R.T.V. International Trophy

R.T.V. International Trophy
Tournament information
Location Ireland
Established 1967
Course(s) Edmondstown Golf Course
Cork Golf Club
Month played August
Final year 1969
Final champion
Peter Butler
Edmondstown Golf Course
Locations

The R.T.V. International Trophy was a professional golf tournament. In its first year, 1967, there was a professional team tournament between the four home nations at Edmondstown Golf Course, County Dublin.[1][2] The next year the event became an individual tournament played at Cork Golf Club, Little Island, Cork, Ireland. The individual event was held twice, in 1968 and 1969. The tournaments were sponsored by R.T.V. Rentals.

Team event (1967)

The tournament was played on 25, 26 and 27 August with each team playing the other three. There were teams of 6 with 3 foursomes matches in the morning and 6 singles in the afternoon. All matches were over 18 holes.[3][1][2] The total prize money was £3,480.[4]

The teams were:

Brian Barnes played for England, although he later represented Scotland in team events.

The event was the second attempt to run a regular professional home nations tournament, but like the first attempt, the Llandudno International Golf Trophy in 1938, it was only run once. The winning captain in 1938, Percy Alliss, was the father of the winning captain in 1967, Peter Alliss. A similar format was used for the 1971 Double Diamond International.

Matches

Friday 25 August

TeamScoreTeamScoreHalved
Republic of Ireland Ireland5Scotland Scotland22
England England4Wales Wales32

Saturday 26 August

TeamScoreTeamScoreHalved
England England7Scotland Scotland11
Republic of Ireland Ireland5Wales Wales40

Sunday 27 August

TeamScoreTeamScoreHalved
Scotland Scotland5Wales Wales31
England England5Republic of Ireland Ireland31

Final table

TeamMatchesIndividual games
WonLostWonLostHalved
England England301674
Republic of Ireland Ireland2113113
Scotland Scotland128154
Wales Wales0310143

Winners (1968 and 1969)

YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share (£)		Ref
1968Tommy Horton EnglandCork Golf Club2713 strokesEngland Peter Townsend1,000[5]
1969Peter Butler EnglandCork Golf Club2733 strokesEngland Bernard Hunt
South Africa Cobie Legrange		1,000[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Scots beaten by Irish at Edmondstown". The Glasgow Herald. 26 August 1967. p. 4.
  2. 1 2 "England's clean sweep in R.T.V. Internationals". The Glasgow Herald. 28 August 1967. p. 4.
  3. ↑ "Alliss captains England". The Times. 22 August 1967. p. 11.
  4. ↑ "Ireland's fine win". The Times. 26 August 1967. p. 13.
  5. ↑ "Golf -- Horton carries off Cork prize". The Times. 26 August 1968. p. 10.
  6. ↑ "Irish Golf -- Butler wins by threes strokes". The Times. 11 August 1969. p. 11.
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