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

YearWinnersCountryVenueMargin
of victory		Runners-upWinner's
share (£)		Ref
1947Charlie Ward &
Ronnie White		 England
 England		Birkdale Golf Club2&1England Max Faulkner &
Scotland Donald Cameron		600
(pro)		[1]
1948Charlie Ward &
Gerald Micklem		 England
 England		Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club19 holesNorthern Ireland Fred Daly &
Scotland J. Morton Dykes		[2]
1949Reg Horne &
Ronnie White		 England
 England		Moortown Golf Club19 holesScotland Jimmy Adams &
England Leonard Crawley		[3]
1950Wally Smithers &
Jimmy Bruen		 England
 Ireland		Formby Golf Club4&2England Bill Branch &
Wales Mervyn Jones		[4]
1951Bill Cox &
Walter McLeod		 England
 Scotland		Ganton Golf Club19 holesScotland Jimmy Adams &
Scotland 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.
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