Senior Service Tournament

Senior Service Tournament
Tournament information
Location United Kingdom
Established 1962
Final year 1966
Final champion
Cobie Legrange

The Senior Service Tournament was a professional golf tournament. The event was played from 1962 and 1966 and was sponsored by Gallaher Ltd, a tobacco company which made Senior Service cigarettes.

Winners

Year Winner Country Venue Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)
Ref
1962 Neil Coles  England Dalmahoy Golf Club
(and Ratho Park Golf Club)
277 1 stroke South Africa Denis Hutchinson
Australia Kel Nagle
Australia Peter Thomson
2,000 [1]
1963 Dave Ragan  United States Dalmahoy Golf Club 271 2 strokes England Peter Alliss 2,000 [2]
1964: No tournament
1965 Christy O'Connor Snr  Ireland Dalmahoy Golf Club 203 1 stroke Republic of Ireland Hugh Boyle
United States Jacky Cupit
2,000 [3]
1966 Cobie Legrange  South Africa Northumberland Golf Club 272 2 strokes United States Claude King 2,500 [4]

The 1965 event was reduced to 54 holes because of bad weather. The first round was abandoned while the second round was played on the short West Course at Dalmahoy.

References

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