Daks Tournament

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Daks Tournament
Tournament information
Location England
Established 1950
Final year 1971
Final champion
England Neil Coles and Wales Brian Huggett

The Daks Tournament was an important professional golf tournament held in England from 1950 to 1971 and was generally held in early June. 17 of the 22 events were held at the Wentworth Club. Neil Coles enjoyed considerable success in the event winning four of the final nine tournaments and being a runner-up in three others. The tournament was sponsored by DAKS.

Winners

Year Winner Country Venue Score Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)		 Ref
1950 Norman Sutton  England Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club 272 3 strokes Belgium Flory Van Donck 400 [1]
1951 John Panton  Scotland Sunningdale Golf Club 282 3 strokes South Africa Bobby Locke 400 [2]
1952 Fred Daly  Northern Ireland Wentworth Club 280 2 strokes England Jack Hargreaves 400 [3]
1953 Dai Rees  Wales Wentworth Club 280 1 stroke Scotland Tom Haliburton
Belgium Flory Van Donck		 400 [4]
1954 Peter Alliss  England Little Aston Golf Club 279 1 stroke South Africa Bobby Locke 400 [5]
1955 John Pritchett  England Sunningdale Golf Club 275 2 strokes Wales Dai Rees 600 [6]
1956 Trevor Wilkes  South Africa Wentworth Club 276 9 strokes Scotland Eric Brown
Scotland Tom Haliburton
England Peter Mills		 600 [7]
1957 Bobby Locke  South Africa Wentworth Club 281 3 strokes Scotland Eric Brown
England Bernard Hunt		 600 [8]
1958 Harold Henning
Peter Thomson		  South Africa
 Australia		 Wentworth Club 275 Tie Shared 1000
and 400		 [9]
1959 Christy O'Connor Snr  Ireland Wentworth Club 274 3 strokes England Peter Mills 1000 [10]
1960 Peter Thomson  Australia Wentworth Club 279 2 strokes Scotland Tom Haliburton
England Jimmy Hitchcock		 1000 [11]
1961 Bernard Hunt  England Wentworth Club 279 1 stroke England Neil Coles 1000 [12]
1962 Bob Charles
Dai Rees		  New Zealand
 Wales		 Wentworth Club 278 Tie Shared 1000
and 500		 [13]
1963 Peter Alliss
Neil Coles		  England
 England		 Wentworth Club 280 Tie Shared 1000
and 500		 [14]
1964 Neil Coles  England Wentworth Club 282 1 stroke Australia Peter Thomson 1000 [15]
1965 Peter Thomson  Australia Wentworth Club 275 4 strokes England Guy Wolstenholme 1000 [16]
1966 Hugh Boyle  Ireland Wentworth Club 286 1 stroke England Neil Coles
Wales Dai Rees
Wales Dave Thomas		 1000 [17]
1967 Malcolm Gregson  England Wentworth Club 279 2 strokes England Neil Coles 1000 [18]
1968 Malcolm Gregson  England Wentworth Club 279 1 stroke England Neil Coles 1000 [19]
1969 Brian Huggett  Wales Wentworth Club 289 2 strokes Scotland Bernard Gallacher 1000 [20]
1970 Neil Coles  England Wentworth Club 281 3 strokes England Peter Wilcock 1000 [21]
1971 Neil Coles
Brian Huggett		  England
 Wales		 South Herts Golf Club 284 Tie Shared 1000
and 650		 [22]

References

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