John Player Trophy
Encyclopedia
The John Player Trophy was a golf
tournament on the European Tour
that was played in England
. It was only played twice, the first in 1970 at Notts Golf Club in Nottinghamshire
, and again in 1972 at Bognor Regis Golf Club in West Sussex
.
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 on the 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...
that was played in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It was only played twice, the first in 1970 at Notts Golf Club in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
, and again in 1972 at Bognor Regis Golf Club in West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
.
Winners
| Year | Venue | Winner | Country | Prize fund (£ Pound sterling The pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence... ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Bognor Regis Golf Club | Ross Whitehead | 7,780 | |
| 1970 | Notts Golf Club (Hollinwell) | Clive Clark | 4,211 |