Bowmaker Tournament

Bowmaker Tournament

Tournament information
Location	Sunningdale, Berkshire, England
Established	1957
Course(s)	Sunningdale Golf Club
Month played	June/July
Final year	1971
Final champion
Peter Oosterhuis

Sunningdale Golf Club

Location in England

The Bowmaker Tournament was an invitation pro-am golf tournament played from 1957 to 1970. Except in the first and final years the tournament was held at Sunningdale Golf Club. The main event was a 36-hole stroke play event for the professionals played over two days. There was also a better-ball event for the professional/amateur pairs.

The Bowmaker Tournament finished in 1970 but was replaced by the Sunbeam Electric Tournament which had the same format and was also played the week before The Open Championship.^[1] The Sunbeam Electric sponsorship lasted for just one year. In 1972 and 1973 they were the sponsors of the Sunbeam Electric Scottish Open.

In the 1965 tournament Kel Nagle started his final round with an albatross two at the 492-yard first hole.^[2]

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share (£)	Ref
Bowmaker Tournament
1957	Frank Jowle Bobby Locke	England  South Africa	Berkshire Golf Club	135	Tie		Shared 500 and 300	[3]
1958	Bernard Hunt Peter Mills	England  England	Sunningdale Golf Club	129	Tie		Shared 350 and 250	[4]
1959	Bobby Locke	South Africa	Sunningdale Golf Club	132	1 stroke	Ángel Miguel	350	[5]
1960	Peter Thomson	Australia	Sunningdale Golf Club	132	1 stroke	Bernard Hunt	350	[6]
1961	Bob Charles	New Zealand	Sunningdale Golf Club	132	2 strokes	Denis Hutchinson Kel Nagle	350	[7]
1962	Kel Nagle	Australia	Sunningdale Golf Club	133	1 stroke	Dai Rees	350	[8]
1963	Peter Butler	England	Sunningdale Golf Club	132	2 strokes	Ken Bousfield Brian Huggett Kel Nagle	350	[9]
1964	Neil Coles	England	Sunningdale Golf Club	136	1 stroke	Peter Alliss	350	[10]
1965	Kel Nagle	Australia	Sunningdale Golf Club	133	2 strokes	Bob Charles Hedley Muscroft George Will	350	[2]
1966	Fred Boobyer	England	Sunningdale Golf Club	135	1 stroke	Hedley Muscroft	350	[11]
1967	Peter Butler	England	Sunningdale Golf Club	131	1 stroke	Peter Thomson	350	[12]
1968	Clive Clark	England	Sunningdale Golf Club	136	2 strokes	George Will	350	[13]
1969	Tony Grubb Brian Huggett	England  Wales	Sunningdale Golf Club	135	Tie		Shared 600 and 400	[14]
1970	Neil Coles	England	Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club	132	3 strokes	Jimmy Hitchcock	600	[15]
Sunbeam Electric Tournament
1971	Peter Oosterhuis	England	Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club	132	4 strokes	Peter Thomson	600	[16]

References

1. "Golf – £4,000 Richmond boost". The Times. 10 February 1971. p. 9.
2. "Nagle's victory at Sunningdale – Last round starts with 2". The Glasgow Herald. 30 June 1965. p. 7.
3. "Brown angers P.G.A – Berkshire incident". The Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1957. p. 4.
4. "Best nine-hole score – Mills's outward 28". The Glasgow Herald. 24 June 1958. p. 4.
5. "Locke first in Bowmaker tournament – Beats A. Miguel by one stroke". The Glasgow Herald. 23 June 1959. p. 9.
6. "Third win for Thomson". The Glasgow Herald. 21 June 1960. p. 11.
7. "Bowmaker tournament won by left-hander". The Glasgow Herald. 28 June 1961. p. 13.
8. "Nagle beats Rees by one stroke". The Glasgow Herald. 4 July 1962. p. 10.
9. "Butler's victory with 67 at Sunningdale". The Glasgow Herald. 3 July 1963. p. 9.
10. "Coles wins £650 in Bowmaker event – Alliss one stroke more". The Glasgow Herald. 1 July 1964. p. 11.
11. "Boobyer's victory with inward 30 – Muscroft one stroke behind". The Glasgow Herald. 29 June 1966. p. 16.
12. "Butler's 61 equals lowest British tournament round". The Glasgow Herald. 5 July 1967. p. 6.
13. "Bowmaker Golf – Clark maintains form". The Times. 3 July 1968. p. 13.
14. "Bowmaker Golf – Huggett and Grubb in tie". The Times. 2 July 1969. p. 13.
15. "Coles earnings for season now close to £10,000". The Glasgow Herald. 1 July 1970. p. 6.
16. "Runaway victory for Peter Oosterhuis". The Glasgow Herald. 30 June 1971. p. 6.