Brabazon Trophy

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The format is 72 hole stroke play contested over four days. After 36 holes the leading 60 competitors and ties play a further 36 holes over the final two days.

History

In March 1938, John Moore-Brabazon was elected president of the English Golf Union.[1] Early in 1939 a new EGU competition was announced, with a trophy presented by Moore-Brabazon. The event was to be a 72-hole strokeplay tournament to be played at Royal Liverpool from 4 to 6 October.[2] Because of the start of World War II the event was cancelled. The idea was revived after the war and was first played in 1947 at Royal Birkdale Golf Club, called the English Golf Union president's trophy. It was won by Duncan Sutherland following an 18-hole playoff.[3]

Before the 1948 event, the official name of the tournament was changed to the Brabazon Trophy, named after Moore-Brabazon, who had become Lord Brabazon in 1942.[4][5] It was played at Royal Lytham and was won by Charlie Stowe, 7 strokes ahead of Gerald Micklem.[6]

The first few events were, like the English Amateur, restricted to English golfers, but from 1951 it became an open event, amateur golfers from any part of the world being able to play.[7]

Initially an 18-hole playoff was used if two or more players were tied after the 72 holes. However, after the 1963 event, playoffs were abandoned and the trophy was shared.[8] The last tie was in 2007. Ties are now decided by a sudden-death playoff.

The first player to successfully defend the trophy was Ronnie White in 1950 and 1951, a feat which has been matched a further five times, Philip Scrutton (1954–55), Michael Bonallack (outright in 1968 and tied in 1969), Rodney Foster (tied 1969 and outright 1970), Gary Evans (tied 1990–91) and Neil Raymond (2011–12).

The tournament has received an increasingly international field over time, the first winner from outside of the British Isles was Neville Sundelson of South Africa in 1974. The tournament has subsequently been won (or tied) by international competitors on eight occasions.

The record for the most wins by a single individual is four (including one tie) held by Sir Michael Bonallack and won between 1964 and 1971.[5] The tournament has twice been won by players who would go on to win a men's major championship, Sandy Lyle who won in 1977 would go on to win The Open Championship and the Masters Tournament and Charl Schwartzel who won in 2002 would go on to win the Masters.

The championship has never been played on the same course in consecutive years, however many of the host courses have hosted the tournament on multiple occasions with Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Moortown Golf Club and Hunstanton Golf Club having been used to host the competition on five occasions each.[5]

Four golfers have won both the Brabazon Trophy and the Carris Trophy in the same year. The Carris Trophy is the equivalent event for under-18s. Patrick Hine (1949), Sandy Lyle (1975) and Peter Baker (1985) were each 17 years old when they won the Brabazon Trophy, while Ben Schmidt was 16 years old when he won both in 2019.[9] Other under-18 winners of the Brabazon Trophy have been Ronan Rafferty, who was 16 when he was a joint-winner in 1980, and Charl Schwartzel who was 17 when he won in 2002.[10] The George Henriques Salver is awarded to the leading player from Great Britain and Ireland under the age of 20. Henriques was president of the EGU in 1951. After his death in 1961 the salver was donated by his widow and first awarded in 1962.

