Hennessy 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.

Hennessy Tournament
Tournament information
LocationIreland
Established1957
Format72-hole stroke play
Final year1965
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Christy O'Connor Snr (1962)
Final champion
Christy Greene

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
YearVenueWinnerScoreMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upRef
1957Woodbrook Christy O'Connor Snr2793 strokes Jimmy Martin[2]
1958Clandeboye Eric Brown2791 stroke Harry Bradshaw[3]
1959Cork Ernie Jones2781 stroke Norman Drew[4]
1960Royal Dublin Christy O'Connor Snr27012 strokes Christy Greene[5]
1961Balmoral Christy O'Connor Snr2767 strokes Christy Greene
Jimmy Henderson		[6]
1962Clandeboye Christy O'Connor Snr26817 strokes Billy Kerr
Jimmy Kinsella		[7]
1963Clandeboye Christy O'Connor Snr2773 strokes Peter Alliss[1]
1964Replaced by the Hennessy Round-robin Tournament
1965Clandeboye Christy Greene2753 strokes Christy O'Connor Snr[8]

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