Golf Illustrated Gold Vase
Appearance
Tournament information | |
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Location | England |
Established | 1909 |
Format | Stroke play |
Final year | 2002 |
Final champion | |
Roger Roper |
The Golf Illustrated Gold Vase was a prestigious amateur golf tournament in England.[1] It was a 36-hole scratch stroke play competition.
History
[edit]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
[edit]Year | Venue | Winners | Country | Score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref |
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2003 | Cardrona Golf Club | Roger Roper | ![]() |
[3] | |||
2002 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Andrew Inglis | [4] | ||||
2001 | Walton Heath Golf Club | James Heath | ![]() |
[4] | |||
2000 | Walton Heath Golf Club | John Kemp | ![]() |
[4] | |||
1999 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Mark Side | ![]() |
[4] | |||
1998 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Rupert Rea | ![]() |
[4] | |||
1997 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Mark James | [4] | ||||
1996 | Not played | ||||||
1995 | The Oxfordshire Golf Club | Anthony Wall | ![]() |
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1994 | S Burrell | ||||||
1993 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Van Phillips Charles Challen |
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131 | Tie | [5] | |
1992 | Paul Page | ![]() |
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1991 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Rupert Scott | ![]() |
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1990 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Andy Rogers | ![]() |
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1989 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Gary Wolstenholme | ![]() |
142 | 3 strokes | ![]() |
[6] |
1988 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Max Turner | |||||
1987 | Walton Heath Golf Club | David Lane | ![]() |
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1986 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Bobby Eggo | ![]() |
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1985 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Mark Davis | ![]() |
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1984 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Jon Marks | ![]() |
[7] | |||
1983 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Stephen Keppler | ![]() |
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1982 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Iain Carslaw | ![]() |
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1981 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Pat Garner | ![]() |
143 | |||
1980 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Gordon Brand Jnr | ![]() |
142 | 4 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
[8] |
1979 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Kevin Miller | ![]() |
140 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
[9] |
1978 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Peter Thomas | ![]() |
141 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
[10] |
1977 | Walton Heath Golf Club | John Davies | ![]() |
141 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
[11] |
1976 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Allan Brodie | ![]() |
141 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
[12] |
1975 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Michael Bonallack | ![]() |
142 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
[13] |
1974 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Peter Hedges | ![]() |
146 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
[14] |
1973 | Walton Heath Golf Club | John Davies | ![]() |
142 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
[15] |
1972 | Sunningdale Golf Club | H Ashby P Davidson R Hunter |
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143 | Tie | ||
1971 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Michael Bonallack | ![]() |
137 | 6 strokes | ![]() |
[16] |
1970 | Sunningdale Golf Club | David Harrison | ![]() |
140 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
[17] |
1969 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Michael Bonallack Jimmy Hayes |
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142 | Tie | [18] | |
1968 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Michael Bonallack | ![]() |
143 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
[19] |
1967 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Michael Bonallack Bob Durrant |
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141 | Tie | [20] | |
1966 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Bobby Cole Peter Townsend |
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142 | Tie | [21] | |
1965 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Clive Clark | ![]() |
139 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
[22] |
1964 | Sunningdale Golf Club | David Moffat | ![]() |
148 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
[23] |
1963 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Bob Mummery | ![]() |
143 | 5 strokes | ||
