Since 1860, The Open has been played over some of the world’s most cherished links courses and has produced a remarkable legacy of great champions. It is the oldest and most international championship in professional golf and the Claret Jug – first presented in 1873 – is one of the most iconic trophies in all of sport.
The British Open Claret Jug
1934
Henry Cotton
1937
Henry Cotton
1939
Dick Burton
1948
Henry Cotton
RAFGS Members – International & National Professional Winners
Henry Cotton has competed 17 times in The Open Top 10 and won the RAFGS National Playing Fields Handicap Cup & Swinton Cup in 1949. Dick Burton 1939.
BRITISH PGA MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONS
1932 (Moor Park)
Henry Cotton
1940 (Mid Surrey)
Henry Cotton
1946 (Hoylake)
Henry Cotton
BRITISH PGA CHAMPIONS
1957
Peter Alliss
1962
Peter Alliss
1965
Peter Alliss
1966
Guy Wolstenholme
RYDER CUP APPEARANCES
The Ryder Cup is a biennial men’s golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is contested every two years with the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe. The Ryder Cup is named after the English businessman Samuel Ryder who donated the trophy. The event is jointly administered by the PGA of America and Ryder Cup Europe, the latter a joint venture of the PGA European Tour (60%), the PGA of Great Britain and Ireland (20%), and the PGAs of Europe (20%)
Ryder Cup
1929
Henry Cotton
(Winning Team)
1935
Dick Burton
1937
Dick Burton
1937
Henry Cotton
1947
Henry Cotton
1949
Dick Burton
1953
Peter Alliss
1957
Peter Alliss
(Winning Team)
1959
Peter Alliss
1961
Peter Alliss
1963
Peter Alliss
1965
Peter Alliss
1967
Peter Alliss
1969
Peter Alliss
EUROPEAN ORDER OF MERIT – THE HARRY VARDON TROPHY
The Harry Vardon Trophy is awarded by the European Tour. Since 2009 it has been awarded to the winner of the Race to Dubai. Before then it was awarded to the winner of the “Order of Merit”. From 1975 to 2008 the Order of Merit was based on prize money but before that date a points system was used. From 1937 until the formation of the European Tour in 1972 the award was presented by the British PGA. The trophy is named for the Jersey golfing great Harry Vardon, who died in 1937.
1938
Henry Cotton
1964
Peter Alliss
1966
Peter Alliss
EUROPEAN ORDER OF MERIT – THE HARRY VARDON TROPHY – THE RUNNER UP
1957
Henry Cotton
1966
Peter Alliss
CANADA CUP APPEARANCES
1954-1966
Peter Alliss
1965
Guy Wolstenholme
INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCES
1929
Henry Cotton
1935
Dick Burton
1936
Dick Burton
1937
Dick Burton
1938
Dick Burton
1954
Peter Alliss
1955
Peter Alliss
1956
Peter Alliss (Captain)
1967
Peter Alliss (Captain)
FRENCH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
1948
Henry Cotton
FRENCH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP -RUNNER UP
1957
Peter Alliss
1959
Peter Alliss
GERMAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
1937
Henry Cotton
1938
Henry Cotton
1939
Henry Cotton
KLM DUTCH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
1969
Guy Wolstenholme
SPANISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
1956
Peter Alliss
1958
Peter Alliss
ITALIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
1936
Henry Cotton
1958
Peter Alliss
PORTUGUESE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
1958
Peter Alliss
BRAZILIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
1961
Peter Alliss
CZECHOSLOVAKIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
1937
Henry Cotton
1938
Henry Cotton
KENYA OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
1967
Guy Wolstenholme
AUSTRALIAN SENIORS CHAMPIONSHIP
1981
Guy Wolstenholme
MARTINI INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
The Martini International was a men’s professional golf tournament that was held from 1961 to 1983. It was hosted by several different golf clubs in England, Scotland and Wales. It was part of the European Tour’s schedule from the tour’s first official season in 1972 until the event ceased.
1966
Peter Alliss (Winner)
1970
Douglas Sewell (Winner)
PENFOLD TOURNAMENT
The Penfold Tournament was a golf tournament on the European circuit / European Tour. It was played from 1932 to 1974 at a variety of courses. The tournament was sponsored by Penfold Golf and was often played at coastal resorts, whose councils shared the costs.
1939
Henry Cotton
1954
Henry Cotton
SWALLOW-PENFOLD TOURNAMENT
In 1955 Penfold combined their sponsorship with Swallow Raincoats who had supported the Swallow-Harrogate Tournament in 1953 and 1954. The new tournament was known as the Swallow-Penfold Tournament and had a first prize of £1,000 and total prize money of £4,000. The new event had a 72-hole stroke play format. Swallow dropped their sponsorship after the 1966 event but the tournament continued with £4,000 prize money in 1967. Prize money increased to £8,000 in 1971 and finally £12,000 in 1974.
