Coca-Cola Young Professionals' Championship

The Coca-Cola Young Professionals' Championship was a golf tournament on the British PGA tournament circuit that was played from 1968 to 1976. Entry was restricted to players under 25 years old. Coca-Cola sponsorship ended in 1974. The 1975 event was called the T.P.D. Young Professionals' Championship while the final event in 1976 was called the T.P.D. Under-25 Championship.

Winners
YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share (£)		Ref
T.P.D. Under-25 Championship
1976Howard Clark EnglandWestcliff Country Club2813 strokesWales Kim Dabson[1]
T.P.D. Young Professionals' Championship
1975Dale Hayes South AfricaHill Barn Golf Club2663 strokesEngland Pip Elson700[2]
Coca-Cola Young Professionals' Championship
1974Dale Hayes South AfricaLong Ashton Golf Club2741 strokeAustralia Jack Newton1,400[3][4]
1973Bernard Gallacher ScotlandBristol & Clifton Golf Club
(and Long Ashton Golf Club)		2774 strokesEngland Peter Dawson600[5]
1972Peter Oosterhuis EnglandLong Ashton Golf Club
(and Bristol & Clifton Golf Club)		2782 strokesEngland John Cook[6]
1971John Garner EnglandSouthampton Municipal Golf Club
(and Stoneham Golf Club)		2731 strokeEngland Guy Hunt600[7]
1970Peter Oosterhuis EnglandMorecambe Golf Club
(and Heysham Golf Club)		2741 strokeNorthern Ireland Eddie Polland500[8]
1969Brian Barnes ScotlandBristol & Clifton Golf Club
(and Long Ashton Golf Club)		280PlayoffScotland Bernard Gallacher500[9]
1968Peter Townsend EnglandCoventry Golf Club2703 strokesScotland Bernard Gallacher500[10]

In 1969, Barnes beat Gallacher at the first extra hole with a birdie 3.

References
  1. "Boost for Clark". The Glasgow Herald. 20 September 1976. p. 15.
  2. "Hayes heads for the U.S." The Glasgow Herald. 22 September 1975. p. 10.
  3. "Hayes wins Coca-Cola". The Glasgow Herald. 17 June 1974. p. 3.
  4. McCormack. Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. p. 379. ISBN 0002119552.
  5. "Gallacher storms to victory". The Glasgow Herald. 18 June 1973. p. 4.
  6. "Success for Oosterhuis". The Times. 5 June 1972. p. 11.
  7. "Garner's Ryder Cup boost". The Glasgow Herald. 6 September 1971. p. 5.
  8. "Bold Oosterhuis storms to victory". The Glasgow Herald. 17 August 1970. p. 5.
  9. "Gallacher beaten at extra hole". The Glasgow Herald. 1 September 1969. p. 4.
  10. "Townsend not to play on American circuit during the winter". The Glasgow Herald. 2 September 1968. p. 5.
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