Winners

Year Winner(s) Score Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
2025 Template:Flagicon Biagio Andrea Gagliardi 276 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Freddie Turnell Hankley Common [11]
2024 Template:Flagicon Gregor Graham 185Template:Efn 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Daniel Hayes
Template:Flagicon Wilhelm Ryding		 Holinwell [12]
2023 Template:Flagicon Liam Nolan 277 Playoff Template:Flagicon Zach Little Sunningdale
2022 Template:Flagicon Christiaan Maas 270 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Arron Edwards-Hill Saunton [13]
2021 Template:Flagicon Sam Bairstow 273 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Zachary Chegwidden Ganton [14]
2020 Template:Flagicon David Ravetto 274 PlayoffTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon Christoffer Bring
Template:Flagicon Mark Power		 Sherwood Forest [15][16]
2019 Template:Flagicon Ben Schmidt 271 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Harry Hall Alwoodley [17]
2018 Template:Flagicon Nick Poppleton 272 PlayoffTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon Wilco Nienaber Frilford Heath [18][19]
2017 Template:Flagicon Kyle McClatchie 282 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Jake Burnage
Template:Flagicon Jack Singh Brar
Template:Flagicon Jamie Stewart		 Woodhall Spa [20]
2016 Template:Flagicon Jamie Bower 276 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Cameron Davis London [21]
2015 Template:Flagicon Cormac Sharvin 281 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Gavin Moynihan Hollinwell [22]
2014 Template:Flagicon Ben Stow 278 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Ashley Chesters
Template:Flagicon Ryan Evans		 Seaton Carew [23]
2013 Template:Flagicon Jordan Smith 286 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Brian Casey Formby
2012 Template:Flagicon Neil Raymond 287 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Kevin Phelan Walton Heath
2011 Template:Flagicon Neil Raymond 287 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Alan Dunbar
Template:Flagicon Andy Sullivan		 Burnham & Berrow
2010 Template:Flagicon Darren Wright 285 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Simon Richardson Royal Liverpool [24]
2009 Template:Flagicon Niall Kearney 208Template:Efn 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Liam Burns Moortown [25]
2008 Template:Flagicon Steven Uzzell 197Template:Efn 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Benjamin Hébert Trevose
2007 Template:Flagicon Romain Bechu
Template:Flagicon Jamie Moul		 281 Tied – Forest of Arden
2006 Template:Flagicon Robert Dinwiddie 282 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Ross McGowan Ganton
2005 Template:Flagicon Lloyd Saltman 278 6 strokes Template:Flagicon James Crampton
Template:Flagicon Oliver Fisher		 The Oxfordshire
2004 Template:Flagicon Matthew Richardson 279 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Sam Osborne West Lancashire
2003 Template:Flagicon Jon Lupton 287 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Jack Doherty Hunstanton
2002 Template:Flagicon Charl Schwartzel 282 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Colm Moriarty Royal Cinque Ports
2001 Template:Flagicon Richard Walker 280 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Steven O'Hara Royal Birkdale
2000 Template:Flagicon Jochen Lupprian 284 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Jamie Donaldson Woodhall Spa
1999 Template:Flagicon Mark Side 279 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Mark Loftus
Template:Flagicon Graeme Storm		 Moortown
1998 Template:Flagicon Peter Hanson 287 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Bryan Omelia Formby
1997 Template:Flagicon David Park 271 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Geoff Ogilvy Saunton
1996 Template:Flagicon Peter Fenton 297 8 strokes Template:Flagicon Stephen Allan
Template:Flagicon Blake Toone		 Royal St George's
1995 Template:Flagicon Colin Edwards
Template:Flagicon Mark Foster		 283 Tied – Hillside
1994 Template:Flagicon Gary Harris 280 6 strokes Template:Flagicon Warren Bennett Little Aston
1993 Template:Flagicon David Fisher 277 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Phil Tataurangi Stoneham
1992 Template:Flagicon Ignacio Garrido 280 9 strokes Template:Flagicon Matt McGuire Hollinwell
1991 Template:Flagicon Gary Evans
Template:Flagicon Mark Pullan		 284 Tied – Hunstanton
1990 Template:Flagicon Gary Evans
Template:Flagicon Olivier Edmond		 287 Tied – Burnham & Berrow
1989 Template:Flagicon Craig Rivett
Template:Flagicon Neil Roderick		 293 Tied – Royal Liverpool [26]
1988 Template:Flagicon Bobby Eggo 289 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Tony Nash Saunton [27]
1987 Template:Flagicon Jeremy Robinson 287 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Bob Bardsley Ganton [28]
1986 Template:Flagicon Richard Kaplan 286 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Stephen Hamer Sunningdale [29]
1985 Template:Flagicon Peter Baker
Template:Flagicon Roger Roper		 296 Tied – Seaton Carew [30]
1984 Template:Flagicon Mark Davis 286 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Stephen East Royal Cinque Ports [31]
1983 Template:Flagicon Charlie Banks 294 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Stephen Keppler Hollinwell [32]
1982 Template:Flagicon Paul Downes 299 1 stroke Template:Flagicon David Gilford
Template:Flagicon Stephen Keppler		 Woburn [33]
1981 Template:Flagicon Paul Way 292 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Richard Boxall Hillside [34]
1980 Template:Flagicon Peter McEvoy
Template:Flagicon Ronan Rafferty		 293 Tied – Hunstanton [10]
1979 Template:Flagicon David Long 291 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Ian Bradshaw
Template:Flagicon Brian Marchbank		 Little Aston [35]
1978 Template:Flagicon Gordon Brand Jnr 289 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Peter McEvoy Woodhall Spa [36]
1977 Template:Flagicon Sandy Lyle 293 7 strokes Template:Flagicon John Davies Royal Liverpool [37]
1976 Template:Flagicon Peter Hedges 294 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Gordon J. Brand Saunton [38]
1975 Template:Flagicon Sandy Lyle 298 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Geoff Marks Hollinwell [39]
1974 Template:Flagicon Neville Sundelson 291 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Nigel Burch Moortown [40]
1973 Template:Flagicon Roger Revell 294 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Geoff Marks
Template:Flagicon Stephen Rooke		 Hunstanton [41]
1972 Template:Flagicon Peter Moody 296 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Ian Mosey Royal Liverpool [42]
1971 Template:Flagicon Michael Bonallack 294 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Scott Macdonald Hillside [43]
1970 Template:Flagicon Rodney Foster 287 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Scott Macdonald Little Aston [44]
1969 Template:Flagicon Michael Bonallack
Template:Flagicon Rodney Foster		 290 Tied – Moortown [45]
1968 Template:Flagicon Michael Bonallack 210Template:Efn 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Bill McCrea Walton Heath [46]
1967 Template:Flagicon Ronnie Shade 299 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Michael Bonallack Saunton [47]
1966 Template:Flagicon Peter Townsend 282 7 strokes Template:Flagicon Michael Bonallack
Template:Flagicon Bobby Cole
Template:Flagicon Ronnie Shade		 Hunstanton [48]
1965 Template:Flagicon Michael Burgess
Template:Flagicon Clive Clark
Template:Flagicon Dudley Millensted		 289 Tied – Formby [49]
1964 Template:Flagicon Michael Bonallack 290 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Michael Burgess
Template:Flagicon Brian Stockdale
Template:Flagicon Alan Thirlwell		 Royal Cinque Ports [50]
1963 Template:Flagicon Ronnie Shade 306 PlayoffTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon Peter Green Royal Birkdale [51][52]
1962 Template:Flagicon Alan Slater 290 PlayoffTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon Alec Shepperson Woodhall Spa [53]
1961 Template:Flagicon Ronnie Shade 284 8 strokes Template:Flagicon Michael Lunt Royal Liverpool [54]
1960 Template:Flagicon Guy Wolstenholme 286 PlayoffTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon Martin Christmas Ganton [55][56]
1959 Template:Flagicon Doug Sewell 300 PlayoffTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon Michael Bonallack Hollinwell [57]
1958 Template:Flagicon Arthur Perowne 289 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Alec Shepperson Royal Birkdale [58]
1957 Template:Flagicon Doug Sewell 287 8 strokes Template:Flagicon Tony Slark Moortown [59]
1956 Template:Flagicon Stan Fox 292 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Philip Scrutton Burnham & Berrow [60]
1955 Template:Flagicon Philip Scrutton 283 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Mike Pearson
Template:Flagicon Guy Wolstenholme		 Northumberland [61]
1954 Template:Flagicon Philip Scrutton 302 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Jackie Jones
Template:Flagicon Mike Pearson		 Woodhall Spa [62]
1953 Template:Flagicon Charlie Stowe 283 9 strokes Template:Flagicon Guy Wolstenholme Sunningdale [63]
1952 Template:Flagicon Philip Scrutton 290 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Alex Kyle Ganton [64]
1951 Template:Flagicon Ronnie White 293 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Jack Payne Formby [65]
1950 Template:Flagicon Ronnie White 294 8 strokes Template:Flagicon Philip Scrutton Royal Birkdale [66]
1949 Template:Flagicon Patrick Hine 287 8 strokes Template:Flagicon Bunny Millward Stoneham [67]
1948 Template:Flagicon Charlie Stowe 299 7 strokes Template:Flagicon Gerald Micklem Royal Lytham & St Annes [6]
1947 Template:Flagicon Duncan Sutherland 306 PlayoffTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon Jimmy Rothwell Royal Birkdale [3]

