Welsh National PGA Championship

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The Welsh National PGA Championship is a golf tournament played annually in Wales since 1904. For many years the event was called the Welsh Professional Championship. Currently entry is restricted to professionals employed by a Welsh club and those born in Wales or with a parent or grandparent born in Wales.[1] 2016 was the 100th edition of the event and was won by Lydia Hall after a final round 67.

Welsh National PGA Championship
Tournament information
Established1904
Course(s)Pyle & Kenfig (2024)
Month playedSeptember
Current champion
Zach Galliford (2024)

History

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The first Championship was held at Radyr Golf Club on 15 July 1904. It was a 36-hole stroke-play event played on a single day. There were 19 entries. Tom Brace led after a 79 in the morning but fell away after an afternoon 92. The winner was the Tenby professional, Arthur Day, who had rounds of 81 and 80 for a total of 161. This put him three strokes ahead of the joint runners-up, 20-year-old George Duncan and Bill Leaver, who had finished 8th in the 1903 Open Championship. The winner received 10 guineas and a gold medal.[2]

The 1905 Championship was held at Conwy Golf Club on 23 August 1905. There were 15 entries. The winner also received entry to the final stage of the News of the World Matchplay. The winner was the Llandudno professional Fred Collins on 153. Collins finished two shots ahead of George Duncan. However, Duncan had moved to Timperley and was only trying to qualify for the News of the World Matchplay, not being eligible for the Welsh Championship. Alfred Matthews, the Rhyl professional, was runner-up in the Championship on 160.[3] The News of the World Matchplay had started in 1903 but in the first two years the Welsh professionals had had to play in the Northern or Midland sections qualifying events.

In 1971 the event was held as part of the Welsh Professional Open Championship. Don Gammon won the open event with a score of 278, a stroke ahead of Stuart Brown. Two golfers tied for the closed event, Jimmy Buckley and Kim Dabson both scoring 291. Buckley won a sudden-death playoff at the second extra hole.[4]

Winners

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Source:[5]

