Sunningdale Foursomes

The Sunningdale Foursomes is an open foursomes golf tournament contested at the Sunningdale Golf Club, Berkshire in March. It was first contested in 1934 and has been held annually since, except between 1940 and 1947. The event is open to all golfers. Players are handicapped based only on whether they are male or female, professional or amateur.[1]

Sunningdale Foursomes
Tournament information
LocationSunningdale, Berkshire, England
Established1934
Course(s)Sunningdale Golf Club
FormatFoursomes match play
Month playedMarch

Format

The event is played over four days each March at Sunningdale Golf Club and is open to all golfers. Any combination of male or female, professional or amateur, is allowed. The format is foursomes match play, the field being limited to 128 pairs. For the first two rounds both the Old and New courses are used, but thereafter only the Old course is used. Players are handicapped based solely on whether they are male or female, professional or amateur.[1]

Handicaps

The handicaps have varied slightly over the years. The current handicaps are:

  • Male professionals: +1
  • Male amateurs: 0
  • Female professionals: 2
  • Female amateurs: 3

Before 2023 female amateurs received a handicap of 4,

All competitors play from the same tees. Currently pairs receive the full difference of the combined handicaps, so that two female amateurs will receive 8 strokes from two male professionals.[1]

Winners
YearWinnersMargin
of victory		Runners-upRef
1934Diana Fishwick & Noel Layton2 & 1Molly Gourlay & Geoffrey Hawkins[2]
1935Joyce Wethered & John Morrison3 & 2Pam Barton & Leslie Garnett[3]
1936Joyce Wethered & John Morrison5 & 4Dennis Kyle & William Aitken[4]
1937Stanley Anderson & Dai Rees5 & 4George Hannay & Bob French[5]
1938Pam Barton & Alf Padgham19 holesLeonard Crawley & Francis Francis[6]
1939Cornelis Rissik & Bob Kenyon19 holesCorrin Bell & Cecil Denny[7]
1940–1947 Suspended during World War II
1948Wanda Morgan & Sam King2 & 1Philip Risdon & Dick Burton[8]
1949Bob French & Stewart Field1 upJacqueline Gordon & Jack Knipe[9]
1950Max Faulkner & Jack Knipe6 & 5Francis Francis & Arthur Lees[10]
1951Jean Donald & Tom Haliburton3 & 2Alan Poulton & Bob French[11]
1952Philip Scrutton & Alan Waters2 & 1Alan Poulton & Bob French[12]
1953Jean Donald & Tom Haliburton3 & 2Dennis Smalldon & Graham Knipe[13]
1954Philip Scrutton & Alan Waters4 & 3Peter Mills & Tony Harman[14]
1955Bill Sharp & Syd Scott2 & 1Bob French & Eddie Ward[15]
1956Graham Knipe & Dennis Smalldon3 & 2Leonard Crawley & George Foster[16]
1957Brian Huggett & Ross Whitehead1 upRobin Galloway & Sandy Robertson[17]
1958Jean Donald & Peter Alliss1 upDavid Beard & Brian Bamford[18]
1959Michael Bonallack & Doug Sewell5 & 3Tony Slark & Peter Gill[19]
1960Belle McCorkindale & Maurice Moir19 holesHugh Squirrell & Sid Mouland[20]
1961Jean Anderson & Peter Alliss2 & 1Wally Dubabney & Tony Grubb[21]
1962Neil Coles & Ross Whitehead3 & 2Michael Burgess & Martin Christmas[22]
1963Lionel Platts & David Snell4 & 3Keith MacDonald & Ian MacDonald[23]
1964Bruce Critchley & Robin Hunter2 & 1Peter Green & Michael Burgess[24]
1965Marley Spearman & Tony Fisher1 upMichael Burgess & Peter Green[25]
1966Robin Davenport & Sandy Walker4 & 3Freddie Sunderland & Graham Burroughs[26]
1967Neil Coles & Keith Warren19 holesBrigitte Varangot & Clive Clark[27]
1968John Davies & Warren Humphreys6 & 4Max Faulkner & Brian Barnes[28]
1969Peter Benka & Peter Oosterhuis3 & 2Catherine Lacoste & Jean-Michel Larretche[29]
1970Anne Willard & Bob Barrell2 & 1Mary Everard & Robin Hunter[30]