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Multiple winners

The following golfers have won (or tied) the Brabazon Trophy on more than one occasion

Golfer Total Years
Template:Flagicon Michael Bonallack 4 1964, 1968, 1969 (tied), 1971
Template:Flagicon Philip Scrutton 3 1952, 1954, 1955
Template:Flagicon Ronnie Shade 3 1961, 1963, 1967
Template:Flagicon Ronnie White 2 1950, 1951
Template:Flagicon Charlie Stowe 2 1948, 1953
Template:Flagicon Doug Sewell 2 1957, 1959
Template:Flagicon Rodney Foster 2 1969 (tied), 1970
Template:Flagicon Sandy Lyle 2 1975, 1977
Template:Flagicon Gary Evans 2 1990 (tied), 1991 (tied)
Template:Flagicon Neil Raymond 2 2011, 2012

Venues by course

The championship has been hosted at several golf courses on multiple occasions

Venue Times hosted Years hosted
Notts Golf Club (Hollinwell) 6 1959, 1975, 1983, 1992, 2015, 2024
Royal Birkdale Golf Club 5 1947, 1950, 1958, 1963, 2001
Moortown Golf Club 5 1957, 1969, 1974, 1999, 2009
Royal Liverpool Golf Club 5 1961, 1972, 1977, 1989, 2010
Hunstanton Golf Club 5 1966, 1973, 1980, 1991, 2003
Woodhall Spa Golf Club 5 1954, 1962, 1978, 2000, 2017
Ganton Golf Club 5 1952, 1960, 1987, 2006, 2021
Saunton Golf Club 5 1967, 1976, 1988, 1997, 2022
Formby Golf Club 4 1951, 1965, 1998, 2013
Sunningdale Golf Club 3 1953, 1986, 2023
Burnham & Berrow Golf Club 3 1956, 1990, 2011
Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club 3 1964, 1984, 2002
Little Aston Golf Club 3 1970, 1979, 1994
Hillside Golf Club 3 1971, 1981, 1995
Seaton Carew Golf Club 2 1985, 2014
Stoneham Golf Club 2 1949, 1993
Walton Heath Golf Club 2 1968, 2012
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club 1 1948
Northumberland Golf Club 1 1955
Woburn Golf and Country Club 1 1982
Royal St George's Golf Club 1 1996
West Lancashire Golf Club 1 2004
The Oxfordshire Golf Club 1 2005
Forest of Arden Hotel & Country Club 1 2007
Trevose Golf & Country Club 1 2008
London Golf Club 1 2016
Frilford Heath Golf Club 1 2018
Alwoodley Golf Club 1 2019
Sherwood Forest Golf Club 1 2020

See also

References

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