Irish Dunlop Tournament

Irish Dunlop Tournament
Tournament information
LocationIreland
Established1933
FormatStroke play
(Match play in 1947)
Final year1980
Final champion
Des Smyth

The Irish Dunlop Tournament was a professional golf tournament played in Ireland until 1980. It was one of the top events on the professional circuit in Ireland.[1]

Prior to World War II, it was a 72-hole stroke play event known as the Dunlop-Irish Tournament and was one of several regional tournaments sponsored by Dunlop in which the winners were sometimes invited to play in the Dunlop-Metropolitan Tournament. After the war Dunlop revived the tournament in 1946, switching to match play in 1947. After a break of two years, the Irish Dunlop returned as a 72-hole stroke play event in 1950, after which it was staged annually until its cancellation in 1981.[2] It also provided a qualification route for the prestigious Dunlop Masters on the British PGA circuit.[3][4]

In its final year, Des Smyth broke all records for the tournament as he finished 16 strokes ahead of the field with a 261 (27 under par) aggregate. He also set a new course record for Headfort Golf Club with a 64 in the final round, having already recorded 65 in both the first and third rounds.[5]

Winners

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Year Venue Winner Score Ref
1980 Headfort Republic of Ireland Des Smyth 261 [5]
1979 Tramore Northern Ireland David Jones 284 [6]
1978 Hermitage Northern Ireland David Jones 279 [7]
1977 Douglas England Peter Townsend 276 [8]
1976 Hermitage Republic of Ireland Eamonn Darcy 275 [9]
1975 Bundoran Northern Ireland Eddie Polland 277 [10]
1974 Hermitage Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr 284 [11]
1973 Headfort Northern Ireland Eddie Polland 283 [12]
1972 Kilkenny Republic of Ireland John O'Leary 280 [3]
1971 Douglas Republic of Ireland Jimmy Kinsella 279 [13]
1970 Tullamore Republic of Ireland Hugh Boyle 277 [14]
1969 Bundorran Republic of Ireland Michael Murphy 284 [15]
1968 Limerick Northern Ireland Hugh Jackson 279 [16]
1967 Tramore Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr 275 [17]
1966 Bettystown Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr 265 [18]
1965 Carlow Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr 288 [19]
1964 Galway Republic of Ireland Christy Greene 276 [20]
1963 Douglas Republic of Ireland Nicky Lynch 279 [21]
1962[a] Elm Park Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr 276 [22]
1961 Clontarf[b] Republic of Ireland Nicky Lynch 278 [23]
1960 Dun Laoghaire Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr
Republic of Ireland Jimmy Kinsella		 271 [24]
1959 Hermitage Northern Ireland Norman Drew 284 [25]
1958[a] Elm Park Republic of Ireland Harry Bradshaw[c]
Northern Ireland Norman Drew		 288 [26][27]
1957 Dun Laoghaire Northern Ireland Jimmy Henderson
Republic of Ireland Willie Gaffney		 283 [28]
1956 Dun Laoghaire Northern Ireland Fred Daly 276 [29]
1955 Dun Laoghaire Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr 268 [30]
1954 Woodbrook Northern Ireland Fred Daly 270 [31]
1953 Newlands Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr 278 [32]
1952 Castle Northern Ireland Fred Daly 273 [33]
1951 Milltown Republic of Ireland Harry Bradshaw 274 [34]
1950 Castle Republic of Ireland Harry Bradshaw 282 [35]
1949
1948
1947 Portmarnock Republic of Ireland John McKenna 6 and 5 [36]
1946 Castle Northern Ireland Fred Daly 288 [37]
Dunlop-Irish Tournament
1937 Newlands Republic of Ireland John McKenna 288 [38]
1936 Royal Belfast Republic of Ireland Paddy Mahon 298 [39]
1935 Royal Dublin Republic of Ireland Pat O'Connor 290 [40]
1934 Knock Republic of Ireland Willie Nolan 283 [41]
1933 Milltown Republic of Ireland Willie Nolan
Republic of Ireland Pat O'Connor		 291 [42]
  1. ^ a b Incorporating the Willie Nolan Cup.
  2. ^ Originally scheduled at Elm Park.
  3. ^ The Willie Nolan Cup was won by Bradshaw after a playoff.

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Golf blow". Liverpool Echo. Liverpool, England. 21 January 1981. p. 14. Retrieved 3 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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  24. ^ "Henderson's 63". Belfast Telegraph. Belfast, Northern Ireland. 29 August 1960. p. 10. Retrieved 3 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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