Irish Hospitals Tournament

Irish Hospitals Tournament
Tournament information
Location Bray, County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland
Established 1958
Course(s) Woodbrook Golf Club
Final year 1962
Final champion
Christy O'Connor Snr
Woodbrook Golf Club
Location in Ireland

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.

Winners

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 		[1]
Frank Jowle  England
1959 Max Faulkner  England 274 4 strokes England Peter Alliss
Wales Dave Thomas 		1,000 [2]
1960 Christy O'Connor Snr  Ireland 272 Playoff
(18 holes) 		England Ken Bousfield 1,000 [3][4]
1961 Kel Nagle  Australia 260 4 strokes England Peter Alliss 1,000 [5]
1962 Christy O'Connor Snr  Ireland 271 1 stroke New Zealand Bob Charles 1,000 [6]

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

References

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