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

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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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Year Venue Winner Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Ref
1957 Woodbrook   Christy O'Connor Snr 279 3 strokes   Jimmy Martin [2]
1958 Clandeboye   Eric Brown 279 1 stroke   Harry Bradshaw [3]
1959 Cork   Ernie Jones 278 1 stroke   Norman Drew [4]
1960 Royal Dublin   Christy O'Connor Snr 270 12 strokes   Christy Greene [5]
1961 Balmoral   Christy O'Connor Snr 276 7 strokes   Christy Greene
  Jimmy Henderson
[6]
1962 Clandeboye   Christy O'Connor Snr 268 17 strokes   Billy Kerr
  Jimmy Kinsella
[7]
1963 Clandeboye   Christy O'Connor Snr 277 3 strokes   Peter Alliss [1]
1964 Replaced by the Hennessy Round-robin Tournament
1965 Clandeboye   Christy Greene 275 3 strokes   Christy O'Connor Snr [8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.