Yorkshire Evening News Tournament

First tournament (1923)

The Yorkshire Evening News Tournament was an international golf tournament in the English Yorkshire area before the European Tour was founded. It was a match play tournament for most of its existence, but switched to stroke play in the 1940s. The tournament was played annually from 1923 to 1963, with no tournaments held during World War II.

In the early years, this tournament was considered a British Major. "The first tournament, in 1923, was billed as the unofficial ‘Championship of the World’ between American superstars Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen. Hagen triumphed, but lost in the final by a two-hole margin to Ryder Cup star Herbert Jolly."[1]

Winners

This list may be incomplete

Year Venue Winner Score Ref
1963 Sand Moor Golf Club Scotland Tom Haliburton 280 [2]
1962 Moortown Golf Club England Peter Butler 273 [3]
1961 Sand Moor Golf Club Australia Peter Thomson 282 [4]
1960 Moortown Golf Club Australia Peter Thomson 268 [5]
1959 Sand Moor Golf Club Republic of Ireland Norman Drew 281 [6]
1958 Moortown Golf Club Scotland Eric Brown &
South Africa Harold Henning (tie) 		280 [7]
1957 Sand Moor Golf Club Australia Peter Thomson 264 [8]
1956 Moortown Golf Club England Ken Bousfield &
Wales Dai Rees (tie) 		281 [9]
1955 Sand Moor Golf Club Argentina Antonio Cerdá 276 [10]
1954 Moortown Golf Club Wales John Panton 284 [11]
1953 Sand Moor Golf Club Belgium Flory Van Donck 278 [12]
1952 Moortown Golf Club Wales Dai Rees 283 [13]
1951 Moortown Golf Club Wales Dai Rees and
Australia Norman Von Nida 		281 [14][15]
1950 Sand Moor Golf Club Wales Dai Rees 276 [16]
1949 Moortown Golf Club England Sam King 6 & 5 [17][18]
1948 Moortown Golf Club England Charlie Ward 275 [17][19]
1947 Moortown Golf Club Australia Norman Von Nida and
England Henry Cotton 		277 [17][20]
1946 Moortown Golf Club South Africa Bobby Locke 283 [17]
1945 Moortown Golf Club England Archie Compston [17]
1940–44 No tournaments due to World War II
1939 Temple Newsam Golf Club Wales Dai Rees 37 holes [21]
1938 Cobble Hall England Alf Perry 8 & 6 [22]
1937 Moortown Golf Club England Arthur Lacey 2 & 1 [17]
1936 Temple Newsam Golf Club England Dick Burton
1935 England Henry Cotton
1934 Moortown Golf Club England Alf Padgham 37 holes [17]
1933 Temple Newsam Golf Club England Arthur Lacey 2 & 1 [23]
1932 Moortown Golf Club Wales Bert Hodson 39 holes [17]
1931 Sand Moor Golf Club England Ernest Whitcombe 39 holes
1930 Headingley Golf Club Guernsey Herbert Jolly 3 & 1
1929 Moortown Golf Club United States Joe Turnesa 37 holes [17][24]
1928 Moortown Golf Club England Charles Whitcombe 2 up [17]
1927 Headingley Golf Club England Ernest Whitcombe 9 & 8
1926 Moortown Golf Club England Charles Whitcombe 9 & 8 [17]
1925 Moortown Golf Club England Len Holland 3 & 2 [17]
1924 Headingley Golf Club England Fred Robson 37 holes
1923 Headingley Golf Club[1] Guernsey Herbert Jolly 2 up [25]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Headingley Golf Club: Club History". Headingley Golf Club. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Horne, Cyril (24 June 1963). "Surprise Victory For Haliburton". The Glasgow Herald. p. 9.
  3. ↑ "Butler Wins Moortown Tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1962. p. 9.
  4. ↑ "First Success For Thomson". The Glasgow Herald. 24 June 1961. p. 5.
  5. ↑ "Thomson Wins By 5 Strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 18 June 1960. p. 5.
  6. ↑ "Drew's First Victory In Major Event". The Glasgow Herald. 20 June 1959. p. 9.
  7. ↑ "Brown And Henning Tie At Moortown". The Glasgow Herald. 21 June 1958. p. 7.
  8. ↑ "Thomson Goes For Aggregate Record And Succeeds". The Glasgow Herald. 22 June 1957. p. 9.
  9. ↑ "D.J. Rees and K. Bousfield Tie At Moortown". The Glasgow Herald. 23 June 1956. p. 7.
  10. ↑ "Argentine Golfer Wins At Sand Moor". The Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1955. p. 9.
  11. ↑ "Panton Surprise Winner At Moortown". The Glasgow Herald. 12 June 1954. p. 9.
  12. ↑ "Astonishing Finish In Golf At Sandmoor". The Glasgow Herald. 20 June 1953. p. 9.
  13. ↑ "Rees Wins At Moortown". The Glasgow Herald. 21 June 1952. p. 9.
  14. ↑ "Late News: British Golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 June 1951.
  15. ↑ "Von Nida And Rees Tie". The Glasgow Herald. 9 June 1951. p. 6.
  16. ↑ "Rees Wins By Eight Strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 10 June 1950. p. 6.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 17.8 17.9 17.10 17.11 "Moortown Major Championships". Moortown Golf Club. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  18. ↑ "King Wins ₤1350 Tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 13 June 1949. p. 3.
  19. ↑ "Remarkable Finish By Von Nida". The Glasgow Herald. 11 June 1948. p. 2.
  20. ↑ "Cotton and von Nida Tie for First Place". The Glasgow Herald. 14 June 1947. p. 2.
  21. ↑ "Golf Struggle At Leeds". The Glasgow Herald. 12 June 1939. p. 20.
  22. ↑ "Perry's Easy Win At ₤750 Final". The Glasgow Herald. 6 June 1938. p. 18.
  23. ↑ "Temple Newsam Golf Club History". Temple Newsam Golf Club. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  24. ↑ "Turnesa Wins In England". The Pittsburgh Press. United Press. 19 May 1929. p. 9 (Sporting section).
  25. ↑ "Britisher Defeats Hagen For Professional Title". The Reading Eagle (Reading, Pennsylvania). 20 May 1923. p. 17.