The Gallaher Ulster Open was a professional golf tournament that was played in Northern Ireland between 1965 and 1971.[1] It was last played the year prior to the formation of the formally organised professional tour which evolved into the European Tour, and was a British PGA Order of Merit counting event.[2]

Gallaher Ulster Open
Tournament information
LocationNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland
Established1965
Tour(s)British PGA Circuit
FormatStroke play
Final year1971
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 John Lister (1970)
Final champion
Tommy Horton

Winners

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Year Winner Venue Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)
Ref
1965   Bernard Hunt Shandon Park 273 Playoff
(6th hole)
  Brian Huggett
  Lionel Platts
1,000 [3]
1966   Christy O'Connor Snr Shandon Park 268 Playoff
(1st hole)
  Cobie Legrange
  George Will
700 [4]
1967   Bernard Hunt Shandon Park 267 1 stroke   Christy O'Connor Snr 700 [5]
1968   Christy O'Connor Snr Shandon Park 267 2 strokes   Peter Butler 700
1969   Christy O'Connor Snr Shandon Park 271 3 strokes   Norman Drew
  Malcolm Gregson
  Bernard Hunt
  Jimmy Martin
700 [6]
1970   John Lister Shandon Park 264 3 strokes   Tommy Horton 1,000 [7]
1971   Tommy Horton Malone 274 1 stroke   Neil Coles 1,350 [8]

References

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  1. ^ "North's Open plan could mark return of glory days". Irish Independent. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Ulster Open for Shandon Park". The Glasgow Herald. 15 January 1969. p. 6. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  3. ^ "B. J. Hunt's victory in long play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 13 September 1965. p. 4. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  4. ^ "O'Connor beats Will and Legrange". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1966. p. 6. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  5. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (7 August 1967). "Hunt triumphs by one stroke at Shandon Park". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  6. ^ "O'Connor keeps nerve to collect £700 prize". The Daily Telegraph. 4 August 1969. p. 7. Retrieved 20 October 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Horton's record 63 not enough". The Glasgow Herald. 10 August 1970. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  8. ^ "Horton too hot for Coles". The Glasgow Herald. 28 June 1971. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2011.