Penfold Tournament

The Penfold Tournament was a golf tournament on the British PGA tournament circuit. Since the circuit later evolved into the European Tour, the tournament is recognised as an official European Tour event from 1972. It was played between 1932 and 1935, and from 1946 to 1974 at a variety of courses in the United Kingdom. The tournament was sponsored by Penfold Golf and was often played at coastal resorts, whose councils shared the costs.[1] In 1974, Penfold were taken over by Colgate-Palmolive and continued their sponsorship through the Penfold PGA Championship from 1975 to 1977.

Penfold Tournament
Tournament information
LocationUnited Kingdom
Established1932
Tour(s)European Tour
Final year1974
Final champion
Tommy Horton

It was generally played as an individual stroke play event. In 1949 there were two qualifying rounds, after which the leading 32 were drawn into 16 pairs, who then played four rounds of knock-out foursomes match play to determine the winning pair. In 1950, it was played at mixed-team match play. 32 professional men and 32 ladies qualified over 36 holes and were then drawn into pairs. These pairs played five rounds of knock-out foursomes match play to determine the winning pair, the final being over 36 holes. It returned to an individual stroke play format for 1951. From 1952 to 1954, it was played at 36 holes of stroke play followed by match play for the top 32 players.

In 1955 Penfold combined their sponsorship with Swallow Raincoats who had supported the Swallow-Harrogate Tournament in 1953 and 1954. The new tournament was known as the Swallow-Penfold Tournament and had a first prize of £1,000 and total prize money of £4,000. The new event had a 72-hole stroke play format. Swallow dropped their sponsorship after the 1966 event but the tournament continued with £4,000 prize money in 1967. Prize money increased to £8,000 in 1971 and finally £12,000 in 1974.

Winners
YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share (£)		Ref
Penfold Tournament
1974Tommy Horton EnglandHill Barn Golf Club2721 stroke Peter Tupling2,000[2]
Penfold-Bournemouth Tournament
1973Eddie Polland Northern IrelandQueens Park Golf Club2812 strokes Doug Sewell1,500[3]
1972Peter Oosterhuis EnglandQueens Park Golf Club285Playoff Christy O'Connor Jnr1,500[4]
1971Neil Coles EnglandQueens Park Golf Club2844 strokes Stuart Brown
Gordon Cunningham
Doug Sewell
Ronnie Shade		1,500[5]
Penfold Tournament
1970Bernard Hunt EnglandHill Barn Golf Club2712 strokes Neil Coles750[6]
1969Alex Caygill EnglandHill Barn Golf Club2782 strokes Christy O'Connor Snr750[7]
1968Peter Butler EnglandMaesdu Golf Club281Playoff Dave Thomas750[8]
1967John Cockin EnglandBlackpool North Shore Golf Club275Playoff Stan Peach750[9]
Swallow-Penfold Tournament
1966Dave Thomas WalesLittle Aston Golf Club2811 stroke Bernard Hunt750[10]
1965Ángel Miguel SpainPannal Golf Club287Playoff Lionel Platts750[11]
1964Peter Alliss EnglandMaesdu Golf Club2931 stroke Alex Caygill
Hedley Muscroft		750[12]
1963Bernard Hunt EnglandBelleisle Golf Club2729 strokes Peter Butler1,000[13]
1962Harry Weetman EnglandMaesdu Golf Club
(and North Wales Golf Club)		2803 strokes Eric Brown950[14]
1961Ken Bousfield EnglandStoneham Golf Club
(and Southampton Municipal Golf Club)		2666 strokes Bernard Hunt950[15]
1960Harry Weetman EnglandCopt Heath Golf Club
(and Olton Golf Club)		2712 strokes Christy O'Connor Snr
Peter Thomson		1,000[16]
1959Peter Butler EnglandBarnton, Edinburgh2801 stroke Harry Weetman1,000[17]
1958Harry Weetman EnglandPrestwick Golf Club289Playoff
(18 holes)		 Harry Bradshaw1,000[18]
1957Harry Weetman EnglandGlasgow Golf Club2703 strokes Peter Alliss
Alfonso Angelini
Harold Henning
Flory Van Donck		1,000[19]
1956Eric Lester EnglandBarnton, Edinburgh2751 stroke Max Faulkner1,000[20]
1955Christy O'Connor Snr IrelandSouthport and Ainsdale Golf Club2922 strokes Eric Brown
Syd Scott		1,000[21]
Penfold Tournament
1954Henry Cotton EnglandMaesdu Golf Club5 & 4 John Jacobs400[22]
1953Arthur Lees EnglandMaesdu Golf Club2 up Ken Bousfield400[23]
1952Eric Brown ScotlandMaesdu Golf Club6 & 5 Laurie Ayton, Jnr500[24]
Penfold-Bournemouth Festival of Britain Tournament
1951Arthur Lees EnglandQueens Park Golf Club
(and Meyrick Park Golf Club)		2782 strokes Sam King650[25]
Penfold Tournament
1950Norman Sutton &
Joan Gee		 England
 England		Sutton Coldfield Golf Club1 up Sam King
Audrey Barrett		[26]
1949John Burton &
Max Faulkner		 England
 England		South Herts Golf Club1 up Dick Burton
Flory Van Donck		200
(each)		[27]
1948Fred Daly Northern IrelandGleneagles Hotel2733 strokes Ken Bousfield
Dai Rees		200[28]
1947Dai Rees
Norman Von Nida
Reg Whitcombe		 Wales
 Australia
 England		Stoke Poges Golf Club270Tie120
(each)		[29]
1946Norman Sutton EnglandSutton Coldfield Golf Club2832 strokes Jimmy Adams200[30]
1940–45: No tournament due to World War II
1938–39: Penfold sponsored the Penfold Professional Golf League
1937: No tournament sponsored
1936: Penfold sponsored the Penfold Scottish Open and Morecambe-Penfold Northern Open Championship
1935: No tournament sponsored
Penfold-Fairhaven Tournament
1934Reg Whitcombe EnglandFairhaven Golf Club284Playoff
(36+9 holes)		 Mark Seymour150[31]
Penfold-Porthcawl Tournament
1933John Burton EnglandRoyal Porthcawl Golf Club2922 strokes Reg Whitcombe150[32]
1932Percy Alliss EnglandRoyal Porthcawl Golf Club2781 stroke Alf Padgham150[33]

