Gallaher Ulster Open

Gallaher Ulster Open
Tournament information
Location Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
Established 1965
Tour(s) British PGA Circuit
Format Stroke play
Final year 1971
Tournament record score
Aggregate 264 John Lister (1970)
Final champion
Tommy Horton

The Gallaher Ulster Open was a professional golf tournament that was played in Northern Ireland between 1965 and 1971.[1] It was last played the year prior to the formation of the formally organised professional tour which evolved into the European Tour, and was a British PGA Order of Merit counting event.[2]

Winners

Year Venue Winner Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)
Ref
1965 Shandon Park England Bernard Hunt 273 Playoff
(6th hole)
Wales Brian Huggett
England Lionel Platts
1,000 [3]
1966 Shandon Park Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr 268 Playoff
(1st hole)
South Africa Cobie Legrange
Scotland George Will
700 [4]
1967 Shandon Park England Bernard Hunt 267 1 stroke Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr 700 [5]
1968 Shandon Park Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr 267 2 strokes England Peter Butler 700
1969 Shandon Park Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr 271 3 strokes Northern Ireland Norman Drew
England Malcolm Gregson
England Bernard Hunt
Republic of Ireland Jimmy Martin
700
1970 Shandon Park New Zealand John Lister 264 3 strokes England Tommy Horton 1,000 [6]
1971 Malone England Tommy Horton 274 1 stroke England Neil Coles 1,350 [7]

References

  1. "North's Open plan could mark return of glory days". Irish Independent. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  2. "Ulster Open for Shandon Park". The Glasgow Herald. 15 January 1969. p. 6. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  3. "B. J. Hunt's victory in long play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 13 September 1965. p. 4. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  4. "O'Connor beats Will and Legrange". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1966. p. 6. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  5. Jacobs, Raymond (7 August 1967). "Hunt triumphs by one stroke at Shandon Park". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  6. "Horton's record 63 not enough". The Glasgow Herald. 10 August 1970. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  7. "Horton too hot for Coles". The Glasgow Herald. 28 June 1971. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
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