Golf Illustrated Gold Vase

The Golf Illustrated Gold Vase was a prestigious amateur golf tournament in England.[1] It was a 36-hole scratch stroke play competition.

Golf Illustrated Gold Vase
Tournament information
LocationEngland
Established1909
FormatStroke play
Final year2002
Final champion
Andrew Inglis

History

The contest for a gold vase was announced in The Times on 3 April 1909. The vase, valued at 250 guineas, was presented by the proprietors the Golf Illustrated. The initial event was to be at Mid-Surrey on 17 June and was open to amateurs with a handicap of scratch or better. The vase would be held by the winner's home club and the winner himself would receive a silver replica. Three consecutive wins would win the vase outright.[2]

Winners
YearVenueWinnersCountryScoreMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upRef
2002Walton Heath Golf ClubAndrew Inglis[3]
2001Walton Heath Golf ClubJames Heath England[3]
2000Walton Heath Golf ClubJohn Kemp[3]
1999Walton Heath Golf ClubMark Side England[3]
1998Walton Heath Golf ClubRupert Rea[3]
1997Walton Heath Golf ClubMark James[3]
1996
1995The Oxfordshire Golf Club
1994
1993Anthony Wall England
1992
1991Sunningdale Golf ClubRupert Scott England
1990Andy Rogers England
1989Gary Wolstenholme England
1988
1987David Lane England
1986Bobby Eggo Guernsey
1985Mark Davis England
1984Walton Heath Golf ClubMax Turner
1983Walton Heath Golf ClubJ.V.T. Marks
1982Iain Carslaw Scotland
1981Walton Heath Golf ClubPat Garner England143
1980Walton Heath Golf ClubGordon Brand, Jnr Scotland1424 strokes M Johnson
Peter McEvoy
P.G. Way
B.J. Winteridge		[4]
1979
1978Walton Heath Golf ClubPeter Thomas England1411 stroke Stuart Robson[5]
1977Walton Heath Golf ClubJohn Davies England1411 stroke Allan Brodie[6]
1976Walton Heath Golf ClubAllan Brodie Scotland1411 stroke David Hyde[7]
1975Walton Heath Golf ClubMichael Bonallack England1421 stroke Keith Tate[8]
1974Walton Heath Golf ClubPeter Hedges England1461 stroke Peter Benka
David Harrison		[9]
1973Walton Heath Golf ClubJohn Davies England1421 stroke Nigel Denham[10]
1972Sunningdale Golf ClubH Ashby
P Davidson
R Hunter		 England
 England
 England		143Tie
1971Sunningdale Golf ClubMichael Bonallack England1376 strokes Roddie Carr[11]
1970Sunningdale Golf ClubDavid Harrison England1401 stroke Bruce Critchley[12]
1969Sunningdale Golf ClubMichael Bonallack
Jimmy Hayes		 England
 England		142Tie[13]
1968Sunningdale Golf ClubMichael Bonallack England1431 stroke Ted Dexter
Peter Oosterhuis		[14]
1967Sunningdale Golf ClubMichael Bonallack
Bob Durrant		 England
 England		141Tie[15]
1966Sunningdale Golf ClubBobby Cole
Peter Townsend		 South Africa
 England		142Tie[16]
1965Sunningdale Golf ClubClive Clark England1392 strokes Dudley Millensted[17]
1964Sunningdale Golf ClubDavid Moffat England1481 stroke Michael Burgess[18]
1963Sunningdale Golf ClubBob Mummery England1435 strokes
1962Sunningdale Golf ClubBrian Chapman England1454 strokes P Green
David Harrison		[19]
1961Sunningdale Golf ClubMichael Bonallack
David Harrison		 England
 England		141Tie
1960Sunningdale Golf ClubDoug Sewell England1421 stroke F Francis
G Huddy
Guy Wolstenholme		[20]
1959Sunningdale Golf ClubAlan Bussell Scotland1411 stroke Guy Wolstenholme[21]
1958Sunningdale Golf ClubMichael Lunt England1413 strokes J Walker[22]
1957Sunningdale Golf ClubGuy Wolstenholme England1383 strokes Philip Scrutton[23]
1956Sunningdale Golf ClubDavid Blair Scotland1413 strokes Philip Scrutton[24]
1955Sunningdale Golf ClubDavid Blair Scotland1405 strokes W Henderson[25]
1954Sunningdale Golf ClubHarold Ridgley United States1434 strokes Doug Bachli
Herb Berwick		[26]
1953Sunningdale Golf ClubJohn Langley England1432 strokes
1952Sunningdale Golf ClubJohn Langley England1406 strokes Dick Chapman
1951Southerndown Golf ClubJoe Carr Ireland1437 strokes Dick Chapman
1950Western Gailes Golf ClubAlex Whyte Scotland1482 strokes[27]
1949Royal Dublin Golf ClubRonnie White England1421 stroke
1948Sunningdale Golf ClubDick Chapman United States1434 strokes
1940–1947: No tournament
1939Pulborough Golf ClubSam Roberts Wales1432 strokes Stanley Anderson[28]
1938Bramshot Golf ClubCameron Anderson Scotland1502 strokes Andrew McNair[29]
1937West Herts Golf ClubRobert Sweeny Jr. United States1377 strokes Rex Hartley
A G S Penman
K V Scott		[30]
1936Ashridge Golf ClubJim Ferrier Australia1393 strokes Lionel Munn[31]
1935Berkshire Golf ClubIvor Thomas England1471 stroke Andrew McNair
Robert Sweeny Jr.		[32]
1934Walton Heath Golf ClubLister Hartley England1474 strokes Noel Layton
Lionel Munn
Sam Roberts		[33]
1933Stoke Poges Golf ClubRex Hartley England1431 stroke Cecil Hayward[34]
1932Woking Golf ClubRex Hartley England1473 strokes Raymond Oppenheimer[35]
1931West Hill Golf ClubWilliam Murray Scotland1471 stroke John Beck[36]
1930Sunningdale Golf ClubBobby Jones United States1431 stroke William Brownlow[37]
1929Walton Heath Golf ClubDouglas Grant United States1511 stroke William Murray[38]
1928Northwood Golf ClubCyril Tolley Scotland1501 stroke William Hope[39]
1927Beaconsfield Golf ClubRoger Wethered England1471 stroke Cyril Tolley[40]
1926Addington Golf ClubCyril Tolley
Tony Torrance		 England
 Scotland		147Tie[41]
1925Moor Park Golf ClubJohn Beck
Ernest Holderness		 England
 England		147Tie[42]
1924Moor Park Golf ClubColin Aylmer England1492 strokes William Murray[43]
1923Oxhey Golf ClubCyril Tolley England1531 stroke W A Powell[44]
1922Stoke Poges Golf ClubWilliam Murray Scotland1514 strokes Colin Aylmer[45]
1921Sunningdale Golf ClubMark Seymour England1494 strokes Alex Armour
Hardit Malik
Tony Torrance		[46]
1920St George's Hill Golf ClubStoner Crowther England1541 stroke Tommy Armour[47]
1919Royal Mid-Surrey Golf ClubBernard Darwin England1531 stroke Edwin Scott[48]
1915–1918: No tournament
1914Sunningdale Golf ClubHarold Hilton England1514 strokes Harold Gillies[49]
1913Walton Heath Golf ClubAbe Mitchell England1525 strokes Robert Harris[50]
1912Royal Mid-Surrey Golf ClubRobert Harris Scotland1472 strokes B Hammond-Chambers[51]
1911Stoke Poges Golf ClubRobert Harris Scotland1453 strokes Herbert Taylor[52]
1910Sunningdale Golf ClubAbe Mitchell England1505 strokes Angus Hambro[53]
1909Royal Mid-Surrey Golf ClubCecil Hutchison Scotland1467 strokes Robert Harris[54]

