Gallaher Ulster Open
Tournament information
LocationNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland
Established1965
Tour(s)British PGA Circuit
FormatStroke play
Final year1971
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 John Lister (1970)
Final champion
Tommy Horton

The Gallaher Ulster Open was a professional golf tournament that was played in Northern Ireland between 1965 and 1971.[1] It was last played the year prior to the formation of the formally organised professional tour which evolved into the European Tour, and was a British PGA Order of Merit counting event.[2]

Winners

YearWinnerVenueScoreMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share (£)
Ref
1965England Bernard HuntShandon Park273Playoff
(6th hole)
Wales Brian Huggett
England Lionel Platts
1,000[3]
1966Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor SnrShandon Park268Playoff
(1st hole)
South Africa Cobie Legrange
Scotland George Will
700[4]
1967England Bernard HuntShandon Park2671 strokeRepublic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr700[5]
1968Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor SnrShandon Park2672 strokesEngland Peter Butler700
1969Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor SnrShandon Park2713 strokesNorthern Ireland Norman Drew
England Malcolm Gregson
England Bernard Hunt
Republic of Ireland Jimmy Martin
700[6]
1970New Zealand John ListerShandon Park2643 strokesEngland Tommy Horton1,000[7]
1971England Tommy HortonMalone2741 strokeEngland Neil Coles1,350[8]

References

  1. "North's Open plan could mark return of glory days". Irish Independent. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  2. "Ulster Open for Shandon Park". The Glasgow Herald. 15 January 1969. p. 6. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  3. "B. J. Hunt's victory in long play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 13 September 1965. p. 4. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  4. "O'Connor beats Will and Legrange". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1966. p. 6. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  5. Jacobs, Raymond (7 August 1967). "Hunt triumphs by one stroke at Shandon Park". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  6. "O'Connor keeps nerve to collect £700 prize". The Daily Telegraph. 4 August 1969. p. 7. Retrieved 20 October 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Horton's record 63 not enough". The Glasgow Herald. 10 August 1970. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  8. "Horton too hot for Coles". The Glasgow Herald. 28 June 1971. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
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