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Tournament results: Daks Tournament

Results for the Daks Tournament are shown in the table below, which includes details of the respective winners, their scores and prize money, relevant venues and title sponsors.
1971
Europe
South Herts GC
284
£825
Daks

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Huggett, Brian

Venue

South Herts GC

Score

284

Prize money

£825

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the (last) Daks Tournament. Brian Huggett (Wales) and defending champion Neil Coles (Eng) finished in a tie for first place. Peter Townsend (Eng) finished 2 shots further back in third place. [South Herts GC, Totteridge, North London].

1971
Europe
South Herts GC
284
£825
Daks

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Coles, Neil

Venue

South Herts GC

Score

284

Prize money

£825

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the (last) Daks Tournament. Brian Huggett (Wales) and defending champion Neil Coles (Eng) finished in a tie for first place. Peter Townsend (Eng) finished 2 shots further back in third place. [South Herts GC, Totteridge, North London].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Coles, Neil

Score

281

Prize money

£1,000

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament. Second-placed Peter Wilcock (Eng) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Coles (Eng). [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Huggett, Brian

Score

289

Prize money

£1,000

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament. Second-placed Bernard Gallacher (Scot) finished 2 shots behind Huggett (Wales). [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

1968
Europe
Gregson, Malcolm
284
£1,000
Daks

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Gregson, Malcolm

Score

284

Prize money

£1,000

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament. Second-placed Neil Coles (Eng) finished 1 shot behind defending champion Gregson (Eng). [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

1967
Europe
Gregson, Malcolm
279
£1,000
Daks

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Gregson, Malcolm

Score

279

Prize money

£1,000

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament. Second-placed Neil Coles (Eng) finished 2 shots behind Gregson (Eng). [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

1966
Europe
Boyle, Hugh
286
£1,000
Daks

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Boyle, Hugh

Score

286

Prize money

£1,000

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament. Second-placed Neil Coles (Eng), Dai Rees (Wales) and Dave Thomas (Wales) finished 1 shot behind Boyle (Ire), who secured his first top-flight professional win. [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

1965
Europe
275 (-21)
£1,000
Daks

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Thomson, Peter

Score

275 (-21)

Prize money

£1,000

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament (June 3-5). Second-placed Guy Wolstenholme (Eng) finished 4 shots behind Thomson (Aus). [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Coles, Neil

Score

282

Prize money

£1,000

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament. Second-placed and defending champion Peter Thomson (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Coles (Eng). [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Alliss, Peter

Score

280

Prize money

£750

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament. Neil Coles (Eng) and Peter Alliss (Eng) finished in a tie for first place. Denis Hutchinson (S Africa) finished 2 shots further back in third place. [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Coles, Neil

Score

280

Prize money

£750

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament. Peter Alliss (Eng) finished in a tie for first place. Denis Hutchinson (S Africa) finished 2 shots further back in third place. [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Charles, Bob

Score

278

Prize money

£750

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament. Dai Rees (Wales) and Bob Charles (NZ) finished in a tie for first place. Ken Bousfield (Eng) and defending champion Bernard Hunt (Eng) were 2 shots further back in joint third place. [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Rees, Dai

Score

278

Prize money

£750

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament. Dai Rees (Wales) and Bob Charles (NZ) finished in a tie for first place. Ken Bousfield (Eng) and defending champion Bernard Hunt (Eng) were 2 shots further back in joint third place. [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Hunt, Bernard

Score

279

Prize money

£1,000

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament. Second-placed Neil Coles (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Hunt (Eng). [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Thomson, Peter

Score

279

Prize money

£1,000

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament (June 9-11). Second-placed Jimmy Hitchcock (Eng) and Tom Haliburton (Scot) finished 2 shots behind Thomson (Aus). [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

O'Connor, Christy Sr

Score

274

Prize money

£1,000

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament. Second-placed Peter Mills (Eng) finished 3 shots behind O'Connor Snr (Ire). [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Henning, Harold

Score

275

Prize money

£700

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament. Peter Thomson (Aus) and Harold Henning (S Africa) finished in a tie for first place. Bobby Locke (S Africa) and Bernard Hunt (Eng) were 2 shots further back in joint third place. [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Thomson, Peter

Score

275

Prize money

£700

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament (June 11-14). Peter Thomson (Aus) and Harold Henning (S Africa) finished in a tie for first place. Bobby Locke (S Africa) and Bernard Hunt (Eng) were 2 shots further back in joint third place. [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Locke, Bobby

Score

282

Prize money

£600

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament. Second-placed Bernard Hunt (Eng) and Eric Brown (Scot) finished 3 shots behind Locke (S Africa). [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

1956
Europe
Wilkes, Trevor
276
£600
Daks

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Wilkes, Trevor

Score

276

Prize money

£600

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament. Second-placed Eric Brown (Scot), Tom Haliburton (Scot) and Peter Mills (Eng) finished 9 shots behind Wilkes (S Africa). [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

1955
Europe
Pritchett, John
275
£600
Daks

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Pritchett, John

Score

275

Prize money

£600

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament. Second-placed Dai Rees (Wales) finished 2 shots behind Pritchett (Eng). [Old course, Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Alliss, Peter

Score

279

Prize money

£400

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament. Second-placed Bobby Locke (S Africa) finished 1 shot behind 23-year-old Alliss (Eng), who recorded his first top-flight victory as a tournament professional. [Little Aston GC, Streetly, Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Rees, Dai

Score

280

Prize money

£400

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament. Second-placed Flory van Donck (Belg) and Tom Haliburton (Scot) finished 1 shot behind Rees (Wales). [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Daly, Fred

Score

280

Prize money

£400

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament. Second-placed Jack Hargreaves (Eng) finished 2 shots behind Daly (N.Ire). This was the first televised golf event in the UK, broadcast by the BBC. [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Panton, John

Score

282

Prize money

£400

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the Daks Tournament. Second-placed Bobby Locke (S Africa) finished 3 shots behind Panton (Scot). [Old course, Sunningdale GC, Sunningdale, Berks].

1950
Europe
Sutton, Norman
275
£400
Daks

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Sutton, Norman

Score

275

Prize money

£400

Title sponsor

Daks

Played as the inaugural Daks Tournament. Second-placed Flory van Donck (Belg) finished 3 shots behind Sutton (Eng). [Outer course, Royal Mid-Surrey GC, Richmond, Surrey. Now called the J.H. Taylor course.].

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