In the 1934 tournament, both players tied on 142 after the 36-hole playoff. After a further 9 holes Whitcombe scored 34 to Seymour's 36. In 1958 there was an 18-hole playoff in which Weetman beat Bradshaw 76 to 77. In 1965 Miguel beat Platts at the third extra hole with a par 3. In 1967 Cockin beat Peach at the first extra hole with a birdie 4. In 1968 Butler beat Thomas at the first extra hole with a birdie 2. In 1972 Oosterhuis beat O'Connor at the first extra hole with a birdie 3.

References
  1. "Penfold can look forward to 1975 with a smile". The Times. 17 December 1974. p. 9.
  2. "Mediocre 72 ends Barnes's challenge". The Glasgow Herald. 13 May 1974. p. 5.
  3. "Polland change approach and breaks through". The Glasgow Herald. 14 May 1973. p. 5.
  4. "Sudden death triumph for Oosterhuis". The Glasgow Herald. 15 May 1972. p. 4.
  5. "Coles takes Penfold first prize with 69 and 70 on last day". The Glasgow Herald. 10 May 1971. p. 4.
  6. "Hunt triumphs in Penfold". The Glasgow Herald. 4 May 1970. p. 5.
  7. "Caygill wins after dispute with opponent". The Glasgow Herald. 5 May 1969. p. 15.
  8. "Butler wins Penfold at extra hole". The Glasgow Herald. 6 May 1968. p. 6.
  9. "Cockin wins Penfold play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 8 May 1967. p. 5.
  10. "Thomas triumphs at Little Aston". The Glasgow Herald. 9 May 1966. p. 5.
  11. "A Miguel triumphs in play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 10 May 1965. p. 7.
  12. "Penfold and Swallow win for Alliss". The Glasgow Herald. 11 May 1964. p. 5.
  13. "Swallow-Penfold win for Hunt". The Glasgow Herald. 13 May 1963. p. 10.
  14. "Penfold-Swallow win for Weetman". The Glasgow Herald. 28 May 1962. p. 4.
  15. "Bousfield's victory by six strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 29 May 1961. p. 9.
  16. "Weetman wins £1,000 prize". The Glasgow Herald. 6 June 1960. p. 4.
  17. "Narrow win by Butler". The Glasgow Herald. 25 May 1959. p. 4.
  18. "Weetman wins Penfold and Swallow event". The Glasgow Herald. 26 May 1958. p. 4.
  19. "Weetman wins by three strokes at Killermont". The Glasgow Herald. 20 May 1957. p. 11.
  20. "First major tournament win for E C Lester". The Glasgow Herald. 21 May 1956. p. 8.
  21. "O'Connor wins Britain's first £1,000 prize". The Glasgow Herald. 28 May 1955. p. 13.
  22. "Cotton's Penfold victory". The Glasgow Herald. 24 May 1954. p. 4.
  23. "Lees wins "Penfold"". The Glasgow Herald. 25 May 1953. p. 9.
  24. "Brown's great win at Maesdu". The Glasgow Herald. 19 May 1952. p. 9.
  25. "Scot finishes third in Penfold golf". The Glasgow Herald. 16 June 1951. p. 2.
  26. "Other golf events". The Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1950. p. 9.
  27. "Rivalry of Burton brothers". The Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1949. p. 2.
  28. "Open Champion's success". The Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1948. p. 6.
  29. "Season's lowest golf aggregate". The Glasgow Herald. 6 September 1947. p. 4.
  30. "Adams second in Penfold tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 9 September 1946. p. 4.
  31. "Three-stroke win for Thomson". The Glasgow Herald. 9 July 1934. p. 19.
  32. "Burton win Porthcawl tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 15 July 1933. p. 3.
  33. "Win for Percy Alliss at Porthcawl". The Glasgow Herald. 16 July 1932. p. 2.
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