Yorkshire Evening News Tournament

First tournament (1923)

The Yorkshire Evening News Tournament was an international golf tournament in the English Yorkshire area before the European Tour was founded. It was a match play tournament for most of its existence, but switched to stroke play in the 1940s. The tournament was played annually from 1923 to 1963, with no tournaments held during World War II.

In the early years, this tournament was considered a British Major. "The first tournament, in 1923, was billed as the unofficial ‘Championship of the World’ between American superstars Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen. Hagen triumphed, but lost in the final by a two-hole margin to Ryder Cup star Herbert Jolly."[1]

Winners

Year Venue Winner Country Score Margin
of victory 		Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£) 		Ref
1963 Sand Moor Golf Club Tom Haliburton  Scotland 280 1 stroke Australia Peter Thomson 1,000 [2]
1962 Moortown Golf Club Peter Butler  England 273 4 strokes England Ken Bousfield 1,000 [3]
1961 Sand Moor Golf Club Peter Thomson  Australia 282 1 stroke Wales Dai Rees [4]
1960 Moortown Golf Club Peter Thomson  Australia 268 5 strokes England Bernard Hunt 500 [5]
1959 Sand Moor Golf Club Norman Drew  Ireland 281 4 strokes England Peter Alliss
South Africa Harold Henning
Australia Peter Thomson 		500 [6]
1958 Moortown Golf Club Eric Brown &
Harold Henning 		 Scotland
 South Africa 		280 Tie Share 500 &
250 		[7]
1957 Sand Moor Golf Club Peter Thomson  Australia 264 15 strokes Republic of Ireland Harry Bradshaw 500 [8]
1956 Moortown Golf Club Ken Bousfield &
Dai Rees 		 England
 Wales 		281 Tie Share 500 &
250 		[9]
1955 Sand Moor Golf Club Antonio Cerdá  Argentina 276 3 strokes England Harry Weetman 500 [10]
1954 Moortown Golf Club John Panton  Scotland 284 1 stroke England Ken Bousfield
England Bernard Hunt 		500 [11]
1953 Sand Moor Golf Club Flory Van Donck  Belgium 278 1 stroke Republic of Ireland Harry Bradshaw 500 [12]
1952 Moortown Golf Club Dai Rees  Wales 283 1 stroke England Henry Cotton
England Syd Scott 		[13]
1951 Moortown Golf Club Dai Rees &
Norman Von Nida 		 Wales
 Australia 		281 Tie Share 300 &
150 		[14]
1950 Sand Moor Golf Club Dai Rees  Wales 276 8 strokes England Arthur Lees [15]
1949 Moortown Golf Club Sam King  England 6 & 5 England Walter Lees [16]
1948 Moortown Golf Club Charlie Ward  England 275 3 strokes Australia Norman Von Nida [17]
1947 Moortown Golf Club Norman Von Nida &
Henry Cotton 		 Australia
 England 		277 Tie Share 200 &
100 		[18]
1946 Moortown Golf Club Bobby Locke  South Africa 283 7 strokes England A G Matthews
Wales Dai Rees 		[19]
1945 Moortown Golf Club Archie Compston  England 148 5 strokes England Bill Cox [20]
1940–44: No tournament due to World War II
1939 Temple Newsam Golf Club Dai Rees  Wales 37 holes England Jack Hargreaves 150 [21]
1938 Leeds Golf Club Alf Perry  England 8 & 6 England Vernon Greenhalgh [22]
1937 Moortown Golf Club Arthur Lacey  England 2 & 1 Scotland John Fallon [23]
1936 Temple Newsam Golf Club Dick Burton  England 3 & 2 England A G Matthews [24]
1935 Sand Moor Golf Club Henry Cotton  England 3 & 2 England Percy Alliss 150 [25]
1934 Moortown Golf Club Alf Padgham  England 37 holes South Africa Sid Brews [26]
1933 Temple Newsam Golf Club Arthur Lacey  England 2 & 1 England Alf Padgham [27]
1932 Moortown Golf Club Bert Hodson  Wales 39 holes England Fred Robson [28]
1931 Sand Moor Golf Club Ernest Whitcombe  England39 holes England Tom Barber [29]
1930 Headingley Golf Club Herbert Jolly  Guernsey 3 & 1 England Owen Sanderson 200 [30]
1929 Moortown Golf Club Joe Turnesa  United States 37 holes Guernsey Herbert Jolly 200 [31][32]
1928 Moortown Golf Club Charles Whitcombe  England 3 & 2 Guernsey Herbert Jolly [33]
1927 Headingley Golf Club Ernest Whitcombe  England 9 & 8 Guernsey Herbert Jolly [34]
1926 Moortown Golf Club Charles Whitcombe  England 9 & 8 Republic of Ireland Moses O'Neill [35]
1925 Moortown Golf Club Len Holland  England 3 & 2 England James Ockenden [36]
1924 Headingley Golf Club Fred Robson  England 37 holes England Archie Compston [37]
1923 Headingley Golf Club Herbert Jolly  Guernsey 2 up United States Walter Hagen [38][39]

