Piccadilly Medal
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The Piccadilly Medal was a men's professional golf
tournament. It was a European Tour
event from 1972 to 1976. It was played in 1962 and from 1964 to 1976. In 1976, the winner received £38,912. It was played in a variety of formats: from 1962 to 1967 – stroke play
; 1968 – two-man team match play
; 1969 to 1972 – medal match play.
Piccadilly Fourball Match Play
Piccadilly Tournament
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament. It was a European Tour
PGA European Tour
The PGA European Tour is an organization which operates the three leading men's professional golf tours in Europe: the elite European Tour, the European Seniors Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour. Its headquarters are at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England...
event from 1972 to 1976. It was played in 1962 and from 1964 to 1976. In 1976, the winner received £38,912. It was played in a variety of formats: from 1962 to 1967 – stroke play
Stroke play
Stroke play, also known as medal play, is a scoring system in the sport of golf. It involves counting the total number of strokes taken on each hole during a given round, or series of rounds...
; 1968 – two-man team match play
Match play
Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; this is as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes...
; 1969 to 1972 – medal match play.
Tournament hosts
- 1973-76 Coventry Golf Club
- 1972 Hillside Golf ClubHillside Golf ClubHillside Golf Club is located near Southport, England. It lies almost side by side with the Royal Birkdale course, amid a stretch of sandhills, and the quality of the individual holes is such that golfers may find it difficult to separate the two...
- 1970-71 Southerndown Golf Club
- 1969 Prince's Golf Club, SandwichPrince's Golf Club, SandwichPrince's Golf Club, Sandwich is a links golf course located in Sandwich in Kent in South East England. Prince's is immediately adjacent to the more famous Royal St George's golf club, and both clubs lie on the same stretch of coastline as nearby Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club.Prince's was completed...
- 1964-68 Wentworth ClubWentworth ClubWentworth Club is a privately owned golf club and health resort in Virginia Water, Surrey on the south western fringes of London, not far from Windsor Castle. The club was founded in 1926.-History:...
- 1962 Southport and Ainsdale Golf ClubSouthport and Ainsdale Golf ClubSouthport and Ainsdale Golf Club is situated near the Merseyside towns of Southport and Ainsdale on the north west coast of England, not far north of the city of Liverpool. It has a single 18-hole course set amongst ranges of tall sandhills and smaller sand dunes.It was founded in 1906 and hosted...
Winners
Piccadilly Medal- 1976
Sam TorranceSam TorranceSam Torrance OBE is a Scottish professional golfer and sports commentator. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the late 1990s, with 21 Tour wins. Torrance was a member of European Ryder Cup teams on eight occasions, from 1981 to 1995 consecutively; he was... - 1975
Bob ShearerBob ShearerRobert A. Shearer is an Australian professional golfer and golf course architect.Shearer was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He won the 1969 Australian Amateur and turned pro in 1970.... - 1974
Maurice BembridgeMaurice BembridgeMaurice Bembridge is an English golfer.Bembridge turned professional at an early age in 1960 and won the British Assistants’ Professional Championship in 1966 and 1967... - 1973 Peter OosterhuisPeter OosterhuisPeter A. Oosterhuis is an English professional golfer and golf analyst.-Early years, amateur golf:Oosterhuis was born in London...
- 1972 Tommy HortonTommy HortonThomas Alfred Horton, MBE is an English professional golfer.Horton was born in St Helens, Merseyside. He played on the European Tour for many years with moderate success, winning four titles and finishing fifth on the Order of Merit in 1976 and tenth in both 1974 and 1978. He has been more...
- 1971 Peter OosterhuisPeter OosterhuisPeter A. Oosterhuis is an English professional golfer and golf analyst.-Early years, amateur golf:Oosterhuis was born in London...
- 1970
John ListerJohn Lister (golfer)John Malcolm Lister is a professional golfer from New Zealand. He played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s and early 1980s, and was one of the dominant players on the Australasian golf scene during that period.... - 1969 Peter AllissPeter AllissPeter Alliss is an English professional golfer, BBC television presenter and commentator, author and golf course designer. Alliss is known for his charismatic and unique style of commentary, often displaying a witty demeanour...
Piccadilly Fourball Match Play
- 1968 R. H. Emery & H. Jackson
Piccadilly Tournament
- 1967 Peter ButlerPeter Butler (golfer)Peter J. Butler is an English professional golfer.Butler was born in Birmingham. He turned professional as a teenager in 1947. He featured in the top 20 on the European Order of Merit every year from 1960 to 1979 Peter J. Butler (born 25 March 1932) is an English professional golfer.Butler was...
- 1966 Bernard HuntBernard HuntBernard John Hunt, MBE is an English professional golfer.Hunt was born in Atherstone, Warwickshire. He turned professional in 1946 and was a leading player on the European circuit in the 1950s and 1960s. He topped the Order of Merit, which was then points-based, in 1958, 1960 and 1965...
- 1965 Peter ButlerPeter Butler (golfer)Peter J. Butler is an English professional golfer.Butler was born in Birmingham. He turned professional as a teenager in 1947. He featured in the top 20 on the European Order of Merit every year from 1960 to 1979 Peter J. Butler (born 25 March 1932) is an English professional golfer.Butler was...
- 1964
Jimmy MartinJimmy Martin (golfer)Jimmy Martin was an Irish professional golfer who enjoyed three victories on the British circuit in the 1960s, including the Piccadilly Medal in 1964 and the Carroll's International in 1968.Martin was born in Wicklow... - 1963 No tournament
- 1962 Peter Thomson