The Sumrie Better-Ball was a professional golf tournament played from 1969 to 1978. It was a 72-hole better-ball stroke-play event. It was played at Pannal in 1969 and 1970 and then at Blairgowrie in 1972 and 1973. From 1974 it was called the Sumrie-Bournemouth Better-Ball and was played at Queen's Park Golf Club, Bournemouth, England. The tournament was sponsored by Sumrie Clothes who has previously supported the Sumrie Tournament in 1968.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bournemouth, Dorset, England (1974–78) |
| Established | 1969 |
| Course(s) | Queen's Park Golf Club (1974–78) |
| Final year | 1978 |
| Final champion | |
| Eamonn Darcy and Christy O'Connor Jnr | |
Winners
edit| Year | Winners | Country | Venue | Score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (£) |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumrie Better-Ball | ||||||||
| 1969 | Maurice Bembridge & Ángel Gallardo |
 England Spain |
Pannal | 263 (−29) | 1 stroke | Hedley Muscroft & Lionel Platts |
1,000 (each) |
[1] |
| 1970 | Neil Coles & Bernard Hunt |
England England |
Pannal | 257 (−31) | 4 strokes | Peter Butler & Clive Clark |
800 (each) |
[2] |
| 1971: No tournament | ||||||||
| 1972 | Malcolm Gregson & Brian Huggett |
England Wales |
Blairgowrie | 264 (−24) | 1 stroke | Guy Hunt & Doug McClelland |
800 (each) |
[3] |
| 1973 | Neil Coles & Bernard Hunt |
England England |
Blairgowrie | 265 (−27) | 5 strokes | Malcolm Gregson & Brian Huggett |
800 (each) |
[4] |
| Sumrie-Bournemouth Better-Ball | ||||||||
| 1974 | Peter Butler & Clive Clark |
England England |
Queen's Park | 267 (−21) | Playoff | Craig Defoy & Derek Small Vince Hood & Hugh Jackson |
1,200 (each) |
[5] |
| 1975 | Jack Newton & John O'Leary |
 Australia Ireland |
Queen's Park | 256 (−32) | 4 strokes |  Brian Barnes & Bernard Gallacher Neil Coles & Bernard Hunt John Fowler & Nick Job |
1,200 (each) |
[6] |
| 1976 | Eamonn Darcy & Christy O'Connor Jnr |
Ireland Ireland |
Queen's Park | 260 (−28) | Playoff | Maurice Bembridge & Norman Wood |
1,200 (each) |
[7] |
| 1977: No tournament | ||||||||
| 1978 | Eamonn Darcy & Christy O'Connor Jnr |
Ireland Ireland |
Queen's Park | 255 (−33) | 4 strokes | Rodger Davis & Chris Tickner |
2,000 (each) |
[8] |
References
edit- ^ "Anglo-Spanish team win Sumrie event with 28 under par". The Glasgow Herald. 9 June 1969. p. 4.
- ^ "Hunt and Coles invincible". The Glasgow Herald. 18 May 1970. p. 4.
- ^ "Winning thrust by Huggett and Gregson". The Glasgow Herald. 22 May 1972. p. 5.
- ^ "Hunt and Coles play down their five-shot victory". The Glasgow Herald. 21 May 1973. p. 5.
- ^ "Butler settles it with birdie". The Glasgow Herald. 20 May 1974. p. 5.
- ^ "O'Leary and Newton storm home as Scots fade". The Glasgow Herald. 19 May 1975. p. 23.
- ^ "Irish snatch Sumrie prize". The Glasgow Herald. 24 May 1976. p. 15.
- ^ "Another battle for O'Connor". The Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1978. p. 23.