Irish Hospitals Tournament

The Irish Hospitals Tournament was a professional golf tournament played from 1958 to 1962. Total prize money was £5000 from 1958 to 1960 and £5,555 in 1961 and 1962. It was sponsored by the Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake. In 1963 it was succeeded by the Carroll Sweet Afton Tournament which later became the Carroll's International.

Irish Hospitals Tournament
Tournament information
LocationBray, County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland
Established1958
Course(s)Woodbrook Golf Club
Final year1962
Final champion
Christy O'Connor Snr
Woodbrook Golf Club is located in Ireland
Woodbrook Golf Club
Woodbrook Golf Club

Kel Nagle's 1961 performance of 260 was reportedly the lowest score ever recorded at a 72 hole tournament outside of the United States. As of 1973, it had yet to be broken.[1]

Winners

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Year Winner Country Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)
Ref
1958 Bernard Hunt   England 277 Tie Shared 1,000
and 500
[2]
Frank Jowle   England
1959 Max Faulkner   England 274 4 strokes   Peter Alliss
  Dave Thomas
1,000 [3]
1960 Christy O'Connor Snr   Ireland 272 Playoff
(18 holes)
  Ken Bousfield 1,000 [4][5]
1961 Kel Nagle   Australia 260 4 strokes   Peter Alliss 1,000 [6]
1962 Christy O'Connor Snr   Ireland 271 1 stroke   Bob Charles 1,000 [7]

In 1960 O'Connor scored 63 in the play-off to Bousfield's 71.

References

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  1. ^ "Jacklin one off record". The Glasgow Herald. 27 February 1973. p. 4. Retrieved 7 May 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  2. ^ "Hunt and Jowle share £1500 prize money – Irish hospitals tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 19 May 1958. p. 4.
  3. ^ "Irish hospitals event won by Faulkner – Success by 4 strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 13 July 1959. p. 8.
  4. ^ "O'Connor-Bousfield tie at Woodbrook – To play off for top prizes". The Glasgow Herald. 18 July 1960. p. 4.
  5. ^ "O'Connor's record at 63 in play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 19 July 1960. p. 9.
  6. ^ "Nagle wins hospitals tournament – Aggregate of 260 record for Britain and Ireland". The Glasgow Herald. 24 July 1961. p. 4.
  7. ^ "O'Connors Irish hospitals win – Exciting duel with Charles". The Glasgow Herald. 23 July 1962. p. 4.