Hennessy Tournament

The Hennessy Tournament was an Irish golf tournament played from 1957 to 1965. Christy O'Connor Snr won the event 5 times between 1957 and 1963.[1] The event was sponsored by Hennessy, a cognac distiller.

Hennessy Tournament
Tournament information
LocationIreland
Established1957
Format72-hole stroke play
Final year1965
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Christy O'Connor Snr (1962)
Final champion
Christy Greene

History

Total prize money was £500 in 1957, 500 guineas in 1958, 1960 and 1961, 750 guineas in 1962 and 1963 and £1,500 in 1965. In 1964 Hennessy sponsored a round-robin event, the Hennessy Round-robin Tournament which had prize money of £1,500.

Winners

YearVenueWinnerScoreMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-upRef
1957WoodbrookRepublic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr2793 strokesRepublic of Ireland Jimmy Martin[2]
1958ClandeboyeScotland Eric Brown2791 strokeRepublic of Ireland Harry Bradshaw[3]
1959CorkRepublic of Ireland Ernie Jones2781 strokeNorthern Ireland Norman Drew[4]
1960Royal DublinRepublic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr27012 strokesRepublic of Ireland Christy Greene[5]
1961BalmoralRepublic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr2767 strokesRepublic of Ireland Christy Greene
Northern Ireland Jimmy Henderson
[6]
1962ClandeboyeRepublic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr26817 strokesNorthern Ireland Billy Kerr
Republic of Ireland Jimmy Kinsella
[7]
1963ClandeboyeRepublic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr2773 strokesEngland Peter Alliss[1]
1964Replaced by the Hennessy Round-robin Tournament
1965ClandeboyeRepublic of Ireland Christy Greene2753 strokesRepublic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr[8]

References

  1. "Clandeboye Win for O'Connor". Glasgow Herald. 16 August 1963. p. 6.
  2. "Hennessy Golf". Northern Whig. 27 May 1957. p. 7. Retrieved 13 November 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "E.C. Brown Wins by One Stroke". Glasgow Herald. 22 August 1958. p. 4.
  4. "Drew beaten by a shot for £100 prize". Belfast Telegraph. 7 September 1959. p. 14. Retrieved 5 June 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Masterly golf win by O'Connor". Belfast Telegraph. 15 August 1960. p. 10. Retrieved 5 June 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Easy Win for O'Connor". Glasgow Herald. 18 May 1961. p. 13.
  7. "Wedding present for Billy". Belfast Telegraph. 17 August 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 5 June 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Greene wins Hennessy Tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 9 August 1965. p. 5.
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