References

  1. ↑ "Headingley Golf Club: Club History". Headingley Golf Club. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Horne, Cyril (24 June 1963). "Surprise Victory For Haliburton". The Glasgow Herald. p. 9.
  3. ↑ "Butler Wins Moortown Tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1962. p. 9.
  4. ↑ "First Success For Thomson". The Glasgow Herald. 24 June 1961. p. 5.
  5. ↑ "Thomson Wins By 5 Strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 18 June 1960. p. 5.
  6. ↑ "Drew's First Victory In Major Event". The Glasgow Herald. 20 June 1959. p. 9.
  7. ↑ "Brown And Henning Tie At Moortown". The Glasgow Herald. 21 June 1958. p. 7.
  8. ↑ "Thomson Goes For Aggregate Record And Succeeds". The Glasgow Herald. 22 June 1957. p. 9.
  9. ↑ "D.J. Rees and K. Bousfield Tie At Moortown". The Glasgow Herald. 23 June 1956. p. 7.
  10. ↑ "Argentine Golfer Wins At Sand Moor". The Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1955. p. 9.
  11. ↑ "Panton Surprise Winner At Moortown". The Glasgow Herald. 12 June 1954. p. 9.
  12. ↑ "Astonishing Finish In Golf At Sandmoor". The Glasgow Herald. 20 June 1953. p. 9.
  13. ↑ "Rees Wins At Moortown". The Glasgow Herald. 21 June 1952. p. 9.
  14. ↑ "Von Nida And Rees Tie". The Glasgow Herald. 9 June 1951. p. 6.
  15. ↑ "Rees Wins By Eight Strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 10 June 1950. p. 6.
  16. ↑ "King Wins ₤1350 Tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 13 June 1949. p. 3.
  17. ↑ "Remarkable Finish By Von Nida". The Glasgow Herald. 11 June 1948. p. 2.
  18. ↑ "Cotton and von Nida Tie for First Place". The Glasgow Herald. 14 June 1947. p. 2.
  19. ↑ "Locke's decisive victory". The Glasgow Herald. 27 May 1946. p. 7.
  20. ↑ "Compston wins Leeds golf tourney". orkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 4 June 1945. Retrieved 29 July 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  21. ↑ "Golf Struggle At Leeds". The Glasgow Herald. 12 June 1939. p. 20.
  22. ↑ "Perry's Easy Win At ₤750 Final". The Glasgow Herald. 6 June 1938. p. 18.
  23. ↑ "Scot beaten in Tourney Final". The Glasgow Herald. 7 June 1937. p. 6.
  24. ↑ "Burton wins £735 Tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 15 June 1936. p. 6.
  25. ↑ "Cotton defeats Alliss". The Glasgow Herald. 10 June 1935. p. 4.
  26. ↑ "£750 Tournament final". The Glasgow Herald. 11 June 1934. p. 17.
  27. ↑ "Lacey wins at Leeds". The Glasgow Herald. 5 June 1933. p. 3.
  28. ↑ "Hodson beats Robson". The Glasgow Herald. 23 May 1932. p. 3.
  29. ↑ "The 1000 Guineas Tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 25 May 1931. p. 5.
  30. ↑ "Jolly wins 1000 Guineas Tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 2 June 1930. p. 6.
  31. ↑ "Golf – Turnesa wins Leeds tournament". The Times. 20 May 1929. p. 5.
  32. ↑ "Turnesa Wins In England". The Pittsburgh Press. United Press. 19 May 1929. p. 9 (Sporting section).
  33. ↑ "One Thousand Guineas Tournament – C A Whitcombe's success". The Times. 21 May 1928. p. 6.
  34. ↑ "Golf – Leeds Tournament – Ernest Whitcombe's wins". The Glasgow Herald. 1 August 1927. p. 15.
  35. ↑ "Golf – The Leeds Tournament – Charles Whitcombe's big win". The Glasgow Herald. 23 August 1926. p. 7.
  36. ↑ "One Thousand Guineas Tournament – Holland beats Ockenden in final". The Glasgow Herald. 13 July 1925. p. 11.
  37. ↑ "The Thousand Guineas Tournament – Fred Robson wins". The Glasgow Herald. 2 June 1924. p. 17.
  38. ↑ "Golf – The Leeds Tournament – Jolly's great win over Hagen". The Glasgow Herald. 21 May 1923. p. 15.
  39. ↑ "Britisher Defeats Hagen For Professional Title". The Reading Eagle (Reading, Pennsylvania). 20 May 1923. p. 17.
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