Year Winner Country Venue Score
2024 Zach Galliford   Wales Pyle & Kenfig 141
2023 Toby Hunt (2)   Wales Machynys Peninsula 132
2022 Sion Bebb (4)   Wales Machynys Peninsula 137
2021 Lee Rooke   Wales Aberdovey 136
2020 Tim Dykes   Wales Cardiff 138
2019 Mark Pilkington   Wales Conwy 142
2018 Toby Hunt   Wales Ashburnham 136
2017 Sion Bebb (3)   Wales Celtic Manor (Roman) 131
2016 Lydia Hall   Wales Tenby 138
2015 Garry Houston   Wales Radyr 137
2014 Stephen Dodd (5)   Wales Royal St David's 134
2013 Lee Rooke   Wales Royal St David's 135
2012 Stuart Manley   Wales Cardiff 135
2011 Stephen Dodd (4)   Wales Southerndown 136 +++
2010 Simon Edwards (3)   Wales Royal St David's 204
2009 Jason Powell   Wales Ashburnham 221
2008 Trevor Jones   Wales Cardiff 209
2007 Stephen Dodd (3)   Wales Cardiff 200
2006 Sion Bebb (2)   Wales Tenby 204
2005 Sion Bebb   Wales Southerndown 199
2004 Mark Plummer (3)   Wales Vale of Llangollen 203
2003 Simon Edwards (2)   Wales Porthmadog 196
2002 Simon Edwards   Wales Pyle & Kenfig 210
2001 Stephen Dodd (2)   Wales Ashburnham 214
2000 Mark Plummer (2)   Wales Newport 136
1999 Richard Dinsdale   Wales Vale of Glamorgan 134
1998 Liam Bond   Wales Vale of Glamorgan 69 ++
1997 Matthew Ellis   Wales Vale of Glamorgan 139
1996 Matt Stanford   England Northop Country Park 137
1995 Stephen Dodd   Wales Northop Country Park 139
1994 Mark Plummer   Wales Northop Country Park 133
1993 Phillip Price   Wales Mountain Lakes 138
1992 Chris Evans   Wales Ashburnham 142
1991 Paul Mayo (2)   Wales Fairwood Park 138
1990 Paul Mayo   Wales Fairwood Park 136
1989 Kevin Jones (2)   Wales Royal Porthcawl 140
1988 Ian Woosnam   Wales Cardiff 137
1987 Andrew Dodman   England Cardiff 132
1986 Philip Parkin   Wales Whitchurch 142
1985 David Llewellyn   Wales Whitchurch 132
1984 Kevin Jones   Wales Cardiff 135
1983 Simon Cox (2)   Wales Cardiff 136
1982 Craig Defoy (4)   Wales Cardiff 137
1981 Craig Defoy (3)   Wales Cardiff 139
1980 Andy Griffiths (2)   Wales Cardiff 139
1979: Event cancelled
1978 Brian Huggett   Wales Whitchurch 145
1977 Craig Defoy (2)   Wales Glamorganshire 135
1976 Simon Cox   Wales Radyr 284
1975 Craig Defoy   Wales Whitchurch 285
1974 Mel Hughes   England Cardiff 284
1973 Andy Griffiths   Wales Newport 289
1972 Jimmy Buckley (2)   Wales Royal Porthcawl 298
1971 Jimmy Buckley   Wales St Pierre 291
1970 William Evans   Wales Tredegar Park 289
1969 Sid Mouland (6)   Wales Llandudno 277
1968 Richard Davies   Wales Southerndown 292
1967 Sid Mouland (5)   Wales Pyle & Kenfig 219 +
1966 Sid Mouland (4)   Wales Conwy 281
1965 Sid Mouland (3)   Wales Penarth 281
1964 B Bielby   Wales Tenby 297
1963 Harry Gould (6)   Wales Wrexham 291
1962 Sid Mouland (2)   Wales Royal Porthcawl 302
1961 Sid Mouland   Wales Southerndown 286
1960 Dick Kemp (2)   Wales Llandudno 288
1959 Dennis Smalldon (3)   Wales Newport
1958 Dick Kemp   Wales Radyr
1957 Jimmy Black (2)   Wales Llandudno
1956 Dennis Smalldon (2)   Wales Royal Porthcawl
1955 Jimmy Black   Wales Penarth 291 [6]
1954 Harry Gould (5)   Wales Holyhead 293 [7][8]
1953 Dennis Smalldon   Wales Tenby 291 [9]
1952 Sid Collins Jr. (2)   England Southerndown
1951 Harry Gould (4)   Wales Llandudno
1950 Gwyn James   Wales Newport
1949 Harry Gould (3)   Wales Radyr
1948 Harry Gould (2)   Wales Aberdovey
1947 Ken Williams   Wales Llandrindod
1946 Harry Gould   Wales Royal Porthcawl
1940–45: No tournament due to World War II
1939 Chris Grabham   Wales Harlech
1938 Sid Collins Jr.   England St Mellons
1937 Frank Hill (2)   Wales Clyne
1936 Fred Lloyd   Wales Prestatyn
1935 Frank Hill   Wales Penarth
1934 Charles Pickett   Wales Swansea Bay
1933 Fred Collins (2)   England Rhyl 305 [10]
1932 Bill Smalldon   Wales Royal Porthcawl
1931 R Watts   Wales Newport
1930 Harold Palferman   Wales Wrexham
1929 Bert Hodson (2)   Wales Royal Porthcawl
1928 Robert Walker   Wales Llandudno
1927 Bert Hodson   Wales Tenby
1926 Bert Weastell (2)   England Llandudno
1925 James Horn   England Pennard
1924 Bert Weastell   England Llandudno
1923 Jack Milner   England Royal Porthcawl
1922 Gus Faulkner   England Rhos on Sea
1921 Percy Alliss (2)   England Southerndown
1920 Percy Alliss   England Aberdovey
1914–19: No tournament due to World War I
1913 George Gadd   England Chester
1912 Cyril Hughes   England Royal Porthcawl
1911 Peter Rainford   England Conwy
1910 Alfred Matthews (2)   England Swansea
1909 Alfred Matthews   England Rhyl
1908 Tom Brace   Wales Bridgend
1907 Sam Whiting   England Porthcawl
1906 Jack Ross   Scotland Radyr 156
1905 Fred Collins   England Conwy 153
1904 Arthur Day   England Radyr 161
  • + reduced to 54 holes.
  • ++ reduced to 18 holes.
  • +++ reduced to 36 holes.

References

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  1. ^ "Conditions of Entry" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Professional golf - Tenby man wins the Welsh Championship". Evening Express and Evening Mail (Cardiff). National Library of Wales. 16 July 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Welsh Championship - Professionals' second annual meeting - success of Fred Collins, of Llandudno". Evening Express and Evening Mail (Cardiff). National Library of Wales. 24 August 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  4. ^ "First Big Win for Gammon". Glasgow Herald. 28 May 1971. p. 6.
  5. ^ "Welsh National PGA Championship - Past Champions". pga.info. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Golf – J.L. Black (Harlech)". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 9 June 1955. Retrieved 3 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Tie for Welsh Title". The Glasgow Herald. 4 June 1954. p. 4.
  8. ^ "Other golf – Welsh Champion". The Glasgow Herald. 5 June 1954. p. 2.
  9. ^ "Welsh Championship". The Times. 19 June 1953. p. 12.
  10. ^ "Welsh Professional Championship". The Times. 30 June 1933. p. 6.
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