Sherwood Forest Foursomes Tournament

The Sherwood Forest Foursomes Tournament was a professional golf tournament played at Sherwood Forest Golf Club near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in England. The event was held just once, on 28 and 29 August 1959, and had total prize money of £2,100. The event was sponsored by Sir Stuart Goodwin, a Yorkshire steel industrialist.[1]

Sherwood Forest Foursomes Tournament
Tournament information
LocationMansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Established1959
Course(s)Sherwood Forest Golf Club
Month playedAugust
Final year1959
Final champion
Dai Rees
and
Dennis Smalldon
Mansfield is located in England
Mansfield
Mansfield
Location in England

A total of 48 players qualified for the final stage through a regional system of 36-hole individual stroke-play. These 48 were drawn into 24 pairs for the final stage. There were four rounds of stroke-play.

Dennis Smalldon, one of the winning pair, died two weeks later after being injured in a road-traffic accident on 6 September.[2][3]

Winners

YearWinnersCountryScoreMargin
of victory
Runner-upWinner's
share (£)
Ref
1959Dai Rees &
Dennis Smalldon
 Wales
 Wales
2853 strokesRepublic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr &
England Alan Poulton
150
(each)
[4]

References

  1. "New tournament". The Times. 27 August 1958. p. 3.
  2. "Six sportsmen injured in road accidents". The Glasgow Herald. 7 September 1959. p. 1.
  3. "Professional golfer". The Glasgow Herald. 14 September 1959. p. 11.
  4. "Rees advice pays off". The Glasgow Herald. 31 August 1959. p. 4.
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