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Golf tournament

Golf tournament
Gallaher Ulster Open
Tournament information
LocationNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland
Established1965
Tour(s)British PGA Circuit
FormatStroke play
Final year1971
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 John Lister (1970)
Final champion
Tommy Horton

The Gallaher Ulster Open was a professional golf tournament that was played in Northern Ireland between 1965 and 1971. It was last played the year prior to the formation of the formally organised professional tour which evolved into the European Tour, and was a British PGA Order of Merit counting event.

Winners

Year Winner Venue Score Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)		 Ref
1965 England Bernard Hunt Shandon Park 273 Playoff
(6th hole)		 Wales Brian Huggett
England Lionel Platts		 1,000
1966 Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr Shandon Park 268 Playoff
(1st hole)		 South Africa Cobie Legrange
Scotland George Will		 700
1967 England Bernard Hunt Shandon Park 267 1 stroke Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr 700
1968 Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr Shandon Park 267 2 strokes England Peter Butler 700
1969 Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr Shandon Park 271 3 strokes Northern Ireland Norman Drew
England Malcolm Gregson
England Bernard Hunt
Republic of Ireland Jimmy Martin		 700
1970 New Zealand John Lister Shandon Park 264 3 strokes England Tommy Horton 1,000
1971 England Tommy Horton Malone 274 1 stroke England Neil Coles 1,350

References

  1. "North's Open plan could mark return of glory days". Irish Independent. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  2. "Ulster Open for Shandon Park". The Glasgow Herald. 15 January 1969. p. 6. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  3. "B. J. Hunt's victory in long play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 13 September 1965. p. 4. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  4. "O'Connor beats Will and Legrange". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1966. p. 6. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  5. Jacobs, Raymond (7 August 1967). "Hunt triumphs by one stroke at Shandon Park". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  6. "O'Connor keeps nerve to collect £700 prize". The Daily Telegraph. 4 August 1969. p. 7. Retrieved 20 October 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Horton's record 63 not enough". The Glasgow Herald. 10 August 1970. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  8. "Horton too hot for Coles". The Glasgow Herald. 28 June 1971. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
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