Bobby Verwey
The main tournament wins for Bobby Verwey are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
Europe
Lawrence Batley
Played as the Lawrence Batley Seniors Open (July 2-4). Verwey (RSA) beat Antonio Garrido (Esp) with a par at the first playoff hole (par-3 8th). [Huddersfield GC, West Yorkshire, England].
Europe
Credit Suisse
Played as the Credit Suisse Private Banking Seniors Open (July 24-26). Second-placed Maurice Bembridge (Eng) and Tommy Horton (Eng) finished 2 shots behind Bobby Verwey (RSA), who claimed back-to-back wins on the European Senior Tour, and the last of his five wins on the Tour. [GC Bad Ragaz, Switzerland].
Europe
Beko/Oger
Played as the inaugural Beko/Oger Tours Turkish Seniors Open (May 10-12; the first professional golf tournament to be hosted in Turkey). Second-placed Tommy Horton (Eng) finished 3 shots behind Verwey (RSA). [National GC, Belek, nr Antalya, Turkey].
Europe
Lawrence Batley
Played as the Lawrence Batley Seniors Open. Second-placed Peter Butler (Eng), David Butler (Eng) and Tommy Horton (Eng) finished 6 shots behind Verwey (RSA). [Woodsome Hall GC and Huddersfield GC, Huddersfield, West Yorks, England].
Europe
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Played as the Senior British Open (5th). Won by Verwey (RSA). [Royal Lytham & St Annes GC, nr Blackpool, Lancs].
America
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Played as the (last) Almaden Open (Oct 28-31; PGA Tour event). Second-placed Billy Martindale (USA) finished 2 shots behind 24-year-old Bobby Verwey (RSA), who recorded his first and only PGA Tour win. [Almaden CC, San Jose, CA; now called Almaden G&CC].
Europe
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Played as the German Open. Won by Bobby Verwey (RSA; who is married to Gary Player's sister Vivienne). [Hamburg GC-Falkenstein, Blankenese, nr Hamburg].
Women’s (British) Open: the last women’s major championship of the season is hosted by Royal Porthcawl GC. It’s the first time this fabulous seaside links course has hosted the event (July 31-Aug 3).
Walker Cup: the 50th playing of this prestigious men’s amateur event sees the GB&I go head-to-head against the defending USA team at Cypress Point Club, California (Sept 6-7). After that, all eyes turn to Bethpage State Park on Long Island, NY, where the American and defending European professional teams engage in the 45th Ryder Cup (Sept 27-29).
Lottie Woad: 21-year-old Woad burst onto the professional scene in July, with wins in the Women’s Irish Open (as an amateur) and three weeks later in the Women’s Scottish Open (as a professional). She nearly picked-up a major championship, placing third in The Evian in the same month.
Pádraig Harrington: the ever-likeable Irishman added the (British) Senior Open Championship title to his stellar array of tournament successes. His win came on Sunningdale’s spectacular Old Course. Harrington had already bagged the U.S. Senior Open title in June this year.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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