1962 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Brian Chapman | ![]() |
145 | 4 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
[24] |
1961 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Michael Bonallack David Harrison |
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141 | Tie | ||
1960 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Doug Sewell | ![]() |
142 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
[25] |
1959 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Alan Bussell | ![]() |
141 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
[26] |
1958 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Michael Lunt | ![]() |
141 | 3 strokes | ![]() |
[27] |
1957 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Guy Wolstenholme | ![]() |
138 | 3 strokes | ![]() |
[28] |
1956 | Sunningdale Golf Club | David Blair | ![]() |
141 | 3 strokes | ![]() |
[29] |
1955 | Sunningdale Golf Club | David Blair | ![]() |
140 | 5 strokes | ![]() |
[30] |
1954 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Harold Ridgley | ![]() |
143 | 4 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
[31] |
1953 | Sunningdale Golf Club | John Langley | ![]() |
143 | 2 strokes | ||
1952 | Sunningdale Golf Club | John Langley | ![]() |
140 | 6 strokes | ![]() |
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1951 | Southerndown Golf Club | Joe Carr | ![]() |
143 | 7 strokes | ![]() |
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1950 | Western Gailes Golf Club | Alex Whyte | ![]() |
148 | 2 strokes | [32] | |
1949 | Royal Dublin Golf Club | Ronnie White | ![]() |
142 | 1 stroke | ||
1948 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Dick Chapman | ![]() |
143 | 4 strokes | ||
1940–1947: No tournament | |||||||
1939 | Pulborough Golf Club | Sam Roberts | ![]() |
143 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
[33] |
1938 | Bramshot Golf Club | Cameron Anderson | ![]() |
150 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
[34] |
1937 | West Herts Golf Club | Robert Sweeny Jr. | ![]() |
137 | 7 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
[35] |
1936 | Ashridge Golf Club | Jim Ferrier | ![]() |
139 | 3 strokes | ![]() |
[36] |
1935 | Berkshire Golf Club | Ivor Thomas | ![]() |
147 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
[37] |
1934 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Lister Hartley | ![]() |
147 | 4 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
[38] |
1933 | Stoke Poges Golf Club | Rex Hartley | ![]() |
143 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
[39] |
1932 | Woking Golf Club | Rex Hartley | ![]() |
147 | 3 strokes | ![]() |
[40] |
1931 | West Hill Golf Club | William Murray | ![]() |
147 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
[41] |
1930 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Bobby Jones | ![]() |
143 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
[42] |
1929 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Douglas Grant | ![]() |
151 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
[43] |
1928 | Northwood Golf Club | Cyril Tolley | ![]() |
150 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
[44] |
1927 | Beaconsfield Golf Club | Roger Wethered | ![]() |
147 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
[45] |
1926 | Addington Golf Club | Cyril Tolley Tony Torrance |
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147 | Tie | [46] | |
1925 | Moor Park Golf Club | John Beck Ernest Holderness |
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147 | Tie | [47] | |
1924 | Moor Park Golf Club | Colin Aylmer | ![]() |
149 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
[48] |
1923 | Oxhey Golf Club | Cyril Tolley | ![]() |
153 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
[49] |
1922 | Stoke Poges Golf Club | William Murray | ![]() |
151 | 4 strokes | ![]() |
[50] |
1921 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Mark Seymour | ![]() |
149 | 4 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
[51] |
1920 | St George's Hill Golf Club | Stoner Crowther | ![]() |
154 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
[52] |
1919 | Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club | Bernard Darwin | ![]() |
153 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
[53] |
1915–1918: No tournament | |||||||
1914 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Harold Hilton | ![]() |
151 | 4 strokes | ![]() |
[54] |
1913 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Abe Mitchell | ![]() |
152 | 5 strokes | ![]() |
[55] |
1912 | Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club | Robert Harris | ![]() |
147 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
[56] |
1911 | Stoke Poges Golf Club | Robert Harris | ![]() |
145 | 3 strokes | ![]() |
[57] |
1910 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Abe Mitchell | ![]() |
150 | 5 strokes | ![]() |
[58] |
1909 | Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club | Cecil Hutchison | ![]() |
146 | 7 strokes | ![]() |
[59] |
References
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- ^ "Allan Brodie storms home". The Glasgow Herald. 10 May 1976. p. 19.
- ^ "Sixth victory for Bonallack". The Glasgow Herald. 12 May 1975. p. 19.
- ^ "Gold vase for Hedges". The Glasgow Herald. 13 May 1974. p. 5.