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  12. "Costly slip by Critchley". The Glasgow Herald. 11 May 1970. p. 5.
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  14. "Campbell finishes fourth". The Glasgow Herald. 13 May 1968. p. 7.
  15. "Shade's 9 helped Durrant win". The Glasgow Herald. 15 May 1967. p. 11.
  16. "Townsend and Cole tie at Sunningdale". The Glasgow Herald. 9 May 1966. p. 5.
  17. "Clark's victory in gold vase". The Glasgow Herald. 10 May 1965. p. 7.
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  20. "Sewell wins gold vase by stroke – Brilliant putt for birdie". The Glasgow Herald. 16 May 1960. p. 10.
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  28. "Roberts wins gold vase – Crawley "down the field"". The Glasgow Herald. 11 May 1939. p. 2.
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  31. "Ferrier breaks a Jones record – Aggregate of 139 wins gold vase". The Glasgow Herald. 11 June 1936. p. 6.
  32. "Remarkable round by Leslie Garnett – Gold vase tourney features". The Glasgow Herald. 18 Apr 1935. p. 3.
  33. "W Lister Hartley wins gold vase – Four strokes better than Lionel Munn". The Glasgow Herald. 3 May 1934. p. 7.
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  35. "Rex Hartley wins gold vase – H M Gow six strokes behind". The Glasgow Herald. 5 May 1932. p. 16.
  36. "W A Murray's success". The Glasgow Herald. 7 May 1931. p. 16.
  37. "Jones again – Brilliant round at Sunningdale – Gold vase won a stroke". The Glasgow Herald. 20 June 1930. p. 11.
  38. "Gold vase won by Douglas Grant". The Glasgow Herald. 18 April 1929. p. 17.
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  51. ""Golf Illustrated" gold vase – Repeated victory of Mr Robt Harris". The Glasgow Herald. 15 June 1912. p. 14.
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