Double Diamond International
Encyclopedia
The Double Diamond International was a team golf
tournament that was played from 1971 to 1977. Between 1974 and 1976 it was accompanied by an individual 36 hole stroke play
tournament that was included on the PGA European Tour
schedule.
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 that was played from 1971 to 1977. Between 1974 and 1976 it was accompanied by an individual 36 hole 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...
tournament that was included on the PGA 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...
schedule.
Winners
| Year | Venue | Winners |
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| Double Diamond Golf Classic | ||
| 1977 | Gleneagles Gleneagles Hotel The Gleneagles Hotel is a luxury hotel near Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.- History :The hotel was built by the former Caledonian Railway Company and opened in 1924, originally with its own railway station... |
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| 1976 | Gleneagles Gleneagles Hotel The Gleneagles Hotel is a luxury hotel near Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.- History :The hotel was built by the former Caledonian Railway Company and opened in 1924, originally with its own railway station... |
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| Double Diamond International | ||
| 1975 | Turnberry | The Americas |
| 1974 | Gleneagles Gleneagles Hotel The Gleneagles Hotel is a luxury hotel near Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.- History :The hotel was built by the former Caledonian Railway Company and opened in 1924, originally with its own railway station... |
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| 1973 | Prince's Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich Prince'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... |
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| 1972 | Pannal | |
| 1971 | South Staffs | |
Individual
| Year | Winner | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Simon Owen Simon Owen Simon Owen is a professional golfer from New Zealand.Owen was born in Wanganui. He turned professional in 1971 and has won several tournaments in Australasia. He played on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s, winning the 1974 German Open and the 1976 Double Diamond Individual... |
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| 1975 | Peter Dawson Peter Dawson (golfer) Peter Dawson is an English professional golfer.Dawson was born in Doncaster. He was a member of the European Tour in the 1970s and won his sole European Tour title at the 1975 Double Diamond Strokeplay. However his most consistent season by far was 1977, when he finished seventh on the European... |
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| 1974 | Maurice Bembridge Maurice Bembridge Maurice 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... |
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