The Bowmaker Tournament was an invitation pro-am golf tournament played from 1957 to 1970. Except in the first and final years the tournament was held at Sunningdale Golf Club. The main event was a 36-hole stroke play event for the professionals played over two days. There was also a better-ball event for the professional/amateur pairs.

Bowmaker Tournament
Tournament information
LocationSunningdale, Berkshire, England
Established1957
Course(s)Sunningdale Golf Club
Month playedJune/July
Final year1971
Final champion
Peter Oosterhuis
Sunningdale Golf Club is located in England
Sunningdale Golf Club
Sunningdale Golf Club

The Bowmaker Tournament finished in 1970 but was replaced by the Sunbeam Electric Tournament which had the same format and was also played the week before The Open Championship.[1] The Sunbeam Electric sponsorship lasted for just one year. In 1972 and 1973 they were the sponsors of the Sunbeam Electric Scottish Open.

In the 1965 tournament Kel Nagle started his final round with an albatross two at the 492-yard first hole.[2]

Winners

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Year Winner Country Venue Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)
Ref
Bowmaker Tournament
1957 Frank Jowle
Bobby Locke
  England
  South Africa
Berkshire Golf Club 135 Tie Shared title Shared 500
and 300
[3]
1958 Bernard Hunt
Peter Mills
  England
  England
Sunningdale Golf Club 129 Tie Shared title Shared 350
and 250
[4]
1959 Bobby Locke   South Africa Sunningdale Golf Club 132 1 stroke   Ángel Miguel 350 [5]
1960 Peter Thomson   Australia Sunningdale Golf Club 132 1 stroke   Bernard Hunt 350 [6]
1961 Bob Charles   New Zealand Sunningdale Golf Club 132 2 strokes   Denis Hutchinson
  Kel Nagle
350 [7]
1962 Kel Nagle   Australia Sunningdale Golf Club 133 1 stroke   Dai Rees 350 [8]
1963 Peter Butler   England Sunningdale Golf Club 132 2 strokes   Ken Bousfield
  Brian Huggett
  Kel Nagle
350 [9]
1964 Neil Coles   England Sunningdale Golf Club 136 1 stroke   Peter Alliss 350 [10]
1965 Kel Nagle   Australia Sunningdale Golf Club 133 2 strokes   Bob Charles
  Hedley Muscroft
  George Will
350 [2]
1966 Fred Boobyer   England Sunningdale Golf Club 135 1 stroke   Hedley Muscroft 350 [11]
1967 Peter Butler   England Sunningdale Golf Club 131 1 stroke   Peter Thomson 350 [12]
1968 Clive Clark   England Sunningdale Golf Club 136 2 strokes   George Will 350 [13]
1969 Tony Grubb
Brian Huggett
  England
  Wales
Sunningdale Golf Club 135 Tie Shared title Shared 600
and 400
[14]
1970 Neil Coles   England Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club 132 3 strokes   Jimmy Hitchcock 600 [15]
Sunbeam Electric Tournament
1971 Peter Oosterhuis   England Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club 132 4 strokes   Peter Thomson 600 [16]

References

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  1. ^ "Golf – £4,000 Richmond boost". The Times. 10 February 1971. p. 9.
  2. ^ a b "Nagle's victory at Sunningdale – Last round starts with 2". The Glasgow Herald. 30 June 1965. p. 7.
  3. ^ "Brown angers P.G.A – Berkshire incident". The Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1957. p. 4.
  4. ^ "Best nine-hole score – Mills's outward 28". The Glasgow Herald. 24 June 1958. p. 4.
  5. ^ "Locke first in Bowmaker tournament – Beats A. Miguel by one stroke". The Glasgow Herald. 23 June 1959. p. 9.
  6. ^ "Third win for Thomson". The Glasgow Herald. 21 June 1960. p. 11.
  7. ^ "Bowmaker tournament won by left-hander". The Glasgow Herald. 28 June 1961. p. 13.
  8. ^ "Nagle beats Rees by one stroke". The Glasgow Herald. 4 July 1962. p. 10.
  9. ^ "Butler's victory with 67 at Sunningdale". The Glasgow Herald. 3 July 1963. p. 9.
  10. ^ "Coles wins £650 in Bowmaker event – Alliss one stroke more". The Glasgow Herald. 1 July 1964. p. 11.
  11. ^ "Boobyer's victory with inward 30 – Muscroft one stroke behind". The Glasgow Herald. 29 June 1966. p. 16.
  12. ^ "Butler's 61 equals lowest British tournament round". The Glasgow Herald. 5 July 1967. p. 6.
  13. ^ "Bowmaker Golf – Clark maintains form". The Times. 3 July 1968. p. 13.
  14. ^ "Bowmaker Golf – Huggett and Grubb in tie". The Times. 2 July 1969. p. 13.
  15. ^ "Coles earnings for season now close to £10,000". The Glasgow Herald. 1 July 1970. p. 6.
  16. ^ "Runaway victory for Peter Oosterhuis". The Glasgow Herald. 30 June 1971. p. 6.