Golf Illustrated Gold Vase

The Golf Illustrated Gold Vase was a prestigious amateur golf tournament in England.[1] It was a 36-hole scratch stroke play competition.

Golf Illustrated Gold Vase
Tournament information
LocationEngland
Established1909
FormatStroke play
Final year2002
Final champion
Andrew Inglis

History

The contest for a gold vase was announced in The Times on 3 April 1909. The vase, valued at 250 guineas, was presented by the proprietors the Golf Illustrated. The initial event was to be at Mid-Surrey on 17 June and was open to amateurs with a handicap of scratch or better. The vase would be held by the winner's home club and the winner himself would receive a silver replica. Three consecutive wins would win the vase outright.[2]

Winners
YearVenueWinnersCountryScoreMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upRef
2003Cardrona Golf ClubRoger Roper England[3]
2002Walton Heath Golf ClubAndrew Inglis[4]
2001Walton Heath Golf ClubJames Heath England[4]
2000Walton Heath Golf ClubJohn Kemp England[4]
1999Walton Heath Golf ClubMark Side England[4]
1998Walton Heath Golf ClubRupert Rea England[4]
1997Walton Heath Golf ClubMark James[4]
1996Not played
1995The Oxfordshire Golf ClubAnthony Wall England
1994S Burrell
1993Sunningdale Golf ClubVan Phillips
Charles Challen		 England
 England		131Tie[5]
1992Paul Page England
1991Sunningdale Golf ClubRupert Scott England
1990Walton Heath Golf ClubAndy Rogers England
1989Sunningdale Golf ClubGary Wolstenholme England1423 strokes Jim Payne[6]
1988Walton Heath Golf ClubMax Turner
1987Walton Heath Golf ClubDavid Lane England
1986Walton Heath Golf ClubBobby Eggo Guernsey
1985Walton Heath Golf ClubMark Davis England
1984Walton Heath Golf ClubJon Marks England[7]
1983Walton Heath Golf ClubStephen Keppler England
1982Walton Heath Golf ClubIain Carslaw Scotland
1981Walton Heath Golf ClubPat Garner England143
1980Walton Heath Golf ClubGordon Brand Jnr Scotland1424 strokes M Johnson
Peter McEvoy
P.G. Way
B.J. Winteridge		[8]
1979Walton Heath Golf ClubKevin Miller England1401 stroke Peter Thomas[9]
1978Walton Heath Golf ClubPeter Thomas England1411 stroke Stuart Robson[10]
1977Walton Heath Golf ClubJohn Davies England1411 stroke Allan Brodie[11]
1976Walton Heath Golf ClubAllan Brodie Scotland1411 stroke David Hyde[12]
1975Walton Heath Golf ClubMichael Bonallack England1421 stroke Keith Tate[13]
1974Walton Heath Golf ClubPeter Hedges England1461 stroke Peter Benka
David Harrison		[14]
1973Walton Heath Golf ClubJohn Davies England1421 stroke Nigel Denham[15]
1972Sunningdale Golf ClubH Ashby
P Davidson
R Hunter		 England
 England
 England		143Tie
1971Sunningdale Golf ClubMichael Bonallack England1376 strokes Roddie Carr[16]
1970Sunningdale Golf ClubDavid Harrison England1401 stroke Bruce Critchley[17]
1969Sunningdale Golf ClubMichael Bonallack
Jimmy Hayes		 England
 England		142Tie[18]
1968Sunningdale Golf ClubMichael Bonallack England1431 stroke Ted Dexter
Peter Oosterhuis		[19]
1967Sunningdale Golf ClubMichael Bonallack
Bob Durrant		 England
 England		141Tie[20]
1966Sunningdale Golf ClubBobby Cole
Peter Townsend		 South Africa
 England		142Tie[21]
1965Sunningdale Golf ClubClive Clark England1392 strokes Dudley Millensted[22]
1964Sunningdale Golf ClubDavid Moffat England1481 stroke Michael Burgess[23]
1963Sunningdale Golf ClubBob Mummery England1435 strokes
1962Sunningdale Golf ClubBrian Chapman England1454 strokes P Green
