West End Tournament

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West End Tournament
Tournament information
LocationVictor Harbor, South Australia
Established1962
Course(s)Victor Harbor Golf Club
Final year1974
Final champion
Kel Nagle

The West End Tournament was a golf tournament held in Australia from 1962 to 1974. The events were held at Victor Harbor Golf Club, Victor Harbor, South Australia. Kel Nagle won the event five times between 1966 and 1974. The event was sponsored by the South Australian Brewing Company, brewers of West End Draught. Total prize money was A£500 in 1962, A£1,000 in 1963 and 1964, A£1,500 in 1965, A$3,000 in 1966 and 1967, A$4,000 from 1968 to 1970, A$5,000 in 1971 and 1972 and A$7,000 in 1973 and 1974.[1]

Winners[edit]

Year Winner Country Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Ref
1962 Frank Phillips  Australia 138 3 strokes Australia Len Woodward [2]
1963 Len Thomas  Australia 272 2 strokes Australia John Sullivan
Australia Peter Thomson
[3]
1964 Walter Godfrey
Frank Phillips (2)
 New Zealand
 Australia
280 Tie [4]
1965 John Sullivan  Australia 278 2 strokes Australia Ted Ball
Australia Alan Murray
Australia Bob Stanton
[5]
1966 Murray Crafter
Kel Nagle
 Australia
 Australia
274 Tie [6]
1967 Kel Nagle (2)  Australia 274 3 strokes New Zealand Walter Godfrey
Australia Bob Stanton
Australia Tim Woolbank
[7]
1968 Kel Nagle (3)  Australia 279 1 stroke Australia Peter Harvey
Australia Stan Peach
[8]
1969 Guy Wolstenholme  England 274 5 strokes New Zealand Terry Kendall [9]
1970 Frank Phillips (3)  Australia 277 1 stroke United States Jerry Stolhand [10]
1971 Walter Godfrey (2)  New Zealand 276 5 strokes Australia Bob Tuohy
Australia Randall Vines
[11]
1972 Kel Nagle (4)  Australia 275 4 strokes New Zealand Walter Godfrey [12]
1973 David Galloway  Australia 276 2 strokes Australia Randall Vines [13]
1974 Kel Nagle (5)  Australia 281 1 stroke Australia Tom Linskey
Australia Rob McNaughton
[14]

The 1962 event was played over 36 holes.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "West End Golf Next Week". Victor Harbour Times. Vol. 63, no. 2, 730. South Australia. 11 September 1974. p. 1. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "West End £500 to Phillips". Victor Harbour Times. Vol. 51, no. 8. South Australia. 12 October 1962. p. 3. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "West End £1,000 to L. Thomas". Victor Harbour Times. Vol. 52, no. 1. South Australia. 1 November 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Thrilling Finish in West End £1,000". Victor Harbour Times. Vol. 52, no. 45. South Australia. 18 September 1964. p. 1. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "West End golf to John Sullivan". Victor Harbour Times. Vol. 53, no. 2692. South Australia. 8 October 1965. p. 458. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Tight Finish in Big Golf". Victor Harbour Times. Vol. 54, no. 2, 695. South Australia. 21 October 1966. p. 7. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "West End Golf to Kel Nagle". Victor Harbour Times. Vol. 55, no. 2, 386. South Australia. 20 October 1967. p. 7. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "West End Golf to Nagle". Victor Harbour Times. Vol. 56, no. 2, 434. South Australia. 11 October 1968. p. 4. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "West End $4,000 to Wolstenholme". Victor Harbour Times. Vol. 57, no. 2, 483. South Australia. 3 October 1969. p. 3. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "West End to F. Phillips". Victor Harbour Times. Vol. 58, no. 2, 533. South Australia. 9 October 1970. p. 7. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "West End to Godfrey". Victor Harbour Times. Vol. 59, no. 2, 582. South Australia. 1 October 1971. p. 8. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "West End $5,000". Victor Harbour Times. Vol. 60, no. 2, 634. South Australia. 29 September 1972. p. 7. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "West End $7,000 to young pro". Victor Harbour Times. Vol. 61, no. 2, 683. South Australia. 27 September 1973. p. 4. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "West End to Kel Nagel". Victor Harbour Times. Vol. 63, no. 2, 732. South Australia. 25 September 1974. p. 1. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.