Welsh National PGA Championship
Tournament information | |
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Established | 1904 |
Course(s) | Machynys Peninsula (2022) |
Month played | September |
Current champion | |
Sion Bebb (2022) |
The Welsh National PGA Championship is a
History
The first Championship was held at Radyr Golf Club on 15 July 1904. It was a 36-hole stroke-play event played on a single day. There were 19 entries. Tom Brace led after a 79 in the morning but fell away after an afternoon 92. The winner was the Tenby professional, Arthur Day, who had rounds of 81 and 80 for a total of 161. This put him three strokes ahead of the joint runners-up, 20-year-old George Duncan and Bill Leaver, who had finished 8th in the 1903 Open Championship. The winner received 10 guineas and a gold medal.[2]
The 1905 Championship was held at
In 1971 the event was held as part of the Welsh Professional Open Championship. Don Gammon won the open event with a score of 278, a stroke ahead of Stuart Brown. Two golfers tied for the closed event, Jimmy Buckley and Kim Dabson both scoring 291. Buckley won a sudden-death playoff at the second extra hole.[4]
Winners
Source:[5]
Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | ||||
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2022 | Sion Bebb (4) | Wales | Machynys Peninsula | 137 | ||||
2021 | Lee Rooke | Wales | Aberdovey | 136 | ||||
2020 | Tim Dykes | Wales | Cardiff | 138 | ||||
2019 | Mark Pilkington | Wales | Conwy | 142 | ||||
2018 | Toby Hunt | Wales | Ashburnham | 136 | ||||
2017 | Sion Bebb (3) | Wales | Celtic Manor (Roman) | 131 | ||||
2016 | Lydia Hall | Wales | Tenby | 138 | ||||
2015 | Garry Houston | Wales | Radyr | 137 | ||||
2014 | Stephen Dodd (5) | Wales | Royal St David's | 134 | ||||
2013 | Lee Rooke | Wales | Royal St David's | 135 | ||||
2012 | Stuart Manley | Wales | Cardiff | 135 | ||||
2011 | Stephen Dodd (4) | Wales | Southerndown | 136 +++ | ||||
2010 | Simon Edwards (3) | Wales | Royal St David's | 204 | ||||
2009 | Jason Powell | Wales | Ashburnham | 221 | ||||
2008 | Trevor Jones | Wales | Cardiff | 209 | ||||
2007 | Stephen Dodd (3) | Wales | Cardiff | 200 | ||||
2006 | Sion Bebb (2) | Wales | Tenby | 204 | ||||
2005 | Sion Bebb | Wales | Southerndown | 199 | ||||
2004 | Mark Plummer (3) | Wales | Vale of Llangollen | 203 | ||||
2003 | Simon Edwards (2) | Wales | Porthmadog | 196 | ||||
2002 | Simon Edwards | Wales | Pyle & Kenfig | 210 | ||||
2001 | Stephen Dodd (2) | Wales | Ashburnham | 214 | ||||
2000 | Mark Plummer (2) | Wales | Newport | 136 | ||||
1999 | Richard Dinsdale | Wales | Vale of Glamorgan | 134 | ||||
1998 | Liam Bond | Wales | Vale of Glamorgan | 69 ++ | ||||
1997 | Matthew Ellis | Wales | Vale of Glamorgan | 139 | ||||
1996 | Matt Stanford | England | Northop Country Park | 137 | ||||
1995 | Stephen Dodd | Wales | Northop Country Park | 139 | ||||
1994 | Mark Plummer | Wales | Northop Country Park | 133 | ||||
1993 | Phillip Price | Wales | Mountain Lakes | 138 | ||||
1992 | Chris Evans | Wales | Ashburnham | 142 | ||||
1991 | Paul Mayo (2) | Wales | Fairwood Park | 138 | ||||
1990 | Paul Mayo | Wales | Fairwood Park | 136 | ||||
1989 | Kevin Jones (2) | Wales | Royal Porthcawl | 140 | ||||
1988 | Ian Woosnam | Wales | Cardiff | 137 | ||||
1987 | Andrew Dodman | England | Cardiff | 132 | ||||
1986 | Philip Parkin | Wales | Whitchurch | 142 | ||||
1985 | David Llewellyn | Wales | Whitchurch | 132 | ||||
1984 | Kevin Jones | Wales | Cardiff | 135 | ||||
1983 | Simon Cox (2) | Wales | Cardiff | 136 | ||||
1982 | Craig Defoy (4) | Wales | Cardiff | 137 | ||||
1981 | Craig Defoy (3) | Wales | Cardiff | 139 | ||||
1980 | Andy Griffiths (2) | Wales | Cardiff | 139 | ||||
1979: Event cancelled | ||||||||
1978 | Brian Huggett | Wales | Whitchurch | 145 | ||||
1977 | Craig Defoy (2) | Wales | Glamorganshire | 135 | ||||
1976 | Simon Cox | Wales | Radyr | 284 | ||||
1975 | Craig Defoy | Wales | Whitchurch | 285 | ||||
1974 | Mel Hughes | England | Cardiff | 284 | ||||
1973 | Andy Griffiths | Wales | Newport | 289 | ||||
1972 | Jimmy Buckley (2) | Wales | Royal Porthcawl | 298 | ||||
