Daks Tournament

Daks Tournament
Tournament information
Location England
Established 1950
Final year 1971
Final champion
Neil Coles and Brian Huggett

The Daks Tournament was an important professional golf tournament held in England from 1950 to 1971 and was generally held in early June. 17 of the 22 events were held at the Wentworth Club. Neil Coles enjoyed considerable success in the event winning the tournament four times and being a runner-up on four occasions. The tournament was sponsored by DAKS.

Winners

Year Winner Country Venue Score Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)		 Ref
1950 Norman Sutton England Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club 272 3 strokes Flory Van Donck 400
1951 John Panton Scotland Sunningdale Golf Club 282 3 strokes Bobby Locke 400
1952 Fred Daly Northern Ireland Wentworth Club 280 2 strokes Jack Hargreaves 400
1953 Dai Rees Wales Wentworth Club 280 1 stroke Tom Haliburton
Flory Van Donck 		400
1954 Peter Alliss England Little Aston Golf Club 279 1 stroke Bobby Locke 400
1955 John Pritchett England Sunningdale Golf Club 275 2 strokes Dai Rees 600
1956 Trevor Wilkes South Africa Wentworth Club 276 9 strokes Eric Brown
Tom Haliburton
Peter Mills 		600
1957 Bobby Locke South Africa Wentworth Club 281 3 strokes Eric Brown
Bernard Hunt 		600
1958 Harold Henning
Peter Thomson 		South Africa
Australia 		Wentworth Club 275 Tie Shared title Shared 1000
and 400
1959 Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland Wentworth Club 274 3 strokes Peter Mills 1000
1960 Peter Thomson Australia Wentworth Club 279 2 strokes Tom Haliburton
Jimmy Hitchcock 		1000
1961 Bernard Hunt England Wentworth Club 279 1 stroke Neil Coles 1000
1962 Bob Charles
Dai Rees 		New Zealand
Wales 		Wentworth Club 278 Tie Shared title Shared 1000
and 500
1963 Peter Alliss
Neil Coles 		England
England 		Wentworth Club 280 Tie Shared title Shared 1000
and 500
1964 Neil Coles England Wentworth Club 282 1 stroke Peter Thomson 1000
1965 Peter Thomson Australia Wentworth Club 275 4 strokes Guy Wolstenholme 1000
1966 Hugh Boyle Ireland Wentworth Club 286 1 stroke Neil Coles
Dai Rees
Dave Thomas 		1000
1967 Malcolm Gregson England Wentworth Club 279 2 strokes Neil Coles 1000
1968 Malcolm Gregson England Wentworth Club 284 1 stroke Neil Coles 1000
1969 Brian Huggett Wales Wentworth Club 289 2 strokes Bernard Gallacher 1000
1970 Neil Coles England Wentworth Club 281 3 strokes Peter Wilcock 1000
1971 Neil Coles
Brian Huggett 		England
Wales 		South Herts Golf Club 284 Tie Shared title Shared 1000
and 650