Sherwood Forest Foursomes Tournament

The Sherwood Forest Foursomes Tournament was a professional golf tournament played at Sherwood Forest Golf Club near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in England. The event was held just once, on 28 and 29 August 1959, and had total prize money of £2,100. The event was sponsored by Sir Stuart Goodwin, a Yorkshire steel industrialist.[1]

Sherwood Forest Foursomes Tournament
Tournament information
LocationMansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Established1959
Course(s)Sherwood Forest Golf Club
Month playedAugust
Final year1959
Final champion
Dai Rees
and
Dennis Smalldon
Mansfield is located in England
Mansfield
Mansfield

A total of 48 players qualified for the final stage through a regional system of 36-hole individual stroke-play. These 48 were drawn into 24 pairs for the final stage. There were four rounds of stroke-play.

Dennis Smalldon, one of the winning pair, died two weeks later after being injured in a road-traffic accident on 6 September.[2][3]

Winners edit

Year Winners Country Score Margin
of victory
Runner-up Winner's
share (£)
Ref
1959 Dai Rees &
Dennis Smalldon
  Wales
  Wales
285 3 strokes   Christy O'Connor Snr &
  Alan Poulton
150
(each)
[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "New tournament". The Times. 27 August 1958. p. 3.
  2. ^ "Six sportsmen injured in road accidents". The Glasgow Herald. 7 September 1959. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Professional golfer". The Glasgow Herald. 14 September 1959. p. 11.
  4. ^ "Rees advice pays off". The Glasgow Herald. 31 August 1959. p. 4.