Welsh National PGA Championship

The Welsh National PGA Championship is a golf tournament played annually in Wales since 1904. For many years the event was called the Welsh Professional Championship. Currently entry is restricted to professionals employed by a Welsh club and those born in Wales or with a parent or grandparent born in Wales.[1] 2016 was the 100th edition of the event and was won by Lydia Hall after a final round 67.

Welsh National PGA Championship
Tournament information
Established1904
Course(s)Conwy Golf Club (2019)
Month playedAugust
Current champion
Mark Pilkington (2019)

History

The first Championship was held at Radyr Golf Club on 15 July 1904. It was a 36-hole stroke-play event played on a single day. There were 19 entries. Tom Brace led after a 79 in the morning but fell away after an afternoon 92. The winner was the Tenby professional, Arthur Day, who had rounds of 81 and 80 for a total of 161. This put him three strokes ahead of the joint runners-up, 20-year-old George Duncan and Bill Leaver, who had finished 8th in the 1903 Open Championship. The winner received 10 guineas and a gold medal.[2]

The 1905 Championship was held at Conwy Golf Club on 23 August 1905. There were 15 entries. The winner also received entry to the final stage of the News of the World Matchplay. The winner was the Llandudno professional Fred Collins on 153. Collins finished two shots ahead of George Duncan. However, Duncan had moved to Timperley and was only trying to qualify for the News of the World Matchplay, not being eligible for the Welsh Championship. Alfred Matthews, the Rhyl professional, was runner-up in the Championship on 160.[3] The News of the World Matchplay had started in 1903 but in the first two years the Welsh professionals had had to play in the Northern or Midland sections qualifying events.

In 1971 the event was held as part of the Welsh Professional Open Championship. Don Gammon won the open event with a score of 278, a stroke ahead of Stuart Borwn. Two golfers tied for the closed event, Jimmy Buckley and Kim Dabson both scoring 291. Buckley won a sudden-death playoff at the second extra hole.[4]

Winners

Source:[5]

