Coca-Cola Young Professionals' Championship

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The Coca-Cola Young Professionals' Championship was a

British PGA
tournament circuit that was played from 1968 to 1976. Entry was restricted to players under 25 years old. Coca-Cola sponsorship ended in 1974. The 1975 event was called the T.P.D. Young Professionals' Championship while the final event in 1976 was called the T.P.D. Under-25 Championship.

Winners

Year Winner Country Venue Score Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)		 Ref
T.P.D. Under-25 Championship
1976 Howard Clark  England Westcliff Country Club 281 3 strokes Wales Kim Dabson [1]
T.P.D. Young Professionals' Championship
1975 Dale Hayes  South Africa Hill Barn Golf Club 266 3 strokes England Pip Elson 700 [2]
Coca-Cola Young Professionals' Championship
1974 Dale Hayes  South Africa
Long Ashton Golf Club
 274 1 stroke Australia Jack Newton 1,400 [3][4]
1973 Bernard Gallacher  Scotland
Long Ashton Golf Club
)		 277 4 strokes England Peter Dawson 600 [5]
1972 Peter Oosterhuis  England
Bristol & Clifton Golf Club
)		 278 2 strokes England John Cook [6]
1971 John Garner  England
Southampton Municipal Golf Club
(and Stoneham Golf Club
)		 273 1 stroke England Guy Hunt 600 [7]
1970 Peter Oosterhuis  England Morecambe Golf Club
(and Heysham Golf Club)		 274 1 stroke Northern Ireland Eddie Polland 500 [8]
1969 Brian Barnes  Scotland
Long Ashton Golf Club
)		 280 Playoff Scotland Bernard Gallacher 500 [9]
1968 Peter Townsend  England Coventry Golf Club 270 3 strokes Scotland Bernard Gallacher 500 [10]

In 1969, Barnes beat Gallacher at the first extra hole with a birdie 3.

References

  1. The Glasgow Herald
    . 20 September 1976. p. 15.
  2. The Glasgow Herald
    . 22 September 1975. p. 10.
  3. The Glasgow Herald
    . 17 June 1974. p. 3.
  4. ISBN 0002119552
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  5. The Glasgow Herald
    . 18 June 1973. p. 4.
  6. ^ "Success for Oosterhuis". The Times. 5 June 1972. p. 11.
  7. The Glasgow Herald
    . 6 September 1971. p. 5.
  8. The Glasgow Herald
    . 17 August 1970. p. 5.
  9. The Glasgow Herald
    . 1 September 1969. p. 4.
  10. The Glasgow Herald
    . 2 September 1968. p. 5.
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