Sumrie Better-Ball

The Sumrie Better-Ball was a professional golf tournament played from 1969 to 1978. It was a 72-hole better-ball stroke-play event. It was played at Pannal in 1969 and 1970 and then at Blairgowrie in 1972 and 1973. From 1974 it was called the Sumrie-Bournemouth Better-Ball and was played at Queen's Park Golf Club, Bournemouth, England. The tournament was sponsored by Sumrie Clothes who has previously supported the Sumrie Tournament in 1968.

Sumrie Better-Ball
Tournament information
LocationBournemouth, Dorset, England (1974–78)
Established1969
Course(s)Queen's Park Golf Club (1974–78)
Final year1978
Final champion
Eamonn Darcy
and
Christy O'Connor Jnr

Winners
YearWinnersCountryVenueScoreMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share (£)		Ref
Sumrie Better-Ball
1969Maurice Bembridge &
Ángel Gallardo		 England
 Spain		Pannal263 (−29)1 stroke Hedley Muscroft &
Lionel Platts		1,000
(each)		[1]
1970Neil Coles &
Bernard Hunt		 England
 England		Pannal257 (−31)4 strokes Peter Butler &
Clive Clark		800
(each)		[2]
1971: No tournament
1972Malcolm Gregson &
Brian Huggett		 England
 Wales		Blairgowrie264 (−24)1 stroke Guy Hunt &
Doug McClelland		800
(each)		[3]
1973Neil Coles &
Bernard Hunt		 England
 England		Blairgowrie265 (−27)5 strokes Malcolm Gregson &
Brian Huggett		800
(each)		[4]
Sumrie-Bournemouth Better-Ball
1974Peter Butler &
Clive Clark		 England
 England		Queen's Park267 (−21)Playoff Craig Defoy &
Derek Small
Vince Hood &
Hugh Jackson		1,200
(each)		[5]
1975Jack Newton &
John O'Leary		 Australia
 Ireland		Queen's Park256 (−32)4 strokes Brian Barnes &
Bernard Gallacher
Neil Coles &
Bernard Hunt
John Fowler &
Nick Job		1,200
(each)		[6]
1976Eamonn Darcy &
Christy O'Connor Jnr		 Ireland
 Ireland		Queen's Park260 (−28)Playoff Maurice Bembridge &
Norman Wood		1,200
(each)		[7]
1977: No tournament
1978Eamonn Darcy &
Christy O'Connor Jnr		 Ireland
 Ireland		Queen's Park255 (−33)4 strokes Rodger Davis &
Chris Tickner		2,000
(each)		[8]

References
  1. "Anglo-Spanish team win Sumrie event with 28 under par". The Glasgow Herald. 9 June 1969. p. 4.
  2. "Hunt and Coles invincible". The Glasgow Herald. 18 May 1970. p. 4.
  3. "Winning thrust by Huggett and Gregson". The Glasgow Herald. 22 May 1972. p. 5.
  4. "Hunt and Coles play down their five-shot victory". The Glasgow Herald. 21 May 1973. p. 5.
  5. "Butler settles it with birdie". The Glasgow Herald. 20 May 1974. p. 5.
  6. "O'Leary and Newton storm home as Scots fade". The Glasgow Herald. 19 May 1975. p. 23.
  7. "Irish snatch Sumrie prize". The Glasgow Herald. 24 May 1976. p. 15.
  8. "Another battle for O'Connor". The Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1978. p. 23.
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