Golf Illustrated Gold Vase

Golf Illustrated Gold Vase
Tournament information
LocationEngland
Established1909
FormatStroke play
Final year2002
Final champion
Roger Roper

The Golf Illustrated Gold Vase was a prestigious amateur golf tournament in England.[1] It was a 36-hole scratch stroke play competition.

History

The contest for a gold vase was announced in The Times on 3 April 1909. The vase, valued at 250 guineas, was presented by the proprietors the Golf Illustrated. The initial event was to be at Mid-Surrey on 17 June and was open to amateurs with a handicap of scratch or better. The vase would be held by the winner's home club and the winner himself would receive a silver replica. Three consecutive wins would win the vase outright.[2]

Winners

Year Venue Winners Country Score Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref
2003 Cardrona Golf Club Roger Roper  England [3]
2002 Walton Heath Golf Club Andrew Inglis [4]
2001 Walton Heath Golf Club James Heath  England [4]
2000 Walton Heath Golf Club John Kemp  England [4]
1999 Walton Heath Golf Club Mark Side  England [4]
1998 Walton Heath Golf Club Rupert Rea  England [4]
1997 Walton Heath Golf Club Mark James [4]
1996 Not played
1995 The Oxfordshire Golf Club Anthony Wall  England
1994 S Burrell
1993 Sunningdale Golf Club Van Phillips
Charles Challen		  England
 England		 131 Tie [5]
1992 Paul Page  England
1991 Sunningdale Golf Club Rupert Scott  England
1990 Walton Heath Golf Club Andy Rogers  England
1989 Sunningdale Golf Club Gary Wolstenholme  England 142 3 strokes England Jim Payne [6]
1988 Walton Heath Golf Club Max Turner
1987 Walton Heath Golf Club David Lane  England
1986 Walton Heath Golf Club Bobby Eggo  Guernsey
1985 Walton Heath Golf Club Mark Davis  England
1984 Walton Heath Golf Club Jon Marks  England [7]
1983 Walton Heath Golf Club Stephen Keppler  England
1982 Walton Heath Golf Club Iain Carslaw  Scotland
1981 Walton Heath Golf Club Pat Garner  England 143
1980 Walton Heath Golf Club Gordon Brand Jnr  Scotland 142 4 strokes M Johnson
England Peter McEvoy
P.G. Way
B.J. Winteridge		 [8]
1979 Walton Heath Golf Club Kevin Miller  England 140 1 stroke England Peter Thomas [9]
1978 Walton Heath Golf Club Peter Thomas  England 141 1 stroke England Stuart Robson [10]
1977 Walton Heath Golf Club John Davies  England 141 1 stroke Scotland Allan Brodie [11]
1976 Walton Heath Golf Club Allan Brodie  Scotland 141 1 stroke England David Hyde [12]
1975 Walton Heath Golf Club Michael Bonallack  England 142 1 stroke England Keith Tate [13]
1974 Walton Heath Golf Club Peter Hedges  England 146 1 stroke England Peter Benka
England David Harrison		 [14]
1973 Walton Heath Golf Club John Davies  England 142 1 stroke England Nigel Denham [15]
1972 Sunningdale Golf Club H Ashby
P Davidson
R Hunter		  England
 England
 England		 143 Tie
1971 Sunningdale Golf Club Michael Bonallack  England 137 6 strokes Republic of Ireland Roddie Carr [16]
1970 Sunningdale Golf Club David Harrison  England 140 1 stroke England Bruce Critchley [17]
1969 Sunningdale Golf Club Michael Bonallack
Jimmy Hayes		  England
 England		 142 Tie [18]
1968 Sunningdale Golf Club Michael Bonallack  England 143 1 stroke England Ted Dexter
England Peter Oosterhuis		 [19]
1967 Sunningdale Golf Club Michael Bonallack
Bob Durrant		  England
 England		 141 Tie [20]
1966 Sunningdale Golf Club Bobby Cole
Peter Townsend		  South Africa
 England		 142 Tie [21]
1965 Sunningdale Golf Club Clive Clark  England 139 2 strokes England Dudley Millensted [22]
1964 Sunningdale Golf Club David Moffat  England 148 1 stroke England Michael Burgess [23]
1963 Sunningdale Golf Club Bob Mummery  England 143 5 strokes
1962 Sunningdale Golf Club Brian Chapman  England 145 4 strokes England P Green
England David Harrison		 [24]
1961 Sunningdale Golf Club Michael Bonallack
David Harrison		  England
 England		 141 Tie
1960 Sunningdale Golf Club Doug Sewell  England 142 1 stroke England F Francis
