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Bobby Verwey
Frank Robert Verwey (born 21 January 1941) is a South African professional golfer. Verwey was born in Johannesburg and is the son of former South African PGA champion Jock Verwey. He is also the brother-in-law of South African golf legend Gary Player, who was married to his sister, Vivienne, deceased 2021. Verwey won the 1962 German Open and the 1965 Almaden Open Invitational on the PGA Tour. He was a member of the European Tour from 1978 to 1980. He won several professional tournaments in his home country and represented South Africa in the World Cup in 1978 and 1980. Verwey was 50 years, 5 months and 23 days old when he won the Senior British Open Championship becoming the youngest player to ever win that event. He was a regular on the European Seniors Tour for the first few years after its establishment in 1992, and finished in the top ten on the Order of Merit four times. Professional wins PGA Tour wins (1) South African circuit wins (5) *1963 Western Province Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demographia, the Johannesburg–Pretoria urban area (combined because of strong transport links that make commuting feasible) is the 26th-largest in the world in terms of population, with 14,167,000 inhabitants. It is the provincial capital and largest city of Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa. Johannesburg is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa. Most of the major South African companies and banks have their head offices in Johannesburg. The city is located in the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills and is the centre of large-scale gold and diamond trade. The city was established in 1886 following the discovery of gold on what had been a farm. Due to the extremely large gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transvaal Open
The Transvaal Open was a golf tournament in South Africa. In later years it was a fixture on the South African Sunshine Circuit. Winners * 1911 Laurie Waters * 1912 ''No tournament'' * 1913 Jock Brews * 1914–18 ''No tournament'' * 1919 Laurie Waters * 1920 Laurie Waters * 1921 Jock Brews * 1922 Fred Jangle * 1923 Jock Brews * 1924 Sid Brews * 1925 ''No tournament'' * 1926 Bert Elkin * 1927 Charles McIlvenny * 1928 ''No tournament'' * 1929 Charles McIlvenny * 1930 Sid Brews * 1931 Sid Brews * 1932 Sid Brews * 1933 Sid Brews * 1934 Sid Brews * 1935 Sid Brews * 1936 Sid Brews (285) * 1937 Bobby Locke (286) amateur * 1938 Bobby Locke (277) * 1939 Bobby Locke (265) * 1940 Bobby Locke * 1941–45 ''No tournament'' * 1946 Bobby Locke * 1947 Roderick Dunn * 1948 Otway Hayes * 1949 Bobby Locke * 1950 Bobby Locke (280) * 1951 Bobby Locke * 1952 Sandy Guthrie * 1953 Tommy Trevena * 1954 Bobby Locke (265) * 1955 Bobby Locke (285) * 1956 Bruce Keyter (281) * 1957 Harold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Credit Suisse Private Banking Seniors Open
The Swiss Seniors Open is the Swiss stop on men's professional golf's European Senior Tour The Legends Tour is the current branding of the European Senior Tour, a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over, run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was branded as the Staysure Tour for the 2018 and 2019 seasons after UK-based insu .... It was founded in 1997 as the Credit Suisse Private Banking Seniors Open and from 1999 to 2014 was known as the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open. It is played at Bad Ragaz Golf Club. In 2019 the prize fund was €320,000. Winners Notes External linksCoverage on the European Senior Tour's official site {{European Seniors Tour European Senior Tour events Golf tournaments in Switzerland Bad Ragaz Recurring sporting events established in 1997 1997 establishments in Switzerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Garrido (golfer)
Antonio Garrido (born 2 February 1944) is a Spanish professional golfer. He won five times on the European Tour and twice on the European Senior Tour. He played in the 1979 Ryder Cup, the first Ryder Cup in which Continental European golfers were eligible to play. Professional career Garrido played on the European Tour from its first official season in 1972 and won five tournaments between 1972 and 1986. He is notable for winning the first ever official European Tour event, the 1972 Spanish Open. His best year was 1977 when he won the Madrid Open and the Benson & Hedges International Open and finished third on the Order of Merit. That same season he teamed up with Seve Ballesteros to win the World Cup of Golf for Spain, finishing three strokes ahead of the Philippines. Following this World Cup success he received an invitation to play in the 1978 Masters Tournament, where he missed the cut. In 1979, when players from Continental Europe became eligible to play in the Ryder Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 European Seniors Tour ...