David Harrison		[24]
1961Sunningdale Golf ClubMichael Bonallack
David Harrison		 England
 England		141Tie
1960Sunningdale Golf ClubDoug Sewell England1421 stroke F Francis
G Huddy
Guy Wolstenholme		[25]
1959Sunningdale Golf ClubAlan Bussell Scotland1411 stroke Guy Wolstenholme[26]
1958Sunningdale Golf ClubMichael Lunt England1413 strokes J Walker[27]
1957Sunningdale Golf ClubGuy Wolstenholme England1383 strokes Philip Scrutton[28]
1956Sunningdale Golf ClubDavid Blair Scotland1413 strokes Philip Scrutton[29]
1955Sunningdale Golf ClubDavid Blair Scotland1405 strokes W Henderson[30]
1954Sunningdale Golf ClubHarold Ridgley United States1434 strokes Doug Bachli
Herb Berwick		[31]
1953Sunningdale Golf ClubJohn Langley England1432 strokes
1952Sunningdale Golf ClubJohn Langley England1406 strokes Dick Chapman
1951Southerndown Golf ClubJoe Carr Ireland1437 strokes Dick Chapman
1950Western Gailes Golf ClubAlex Whyte Scotland1482 strokes[32]
1949Royal Dublin Golf ClubRonnie White England1421 stroke
1948Sunningdale Golf ClubDick Chapman United States1434 strokes
1940–1947: No tournament
1939Pulborough Golf ClubSam Roberts Wales1432 strokes Stanley Anderson[33]
1938Bramshot Golf ClubCameron Anderson Scotland1502 strokes Andrew McNair[34]
1937West Herts Golf ClubRobert Sweeny Jr. United States1377 strokes Rex Hartley
A G S Penman
K V Scott		[35]
1936Ashridge Golf ClubJim Ferrier Australia1393 strokes Lionel Munn[36]
1935Berkshire Golf ClubIvor Thomas England1471 stroke Andrew McNair
Robert Sweeny Jr.		[37]
1934Walton Heath Golf ClubLister Hartley England1474 strokes Noel Layton
Lionel Munn
Sam Roberts		[38]
1933Stoke Poges Golf ClubRex Hartley England1431 stroke Cecil Hayward[39]
1932Woking Golf ClubRex Hartley England1473 strokes Raymond Oppenheimer[40]
1931West Hill Golf ClubWilliam Murray Scotland1471 stroke John Beck[41]
1930Sunningdale Golf ClubBobby Jones United States1431 stroke William Brownlow[42]
1929Walton Heath Golf ClubDouglas Grant United States1511 stroke William Murray[43]
1928Northwood Golf ClubCyril Tolley Scotland1501 stroke William Hope[44]
1927Beaconsfield Golf ClubRoger Wethered England1471 stroke Cyril Tolley[45]
1926Addington Golf ClubCyril Tolley
Tony Torrance		 England
 Scotland		147Tie[46]
1925Moor Park Golf ClubJohn Beck
Ernest Holderness		 England
 England		147Tie[47]
1924Moor Park Golf ClubColin Aylmer England1492 strokes William Murray[48]
1923Oxhey Golf ClubCyril Tolley England1531 stroke W A Powell[49]
1922Stoke Poges Golf ClubWilliam Murray Scotland1514 strokes Colin Aylmer[50]
1921Sunningdale Golf ClubMark Seymour England1494 strokes Alex Armour
Hardit Malik
Tony Torrance		[51]
1920St George's Hill Golf ClubStoner Crowther England1541 stroke Tommy Armour[52]
1919Royal Mid-Surrey Golf ClubBernard Darwin England1531 stroke Edwin Scott[53]
1915–1918: No tournament
1914Sunningdale Golf ClubHarold Hilton England1514 strokes Harold Gillies[54]
1913Walton Heath Golf ClubAbe Mitchell England1525 strokes Robert Harris[55]
1912Royal Mid-Surrey Golf ClubRobert Harris Scotland1472 strokes B Hammond-Chambers[56]
1911Stoke Poges Golf ClubRobert Harris Scotland1453 strokes Herbert Taylor[57]
1910Sunningdale Golf ClubAbe Mitchell England1505 strokes Angus Hambro[58]
1909Royal Mid-Surrey Golf ClubCecil Hutchison Scotland1467 strokes Robert Harris[59]

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