Dunlop-Southport Tournament

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Southport Tournament
Tournament information
Location Southport, England
Established 1930
Month played May
Final year 1948
Final champion
Fred Daly

The Southport Tournament was a professional golf tournament played in the Southport area in North West England. It was founded in 1930 when it was sponsored by a Manchester newspaper, the Daily Dispatch. From 1931 it was sponsored by Dunlop and was known as the Dunlop-Southport Tournament, being jointly funded by Southport Corporation. The last event was played in 1948 when Southport Corporation withdrew their funding.[1] It was replaced by the "Dunlop Tournament", played at various location in the United Kingdom. The tournament was played in May and was played over 72 holes of stroke play. Qualifying, over 36 holes, took place at local courses immediately before the tournament.

Henry Cotton dominated the first six events, winning twice and being runner-up in the other four.

The 1939 event was cancelled because of difficulties finding suitable courses for qualifying and the event itself.

Winners

Year Winner Venue Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)
Ref
Daily Dispatch Southport Tournament
1930 England Archie Compston Royal Birkdale 285 4 strokes England Henry Cotton
United States Horton Smith
200 [2][3]
Dunlop-Southport Tournament
1931 England Henry Cotton Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club 287 2 strokes England Archie Compston 360 [4]
1932 England Henry Cotton Hesketh Golf Club 281 Playoff
(36 holes)
England William Twine 360 [5][6]
1933 England Bill Davies Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club 293 1 stroke England Henry Cotton
Republic of Ireland Willie Nolan
England Ernest Whitcombe
[7]
1934 England Alf Padgham Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club 279 2 strokes England Henry Cotton 300 [8]
1935 England Charles Whitcombe Royal Birkdale 295 1 stroke England Dick Burton
England Henry Cotton
315 [9]
1936 England Alf Padgham Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club 282 2 strokes England Dick Burton 315 [10]
1937 England Dick Burton Hesketh Golf Club 280 3 strokes England Charles Whitcombe [11]
1938 England Don Curtis Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club 287 2 strokes England Arthur Lees 315 [12]
1939: No tournament
1940–45: No tournament due to World War II
1946 England Max Faulkner Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club 296 1 stroke Australia Norman Von Nida 350 [13]
1947 Australia Norman Von Nida Hesketh Golf Club 285 5 strokes England Charlie Ward 350 [14]
1948 Northern Ireland Fred Daly Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club 290 Playoff
(36 holes)
Northern Ireland Ted McNeill 350 [15][16]

Dunlop Tournament

Year Winner Venue Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)
Ref
1949 England Max Faulkner Wentworth Club 287 2 strokes England Sam King 350 [17]
1950 South Africa Bobby Locke Wentworth Club 353 2 strokes England Charlie Ward 350 [18]
1951 England Charlie Ward Little Aston Golf Club
(and Sutton Coldfield Golf Club)
359 1 stroke Scotland Jimmy Adams 350 [19]
1952 England Max Faulkner Sunningdale Golf Club 345 7 strokes Scotland Tom Haliburton 350 [20]
1953 England Henry Cotton Wentworth Club 353 5 strokes Wales Dai Rees 350 [21]
1954 South Africa Bobby Locke Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club
(and Hesketh Golf Club)
361 1 stroke Argentina Antonio Cerdá 350 [22]
1955 England Peter Alliss Wentworth Club 359 1 stroke Scotland Eric Brown 500 [23]
1956 South Africa Gary Player Sunningdale Golf Club 338 2 strokes England Arthur Lees 500 [24]
1957 England Ken Bousfield Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club
(and Hesketh Golf Club)
353 2 strokes England Syd Scott 500 [25]
1958 Australia Peter Thomson Wentworth Club 348 3 strokes South Africa Harold Henning 500 [26]
1959 England Peter Alliss Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club 280 1 stroke England Henry Cotton
Wales Dai Rees
600 [27]
1960 Scotland Eric Brown
England Ralph Moffitt
Gleneagles Hotel 273 Tie [28]
1961 Australia Kel Nagle Notts Golf Club 277 2 strokes Australia Frank Phillips 1000 [29]

From 1950 to 1958 the tournament was played over 90 holes. The first two rounds were played on two different courses after which there was cut and the remaining three rounds were played on the main course.

Other Dunlop sponsored tournaments

Other Dunlop-sponsored events in Britain included the "Dunlop-Metropolitan Tournament" (1934–39) which was replaced by the Dunlop Masters from 1946−83.

Dunlop has sponsored many golf tournaments worldwide. The names of the various tournaments can be quite confusing:

  • From 1960−77, Dunlop sponsored the South African Masters. That tournament is now called the Nashua Masters.
  • In 1969 the Dunlop Tournament was started in Japan. That tournament has gone through several name changes, and is currently called the Diamond Cup Golf tournament.
  • In 1973 the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament was started in Japan. That tournament still exists under that name.
  • In 1977 the Dunlop International Open was started in Japan. In 1988 that tournament was renamed to Dunlop Open and is now called the Kirin Open.
  • Other tournaments which have used the name "Dunlop" include the Dunlop International (Australia), Dunlop Wizard (Japan) and Dunlop Invitational (Japan).

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