- ^ "Sport in Brief – Golf". The Observer. London. 13 May 1973. p. 28 – via newspapers.com.
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- ^ "Bonallack ties for gold vase". The Glasgow Herald. 12 May 1969. p. 5.
- ^ "Campbell finishes fourth". The Glasgow Herald. 13 May 1968. p. 7.
- ^ "Shade's 9 helped Durrant win". The Glasgow Herald. 15 May 1967. p. 11.
- ^ "Townsend and Cole tie at Sunningdale". The Glasgow Herald. 9 May 1966. p. 5.
- ^ "Clark's victory in gold vase". The Glasgow Herald. 10 May 1965. p. 7.
- ^ "Gold vase victory for Moffat". The Glasgow Herald. 11 May 1964. p. 5.
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- ^ "Sewell wins gold vase by stroke – Brilliant putt for birdie". The Glasgow Herald. 16 May 1960. p. 10.
- ^ "Gold vase for Bussell". The Glasgow Herald. 8 June 1959. p. 4.
- ^ "Lunts record in gold vase – Scot runner-up". The Glasgow Herald. 19 May 1958. p. 4.
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- ^ "Another win for Blair". The Glasgow Herald. 14 May 1956. p. 11.
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- ^ "Troon golfer wins gold vase – A W Whyte's success". The Glasgow Herald. 30 June 1950. p. 7.
- ^ "Roberts wins gold vase – Crawley "down the field"". The Glasgow Herald. 11 May 1939. p. 2.
- ^ "London scot wins gold vase – Amateur champion well down the list". The Glasgow Herald. 12 May 1938. p. 19.
- ^ "Golf – another win for R Sweeny". The Times. 17 June 1937. p. 7.
- ^ "Ferrier breaks a Jones record – Aggregate of 139 wins gold vase". The Glasgow Herald. 11 June 1936. p. 6.
- ^ "Remarkable round by Leslie Garnett – Gold vase tourney features". The Glasgow Herald. 18 April 1935. p. 3.
- ^ "W Lister Hartley wins gold vase – Four strokes better than Lionel Munn". The Glasgow Herald. 3 May 1934. p. 7.
- ^ "Rex Hartley wins gold vase". The Glasgow Herald. 19 May 1933. p. 16.
- ^ "Rex Hartley wins gold vase – H M Gow six strokes behind". The Glasgow Herald. 5 May 1932. p. 16.
- ^ "W A Murray's success". The Glasgow Herald. 7 May 1931. p. 16.
- ^ "Jones again – Brilliant round at Sunningdale – Gold vase won a stroke". The Glasgow Herald. 20 May 1930. p. 11.
- ^ "Gold vase won by Douglas Grant". The Glasgow Herald. 18 April 1929. p. 17.
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- ^ "Wethered and Tolley compete". The Glasgow Herald. 11 April 1927. p. 14.
- ^ "Fine golf by Cyril Tolley – Ties with T A Torrance for gold vase". The Glasgow Herald. 2 August 1926. p. 13.
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- ^ "Gold vase competition". The Glasgow Herald. 14 June 1919. p. 4.
- ^ "Golf – Mr Hilton wins the gold vase – Mr Ouimet tied for seventeenth place". The Glasgow Herald. 1 May 1914. p. 14.
- ^ ""Golf Illustrated" gold vase – Success of Mr Abe Mitchell". The Glasgow Herald. 14 June 1913. p. 14.
- ^ ""Golf Illustrated" gold vase – Repeated victory of Mr Robt Harris". The Glasgow Herald. 15 June 1912. p. 14.
- ^ ""Golf Illustrated" gold vase – Victory of Mr Robert Harris". The Glasgow Herald. 17 June 1911. p. 14.
- ^ "Gold vase competition at Sunningdale – Victory of Mr A Mitchell". The Glasgow Herald. 1 July 1910. p. 14.
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