Daks Tournament

Daks Tournament
Tournament information
Location England
Established 1950
Final year 1971
Final champion
England Neil Coles and Wales Brian Huggett

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 four of the final nine tournaments and being a runner-up in three others. The tournament was sponsored by DAKS.

Winners

YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share (£)		Ref
1950Norman Sutton EnglandRoyal Mid-Surrey Golf Club2723 strokesBelgium Flory Van Donck400[1]
1951John Panton ScotlandSunningdale Golf Club2823 strokesSouth Africa Bobby Locke400[2]
1952Fred Daly Northern IrelandWentworth Club2802 strokesEngland Jack Hargreaves400[3]
1953Dai Rees WalesWentworth Club2801 strokeScotland Tom Haliburton
Belgium Flory Van Donck		400[4]
1954Peter Alliss EnglandLittle Aston Golf Club2791 strokeSouth Africa Bobby Locke400[5]
1955John Pritchett EnglandSunningdale Golf Club2752 strokesWales Dai Rees600[6]
1956Trevor Wilkes South AfricaWentworth Club2769 strokesScotland Eric Brown
Scotland Tom Haliburton
England Peter Mills		600[7]
1957Bobby Locke South AfricaWentworth Club2813 strokesScotland Eric Brown
England Bernard Hunt		600[8]
1958Harold Henning
Peter Thomson		 South Africa
 Australia		Wentworth Club275TieShared titleShared 1000
and 400		[9]
1959Christy O'Connor Snr IrelandWentworth Club2743 strokesEngland Peter Mills1000[10]
1960Peter Thomson AustraliaWentworth Club2792 strokesScotland Tom Haliburton
England Jimmy Hitchcock		1000[11]
1961Bernard Hunt EnglandWentworth Club2791 strokeEngland Neil Coles1000[12]
1962Bob Charles
Dai Rees		 New Zealand
 Wales		Wentworth Club278TieShared titleShared 1000
and 500		[13]
1963Peter Alliss
Neil Coles		 England
 England		Wentworth Club280TieShared titleShared 1000
and 500		[14]
1964Neil Coles EnglandWentworth Club2821 strokeAustralia Peter Thomson1000[15]
1965Peter Thomson AustraliaWentworth Club2754 strokesEngland Guy Wolstenholme1000[16]
1966Hugh Boyle IrelandWentworth Club2861 strokeEngland Neil Coles
Wales Dai Rees
Wales Dave Thomas		1000[17]
1967Malcolm Gregson EnglandWentworth Club2792 strokesEngland Neil Coles1000[18]
1968Malcolm Gregson EnglandWentworth Club2841 strokeEngland Neil Coles1000[19]
1969Brian Huggett WalesWentworth Club2892 strokesScotland Bernard Gallacher1000[20]
1970Neil Coles EnglandWentworth Club2813 strokesEngland Peter Wilcock1000[21]
1971Neil Coles
Brian Huggett		 England
 Wales		South Herts Golf Club284TieShared titleShared 1000
and 650		[22]

References

  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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