Golf tournament
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Established | 1968 |
| Course(s) | Notts Golf Club |
| Month played | May/June |
| Final year | 1968 |
| Final champion | |
| Brian Huggett | |
Notts Golf Clubclass=notpageimage| Location in England
The Sumrie Tournament was a professional golf tournament played at the Notts Golf Club, Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The event was held just once, in 1968, and had total prize money of £6,000. The event was sponsored by C. & M. Sumrie Ltd of Leeds, clothing manufacturers and had a field of 100, the leading 80 in the 1967 Order of Merit and 20 invitations. The tournament was played with the bigger ball (1.68 in, 42.67 mm). From 1969 Sumrie sponsored a better-ball competition, the Sumrie Better-Ball.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Winner's share (£) |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Brian Huggett |  Wales |
Notts Golf Club | 282 | 4 strokes |  Ángel Gallardo |
1,000 |
References
- "New tournament for Midlands". The Times. 3 November 1967. p. 13.
- "Huggett's four-stroke win in Sumrie". The Glasgow Herald. 3 June 1968. p. 4.