Midland Professional Championship

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Midland Professional Championship
Tournament information
Established1897
Course(s) (2019)
Current champion
(2019)

The Midland Professional Championship is an annual golf tournament played in the English Midlands. The event is organised by the Midlands Region of the Professional Golfers' Association. It is the oldest tournament in professional golf having been first contested in 1897.[1] It was originally organised by the Midland Counties Professional Golf Club, a forerunner of the PGA.

For a number of years, until at least 1924, the Championship winner also received the Chance Challenge Cup. In 1911 the Midland Professional Championship and the Chance Challenge Cup were contested separately. The Midland Professional Championship was played on 6 April and served as the Midland section qualifying event for the Sphere and Tatler Foursomes Tournament, the winner receiving the Midland Challenge Cup. The Chance Challenge Cup was awarded to the winner of Midland section qualifying event for the News of the World Match Play, played on 13 September. Wilfrid Reid won the Midland Professional Championship (and with it, the Midland Challenge Cup) while Tom Williamson won the Chance Cup.[2][3][4]

Winners[]

Source:[5]

Year Winner Country Venue Score Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)		 Ref
1897 Tom Williamson
1898 Tom Williamson
1899 Alfred Toogood  England 167 1 stroke England James Sherlock [6]
1900 Tom Williamson  England 157 2 strokes England
1901 James Sherlock  England 156 4 strokes England
1903 James Sherlock
1904
1906  England 153 1 stroke England William Jeffries [7]
1907 Tom Williamson  England 151 1 stroke England
England 		[8]
1908  England Notts Golf Club 150 2 strokes England Tom Williamson [9]
1909 Tom Williamson  England 145 4 strokes Scotland [10]
1910  England 151 2 strokes England Jack Oke [11]
1911 Wilfrid Reid  England 153 3 strokes England Jack Oke [3]
1912 George Buckle  England 150 Playoff
(18+18 holes)		 England [12][13]
1913  England Little Aston Golf Club 153 1 stroke England George Buckle [14]
1914–18: No tournament
1919  England 149 Playoff
(9 holes)		 England Len Holland 5 [15]
1920 Tom Williamson  England 151 Playoff
(36+9 holes)		 England George Buckle
England 		[16]
1921  England 144 1 stroke England George Buckle
1922 Tom Williamson  England 144 1 stroke England Len Holland [17]
1923 George Buckle  England 138 Playoff
(18 holes)		 England [18]
1924  England 146 Playoff
(18 holes)		 England George Buckle
England Len Holland
England 		[19][20]
1925 George Buckle  England 144 3 strokes England
England
England Tom Williamson		 [21]
1926 Ted Douglas  Scotland 144 1 stroke England Tom Barber [22]
1927 Tom Barber  England 147 Playoff England Archie Compston [23][24]
1928 Frank Weston  England 149 Playoff
(18 holes)		 Republic of Ireland
England C Pixton
England T Richards
England 		[25][26]
1929 George Buckle  England 144 Playoff
(18 holes)		 Wales Tom Green
1930 Tom Green  Wales 144 1 stroke Republic of Ireland
England Tom Williamson		 [27]
1931 Tom Green  Wales 139 4 strokes England
England
1932 Tom Barber  England 143 Playoff
(18 holes)		 England
England Bert Gadd
1933 Charlie Ward  England Little Aston Golf Club 145 2 strokes England Tom Barber
England A Holton
1934 Charlie Ward  England 143 2 strokes England
England T Richards
England 		[28]
1935  England Little Aston Golf Club 150 1 stroke England
England 		[29]
1936 Bill Branch  England 137 7 strokes England Freddie Beck [30]
1937 Freddie Beck  England 141 1 stroke England George Buckle [31]
1938  England 139 4 strokes England Jack Hargreaves
England
1939  England Woodhall Spa Golf Club 145 5 strokes England
England 		[32]
1940–45: No tournament
1946 Walter Lees  England 140 4 strokes England
England 		[33]
1947  England 144 1 stroke England Bill Branch
England Charlie Ward
1948 Arthur Lees  England 143 Playoff
(18 holes)		 England [34]
1949 Arthur Lees  England Blackwell Golf Club 136 1 stroke England Charlie Ward
1950 Charlie Ward  England 138 Playoff
(9 holes)		 England Jack Hargreaves
1951 J R Moses
1952 Jack Hargreaves
1953 Charlie Ward
1954 A Cunningham
1955 Charlie Ward
1956 R L Hastleow
1957 David Snell
1958
1959 G A Maisey
1960 Jack Hargreaves
1961 Peter Butler
1964
1965 S A Hunt
1966 J Anderson
1967
1968
1969 T R Squires
1970 David Llewellyn
1971 R A Beattie
1972 Brian Waites
1973 R D S Livingston
1974 M Gallagher
1975 Hugh Boyle
1976 P R Herbert
1977 Brian Waites
1978 Brian Waites
1979 Brian Waites
1980 David Vaughan
1981 D A Stewart
1982 P A Elson
1983 A R Minshall
1984 Mark Mouland
1985 K Hayward
1986 A Skingle
1987 Ross McFarlane[35]
1988 G Farr
1989 J Higgins
1990 G Stafford
1991 K Dickens
1992 J Higgins
1993 Peter Baker
1994 Peter Baker
1995 S Rose
1996 David J. Russell
1997 J Higgins
1998 Steve Webster
1999 C Hall
2000 David J. Russell
2001 T Rouse
2002 Robert Rock
2003 P Edwards
2004 P Streeter
2005 A Carey
2006 P Streeter
2007 I Lyner
2008 I Walley
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014 Paul Broadhurst
2015
2016 and
2017
2018
2019

In 1912 Buckle and Cawsey tied at 76 after a playoff the following morning. They played a further 18 holes in the afternoon with Buckle scoring 79 and Cawsey 82. In 1919 Weastell beat Holland 39 to 41 in the playoff, played the same evening. In 1920 Williamson and Wheildon tied on 148 with Buckle on 153 after the 36-hole playoff, played the following day. Williamson beat Wheildon 39 to 40 after a further 9 holes. In 1923 Buckle beat Hanton 74 to 75 in the playoff, played the following day. In 1924 Bloxham scored 73 in the playoff, played the following day, Holland and Tick scored 75 while Buckle scored 76. In 1927 Compston left immediately after the championship to play in the German Open and did not turn up for the playoff on the following day. In 1928 Weston won the playoff, played the following day, with 74, ahead of Wheildon with 76 and O'Neill with 77. In 1929 Buckle beat Green 74 to 76 in the playoff. In the 1932 playoff Barber scored 73, Adwick 78 and Gadd 82. In 1948 Lees beat Hassall 68 to 75. In 1950 Ward beat Hargreaves 33 to 38 in the playoff, played the same evening.

The 1911 championship was the Midland section qualifying event for the Sphere and Tatler Foursomes Tournament. The 1912, 1913, 1919, 1920, 1922 to 1928 and 1946 championships were the Midland section qualifying events for the News of the World Matchplay. The 1939 championship was the Midland section qualifying event for the Daily Mail Tournament.

From 1934 to 1937 the championship was sponsored by Dunlop and known as the "Dunlop-Midland Professional Championship".

The 2016 Championship resulted in a tie when darkness meant that a sudden-death playoff had to be stopped after three holes.

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