Hennessy Tournament

Hennessy Tournament
Tournament information
Location Ireland
Established 1957
Final year 1965
Final champion
Christy Greene

The Hennessy Tournament was an Irish golf tournament played from 1957 to 1965. Christy O'Connor Snr won the event 5 times between 1957 and 1963.[1] The event was sponsored by Hennessy, a cognac distiller.

History

Total prize money was £500 in 1957, 500 guineas in 1958 and 1961, 750 guineas in 1963 and £1,500 in 1965. In 1964 Hennessy sponsored a round-robin event, the Hennessy Round-robin Tournament which had prize money of £1,500.

Winners

Note: This table is incomplete

YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share (£)		Ref
1957Christy O'Connor Snr IrelandWoodbrook Golf Club2793 strokesRepublic of Ireland Jimmy Martin[2]
1958Eric Brown ScotlandClandeboye Golf Club2791 strokeRepublic of Ireland Harry Bradshaw[3]
1959Ernie Jones IrelandCork Golf Club[4]
1960Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland[5]
1961Christy O'Connor Snr IrelandBalmoral Golf Club2767 strokesRepublic of Ireland Christy Greene
Northern Ireland Jim Henderson		[6]
1962Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland[5]
1963Christy O'Connor Snr IrelandClandeboye Golf Club2773 strokesEngland Peter Alliss[1]
1964Replaced with Hennessy Round-robin Tournament
1965Christy Greene IrelandClandeboye Golf Club2753 strokesRepublic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Clandeboye Win for O'Connor". Glasgow Herald. 16 August 1963. p. 6.
  2. ↑ "Hennessy Golf". Northern Whig. 27 May 1957. Retrieved 13 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "E.C. Brown Wins by One Stroke". Glasgow Herald. 22 August 1958. p. 4.
  4. ↑ "Roll of Honour - Winners of Tournaments Held at the Club". Cork Golf Club. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Christy O'Connor". World Golf Hall of Fame. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Easy Win for O'Connor". Glasgow Herald. 18 May 1961. p. 13.
  7. ↑ "Greene wins Hennessy Tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 9 August 1965. p. 5.
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