Daily Telegraph Foursomes Tournament

Daily Telegraph Foursomes

Tournament information
Location	England
Established	1947
Month played	September/October
Final year	1951
Final champion
Bill Cox and Walter McLeod

The Daily Telegraph Foursomes Tournament was a golf tournament played in England. The event was held annually from 1947 to 1951, and had total prize money of £2,100.

Detail

32 professionals and 32 leading amateurs were invited and drawn into pairs. Five rounds of foursomes knock-out were played with one round on the first day and two rounds on the second and third days.

Winners

Year	Winners	Country	Venue	Margin of victory	Runners-up	Winner's share (£)	Ref
1947	Charlie Ward & Ronnie White	England  England	Birkdale Golf Club	2&1	Max Faulkner & Donald Cameron	600 (pro)	[1]
1948	Charlie Ward & Gerald Micklem	England  England	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club	19 holes	Fred Daly & J. Morton Dykes		[2]
1949	Reg Horne & Ronnie White	England  England	Moortown Golf Club	19 holes	Jimmy Adams & Leonard Crawley		[3]
1950	Wally Smithers & James Bruen	England  Ireland	Formby Golf Club	4&2	Bill Branch & Mervyn Jones		[4]
1951	Bill Cox & Walter McLeod	England  Scotland	Ganton Golf Club	19 holes	Jimmy Adams & Charles D. Lawrie	600 (pro)	[5]

References

1. "Amateur golfers' high standard". The Glasgow Herald. 2 October 1947. p. 6.
2. "Success of Ward and Micklem". The Glasgow Herald. 4 October 1948. p. 5.
3. "White's splendid iron play at Moortown". The Glasgow Herald. 3 October 1949. p. 3.
4. "Bruen's fine return". The Glasgow Herald. 9 October 1950. p. 6.
5. "Scot's winning putt in Ganton golf final". The Glasgow Herald. 8 October 1951. p. 9.