Spalding Tournament

Spalding Tournament
Tournament information
Location United Kingdom
Established 1946
Course(s) Old Course at St Andrews
Worthing Golf Club
Moor Park Golf Club
Format Stroke play
Final year 1960
Tournament record score
Aggregate 267 Bobby Locke (1950)
Final champion
Harry Weetman

The Spalding Tournament was a professional golf tournament played in the United Kingdom. It was played annually from 1946 to 1960. The total prize money was £1500 in 1946, £1250 in 1947 and 1948, £1350 from 1949 to 1959 and £2250 in 1960. The event was sponsored by A.G. Spalding & Brothers.

From 1954 the Spalding Tournament moved to April and replaced the Silver King Tournament as the season opening event. The Silver King Tournament had been played at Moor Park from 1936 to 1953.

Winners

Year Winner Country Venue Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)
Ref
1946 Dai Rees Wales Old Course at St Andrews 300 1 stroke Henry Cotton
Reg Whitcombe
315
1947 Henry Cotton England Old Course at St Andrews 288 5 strokes Dai Rees 300
1948 Norman Von Nida Australia Old Course at St Andrews 289 2 strokes Fred Bullock
Reg Whitcombe
300
1949 Charlie Ward England Worthing Golf Club 273 1 stroke Jimmy Adams 300
1950 Bobby Locke South Africa Worthing Golf Club 267 2 strokes Dai Rees 300
1951 Jack Hargreaves England Worthing Golf Club 281 3 strokes John Panton 300
1952 Antonio Cerdá &
Harry Weetman
Argentina
England
Worthing Golf Club 271 Tie Shared title Shared 300
and 200
1953 Bernard Hunt England Worthing Golf Club 273 2 strokes Jack Hargreaves 300
1954 Dai Rees Wales Moor Park Golf Club 272 2 strokes Eric Brown 300
1955 Cecil Denny England Moor Park Golf Club 278 1 stroke Eric Lester 300
1956 Christy O'Connor Snr &
Harry Weetman
Ireland
England
Moor Park Golf Club 276 Tie Shared title Shared 300
and 200
1957 Bernard Hunt England Moor Park Golf Club 278 3 strokes Peter Alliss 300
1958 Frank Jowle England Moor Park Golf Club 277 2 strokes Harold Henning
Arthur Lees
300
1959 Harold Henning &
Eric Lester
South Africa
England
Moor Park Golf Club 278 Tie Shared title Shared 300
and 200
1960 Harry Weetman England Moor Park Golf Club 273 5 strokes Dai Rees 500