1964
Peter Alliss
SWALLOW-PENFOLD TOURNAMENT – RUNNER UP
1957
Peter Alliss
DAILY MAIL TOURNAMENT
1939
Henry Cotton
1940
Dick Burton
DAILY MAIL TOURNAMENT – RUNNER UP
1937
Henry Cotton
WEST OF ENGLAND PROFESSIONAL CHAMPION
1956
Peter Alliss
1958
Peter Alliss
1962
Peter Alliss
1966
Peter Alliss
1968
Douglas Sewell
1970
Douglas Sewell
SOUTHERN ENGLAND PROFESSIONAL CHAMPION
1961
Guy Wolstenholme
PICCADILLY TOURNAMENT
was a men’s professional golf tournament. It was played in 1962 and from 1964 to 1976 and was a European Tour event from 1972 to 1976. It was played in a variety of formats. From 1962 to 1967 it was a 72-hole stroke-play event, in 1968 it was a four-ball better-ball match play event, from 1969 to 1975 it was a knockout stroke-play event while in 1976 it reverted to the 72-hole stroke-play format. From 1964 to 1968 the event was played on the East course at Wentworth, just before the Piccadilly World Match Play Championship which was played on the West Course there. Carreras withdrew their golf sponsorship after the 1976 season.
1969
Peter Alliss
SUNNINGDALE FOURSOMES
The Sunningdale Foursomes Tournament was first played in 1934. This Annual Tournament is open to all golfers through a unique handicap format
1958
Peter Alliss (with Jean Donald)
1961
Peter Alliss (with Jean Donald)
DAKS TOURNAMENT
The Daks Tournament was an important professional golf tournament held in England from 1950 to 1971 and was generally held in early June. 17 of the 22 events were held at the Wentworth Club. Neil Coles enjoyed considerable success in the event winning four of the final nine tournaments and being a runner-up in three others. The tournament was sponsored by DAKS.
1954
Peter Alliss
1959
Peter Alliss
DUNLOP PROFESSIONAL TOURNAMENT
1955
Peter Alliss
1959
Peter Alliss
DUNLOP PROFESSIONAL TOURNAMENT -RUNNER UP
1957
Peter Alliss
JEYES TOURNAMENT
The Jeyes Professional and Amateur Tournament was an Irish golf tournament played from 1962 to 1966. The event featured a number of amateurs who competed for separate prizes. The event was sponsored by Jeyes Group
1963
Guy Wolstenholme
1965
Peter Alliss
SPRITE TOURNAMENT
The Sprite Tournament was a professional golf tournament played at Selsdon Park Golf Club, Surrey, England in 1959 and 1960. The 1960 event was called the Sprite International.
In the 1959 event the first 36 holes were also played as a pro-am better ball. The 1960 event was preceded by a 27-hole pro-am better-ball event.
1960
Peter Alliss
REDIFFUSION TOURNAMENT
The Rediffusion Tournament was a professional golf tournament played at La Moye Golf Club, Jersey from 1963 to 1966
1966
Peter Alliss
AGFA-GEVAERT TOURNAMENT
The Agfa-Gevaert Tournament was a golf tournament in England from 1963 to 1971. It was played at Stoke Poges Golf Club in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. It was sponsored by Agfa-Gevaert.
1967
Peter Alliss
ESSO GOLDEN TOURNAMENT
The Esso Golden Tournament was a golf tournament on the British PGA circuit from 1961 to 1967. It was played in a round-robin format at the Moor Park Golf Club in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England. The event was sponsored by Esso.
1964
Peter Alliss
WENTWORTH PROFESSIONAL / AMATEUR FOURSOMES
1957
Guy Wolstenholme
1964
Guy Wolstenholme
1959
Peter Alliss
1968
Doug Sewell
STRONG COUNTRY TOURNAMENT
1961
Peter Alliss
1962
Peter Alliss
1963
Peter Alliss
1964
Peter Alliss
1965
Stuart Murray
1968
Douglas Sewell
1969
Douglas Sewell
STRONG COUNTRY TOURNAMENT -RUNNER UP
1966
Peter Alliss
1968
Stuart Murray
ASSISTANT PROFESSIONALS’ CHAMPION
1952
Peter Alliss
SOUTHERN ENGLAND PROFESSIONALS CHAMPION
1961
Guy Wolstenholme
NORTHERN ENGLAND PROFESSIONALS CHAMPION
1934
Dick Burton
SPALDING EVENING NEWS RUNNER UP
1958
Peter Alliss
1959
Peter Alliss
MIDLAND PROFESSIONAL CHAMPION
1964
Stuart Murray
1967
Stuart Murray
1968
Stuart Murray
MIDLAND OPEN CHAMPION
1967
T.M. Collinge
PORTUGUESE OPEN CHAMPION
1958
Peter Alliss
BRAZILIAN OPEN CHAMPION
1961
Peter Alliss
CZECHOSLOVAKIAN OPEN CHAMPION
1937
Henry Cotton
1938
Henry Cotton
KENYA OPEN CHAMPION
1967
Guy Wolstenholme
MARTINI INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
The Martini International was a men’s professional golf tournament that was held from 1961 to 1983. It was hosted by several different golf clubs in England, Scotland and Wales. It was part of the European Tour’s schedule from the tour’s first official season in 1972 until the event ceased.
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