heath Golf Club John Davies   England 141 1 stroke   Allan Brodie [11]
1976 Walton Heath Golf Club Allan Brodie   Scotland 141 1 stroke   David Hyde [12]
1975 Walton Heath Golf Club Michael Bonallack   England 142 1 stroke   Keith Tate [13]
1974 Walton Heath Golf Club Peter Hedges   England 146 1 stroke   Peter Benka
  David Harrison		 [14]
1973 Walton Heath Golf Club John Davies   England 142 1 stroke   Nigel Denham [15]
1972 Sunningdale Golf Club H Ashby
P Davidson
R Hunter		   England
  England
  England		 143 Tie
1971 Sunningdale Golf Club Michael Bonallack   England 137 6 strokes   Roddie Carr [16]
1970 Sunningdale Golf Club David Harrison   England 140 1 stroke   Bruce Critchley [17]
1969 Sunningdale Golf Club Michael Bonallack
Jimmy Hayes		   England
  England		 142 Tie [18]
1968 Sunningdale Golf Club Michael Bonallack   England 143 1 stroke   Ted Dexter
  Peter Oosterhuis		 [19]
1967 Sunningdale Golf Club Michael Bonallack
Bob Durrant		   England
  England		 141 Tie [20]
1966 Sunningdale Golf Club Bobby Cole
Peter Townsend		   South Africa
  England		 142 Tie [21]
1965 Sunningdale Golf Club Clive Clark   England 139 2 strokes   Dudley Millensted [22]
1964 Sunningdale Golf Club David Moffat   England 148 1 stroke   Michael Burgess [23]
1963 Sunningdale Golf Club Bob Mummery   England 143 5 strokes
1962 Sunningdale Golf Club Brian Chapman   England 145 4 strokes   P Green
  David Harrison		 [24]
1961 Sunningdale Golf Club Michael Bonallack
David Harrison		   England
  England		 141 Tie
1960 Sunningdale Golf Club Doug Sewell   England 142 1 stroke   F Francis
  G Huddy
  Guy Wolstenholme		 [25]
1959 Sunningdale Golf Club Alan Bussell   Scotland 141 1 stroke   Guy Wolstenholme [26]
1958 Sunningdale Golf Club Michael Lunt   England 141 3 strokes   J Walker [27]
1957 Sunningdale Golf Club Guy Wolstenholme   England 138 3 strokes   Philip Scrutton [28]
1956 Sunningdale Golf Club David Blair   Scotland 141 3 strokes   Philip Scrutton [29]
1955 Sunningdale Golf Club David Blair   Scotland 140 5 strokes   W Henderson [30]
1954 Sunningdale Golf Club Harold Ridgley   United States 143 4 strokes   Doug Bachli
  Herb Berwick		 [31]
1953 Sunningdale Golf Club John Langley   England 143 2 strokes
1952 Sunningdale Golf Club John Langley   England 140 6 strokes   Dick Chapman
1951 Southerndown Golf Club Joe Carr   Ireland 143 7 strokes   Dick Chapman
1950 Western Gailes Golf Club Alex Whyte   Scotland 148 2 strokes [32]
1949 Royal Dublin Golf Club Ronnie White   England 142 1 stroke
1948 Sunningdale Golf Club Dick Chapman   United States 143 4 strokes
1940–1947: No tournament
1939 Pulborough Golf Club Sam Roberts   Wales 143 2 strokes   Stanley Anderson [33]
1938 Bramshot Golf Club Cameron Anderson   Scotland 150 2 strokes   Andrew McNair [34]
1937 West Herts Golf Club Robert Sweeny Jr.   United States 137 7 strokes   Rex Hartley
  A G S Penman
  K V Scott		 [35]
1936 Ashridge Golf Club Jim Ferrier   Australia 139 3 strokes   Lionel Munn [36]
1935 Berkshire Golf Club Ivor Thomas   England 147 1 stroke   Andrew McNair
  Robert Sweeny Jr.		 [37]
1934 Walton Heath Golf Club Lister Hartley   England 147 4 strokes   Noel Layton
  Lionel Munn
  Sam Roberts		 [38]
1933 Stoke Poges Golf Club Rex Hartley   England 143 1 stroke   Cecil Hayward [39]
1932 Woking Golf Club Rex Hartley   England 147 3 strokes   Raymond Oppenheimer [40]
1931 West Hill Golf Club William Murray   Scotland 147 1 stroke   John Beck [41]
1930 Sunningdale Golf Club Bobby Jones   United States 143 1 stroke   William Brownlow [42]
1929 Walton Heath Golf Club Douglas Grant   United States 151 1 stroke   William Murray [43]
1928 Northwood Golf Club Cyril Tolley   Scotland 150 1 stroke   William Hope [44]
1927 Beaconsfield Golf Club Roger Wethered   England 147 1 stroke   Cyril Tolley [45]
1926 Addington Golf Club Cyril Tolley
Tony Torrance		   England
  Scotland		 147 Tie [46]
1925 Moor Park Golf Club John Beck
Ernest Holderness		   England
  England		 147 Tie [47]
1924 Moor Park Golf Club Colin Aylmer   England 149 2 strokes   William Murray [48]
1923 Oxhey Golf Club Cyril Tolley   England 153 1 stroke   W A Powell [49]
1922 Stoke Poges Golf Club William Murray   Scotland 151 4 strokes   Colin Aylmer [50]
1921 Sunningdale Golf Club Mark Seymour   England 149 4 strokes   Alex Armour
  Hardit Malik
  Tony Torrance		 [51]
1920 St George's Hill Golf Club Stoner Crowther   England 154 1 stroke   Tommy Armour [52]
1919 Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club Bernard Darwin   England 153 1 stroke   Edwin Scott [53]
1915–1918: No tournament
1914 Sunningdale Golf Club Harold Hilton   England 151 4 strokes   Harold Gillies [54]
1913 Walton Heath Golf Club Abe Mitchell   England 152 5 strokes   Robert Harris [55]
1912 Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club Robert Harris   Scotland 147 2 strokes   B Hammond-Chambers [56]
1911 Stoke Poges Golf Club Robert Harris   Scotland 145 3 strokes   Herbert Taylor [57]
1910 Sunningdale Golf Club Abe Mitchell   England 150 5 strokes   Angus Hambro [58]
1909 Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club Cecil Hutchison   Scotland 146 7 strokes   Robert Harris [59]

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