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Cock of The North

Tournament information
Location	Ndola, Zambia
Established	1954
Course(s)	Ndola Golf Club
Par	73
Length	7,079 yards (6,473 m)
Tour(s)	Sunshine Tour Safari Circuit
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	R 100,000
Month played	March
Final year	2001
Tournament record score
Aggregate	272 Harold Henning (1956)
To par	−11 Eamonn Darcy (1981)
Final champion
Sean Farrell
Location map
Nkana GCLocation in Zambia

The Cock of The North was a golf tournament held in Zambia. It was part of the Sunshine Tour in 2000 and 2001. The tournament was founded in 1954 and was held at the Ndola Golf Club in Ndola.

Founded in 1954, the tournament was held annually until 1977, when the European Tournament Players Division took over running of the Safari Circuit. It was then only held every other year, alternating on the schedule with the Mufulira Open, until 1985, although it was incorporated with the Zambia Open in 1977 and 1979, and not held in 1983. The tournament was revived in 2000 as part of the Sunshine Tour, before being cancelled in 2002 due to lack of sponsorship.

Note: The records from the Ndola Golf Club show that Craig Defoy, Sam Torrance, Tommy Horton, and Brian Barnes won the tournament in 1972, 1975, 1977, and 1979 respectively. However, in those years the Zambia Open was held at the Ndola Golf Club and there was no separate Cock o' the North tournament.

Winners

Year	Tour	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
2001	AFR	Sean Farrell	209	−10	4 strokes	Graeme van der Nest
2000	AFR	Titch Moore	217	−2	1 stroke	Brett Liddle James Loughnane John Mashego Grant Muller
1986–1999: No tournament
1985	SAF	Brian Waites	283	−9	1 stroke	Gary Cullen Malcolm Gregson
1982–1984: No tournament
1981	SAF	Eamonn Darcy	281	−11	1 stroke	Carl Mason
1977–1980: No tournament
1976		Jack Newton	282	−10	3 strokes	Pip Elson
1975: No tournament
1974		Malcolm Gregson	284	−8	Playoff	Jack Newton
1973		Mike Ingham (2)	284	−8	2 strokes	Maurice Bembridge Peter Tupling
1972: No tournament
1971		Mike Ingham	285
1970		Craig Defoy	284		2 strokes	Bernard Gallacher
1969		Bernard Gallacher	280
1968		Terry Westbrook (3)	291
1967		Terry Westbrook (2)	145
1966		Terry Westbrook	139
1965: No tournament
1964		Sewsunker Sewgolum	283
1963		Denis Hutchinson (2)	276
1962		Denis Hutchinson	295
1961		Frank G. Coleman (a)	148
1960		Pierre Oosthuizen	287
1959		Harold Henning (2)	290
1958		Retief Waltman	278
1957		Sandy Guthrie	289
1956		Harold Henning	272
1955		Tommy Trevenna	291
1954		Harry Middleton	215

1. AFR − Sunshine Tour; SAF − Safari Circuit.

References

1. Walubita, Moses Sayela (1990). Zambia Sporting Score. Multimedia Publications. p. 166. ISBN 9982300393 – via Google Books.
2. "Zambia: Ndola Fails to Host Cock 'O' North Golf Tourney". Times of Zambia. 26 February 2002. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
3. "Cock o' the North honours board". Ndola Golf Club.
4. "Cock Of The North 2001 Results". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
5. "Cock Of The North 2000 Results". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
6. ""Old man" Waites runs away with the title". The Glasgow Herald. 18 March 1985. p. 18.
7. "Eight birdies from Darcy sink Lyle". The Glasgow Herald. 23 March 1981. p. 26.
8. "Late burst by Newton". The Glasgow Herald. 15 March 1976. p. 17.
9. "Gregson takes play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 18 March 1974. p. 4.
10. "Ingham's repeat success". The Glasgow Herald. 19 March 1973. p. 4.
11. "Gallacher pipped by Defoy". The Glasgow Herald. 31 March 1970. p. 4.
12. "Another victory for Gallacher". The Glasgow Herald. 7 April 1969. p. 4.

External links

• Ndola Golf Club history

• Former Sunshine Tour events
• Safari Circuit events
• Golf tournaments in Zambia
• Recurring sporting events established in 1954
• Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2001
• 1954 establishments in Northern Rhodesia
• 2001 disestablishments in Zambia