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World Senior Championship

This article is about a golf event. For the snooker event, see World Seniors Championship.

The World Senior Championship was a golf match held between the winners of the American PGA Seniors' Championship (now Senior PGA Championship) and the British PGA Seniors Championship. It was held from 1954 to 1978. It was a 36-hole match-play event held on a single day with the exception of the first year when it was held over two days.[1] The British PGA Seniors Championship did not start until 1957. In 1954 and 1955 the British competitor was nominated by the British Association of Golf Writers while in 1956 four leading senior golfers played to decide the British entry.[2][3]

World Senior Championship
Tournament information
Established1954
FormatMatch play
Final year1978
Tournament record score
Score8 & 6 Al Watrous (1957)
Final champion
United States Joe Jimenez

The event was initially sponsored by Teacher's (whisky) and the players competed for the Teacher International Trophy.[4]

From 1954 to 1968 the event was held England or Scotland. From 1969 to 1971 it was played at Bide-A-Wee Golf Course in Portsmouth, Virginia and from 1972 it alternated between Scotland and Bide-A-Wee.

Winners edit

Year Venue Winner Country Score Runner-up Ref
1978 Whitecraigs Golf Club Joe Jimenez   United States 5 & 4   Paddy Skerritt [5]
1977 Bide-A-Wee Golf Course Christy O'Connor Snr (2)   Ireland 6 & 5   Julius Boros [6]
1976 Whitecraigs Golf Club Christy O'Connor Snr   Ireland 2 & 1   Pete Cooper [7]
1975 Bide-A-Wee Golf Course Kel Nagle (2)   Australia 1 up   Charlie Sifford [8]
1974 Lundin Links Roberto De Vicenzo   Argentina 5 & 4   Eric Lester [9]
1973 Bide-A-Wee Golf Course Sam Snead (5)   United States 41 holes   Kel Nagle [10]
1972 Longniddry Golf Club Sam Snead (4)   United States 3 & 2   Ken Bousfield [11]
1971 Bide-A-Wee Golf Course Kel Nagle   Australia 4 & 3   Julius Boros [12]
1970 Bide-A-Wee Golf Course Sam Snead (3)   United States 3 & 2   Max Faulkner [13]
1969 Bide-A-Wee Golf Course Tommy Bolt   United States 39 holes   John Panton [14]
1968 Downfield Golf Club Chandler Harper   United States 2 up   Max Faulkner [15]
1967 Wallasey Golf Club John Panton   Scotland 3 & 2   Sam Snead [16]
1966 Dalmahoy Fred Haas   United States 3 & 2   Dai Rees [17]
1965 Formby Golf Club Sam Snead (2)   United States 37 holes   Charlie Ward [18]
1964 Wentworth Club Sam Snead   United States 7 & 6   Syd Scott [19]
1963 St Annes Old Links Herman Barron   United States 3 & 2   George Evans [20]
1962 Prestwick Golf Club Paul Runyan (2)   United States 2 & 1   Sam King [21]
1961 Fairhaven Golf Club Paul Runyan   United States 3 & 1   Sam King [22]
1960 Gleneagles Hotel Dick Metz   United States 2 & 1   Reg Horne [23]
1959 Bruntsfield Links Willie Goggin   United States 5 & 3   Arthur Lees [24]
1958 Wallasey Golf Club Norman Sutton   England 2 & 1   Gene Sarazen [25]
1957 Pollok Golf Club Al Watrous   United States 8 & 6   John Burton [26]
1956 Prenton Golf Club Bob Kenyon   England 4 & 3   Pete Burke [27]
1955 Williamwood Golf Club Mortie Dutra   United States 2 up   John Burton [28]
1954 Southport & Ainsdale GC Gene Sarazen   United States 4 & 3   Percy Alliss [29]

References edit

  1. ^ "The World Senior Ch'ship". www.where2golf.com. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. ^ "World Senior Title". The Glasgow Herald. 9 June 1955. p. 4.
  3. ^ "Senior Championship". The Glasgow Herald. 12 June 1956. p. 4.
  4. ^ "Herman Barron meets Evans for TeachersTrophy" (PDF). Golfdom. July 1963. p. 63. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  5. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (8 July 1978). "Jiminez putts his way to world title". The Glasgow Herald. p. 16.
  6. ^ "Christy O'Connor". The Glasgow Herald. 11 October 1977. p. 25.
  7. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (3 July 1976). "O'Connor wins". The Glasgow Herald. p. 14.
  8. ^ "Birdied three". The Canberra Times. Vol. 50, no. 14, 166. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 September 1975. p. 14. Retrieved 17 July 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Vicenzo takes World Senior Championship". The Glasgow Herald. 6 July 1974. p. 5.
  10. ^ "Seniors title for Snead". The Glasgow Herald. 11 September 1973. p. 4.
  11. ^ "Sam Snead". The Canberra Times. Vol. 46, no. 13, 160. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 26 June 1972. p. 12. Retrieved 17 July 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "Seniors title won by Kel Nagle". The Glasgow Herald. 14 September 1971. p. 4.
  13. ^ "For The Record: A roundup of the sports information of the week – Golf". Sports Illustrated. 28 September 1970. p. 88.
  14. ^ "Panton beaten at thirty-ninth". The Glasgow Herald. 8 September 1969. p. 1.
  15. ^ "Senior title". The Canberra Times. Vol. 42, no. 12, 048. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 July 1968. p. 19. Retrieved 17 July 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "Panton Beats Snead For Senior Golf Win". The Waco News-Tribune. Texas. Associated Press. 10 July 1967. p. 8 – via newspapers.com.
  17. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (4 July 1966). "Haas wins senior championship". The Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
  18. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (5 July 1965). "Snead retains Teachers' senior title". The Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
  19. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (13 July 1964). "Snead senior champion". The Glasgow Herald. p. 8.
  20. ^ Horne, Cyril (8 July 1963). "Senior title for Barron". The Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
  21. ^ Horne, Cyril (7 July 1962). "Successful day for Americans". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5.
  22. ^ "American wins senior title". The Glasgow Herald. 10 July 1961. p. 9.
  23. ^ "Metz world senior champion". The Glasgow Herald. 4 July 1960. p. 9.
  24. ^ "World senior title for W. Goggin". The Glasgow Herald. 27 June 1959. p. 9.
  25. ^ "Senior title won by Sutton". The Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1958. p. 4.
  26. ^ "Watrous senior champion". The Glasgow Herald. 29 June 1957. p. 4.
  27. ^ "Senior Champion". The Glasgow Herald. 2 July 1956. p. 4.
  28. ^ "Dutra beats Burton". The Glasgow Herald. 30 June 1955. p. 2.
  29. ^ "Sarazen Tips Alliss, 4 and 3, For Senior PGA Championship". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. Associated Press. 2 July 1954. p. 39 – via newspapers.com.
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