| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Northern Ireland |
| Established | 1965 |
| Tour(s) | British PGA Circuit |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Final year | 1971 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 264 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 | Bernard Hunt | Shandon Park | 273 | Playoff (6th hole) |
Brian Huggett Lionel Platts |
1,000 | |
| 1966 | Christy O'Connor Snr | Shandon Park | 268 | Playoff (1st hole) |
Cobie Legrange George Will |
700 | |
| 1967 | Bernard Hunt | Shandon Park | 267 | 1 stroke | Christy O'Connor Snr | 700 | |
| 1968 | Christy O'Connor Snr | Shandon Park | 267 | 2 strokes | Peter Butler | 700 | |
| 1969 | Christy O'Connor Snr | Shandon Park | 271 | 3 strokes | Norman Drew Malcolm Gregson Bernard Hunt Jimmy Martin |
700 | |
| 1970 | John Lister | Shandon Park | 264 | 3 strokes | Tommy Horton | 1,000 | |
| 1971 | Tommy Horton | Malone | 274 | 1 stroke | Neil Coles | 1,350 |
References
- ^ "North's Open plan could mark return of glory days". Irish Independent. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ^ "Ulster Open for Shandon Park". The Glasgow Herald. 15 January 1969. p. 6. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ^ "B. J. Hunt's victory in long play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 13 September 1965. p. 4. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ^ "O'Connor beats Will and Legrange". The Glasgow Herald. 8 August 1966. p. 6. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ^ Jacobs, Raymond (7 August 1967). "Hunt triumphs by one stroke at Shandon Park". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ^ "O'Connor keeps nerve to collect £700 prize". The Daily Telegraph. 4 August 1969. p. 7. Retrieved 20 October 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Horton's record 63 not enough". The Glasgow Herald. 10 August 1970. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ^ "Horton too hot for Coles". The Glasgow Herald. 28 June 1971. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2011.