Goodwin (Sheffield) Foursomes Tournament

Goodwin (Sheffield) Foursomes Tournament
Tournament information
Location Sheffield, England
Established 1952
Month played September
Final year 1954
Final champion
Sidney Collins, Jr.
and
Bernard Hunt
Sheffield
Location in England

The Goodwin (Sheffield) Foursomes Tournament was a professional golf tournament played in the Sheffield area of England. The event was held from 1952 to 1954 and had total prize money of £3,000. The winning finalists shared £500 with £300 to the runners-up. The event was sponsored by Sir Stuart Goodwin, a Yorkshire steel industrialist.

A total of 64 players qualified for the final stage through a regional system of 36-hole individual stroke-play. These 64 were drawn into 32 pairs for the final knockout stage. There were four rounds of 18-hole match-play foursomes, followed by a 36-hole final on the third day.

Winners

YearWinnersCountryVenueMargin
of victory		Runners-upWinner's
share (£)		Ref
1952John Panton &
Norman Roffe		 Scotland
 England		Abbeydale Golf Club6 & 5England Dick Kemp, Sr. &
England Alan Poulton		500
(pair)		[1]
1953Jack Hargreaves &
Bernard Hunt		 England
 England		Lindrick Golf Club5 & 4England Trevor Allen &
England John Jacobs		500
(pair)		[2]
1954Sid Collins Jr. &
Bernard Hunt		 England
 England		Rotherham Golf Club2 & 1Scotland John Fallon &
England Wally Smithers		500
(pair)		[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Panton and Roffe win Sheffield foursomes – Scot's tournament double". The Glasgow Herald. 6 September 1952. p. 9.
  2. ↑ "Hargreaves and Hunt win". The Glasgow Herald. 7 September 1953. p. 9.
  3. ↑ "Hunt and Collins win". The Glasgow Herald. 6 September 1954. p. 9.
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