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Tournament results: Bowmaker Tournament

Results for the Bowmaker Tournament are shown in the table below, which includes details of the respective winners, their scores and prize money, relevant venues and title sponsors.

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Locke, Bobby

Score

135

Prize money

£400

Title sponsor

Bowmaker

Played as the Bowmaker Invitation Tournament (a 36-hole pro-am event). Frank Jowle (Eng) and Bobby Locke (S Africa) finished in a tie for first place. Peter Alliss (Eng) and G.W. Low (Scot) finished 1 shot further back in joint third place. [Red course, The Berkshire GC, Ascot, Berkshire].

1957
Europe
Jowle, Frank
135
£400
Bowmaker

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Jowle, Frank

Score

135

Prize money

£400

Title sponsor

Bowmaker

Played as the Bowmaker Invitation Tournament (a 36-hole pro-am event). Frank Jowle (Eng) and Bobby Locke (S Africa) finished in a tie for first place. Peter Alliss (Eng) and G.W. Low (Scot) finished 1 shot further back in joint third place. [Red course, The Berkshire GC, Ascot, Berkshire].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Oosterhuis, Peter

Score

132

Prize money

£600

Title sponsor

Sunbeam

Played as the Sunbeam Electric Tournament (a 36-hole pro-am event; formerly the Bowmaker Tournament). Second-placed Peter Thomson (Aus) finished 4 shots behind Oosterhuis (Eng). [Outer course, Royal Mid-Surrey GC, Richmond, Surrey. Now called the J.H. Taylor course.].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Coles, Neil

Score

132

Prize money

£600

Title sponsor

Bowmaker

Played as the Bowmaker £4000 Tournament (a 36-hole pro-am event). Second-placed Jimmy Hitchcock (Eng) finished 3 shots behind Coles (Eng). [Outer course, Royal Mid-Surrey GC, Richmond, Surrey. Now called the J.H. Taylor course.].

1968
Europe
Clark, Clive
136
£350
Bowmaker

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Clark, Clive

Score

136

Prize money

£350

Title sponsor

Bowmaker

Played as the Bowmaker £3000 Tournament (a 36-hole pro-am event). Second-placed George Will (Scot) finished 2 shots behind 23-year-old Clark (Eng). [Old course, Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].

1967
Europe
Butler, Peter
131
£350
Bowmaker

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Butler, Peter

Score

131

Prize money

£350

Title sponsor

Bowmaker

Played as the Bowmaker £3000 Tournament (a 36-hole pro-am event). Second-placed Peter Thomson (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Butler (Eng), whose final round 9-under 61 equalled the lowest British tournament round. [Old course, Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].

1966
Europe
Boobyer, Fred
135
£350
Bowmaker

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Boobyer, Fred

Score

135

Prize money

£350

Title sponsor

Bowmaker

Played as the Bowmaker £3000 Tournament (a 36-hole pro-am event). Second-placed Hedley Muscroft (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Boobyer (Eng), who recorded his first top flight success after 14 years of tournament golf. [Old course, Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Nagle, Kel

Score

133

Prize money

£350

Title sponsor

Bowmaker

Played as the Bowmaker £3000 Tournament (a 36-hole pro-am event). Second-placed Bob Charles (NZ), Hedley Muscroft (Eng) and George Will (Scot) finished 2 shots behind Nagle (Aus), who opened his final round with an albatross two at the par-5 1st hole. [Old course, Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Coles, Neil

Score

136

Prize money

£350

Title sponsor

Bowmaker

Played as the Bowmaker £3000 Tournament (a 36-hole pro-am event). Second-placed Peter Alliss (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Coles (Eng). [Old course, Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].

1963
Europe
Butler, Peter
133
£350
Bowmaker

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Butler, Peter

Score

133

Prize money

£350

Title sponsor

Bowmaker

Played as the Bowmaker £3000 Tournament (a 36-hole pro-am event). Second-placed Ken Bousfield (Eng), Brian Huggett (Wales) and defending champion Kel Nagle (Aus) finished 2 shots behind Butler (Eng). [Old course, Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Nagle, Kel

Score

133

Prize money

£350

Title sponsor

Bowmaker

Played as the Bowmaker £3000 Tournament (a 36-hole pro-am event). Second-placed Dai Rees (Wales) finished 1 shot behind Nagle (Aus). [Old course, Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Charles, Bob

Score

132

Prize money

£350

Title sponsor

Bowmaker

Played as the Bowmaker £3000 Tournament (a 36-hole pro-am event). Second-placed Denis Hutchinson (S Africa) and Kel Nagle (Aus) finished 2 shots behind Charles (NZ), who became the first left-handed professional to win a top-flight event in Britain. [Old course, Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Thomson, Peter

Score

132

Prize money

£350

Title sponsor

Bowmaker

Played as the Bowmaker £3000 Tournament (June 19/20; 36-hole pro-am event). Second-placed Bernard Hunt (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Thomson (Aus), who recorded his third straight win in as many starts. [Old course, Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Locke, Bobby

Score

132

Prize money

£350

Title sponsor

Bowmaker

Played as the Bowmaker Tournament (a 36-hole pro-am event). Second-placed Angel Miguel (Esp) finished 1 shot behind Locke (S Africa). [Old course, Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Hunt, Bernard

Score

129

Prize money

£300

Title sponsor

Bowmaker

Played as the Bowmaker Tournament (a 36-hole pro-am event). Bernard Hunt (Eng) and Peter Mills (Eng) finished in a tie for first place. Harold Henning (S Africa) finished 4 shots further back in third place. Mills recorded an outward-nine of 28 in the closing round. [Old course, Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].

1958
Europe
Mills, Peter
129
£300
Bowmaker

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Mills, Peter

Score

129

Prize money

£300

Title sponsor

Bowmaker

Played as the Bowmaker Tournament (a 36-hole pro-am event). Bernard Hunt (Eng) and Peter Mills (Eng) finished in a tie for first place. Harold Henning (S Africa) finished 4 shots further back in third place. Mills recorded an outward-nine of 28 in the closing round. [Old course, Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Huggett, Brian

Score

135

Prize money

£500

Title sponsor

Bowmaker

Played as the Bowmaker £4000 Tournament (a 36-hole pro-am event). Tony Grubb (Eng) and Brian Huggett (Wales) finished in a tie for first place. Peter Butler (Eng) and George Will (Scot) finished 1 shot further back in joint third place. [Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].

1969
Europe
Grubb, Tony
135
£500
Bowmaker

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Grubb, Tony

Score

135

Prize money

£500

Title sponsor

Bowmaker

Played as the Bowmaker £4000 Tournament (a 36-hole pro-am event). Tony Grubb (Eng) and Brian Huggett (Wales) finished in a tie for first place. Peter Butler (Eng) and George Will (Scot) finished 1 shot further back in joint third place. [Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].

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