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Senior Service Tournament

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Senior Service Tournament
Tournament information
LocationUnited Kingdom
Established1962
Final year1966
Final champion
Cobie Legrange

The Senior Service Tournament was a professional golf tournament. The event was played from 1962 and 1966 and was sponsored by Gallaher Ltd, a tobacco company which made Senior Service cigarettes.

Winners

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Year Winner Country Venue Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)
Ref
1962 Neil Coles  England Dalmahoy Golf Club
(& Ratho Park Golf Club)
277 1 stroke South Africa Denis Hutchinson
Australia Kel Nagle
Australia Peter Thomson
2,000 [1]
1963 Dave Ragan  United States Dalmahoy Golf Club 271 2 strokes England Peter Alliss 2,000 [2]
1964 No tournament [3]
1965 Christy O'Connor Snr  Ireland Dalmahoy Golf Club 203 1 stroke Republic of Ireland Hugh Boyle
United States Jacky Cupit
2,000 [4]
1966 Cobie Legrange  South Africa Northumberland Golf Club 272 2 strokes United States Claude King 2,500 [5]

The 1965 event was reduced to 54 holes because of bad weather. The first round was abandoned while the second round was played on the short West Course at Dalmahoy.

References

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  1. ^ "Coles fine win at Dalmahoy". The Glasgow Herald. 24 September 1962. p. 4.
  2. ^ "Ragan wins last big tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 23 September 1963. p. 10.
  3. ^ "Tournament off". The Glasgow Herald. 8 February 1964. p. 5.
  4. ^ "Climax to Senior Service event". The Glasgow Herald. 2 August 1965. p. 4.
  5. ^ "Legrange Newcastle success". The Glasgow Herald. 26 September 1966. p. 10.