The Sumrie Better-Ball was a professional golf tournament played from 1969 to 1978. It was a 72-hole better-ball stroke-play event. It was played at Pannal in 1969 and 1970 and then at Blairgowrie in 1972 and 1973. From 1974 it was called the Sumrie-Bournemouth Better-Ball and was played at Queen's Park Golf Club, Bournemouth, England. The tournament was sponsored by Sumrie Clothes who has previously supported the Sumrie Tournament in 1968.

Sumrie Better-Ball
Tournament information
LocationBournemouth, Dorset, England (1974–78)
Established1969
Course(s)Queen's Park Golf Club (1974–78)
Final year1978
Final champion
Eamonn Darcy
and
Christy O'Connor Jnr

Winners

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Year Winners Country Venue Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)
Ref
Sumrie Better-Ball
1969 Maurice Bembridge &
Ángel Gallardo
  England
  Spain
Pannal 263 (−29) 1 stroke   Hedley Muscroft &
  Lionel Platts
1,000
(each)
[1]
1970 Neil Coles &
Bernard Hunt
  England
  England
Pannal 257 (−31) 4 strokes   Peter Butler &
  Clive Clark
800
(each)
[2]
1971: No tournament
1972 Malcolm Gregson &
Brian Huggett
  England
  Wales
Blairgowrie 264 (−24) 1 stroke   Guy Hunt &
  Doug McClelland
800
(each)
[3]
1973 Neil Coles &
Bernard Hunt
  England
  England
Blairgowrie 265 (−27) 5 strokes   Malcolm Gregson &
  Brian Huggett
800
(each)
[4]
Sumrie-Bournemouth Better-Ball
1974 Peter Butler &
Clive Clark
  England
  England
Queen's Park 267 (−21) Playoff   Craig Defoy &
  Derek Small
  Vince Hood &
  Hugh Jackson
1,200
(each)
[5]
1975 Jack Newton &
John O'Leary
  Australia
  Ireland
Queen's Park 256 (−32) 4 strokes   Brian Barnes &
  Bernard Gallacher
  Neil Coles &
  Bernard Hunt
  John Fowler &
  Nick Job
1,200
(each)
[6]
1976 Eamonn Darcy &
Christy O'Connor Jnr
  Ireland
  Ireland
Queen's Park 260 (−28) Playoff   Maurice Bembridge &
  Norman Wood
1,200
(each)
[7]
1977: No tournament
1978 Eamonn Darcy &
Christy O'Connor Jnr
  Ireland
  Ireland
Queen's Park 255 (−33) 4 strokes   Rodger Davis &
  Chris Tickner
2,000
(each)
[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Anglo-Spanish team win Sumrie event with 28 under par". The Glasgow Herald. 9 June 1969. p. 4.
  2. ^ "Hunt and Coles invincible". The Glasgow Herald. 18 May 1970. p. 4.
  3. ^ "Winning thrust by Huggett and Gregson". The Glasgow Herald. 22 May 1972. p. 5.
  4. ^ "Hunt and Coles play down their five-shot victory". The Glasgow Herald. 21 May 1973. p. 5.
  5. ^ "Butler settles it with birdie". The Glasgow Herald. 20 May 1974. p. 5.
  6. ^ "O'Leary and Newton storm home as Scots fade". The Glasgow Herald. 19 May 1975. p. 23.
  7. ^ "Irish snatch Sumrie prize". The Glasgow Herald. 24 May 1976. p. 15.
  8. ^ "Another battle for O'Connor". The Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1978. p. 23.