The 1998 European Seniors Tour was the 7th season of the European Seniors Tour, the professional golf tour for men aged 50 and above operated by the PGA European Tour. Tournament results The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Seniors Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour. For the tour schedule on the European Senior Tour's website, including links to full results, clichere Leading money winners There is a complete list on the official sit External links * {{European Seniors Tour seasons European Senior Tour European Senior Tour The Legends Tour is the current branding of the European Senior Tour, a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over, run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was branded as the Staysure Tour for the 2018 and 2019 seasons after UK-based insu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beko/Oger Tours Turkish Open
The Turkish Seniors Open was an over-50s men's professional golf tournament on the European Seniors Tour that was played from 1996 to 2001 and again in 2007. The 2007 event was played at Gloria Golf Resort, Belek in Antalya Province with a prize fund was €325,000. Winners {, class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" !Year!!Winner!!Country!!Venue!!Score!!To par!!Marginof victory!!Runner(s)-up , - ! colspan=8, Gloria Classic , - , 2007 , , Nick Job , , , , Gloria Golf Resort , , align=center, 206 , , align=center, −10 , , Playoff , , Martin Poxon , - , colspan=8 align=center, ''2002–06: No tournament'' , - ! colspan=8, Beko Classic , - , 2001 , , Noel Ratcliffe , , , , Gloria Golf Resort , , align=center, 209 , , align=center, −7 , , 1 stroke , , Terry Gale , - , 2000 , , Brian Huggett , , , , Gloria Golf Resort , , align=center, 208 , , align=center, −8 , , Playoff , , Bob Shearer , - , 1999 , , Tommy Horton (2) , , , , Klassis G&CC , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 European Seniors Tour ...
The 1996 European Seniors Tour was the fifth season of the European Seniors Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe for men aged 50 and over. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1996 season. Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling. Notes References External links * {{European Seniors Tour seasons European Senior Tour European Seniors Tour European Seniors Tour The Legends Tour is the current branding of the European Senior Tour, a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over, run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was branded as the Staysure Tour for the 2018 and 2019 seasons after UK-based insur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Butler (golfer)
Peter Joseph Butler (25 March 1932 – 13 October 2022) was an English professional golfer. He was one of the leading British golfers of the 1960s and early 1970s. He won a number of important tournaments including the 1963 PGA Close Championship and the 1968 French Open. He played in four Ryder Cup matches between 1965 and 1973 and three times in the World Cup. He played in the Open Championship 23 times, with two top-10 finishes, and seven successive times in the Masters from 1964 to 1970. Golf career Butler turned professional as a teenager in 1947, becoming an assistant to Bill Button at Harborne Golf Club, Birmingham. He played in the 1949 PGA Assistants' Championship, which was restarted that year, but finished a distant 38 strokes behind the winner. He had more success the following year, finishing in 6th place. The leading 16 players qualified for the Gor-Ray match-play tournament which had prize money of £580. Butler lost in the first round. Over the next few years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Butler (golfer)
David Butler or Dave Butler may refer to: Sports *David Butler (basketball, born 1966), American basketball player who played in college for the UNLV Runnin' Rebels * David Butler (footballer, born 1945), professional footballer in England * David Butler (footballer, born 1953), professional footballer in England and the United States * David Butler (footballer, born 1962), professional footballer in England *David Butler (hurler) (born 1992), Irish hurler * David Butler (wrestler) (born 1957), American Olympic wrestler * Dave Butler (basketball, born 1964/1965), American basketball player who played in college for the California Golden Bears Entertainment * David Butler (author) (born 1964), Irish author, playwright and poet * David Butler (director) (1894–1979), American filmmaker, screenwriter and actor * David Butler (screenwriter) (1927–2006), British writer of screenplays and teleplays *David John Butler, who writes under D. J. Butler and Dave Butler, American writer Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Batley Seniors
The Lawrence Batley Seniors was a senior (over 50s) men's professional golf tournament on the European Senior Tour. It was played from 1992 to 2002 in the Huddersfield area of West Yorkshire, England. From 1995 the tournament was held at Huddersfield Golf Club, north of Huddersfield, while in 1994 it was held at Woodsome Hall Golf Club, south-west of Huddersfield, and in 1992 and 1993 at both venues. The tournament was sponsored by Lawrence Batley who had earlier supported a European Tour event, the Lawrence Batley International, from 1981 to 1987. Batley died in August 2002, soon after the final tournament. Neil Coles won the final tournament in 2002 and set a record as the oldest winner of a European Senior Tour The Legends Tour is the current branding of the European Senior Tour, a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over, run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was branded as the Staysure Tour for the 2018 and 2019 seasons after UK-based insu ... event, aged 67 ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 European Seniors Tour ...
The 1992 European Seniors Tour was the inaugural season of the European Seniors Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe for men aged 50 and over. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1992 season. Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling. Notes References External links * {{European Seniors Tour seasons European Senior Tour European Seniors Tour European Seniors Tour The Legends Tour is the current branding of the European Senior Tour, a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over, run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was branded as the Staysure Tour for the 2018 and 2019 seasons after UK-based insur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Horton
Thomas Alfred Horton, (16 June 1941 – 7 December 2017) was an English professional golfer. He finished in the top ten of the Open Championship four times, won a number of important tournaments both before and after the founding of the European Tour in 1972 and played in the Ryder Cup in 1975 and 1977. He reached 50 just before the founding of the European Seniors Tour and won 23 times on the tour between 1992 and 2000. Early life Horton was born in St Helens, Merseyside; he moved to Jersey in 1945 and was brought up and educated on the island. Professional career Horton was an assistant at Ham Manor Golf Club near Worthing, Sussex from 1959, later becoming the professional there. In 1974 he moved to Royal Jersey Golf Club. He celebrated 25 years there as professional before his retirement in 1999. Horton was one of the "Butten boys", a group of British professional golfers who were part of a training programme, funded by Ernest Butten, an entrepreneur and joint founder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
