Stuart C. Goodwin Tournament

The Stuart C. Goodwin Tournament was a professional golf tournament played in Thrybergh, Yorkshire, England. The event was held just once, from 30 August to 1 September 1956, and had total prize money of £5,250. The event was sponsored by Sir Stuart Goodwin, a Yorkshire steel industrialist. Goodwin had sponsored the Goodwin (Sheffield) Foursomes Tournament from 1952 to 1954 and later donated £10,000 to support the 1957 Ryder Cup.

Stuart C. Goodwin Tournament
Tournament information
LocationThrybergh, Yorkshire, England
Established1956
Course(s)Rotherham Golf Club
Month playedAugust/September
Final year1956
Final champion
Eric Brown and John Fallon (tie)
Rotherham Golf Club
Location in England

The £5,250 was the largest ever for a British golf event, surpassing the £3,750 at the 1956 Open Championship.[1] 80 players qualified through regional qualifying. The final stage was unusual, consisting of three rounds of match-play and then 36 holes of stroke-play for the remaining 10 players on the final day. A feature of the prize money distribution was that it was spread more evenly than other tournaments at the time. The 40 who lost in the first round each received £40 with £60 for the 20 second round losers and £80 for the 10 who lost in the third round. The final ten received prizes ranging from £500 to £100.

Winners
YearWinnersCountryVenueScoreMargin
of victory		Runner-upWinner's
share (£)		Ref
1956Eric Brown
John Fallon		 Scotland
 Scotland		Rotherham Golf Club142TieShared 500
and 200		[2]

References
  1. "New professional tournament - British record prize fund". The Times. 5 October 1955. p. 13.
  2. "Scots tie for first prize in Goodwin tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 3 September 1956. p. 9.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.