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Daks Tournament

The Daks Tournament was an important professional golf tournament held in England from 1950 to 1971 and was generally held in early June. 17 of the 22 events were held at the Wentworth Club. Neil Coles enjoyed considerable success in the event winning the tournament four times and being a runner-up on four occasions. The tournament was sponsored by DAKS.

Daks Tournament
Tournament information
LocationEngland
Established1950
Final year1971
Final champion
Neil Coles and Brian Huggett

Winners edit

Year Winner Country Venue Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)
Ref
1950 Norman Sutton   England Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club 272 3 strokes   Flory Van Donck 400 [1]
1951 John Panton   Scotland Sunningdale Golf Club 282 3 strokes   Bobby Locke 400 [2]
1952 Fred Daly   Northern Ireland Wentworth Club 280 2 strokes   Jack Hargreaves 400 [3]
1953 Dai Rees   Wales Wentworth Club 280 1 stroke   Tom Haliburton
  Flory Van Donck
400 [4]
1954 Peter Alliss   England Little Aston Golf Club 279 1 stroke   Bobby Locke 400 [5]
1955 John Pritchett   England Sunningdale Golf Club 275 2 strokes   Dai Rees 600 [6]
1956 Trevor Wilkes   South Africa Wentworth Club 276 9 strokes   Eric Brown
  Tom Haliburton
  Peter Mills
600 [7]
1957 Bobby Locke   South Africa Wentworth Club 281 3 strokes   Eric Brown
  Bernard Hunt
600 [8]
1958 Harold Henning
Peter Thomson
  South Africa
  Australia
Wentworth Club 275 Tie Shared title Shared 1000
and 400
[9]
1959 Christy O'Connor Snr   Ireland Wentworth Club 274 3 strokes   Peter Mills 1000 [10]
1960 Peter Thomson   Australia Wentworth Club 279 2 strokes   Tom Haliburton
  Jimmy Hitchcock
1000 [11]
1961 Bernard Hunt   England Wentworth Club 279 1 stroke   Neil Coles 1000 [12]
1962 Bob Charles
Dai Rees
  New Zealand
  Wales
Wentworth Club 278 Tie Shared title Shared 1000
and 500
[13]
1963 Peter Alliss
Neil Coles
  England
  England
Wentworth Club 280 Tie Shared title Shared 1000
and 500
[14]
1964 Neil Coles   England Wentworth Club 282 1 stroke   Peter Thomson 1000 [15]
1965 Peter Thomson   Australia Wentworth Club 275 4 strokes   Guy Wolstenholme 1000 [16]
1966 Hugh Boyle   Ireland Wentworth Club 286 1 stroke   Neil Coles
  Dai Rees
  Dave Thomas
1000 [17]
1967 Malcolm Gregson   England Wentworth Club 279 2 strokes   Neil Coles 1000 [18]
1968 Malcolm Gregson   England Wentworth Club 284 1 stroke   Neil Coles 1000 [19]
1969 Brian Huggett   Wales Wentworth Club 289 2 strokes   Bernard Gallacher 1000 [20]
1970 Neil Coles   England Wentworth Club 281 3 strokes   Peter Wilcock 1000 [21]
1971 Neil Coles
Brian Huggett
  England
  Wales
South Herts Golf Club 284 Tie Shared title Shared 1000
and 650
[22]

References edit

  1. ^ "N Sutton wins "Daks" golf". The Glasgow Herald. 5 August 1950. p. 6.
  2. ^ "Panton wins tournament by 3 strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 19 May 1951. p. 6.
  3. ^ "First prize to F Daly". The Glasgow Herald. 28 June 1952. p. 2.
  4. ^ "First prize for Rees". The Glasgow Herald. 13 June 1953. p. 2.
  5. ^ "Daks tournament victory for Peter Alliss". The Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1954. p. 9.
  6. ^ "Assistant golfer's success". The Glasgow Herald. 11 June 1955. p. 9.
  7. ^ "Young South African's "Daks" victory". The Glasgow Herald. 18 June 1956. p. 11.
  8. ^ "Locke beats brown by three strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 17 June 1957. p. 9.
  9. ^ "Thomson and Henning tie in Daks event". The Glasgow Herald. 16 June 1958. p. 9.
  10. ^ "Daks victory for O'Connor". The Glasgow Herald. 15 June 1959. p. 6.
  11. ^ "Thomson wins Daks event". The Glasgow Herald. 13 June 1960. p. 4.
  12. ^ "Hunt's brilliant finish". The Glasgow Herald. 12 June 1961. p. 5.
  13. ^ "Rees tied with Charles". The Glasgow Herald. 11 June 1962. p. 3.
  14. ^ "Daks tournament ends in tie". The Glasgow Herald. 17 June 1963. p. 11.
  15. ^ "Coles wins Daks by stroke". The Glasgow Herald. 8 June 1964. p. 4.
  16. ^ "Thomson's four stroke win in Daks". The Glasgow Herald. 7 June 1965. p. 4.
  17. ^ "Boyle steals home in Daks tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 6 June 1966. p. 4.
  18. ^ "Gregson wins Daks with sparkling finish". The Glasgow Herald. 5 June 1967. p. 8.
  19. ^ "Gregson again comes from behind to win". The Glasgow Herald. 10 June 1968. p. 4.
  20. ^ "Huggett edges out Gallacher over closing two holes". The Glasgow Herald. 2 June 1969. p. 5.
  21. ^ "Coles holds off challenge". The Glasgow Herald. 1 June 1970. p. 5.
  22. ^ "Huggett and Coles in tie". The Glasgow Herald. 7 June 1971. p. 10.

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