England G Huddy
England Guy Wolstenholme		 [25]
1959 Sunningdale Golf Club Alan Bussell  Scotland 141 1 stroke England Guy Wolstenholme [26]
1958 Sunningdale Golf Club Michael Lunt  England 141 3 strokes Scotland J Walker [27]
1957 Sunningdale Golf Club Guy Wolstenholme  England 138 3 strokes England Philip Scrutton [28]
1956 Sunningdale Golf Club David Blair  Scotland 141 3 strokes England Philip Scrutton [29]
1955 Sunningdale Golf Club David Blair  Scotland 140 5 strokes England W Henderson [30]
1954 Sunningdale Golf Club Harold Ridgley  United States 143 4 strokes Australia Doug Bachli
Australia Herb Berwick		 [31]
1953 Sunningdale Golf Club John Langley  England 143 2 strokes
1952 Sunningdale Golf Club John Langley  England 140 6 strokes United States Dick Chapman
1951 Southerndown Golf Club Joe Carr  Ireland 143 7 strokes United States Dick Chapman
1950 Western Gailes Golf Club Alex Whyte  Scotland 148 2 strokes [32]
1949 Royal Dublin Golf Club Ronnie White  England 142 1 stroke
1948 Sunningdale Golf Club Dick Chapman  United States 143 4 strokes
1940–1947: No tournament
1939 Pulborough Golf Club Sam Roberts  Wales 143 2 strokes England Stanley Anderson [33]
1938 Bramshot Golf Club Cameron Anderson  Scotland 150 2 strokes Scotland Andrew McNair [34]
1937 West Herts Golf Club Robert Sweeny Jr.  United States 137 7 strokes England Rex Hartley
England A G S Penman
England K V Scott		 [35]
1936 Ashridge Golf Club Jim Ferrier  Australia 139 3 strokes Northern Ireland Lionel Munn [36]
1935 Berkshire Golf Club Ivor Thomas  England 147 1 stroke Scotland Andrew McNair
United States Robert Sweeny Jr.		 [37]
1934 Walton Heath Golf Club Lister Hartley  England 147 4 strokes England Noel Layton
Northern Ireland Lionel Munn
Wales Sam Roberts		 [38]
1933 Stoke Poges Golf Club Rex Hartley  England 143 1 stroke England Cecil Hayward [39]
1932 Woking Golf Club Rex Hartley  England 147 3 strokes England Raymond Oppenheimer [40]
1931 West Hill Golf Club William Murray  Scotland 147 1 stroke England John Beck [41]
1930 Sunningdale Golf Club Bobby Jones  United States 143 1 stroke Northern Ireland William Brownlow [42]
1929 Walton Heath Golf Club Douglas Grant  United States 151 1 stroke Scotland William Murray [43]
1928 Northwood Golf Club Cyril Tolley  Scotland 150 1 stroke Scotland William Hope [44]
1927 Beaconsfield Golf Club Roger Wethered  England 147 1 stroke Scotland Cyril Tolley [45]
1926 Addington Golf Club Cyril Tolley
Tony Torrance		  England
 Scotland		 147 Tie [46]
1925 Moor Park Golf Club John Beck
Ernest Holderness		  England
 England		 147 Tie [47]
1924 Moor Park Golf Club Colin Aylmer  England 149 2 strokes Scotland William Murray [48]
1923 Oxhey Golf Club Cyril Tolley  England 153 1 stroke England W A Powell [49]
1922 Stoke Poges Golf Club William Murray  Scotland 151 4 strokes England Colin Aylmer [50]
1921 Sunningdale Golf Club Mark Seymour  England 149 4 strokes Scotland Alex Armour
India Hardit Malik
Scotland Tony Torrance		 [51]
1920 St George's Hill Golf Club Stoner Crowther  England 154 1 stroke Scotland Tommy Armour [52]
1919 Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club Bernard Darwin  England 153 1 stroke England Edwin Scott [53]
1915–1918: No tournament
1914 Sunningdale Golf Club Harold Hilton  England 151 4 strokes New Zealand Harold Gillies [54]
1913 Walton Heath Golf Club Abe Mitchell  England 152 5 strokes Scotland Robert Harris [55]
1912 Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club Robert Harris  Scotland 147 2 strokes England B Hammond-Chambers [56]
1911 Stoke Poges Golf Club Robert Harris  Scotland 145 3 strokes England Herbert Taylor [57]
1910 Sunningdale Golf Club Abe Mitchell  England 150 5 strokes England Angus Hambro [58]
1909 Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club Cecil Hutchison  Scotland 146 7 strokes Scotland Robert Harris [59]

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