1971Alan Bird & Harry Flatman3 & 2Kathryn Phillips & John Putt[31]
1972John Davies & Michael King6 & 5John Tullis & Tony Howard[32]
1973John Putt & Mary Everard6 & 5Carl Mason & Howard Clark[33]
1974Clive Clark & Peter Butler1 upHoward Clark & Nick Brunyard[34]
1975Abandoned due to snow[35]
1976Clive Clark & Mike Hughesdon2 & 1Bernard Hunt & Ian Stungo[36]
1977Geoffrey Hunt & David Matthew3 & 2David Huish & Garry Logan[37]
1978Julia Greenhalgh & Alex Caygill5 & 4Carole Caldwell & Arnold Stickley[38]
1979George Will & Roger Chapman3 & 2Neil Coles & Doug McClelland[39]
1980Neil Coles & Doug McClelland2 & 1John O'Leary & Carl Mason[40]
1981Alan Lyddon & Gordon Brand Jnr.1 upMichael King & Mark Dixon[41]
1982Christine Langford & Mickey Walker1 upMaureen Madill & Mary McKenna[42]
1983John Davies & Martin Devetta4 & 3Linda Bayman & Mike Hughesdon[43]
1984Maureen Madill & Mary McKenna3 & 2Mickey Walker & Christine Langford[44]
1985John O'Leary & Sam Torrance25 holesBernard Gallacher & Pat Garner[45]
1986Ronan Rafferty & Roger Chapman1 upMaureen Garner & Mary McKenna[46]
1987Ian Mosey & Warren Humphreys3 & 2Gillian Stewart & David Huish[47]
1988Carl Mason & Andrew Chandler5 & 3Maureen Garner & Mary McKenna[48]
1989Andrew Hare & Russell Claydon4 & 3Vicki Thomas & Julie Wade[49]
1990Corinne Dibnah & Dale Reid7 & 6Tracey Craik & Peter Hughes[50]
1991Jeremy Robinson & Wayne Henry4 & 3Bruce Critchley & Robin Hunter[51]
1992Richard Boxall & Derrick Cooper3 & 2Paul Sherman & Paul Page[52]
1993Andy Beal & Lee S. James2 & 1David Wood & Lloyd Warwick[53]
1994Anthony Wall & Steve Webster2 upDavid Howell & Gary Harris[54]
1995Richard Boxall & Derrick Cooper2 & 1Iain Mackenzie & Malcolm Mackenzie[55]
1996Luke Donald & Michael O’Connor2 & 1Julie Forbes & Gillian Stewart[56]
1997Julie Hall & Helen Wadsworth4 & 3Jeremy Robinson & David R. Jones[57]
1998Warren Bennett & David Fisher4 & 3Richard Hodgkinson & Philip Carr[58]
1999Liza Walters & Richard McEvoy5 & 4Bill McColl & Stephen Shields[59]
2000Carole Caldwell & Richard Caldwell2 & 1Johanna Head & Samantha Head[60]
2001Clare Lipscombe & Stewart Little2 & 1Trish Johnson & Jamie Spence[61]
2002John Kemp & Mark Wharton1 upGlenn Ralph & Tim Spence[62]
2003Ross Fisher & Simon Griffiths4 & 3Pip Elson & Jamie Elson[63]
2004Ross Fisher & Simon Griffiths6 & 5Joe Templer & Richard Campbell[64]
2005Paul Jenkinson & Gary Lockerbie2 & 1Chris Rodgers & Barry Monks[65]
2006Danielle Masters & Ben Evans2 & 1James Morrison & Colin Roope[66]
2007James Mason & Neil Walker2 upJames Freeman & Robert Steele
2008Craig Cowper & Neil Reilly1 upRachel Drummond & Matt Haines[67]
2009Stiggy Hodgson & John Stansbury3 & 2Tom Shadbolt & Mark Laskey[68]
2010Neil Reilly & Craig Cowper1 upCharlotte Wild & Nikki Foster[69]
2011Sebastian Crookall-Nixon & James Atkinson1 upHayley Davis & Scott Godfrey[70]
2012Jess Wilcox & Greg Payne3 & 1James Little & Liam Bond[71]
2013Phillip Archer & Sam Walker19 holesSteven Tiley & Ricki Neil Jones[72]
2014Annabel Dimmock & Steven Brown1 upInci Mehmet & Oscar Granström-Livesey[73]
2015Charlotte Austwick & Jack Clarke1 upMatthew Southgate & Simon Wakefield[74]
2016Sophie Lamb & Marco Penge5 & 4Lewis Atkinson & Scott Marshall[75]
2017Graham Powell & Henry Smart5 & 4Ryan Harrison & James Johnson[76]
2018Cancelled due to snow
2019Linn Grant & Maja Stark2 upJoe Sullivan & Louis Hirst[77]
2020Lily May Humphreys & Will Percival1 upBen Holden & Roger Chapman[78]
2021Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic
2022Lottie Woad & Rachel Gourley6 & 5Jimmy Ruth & Paul Hendriksen[79]

Source:[80]

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