The Goodwin (Sheffield) Foursomes Tournament was a professional golf tournament played in the Sheffield area of England. The event was held from 1952 to 1954 and had total prize money of £3,000. The winning finalists shared £500 with £300 to the runners-up. The event was sponsored by Sir Stuart Goodwin, a Yorkshire steel industrialist.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Sheffield, England |
| Established | 1952 |
| Month played | September |
| Final year | 1954 |
| Final champion | |
| Sidney Collins, Jr. and Bernard Hunt | |
Sheffield
Location in England
A total of 64 players qualified for the final stage through a regional system of 36-hole individual stroke-play. These 64 were drawn into 32 pairs for the final knockout stage. There were four rounds of 18-hole match-play foursomes, followed by a 36-hole final on the third day.
Winners edit
| Year | Winners | Country | Venue | Margin of victory |
Runners-up | Winner's share (£) |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | John Panton & Norman Roffe |
 Scotland England |
Abbeydale Golf Club | 6 & 5 | Dick Kemp, Sr. & Alan Poulton |
500 (pair) |
[1] |
| 1953 | Jack Hargreaves & Bernard Hunt |
England England |
Lindrick Golf Club | 5 & 4 | Trevor Allen & John Jacobs |
500 (pair) |
[2] |
| 1954 | Sid Collins Jr. & Bernard Hunt |
England England |
Rotherham Golf Club | 2 & 1 | John Fallon & Wally Smithers |
500 (pair) |
[3] |
References edit
- ^ "Panton and Roffe win Sheffield foursomes – Scot's tournament double". The Glasgow Herald. 6 September 1952. p. 9.
- ^ "Hargreaves and Hunt win". The Glasgow Herald. 7 September 1953. p. 9.
- ^ "Hunt and Collins win". The Glasgow Herald. 6 September 1954. p. 9.