Lawrence Batley International

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Lawrence Batley International

Tournament information
Location	Southport, England
Established	1981
Course(s)	Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Par	72
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	£141,544
Month played	August
Final year	1987
Tournament record score
Aggregate	266 Nick Faldo (1983)
To par	−18 as above
Final champion
Mark O'Meara
Location Map
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The Lawrence Batley International was a European Tour golf tournament which was played annually from 1981 to 1987. The first three editions were played at Bingley St Ives, Bradford, the next three at Ryder Cup venue The Belfry and the final edition at Open Championship venue Royal Birkdale. The six different winners included four major championship winners: Nick Faldo, Sandy Lyle, Mark O'Meara and Ian Woosnam. In 1987 the prize fund was £141,544, which was the fourth smallest on the European Tour that year.

Winners[]

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Lawrence Batley International
1987	Mark O'Meara	271	−17	3 strokes	Carl Mason
Lawrence Batley International T.P.C.
1986	Ian Woosnam	277	−11	7 strokes	Ken Brown José María Cañizares
Lawrence Batley International Golf Classic
1985	Graham Marsh	283	−5	2 strokes
1984	José Rivero	280	−8	1 stroke	José María Cañizares
Lawrence Batley International
1983	Nick Faldo	266	−18	4 strokes	Warren Humphreys Brian Waites Paul Way
1982	Sandy Lyle (2)	269	−15	2 strokes	Manuel Piñero
1981	Sandy Lyle	280	−4	2 strokes	Nick Faldo

External links[]

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site

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