Daily Telegraph Foursomes Tournament

Daily Telegraph Foursomes
Tournament information
Location England
Established 1947
Month played September/October
Final year 1951
Final champion
Bill Cox and Walter McLeod

The Daily Telegraph Foursomes Tournament was a golf tournament played in England. The event was held annually from 1947 to 1951, and had total prize money of £2,100.

Detail

32 professionals and 32 leading amateurs were invited and drawn into pairs. Five rounds of foursomes knock-out were played with one round on the first day and two rounds on the second and third days.

Winners

Year Winners Country Venue Margin
of victory 		Runners-up Winner's
share (£) 		Ref
1947 Charlie Ward &
Ronnie White 		 England
 England 		Birkdale Golf Club 2&1 England Max Faulkner &
Scotland Donald Cameron 		600
(pro) 		[1]
1948 Charlie Ward &
Gerald Micklem 		 England
 England 		Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club 19 holes Northern Ireland Fred Daly &
Scotland J. Morton Dykes 		[2]
1949 Reg Horne &
Ronnie White 		 England
 England 		Moortown Golf Club 19 holes Scotland Jimmy Adams &
England Leonard Crawley 		[3]
1950 Wally Smithers &
Jimmy Bruen 		 England
 Ireland 		Formby Golf Club 4&2 England Bill Branch &
Wales Mervyn Jones 		[4]
1951 Bill Cox &
Walter McLeod 		 England
 Scotland 		Ganton Golf Club 19 holes Scotland Jimmy Adams &
Scotland Charles D. Lawrie 		600
(pro) 		[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Amateur golfers' high standard". The Glasgow Herald. 2 October 1947. p. 6.
  2. ↑ "Success of Ward and Micklem". The Glasgow Herald. 4 October 1948. p. 5.
  3. ↑ "White's splendid iron play at Moortown". The Glasgow Herald. 3 October 1949. p. 3.
  4. ↑ "Bruen's fine return". The Glasgow Herald. 9 October 1950. p. 6.
  5. ↑ "Scot's winning putt in Ganton golf final". The Glasgow Herald. 8 October 1951. p. 9.
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