The Cock of The North was a golf tournament held in Zambia. It was part of the Sunshine Tour in 2000 and 2001. The tournament was founded in 1954 and was held at the Ndola Golf Club in Ndola.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Ndola, Zambia |
| Established | 1954 |
| Course(s) | Ndola Golf Club |
| Par | 73 |
| Length | 7,079 yards (6,473 m) |
| Tour(s) | Sunshine Tour Safari Circuit |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | R 100,000 |
| Month played | March |
| Final year | 2001 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 272 Harold Henning (1956) |
| To par | −11 Eamonn Darcy (1981) |
| Final champion | |
 Sean Farrell | |
| Location map | |
  Nkana GC Location in Zambia | |
Founded in 1954, the tournament was held annually until 1977, when the European Tournament Players Division took over running of the Safari Circuit. It was then only held every other year, alternating on the schedule with the Mufulira Open, until 1985,[1] although it was incorporated with the Zambia Open in 1977 and 1979, and not held in 1983. The tournament was revived in 2000 as part of the Sunshine Tour, before being cancelled in 2002 due to lack of sponsorship.[2]
Note: The records from the Ndola Golf Club show that Craig Defoy, Sam Torrance, Tommy Horton, and Brian Barnes won the tournament in 1972, 1975, 1977, and 1979 respectively.[3] However, in those years the Zambia Open was held at the Ndola Golf Club and there was no separate Cock o' the North tournament.
Winners edit
| Year | Tour[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | AFR | Sean Farrell |
209 | −10 | 4 strokes |  Graeme van der Nest |
[4] |
| 2000 | AFR | Titch Moore |
217 | −2 | 1 stroke | Brett Liddle James Loughnane John Mashego Grant Muller |
[5] |
| 1986–1999: No tournament | |||||||
| 1985 | SAF |  Brian Waites |
283 | −9 | 1 stroke | Gary Cullen Malcolm Gregson |
[6] |
| 1982–1984: No tournament | |||||||
| 1981 | SAF | Eamonn Darcy |
281 | −11 | 1 stroke | Carl Mason |
[7] |
| 1977–1980: No tournament | |||||||
| 1976 |  Jack Newton |
282 | −10 | 3 strokes | Pip Elson |
[8] | |
| 1975: No tournament | |||||||
| 1974 | Malcolm Gregson |
284 | −8 | Playoff | Jack Newton |
[9] | |
| 1973 | Mike Ingham (2) |
284 | −8 | 2 strokes | Maurice Bembridge Peter Tupling |
[10] | |
| 1972: No tournament | |||||||
| 1971 | Mike Ingham |
285 | |||||
| 1970 |  Craig Defoy |
284 | 2 strokes |  Bernard Gallacher |
[11] | ||
| 1969 | Bernard Gallacher |
280 | [12] | ||||
| 1968 |  Terry Westbrook (3) |
291 | |||||
| 1967 | Terry Westbrook (2) |
145 | |||||
| 1966 | Terry Westbrook |
139 | |||||
| 1965: No tournament | |||||||
| 1964 | Sewsunker Sewgolum |
283 | |||||
| 1963 | Denis Hutchinson (2) |
276 | |||||
| 1962 | Denis Hutchinson |
295 | |||||
| 1961 |  Frank G. Coleman (a) |
148 | |||||
| 1960 | Pierre Oosthuizen |
287 | |||||
| 1959 | Harold Henning (2) |
290 | |||||
| 1958 | Retief Waltman |
278 | |||||
| 1957 | Sandy Guthrie |
289 | |||||
| 1956 | Harold Henning |
272 | |||||
| 1955 | Tommy Trevenna |
291 | |||||
| 1954 |  Harry Middleton |
215 | |||||
- ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; SAF − Safari Circuit.
References edit
- ^ Walubita, Moses Sayela (1990). Zambia Sporting Score. Multimedia Publications. p. 166. ISBN 9982300393 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Zambia: Ndola Fails to Host Cock 'O' North Golf Tourney". Times of Zambia. 26 February 2002. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ "Cock o' the North honours board". Ndola Golf Club.
- ^ "Cock Of The North 2001 Results". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Cock Of The North 2000 Results". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ ""Old man" Waites runs away with the title". The Glasgow Herald. 18 March 1985. p. 18.
- ^ "Eight birdies from Darcy sink Lyle". The Glasgow Herald. 23 March 1981. p. 26.
- ^ "Late burst by Newton". The Glasgow Herald. 15 March 1976. p. 17.
- ^ "Gregson takes play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 18 March 1974. p. 4.
- ^ "Ingham's repeat success". The Glasgow Herald. 19 March 1973. p. 4.
- ^ "Gallacher pipped by Defoy". The Glasgow Herald. 31 March 1970. p. 4.
- ^ "Another victory for Gallacher". The Glasgow Herald. 7 April 1969. p. 4.
