Irish Dunlop Tournament

The Irish Dunlop Tournament was a professional golf tournament played in Ireland until 1980. It was one of the top events on the professional circuit in Ireland.[1]

Irish Dunlop Tournament
Tournament information
LocationIreland
Established1933
FormatStroke play
(Match play in 1947)
Final year1980
Final champion
Des Smyth

Prior to World War II, it was a 72-hole stroke play event known as the Dunlop-Irish Tournament and was one of several regional tournaments sponsored by Dunlop in which the winners were sometimes invited to play in the Dunlop-Metropolitan Tournament. After the war Dunlop revived the tournament in 1946, switching to match play in 1947. After a break of two years, the Irish Dunlop returned as a 72-hole stroke play event in 1950, after which it was staged annually until its cancellation in 1981.[2] It also provided a qualification route for the prestigious Dunlop Masters on the British PGA circuit.[3][4]

In its final year, Des Smyth broke all records for the tournament as he finished 16 strokes ahead of the field with a 261 (27 under par) aggregate. He also set a new course record for Headfort Golf Club with a 64 in the final round, having already recorded 65 in both the first and third rounds.[5]

Winners
YearVenueWinnerScoreRef
1980Headfort Des Smyth261[5]
1979Tramore David Jones284[6]
1978Hermitage David Jones279[7]
1977Douglas Peter Townsend276[8]
1976Hermitage Eamonn Darcy275[9]
1975Bundoran Eddie Polland277[10]
1974Hermitage Christy O'Connor Jnr284[11]
1973Headfort Eddie Polland283[12]
1972Kilkenny John O'Leary280[3]
1971Douglas Jimmy Kinsella279[13]
1970Tullamore Hugh Boyle277[14]
1969Bundorran Michael Murphy284[15]
1968Limerick Hugh Jackson279[16]
1967Tramore Christy O'Connor Snr275[17]
1966Bettystown Christy O'Connor Snr265[18]
1965Carlow Christy O'Connor Snr288[19]
1964Galway Christy Greene276[20]
1963Douglas Nicky Lynch279[21]
1962[lower-alpha 1]Elm Park Christy O'Connor Snr276[22]
1961Clontarf[lower-alpha 2] Nicky Lynch278[23]
1960Dun Laoghaire Christy O'Connor Snr
Jimmy Kinsella		271[24]
1959Hermitage Norman Drew284[25]
1958[lower-alpha 1]Elm Park Harry Bradshaw[lower-alpha 3]
Norman Drew		288[26][27]
1957Dun Laoghaire Jimmy Henderson
Willie Gaffney		283[28]
1956Dun Laoghaire Fred Daly276[29]
1955Dun Laoghaire Christy O'Connor Snr268[30]
1954Woodbrook Fred Daly270[31]
1953Newlands Christy O'Connor Snr278[32]
1952Castle Fred Daly273[33]
1951Milltown Harry Bradshaw274[34]
1950Castle Harry Bradshaw282[35]
1949
1948
1947Portmarnock John McKenna6 and 5[36]
1946Castle Fred Daly288[37]
Dunlop-Irish Tournament
1937Newlands John McKenna288[38]
1936Royal Belfast Paddy Mahon298[39]
1935Royal Dublin Pat O'Connor290[40]
1934Knock Willie Nolan283[41]
1933Milltown Willie Nolan
Pat O'Connor		291[42]
  1. Incorporating the Willie Nolan Cup.
  2. Originally scheduled at Elm Park.
  3. The Willie Nolan Cup was won by Bradshaw after a playoff.

See also

References
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