Spalding Tournament

Spalding Tournament

Tournament information
Location	United Kingdom
Established	1946
Course(s)	Old Course at St Andrews Worthing Golf Club Moor Park Golf Club
Final year	1960
Final champion
Harry Weetman

The Spalding Tournament was a professional golf tournament played in the United Kingdom. It was played annually from 1946 to 1960. The total prize money was £1500 in 1946, £1250 in 1947 and 1948, £1350 from 1949 to 1959 and £2250 in 1960.^[1] The event was sponsored by A.G. Spalding & Brothers.

From 1954 the Spalding Tournament moved to April and replaced the Silver King Tournament as the season opening event. The Silver King Tournament had been played at Moor Park from 1936 to 1953.

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share (£)	Ref
1946	Dai Rees	Wales	Old Course at St Andrews	300	1 stroke	Henry Cotton Reg Whitcombe	315	[2]
1947	Henry Cotton	England	Old Course at St Andrews	288	5 strokes	Dai Rees	300	[3]
1948	Norman Von Nida	Australia	Old Course at St Andrews	289	2 strokes	Fred Bullock Reg Whitcombe	300	[4]
1949	Charlie Ward	England	Worthing Golf Club	273	1 stroke	Jimmy Adams	300	[5]
1950	Bobby Locke	South Africa	Worthing Golf Club	267	2 strokes	Dai Rees	300	[6]
1951	Jack Hargreaves	England	Worthing Golf Club	281	3 strokes	John Panton	300	[7]
1952	Antonio Cerdá & Harry Weetman	Argentina  England	Worthing Golf Club	271	Tie		Shared 300 and 200	[8]
1953	Bernard Hunt	England	Worthing Golf Club	273	2 strokes	Jack Hargreaves	300	[9]
1954	Dai Rees	Wales	Moor Park Golf Club	272	2 strokes	Eric Brown	300	[10]
1955	Cecil Denny	England	Moor Park Golf Club	278	1 stroke	Eric Lester	300	[11]
1956	Christy O'Connor Snr & Harry Weetman	Ireland  England	Moor Park Golf Club	276	Tie		Shared 300 and 200	[12]
1957	Bernard Hunt	England	Moor Park Golf Club	277	4 strokes	Peter Alliss	300	[13]
1958	Frank Jowle	England	Moor Park Golf Club	277	2 strokes	Harold Henning Arthur Lees	300	[14]
1959	Harold Henning & Eric Lester	South Africa  England	Moor Park Golf Club	278	Tie		Shared 300 and 200	[15]
1960	Harry Weetman	England	Moor Park Golf Club	273	5 strokes	Dai Rees	500	[16]

References

1. "Spalding golf prizes increased". The Times. 26 January 1960. p. 14.
2. "Cotton's missed putt gives victory to Rees". The Glasgow Herald. 8 June 1946. p. 4.
3. "Cotton wins first prize". The Glasgow Herald. 7 June 1947. p. 6.
4. "Von Nida wins first prize". The Glasgow Herald. 5 June 1948. p. 4.
5. "Spalding golf winner". The Glasgow Herald. 4 June 1949. p. 2.
6. "Locke wins and set up another record". The Glasgow Herald. 3 June 1950. p. 9.
7. "Panton second in golf at Worthing". The Glasgow Herald. 2 June 1951. p. 2.
8. "Record-breaking golfer finishes only fourth". The Glasgow Herald. 14 June 1952. p. 9.
9. "B J Hunt beats leading British players". The Glasgow Herald. 15 August 1953. p. 2.
10. "Rees wins 'Spalding' tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 24 April 1954. p. 2.
11. "Spalding win for Denny". The Glasgow Herald. 23 April 1955. p. 4.
12. "Weetman and O'Connor tie in Spalding tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 21 April 1956. p. 7.
13. "Spalding win for Hunt". The Glasgow Herald. 27 April 1957. p. 9.
14. "Jowle's first major tournament win". The Glasgow Herald. 26 April 1958. p. 9.
15. "Lester and Henning tie for Spalding". The Glasgow Herald. 25 April 1959. p. 9.
16. "Weetman wins Spalding". The Glasgow Herald. 23 April 1960. p. 12.