Scottish Coca-Cola Tournament
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The Scottish Coca-Cola Tournament was a
golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
tournament that was played from 1967 to 1983. It was a 72-hole stroke-play event, played in Scotland.
David Huish David Huish (born 23 April 1944) is a Scottish professional golfer, perhaps best known for being the halfway leader of The Open Championship in 1975. Personal life Huish (pronounced "hush") was born in North Berwick, Scotland. He married his se ...
won the event three times while Norman Wood, John Panton and
Harry Bannerman Harry Bannerman (born 5 March 1942) is a Scottish retired professional golfer. He is best known for playing in the 1971 Ryder Cup. Professional career Bannerman turned professional in late 1965, at the age of 23, and became an assistant at Royal ...
each won in twice.
Finlay Morris Finlay Smith Morris (September 1945 – 18 November 1967) was a Scottish professional golfer. He was Boys Amateur Champion in 1961 and won the Coca-Cola Tournament at Haggs Castle in 1967. He was killed in a road traffic accident at the age of 2 ...
, the inaugural winner, died, aged 22, in a car accident three months after the event. From 1968 the Finlay Morris Memorial Trophy was awarded to leading player under the age of 25.


Winners

The 1969 event was reduced to 54 holes by bad weather.


References

{{reflist Golf tournaments in Scotland Recurring sporting events established in 1967 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1983 1967 establishments in Scotland 1983 disestablishments in Scotland