Sherwood Forest Foursomes Tournament
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Established | 1959 |
| Course(s) | Sherwood Forest Golf Club |
| Month played | August |
| Final year | 1959 |
| Final champion | |
| Dai Rees and Dennis Smalldon | |
Mansfield
Location in England
The Sherwood Forest Foursomes Tournament was a professional golf tournament played at Sherwood Forest Golf Club near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in England. The event was held just once, on 28 and 29 August 1959, and had total prize money of £2,100. The event was sponsored by Sir Stuart Goodwin, a Yorkshire steel industrialist.[1]
A total of 48 players qualified for the final stage through a regional system of 36-hole individual stroke-play. These 48 were drawn into 24 pairs for the final stage. There were four rounds of stroke-play.
Dennis Smalldon, one of the winning pair, died two weeks later after being injured in a road-traffic accident on 6 September.[2][3]
Winners[edit]
| Year | Winners | Country | Score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Winner's share (£) |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Dai Rees & Dennis Smalldon |
 Wales Wales |
285 | 3 strokes |  Christy O'Connor Snr & Alan Poulton |
150 (each) |
[4] |
References[edit]
- ^ "New tournament". The Times. 27 August 1958. p. 3.
- ^ "Six sportsmen injured in road accidents". The Glasgow Herald. 7 September 1959. p. 1.
- ^ "Professional golfer". The Glasgow Herald. 14 September 1959. p. 11.
- ^ "Rees advice pays off". The Glasgow Herald. 31 August 1959. p. 4.