Hennessy_Tournament

Hennessy Tournament

Hennessy Tournament

Former Irish golf tournament

The Hennessy Tournament was an Irish golf tournament played from 1957 to 1965. Christy O'Connor Snr won the event 5 times between 1957 and 1963.[1] The event was sponsored by Hennessy, a cognac distiller.

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History

Total prize money was £500 in 1957, 500 guineas in 1958, 1960 and 1961, 750 guineas in 1962 and 1963 and £1,500 in 1965. In 1964 Hennessy sponsored a round-robin event, the Hennessy Round-robin Tournament which had prize money of £1,500.

Winners

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References

  1. [1]
    "Clandeboye Win for O'Connor". Glasgow Herald. 16 August 1963. p. 6.
  2. [2]
    "Hennessy Golf". Northern Whig. 27 May 1957. p. 7. Retrieved 13 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. [3]
    "E.C. Brown Wins by One Stroke". Glasgow Herald. 22 August 1958. p. 4.
  4. [4]
    "Drew beaten by a shot for £100 prize". Belfast Telegraph. 7 September 1959. p. 14. Retrieved 5 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. [5]
    "Masterly golf win by O'Connor". Belfast Telegraph. 15 August 1960. p. 10. Retrieved 5 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. [6]
    "Easy Win for O'Connor". Glasgow Herald. 18 May 1961. p. 13.
  7. [7]
    "Wedding present for Billy". Belfast Telegraph. 17 August 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 5 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. [8]
    "Greene wins Hennessy Tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 9 August 1965. p. 5.
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