Goodwin (Sheffield) Foursomes Tournament

Goodwin (Sheffield) Foursomes Tournament
Tournament information
Location Sheffield, England
Established 1952
Course(s) Abbeydale Golf Club
Lindrick Golf Club
Month played September
Final year 1954
Final champion
Sidney Collins, Jr.
and
Bernard Hunt
Sheffield
Location in England

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.

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

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 England Dick Kemp, Sr. &
England Alan Poulton
500
(pair)
[1]
1953 Jack Hargreaves &
Bernard Hunt
 England
 England
Lindrick Golf Club 5 & 4 England Trevor Allen &
England John Jacobs
500
(pair)
[2]
1954 Sidney Collins, Jr. &
Bernard Hunt
 England
 England
Abbeydale Golf Club 2 & 1 Scotland John Fallon &
England Wally Smithers
500
(pair)
[3]

References

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