1971 | Jimmy Buckley | Wales | St Pierre | 291 | ||||
1970 | William Evans | Wales | Tredegar Park | 289 | ||||
1969 | Sid Mouland (6) | Wales | Llandudno | 277 | ||||
1968 | Richard Davies | Wales | Southerndown | 292 | ||||
1967 | Sid Mouland (5) | Wales | Pyle & Kenfig | 219 + | ||||
1966 | Sid Mouland (4) | Wales | Conwy | 281 | ||||
1965 | Sid Mouland (3) | Wales | Penarth | 281 | ||||
1964 | B Bielby | Wales | Tenby | 297 | ||||
1963 | Harry Gould (6) | Wales | Wrexham | 291 | ||||
1962 | Sid Mouland (2) | Wales | Royal Porthcawl | 302 | ||||
1961 | Sid Mouland | Wales | Southerndown | 286 | ||||
1960 | Dick Kemp (2) | Wales | Llandudno | 288 | ||||
1959 | Dennis Smalldon (3) | Wales | Newport | |||||
1958 | Dick Kemp | Wales | Radyr | |||||
1957 | Jimmy Black (2) | Wales | Llandudno | |||||
1956 | Dennis Smalldon (2) | Wales | Royal Porthcawl | |||||
1955 | Jimmy Black | Wales | Penarth | 291 [6] | ||||
1954 | Harry Gould (5) | Wales | Holyhead | 293 [7][8] | ||||
1953 | Dennis Smalldon | Wales | Tenby | 291 [9] | ||||
1952 | Sid Collins Jr. (2) | England | Southerndown | |||||
1951 | Harry Gould (4) | Wales | Llandudno | |||||
1950 | Gwyn James | Wales | Newport | |||||
1949 | Harry Gould (3) | Wales | Radyr | |||||
1948 | Harry Gould (2) | Wales | Aberdovey | |||||
1947 | Ken Williams | Wales | Llandrindod | |||||
1946 | Harry Gould | Wales | Royal Porthcawl | |||||
1940–45: No tournament due to World War II | ||||||||
1939 | Chris Grabham | Wales | Harlech | |||||
1938 | Sid Collins Jr. | England | St Mellons | |||||
1937 | Frank Hill (2) | Wales | Clyne | |||||
1936 | Fred Lloyd | Wales | Prestatyn | |||||
1935 | Frank Hill | Wales | Penarth | |||||
1934 | Charles Pickett | Wales | Swansea Bay | |||||
1933 | Fred Collins (2) | England | Rhyl | 305 [10] | ||||
1932 | Bill Smalldon | Wales | Royal Porthcawl | |||||
1931 | R Watts | Wales | Newport | |||||
1930 | Harold Palferman | Wales | Wrexham | |||||
1929 | Bert Hodson (2) | Wales | Royal Porthcawl | |||||
1928 | Robert Walker | Wales | Llandudno | |||||
1927 | Bert Hodson | Wales | Tenby | |||||
1926 | Bert Weastell (2) | England | Llandudno | |||||
1925 | James Horn | England | Pennard | |||||
1924 | Bert Weastell | England | Llandudno | |||||
1923 | Jack Milner | England | Royal Porthcawl | |||||
1922 | Gus Faulkner | England | Rhos on Sea | |||||
1921 | Percy Alliss (2) | England | Southerndown | |||||
1920 | Percy Alliss | England | Aberdovey | |||||
1914–19: No tournament due to World War I | ||||||||
1913 | George Gadd | England | Chester | |||||
1912 | Cyril Hughes | England | Royal Porthcawl | |||||
1911 | Peter Rainford | England | Conwy | |||||
1910 | Alfred Matthews (2) | England | Swansea | |||||
1909 | Alfred Matthews | England | Rhyl | |||||
1908 | Tom Brace | Wales | Bridgend | |||||
1907 | Sam Whiting | England | Porthcawl | |||||
1906 | Jack Ross | Scotland | Radyr | 156 | ||||
1905 | Fred Collins | England | Conwy | 153 | ||||
1904 | Arthur Day | England | Radyr | 161 |
- + reduced to 54 holes.
- ++ reduced to 18 holes.
- +++ reduced to 36 holes.
References
- ^ "Conditions of Entry" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "Professional golf - Tenby man wins the Welsh Championship". Evening Express and Evening Mail (Cardiff). National Library of Wales. 16 July 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Welsh Championship - Professionals' second annual meeting - success of Fred Collins, of Llandudno". Evening Express and Evening Mail (Cardiff). National Library of Wales. 24 August 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- Glasgow Herald. 28 May 1971. p. 6.
- ^ "Welsh National PGA Championship - Past Champions". pga.info. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ "Golf – J.L. Black (Harlech)". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 9 June 1955. Retrieved 3 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- The Glasgow Herald. 4 June 1954. p. 4.
- The Glasgow Herald. 5 June 1954. p. 2.
- ^ "Welsh Championship". The Times. 19 June 1953. p. 12.
- ^ "Welsh Professional Championship". The Times. 30 June 1933. p. 6.