YearWinnerCountryVenueScore
2019Mark Pilkington WalesConwy142
2018Toby Hunt WalesAshburnham136
2017Sion Bebb (3) WalesCeltic Manor (Roman)131
2016Lydia Hall WalesTenby138
2015Garry Houston WalesRadyr137
2014Stephen Dodd (5) WalesRoyal St David's134
2013Lee Rooke WalesRoyal St David's135
2012Stuart Manley WalesCardiff135
2011Stephen Dodd (4) WalesSoutherndown136 +++
2010Simon Edwards (3) WalesRoyal St David's204
2009Jason Powell WalesAshburnham221
2008Trevor Jones WalesCardiff209
2007Stephen Dodd (3) WalesCardiff200
2006Sion Bebb (2) WalesTenby204
2005Sion Bebb WalesSoutherndown199
2004Mark Plummer (3) WalesVale of Llangollen203
2003Simon Edwards (2) WalesPorthmadog196
2002Simon Edwards WalesPyle & Kenfig210
2001Stephen Dodd (2) WalesAshburnham214
2000Mark Plummer (2) WalesNewport136
1999Richard Dinsdale WalesVale of Glamorgan134
1998Liam Bond WalesVale of Glamorgan69 ++
1997Matthew Ellis WalesVale of Glamorgan139
1996Matt Stanford EnglandNorthop Country Park137
1995Stephen Dodd WalesNorthop Country Park139
1994Mark Plummer WalesNorthop Country Park133
1993Phillip Price WalesMountain Lakes138
1992Chris Evans WalesAshburnham142
1991Paul Mayo (2) WalesFairwood Park138
1990Paul Mayo WalesFairwood Park136
1989Kevin Jones (2) WalesRoyal Porthcawl140
1988Ian Woosnam WalesCardiff137
1987Andrew Dodman EnglandCardiff132
1986Philip Parkin WalesWhitchurch142
1985David Llewellyn WalesWhitchurch132
1984Kevin Jones WalesCardiff135
1983Simon Cox (2) WalesCardiff136
1982Craig Defoy (4) WalesCardiff137
1981Craig Defoy (3) WalesCardiff139
1980Andrew Griffiths (2) WalesCardiff139
1979: Event cancelled
1978Brian Huggett WalesWhitchurch145
1977Craig Defoy (2) WalesGlamorganshire135
1976Simon Cox WalesRadyr284
1975Craig Defoy WalesWhitchurch285
1974Mel Hughes EnglandCardiff284
1973Andrew Griffiths WalesNewport289
1972Jimmy Buckley (2) WalesRoyal Porthcawl298
1971Jimmy Buckley WalesSt Pierre291
1970W Evans WalesTredegar Park289
1969Sid Mouland (6) WalesLlandudno277
1968Richard Davies WalesSoutherndown292
1967Sid Mouland (5) WalesPyle & Kenfig219 +
1966Sid Mouland (4) WalesConwy281
1965Sid Mouland (3) WalesPenarth281
1964B Bielby WalesTenby297
1963Harry Gould (6) WalesWrexham291
1962Sid Mouland (2) WalesRoyal Porthcawl302
1961Sid Mouland WalesSoutherndown286
1960Dick Kemp (2) WalesLlandudno288
1959Dennis Smalldon (3) WalesNewport
1958Dick Kemp WalesRadyr
1957Jimmy Black (2) WalesLlandudno
1956Dennis Smalldon (2) WalesRoyal Porthcawl
1955Jimmy Black WalesPenarth291 [6]
1954Harry Gould (5) WalesHolyhead293 [7][8]
1953Dennis Smalldon WalesTenby291 [9]
1952Sid Collins Jr. (2) EnglandSoutherndown
1951Harry Gould (4) WalesLlandudno
1950Gwyn James WalesNewport
1949Harry Gould (3) WalesRadyr
1948Harry Gould (2) WalesAberdovey
1947Ken Williams WalesLlandrindod
1946Harry Gould WalesRoyal Porthcawl
1940–45: No tournament due to World War II
1939Chris Grabham WalesHarlech
1938Sid Collins Jr. EnglandSt Mellons
1937Frank Hill (2) WalesClyne
1936Fred Lloyd WalesPrestatyn
1935Frank Hill WalesPenarth
1934Charles Pickett WalesSwansea Bay
1933Fred Collins (2) EnglandRhyl305 [10]
1932Bill Smalldon WalesRoyal Porthcawl
1931R Watts WalesNewport
1930Harold Palferman WalesWrexham
1929Bert Hodson (2) WalesRoyal Porthcawl
1928Robert Walker WalesLlandudno
1927Bert Hodson WalesTenby
1926Bert Weastell (2) EnglandLlandudno
1925James Horn EnglandPennard
1924Bert Weastell EnglandLlandudno
1923Jack Milner EnglandRoyal Porthcawl
1922Gus Faulkner EnglandRhos on Sea
1921Percy Alliss (2) EnglandSoutherndown
1920Percy Alliss EnglandAberdovey
1914–19: No tournament due to World War I
1913George Gadd EnglandChester
1912Cyril Hughes EnglandRoyal Porthcawl
1911Peter Rainford EnglandConwy
1910Alfred Matthews (2) EnglandSwansea
1909Alfred Matthews EnglandRhyl
1908Tom Brace WalesBridgend
1907Sam Whiting EnglandPorthcawl
1906Jack Ross ScotlandRadyr156
1905Fred Collins EnglandConwy153
1904Arthur Day EnglandRadyr161
  • + reduced to 54 holes.
  • ++ reduced to 18 holes.
  • +++ reduced to 36 holes.

References
  1. https://img.bluegolf.org/forms/pgagbi/Conditions_of_Entry_-_Welsh.pdf
  2. "Professional golf - Tenby man wins the Welsh Championship". Evening Express and Evening Mail (Cardiff). National Library of Wales. 16 July 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. "Welsh Championship - Professionals' second annual meeting - success of Fred Collins, of Llandudno". Evening Express and Evening Mail (Cardiff). National Library of Wales. 24 August 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  4. "First Big Win for Gammon". Glasgow Herald. 28 May 1971. p. 6.
  5. "The PGA: Past Winners". pga.info. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  6. "Golf – J.L. Black (Harlech)". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 9 June 1955. Retrieved 3 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Tie for Welsh Title". The Glasgow Herald. 4 June 1954. p. 4.
  8. "Other golf – Welsh Champion". The Glasgow Herald. 5 June 1954. p. 2.
  9. "Welsh Championship". The Times. 19 June 1953. p. 12.
  10. "Welsh Professional Championship". The Times. 30 June 1933. p. 6.
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