The Sunningdale Foursomes is an open foursomes golf tournament contested at the Sunningdale Golf Club, Berkshire, in March. It was first contested in 1934 and has been held annually since, except between 1940 and 1947. The event is open to all golfers. Players are handicapped based only on whether they are male or female, professional or amateur.
Format The event is played over four days each March at Sunningdale Golf Club and is open to all golfers. Any combination of male or female, professional or amateur, is allowed. The format is foursomes match play, the field being limited to 128 pairs. For the first two rounds both the Old and New courses are used, but thereafter only the Old course is used. Players are handicapped based solely on whether they are male or female, professional or amateur.
Handicaps The handicaps have varied slightly over the years. The current handicaps are:
Male professionals: +1 Male amateurs: 0 Female professionals: 2 Female amateurs: 3
Before 2023 female amateurs received a handicap of 4,
All competitors play from the same tees. Currently pairs receive the full difference of the combined handicaps, so that two female amateurs will receive 8 strokes from two male professionals.
Winners Year Winners Marginof victory Runners-up Ref 1934 Diana Fishwick & Noel Layton 2 & 1 Molly Gourlay & Geoffrey Hawkins 1935 Joyce Wethered & John Morrison 3 & 2 Pam Barton & Leslie Garnett 1936 Joyce Wethered & John Morrison 5 & 4 Dennis Kyle & William Aitken 1937 Stanley Anderson & Dai Rees 5 & 4 George Hannay & Bob French 1938 Pam Barton & Alf Padgham 19 holes Leonard Crawley & Francis Francis 1939 Cornelis Rissik & Bob Kenyon 19 holes Corrin Bell & Cecil Denny 1940–1947 Suspended during World War II 1948 Wanda Morgan & Sam King 2 & 1 Philip Risdon & Dick Burton 1949 Bob French & Stewart Field 1 up Jacqueline Gordon & Jack Knipe 1950 Max Faulkner & Jack Knipe 6 & 5 Francis Francis & Arthur Lees 1951 Jean Donald & Tom Haliburton 3 & 2 Alan Poulton & Bob French 1952 Philip Scrutton & Alan Waters 2 & 1 Alan Poulton & Bob French 1953 Jean Donald & Tom Haliburton 3 & 2 Dennis Smalldon & Graham Knipe 1954 Philip Scrutton & Alan Waters 4 & 3 Peter Mills & Tony Harman 1955 Bill Sharp & Syd Scott 2 & 1 Bob French & Eddie Ward 1956 Graham Knipe & Dennis Smalldon 3 & 2 Leonard Crawley & George Foster 1957 Brian Huggett & Ross Whitehead 1 up Robin Galloway & Sandy Robertson 1958 Jean Donald & Peter Alliss 1 up David Beard & Brian Bamford 1959 Michael Bonallack & Doug Sewell 5 & 3 Tony Slark & Peter Gill 1960 Belle McCorkindale & Maurice Moir 19 holes Hugh Squirrell & Sid Mouland 1961 Jean Anderson & Peter Alliss 2 & 1 Wally Dubabney & Tony Grubb 1962 Neil Coles & Ross Whitehead 3 & 2 Michael Burgess & Martin Christmas 1963 Lionel Platts & David Snell 4 & 3 Keith MacDonald & Ian MacDonald 1964 Bruce Critchley & Robin Hunter 2 & 1 Peter Green & Michael Burgess 1965 Marley Spearman & Tony Fisher 1 up Michael Burgess & Peter Green 1966 Robin Davenport & Sandy Walker 4 & 3 Freddie Sunderland & Graham Burroughs 1967 Neil Coles & Keith Warren 19 holes Brigitte Varangot & Clive Clark 1968 John Davies & Warren Humphreys 6 & 4 Max Faulkner & Brian Barnes 1969 Peter Benka & Peter Oosterhuis 3 & 2 Catherine Lacoste & Jean-Michel Larretche 1970 Anne Willard & Bob Barrell 2 & 1 Mary Everard & Robin Hunter 1971 Alan Bird & Harry Flatman 3 & 2 Kathryn Phillips & John Putt 1972 John Davies & Michael King 6 & 5 John Tullis & Tony Howard 1973 John Putt & Mary Everard 6 & 5 Carl Mason & Howard Clark 1974 Clive Clark & Peter Butler 1 up Howard Clark & Nick Brunyard 1975 Abandoned due to snow 1976 Clive Clark & Mike Hughesdon 2 & 1 Bernard Hunt & Ian Stungo 1977 Geoffrey Hunt & David Matthew 3 & 2 David Huish & Garry Logan 1978 Julia Greenhalgh & Alex Caygill 5 & 4 Carole Caldwell & Arnold Stickley 1979 George Will & Roger Chapman 3 & 2 Neil Coles & Doug McClelland 1980 Neil Coles & Doug McClelland 2 & 1 John O'Leary & Carl Mason 1981 Alan Lyddon & Gordon Brand Jnr. 1 up Michael King & Mark Dixon 1982 Christine Langford & Mickey Walker 1 up Maureen Madill & Mary McKenna 1983 John Davies & Martin Devetta 4 & 3 Linda Bayman & Mike Hughesdon 1984 Maureen Madill & Mary McKenna 3 & 2 Mickey Walker & Christine Langford 1985 John O'Leary & Sam Torrance 25 holes Bernard Gallacher & Pat Garner 1986 Ronan Rafferty & Roger Chapman 1 up Maureen Garner & Mary McKenna 1987 Ian Mosey & Warren Humphreys 3 & 2 Gillian Stewart & David Huish 1988 Carl Mason & Andrew Chandler 5 & 3 Maureen Garner & Mary McKenna 1989 Andrew Hare & Russell Claydon 4 & 3 Vicki Thomas & Julie Wade 1990 Corinne Dibnah & Dale Reid 7 & 6 Tracey Craik & Peter Hughes 1991 Jeremy Robinson & Wayne Henry 4 & 3 Bruce Critchley & Robin Hunter 1992 Richard Boxall & Derrick Cooper 3 & 2 Paul Sherman & Paul Page 1993 Andy Beal & Lee S. James 2 & 1 David Wood & Lloyd Warwick 1994 Anthony Wall & Steve Webster 2 up David Howell & Gary Harris 1995 Richard Boxall & Derrick Cooper 2 & 1 Iain Mackenzie & Malcolm Mackenzie 1996 Luke Donald & Michael O’Connor 2 & 1 Julie Forbes & Gillian Stewart 1997 Julie Hall & Helen Wadsworth 4 & 3 Jeremy Robinson & David R. Jones 1998 Warren Bennett & David Fisher 4 & 3 Richard Hodgkinson & Philip Carr 1999 Liza Walters & Richard McEvoy 5 & 4 Bill McColl & Stephen Shields 2000 Carole Caldwell & Richard Caldwell 2 & 1 Johanna Head & Samantha Head 2001 Clare Lipscombe & Stewart Little 2 & 1 Trish Johnson & Jamie Spence 2002 John Kemp & Mark Wharton 1 up Glenn Ralph & Tim Spence 2003 Ross Fisher & Simon Griffiths 4 & 3 Pip Elson & Jamie Elson 2004 Ross Fisher & Simon Griffiths 6 & 5 Joe Templer & Richard Campbell 2005 Paul Jenkinson & Gary Lockerbie 2 & 1 Chris Rodgers & Barry Monks 2006 Danielle Masters & Ben Evans 2 & 1 James Morrison & Colin Roope 2007 James Mason & Neil Walker 2 up James Freeman & Robert Steele 2008 Craig Cowper & Neil Reilly 1 up Rachel Drummond & Matt Haines 2009 Stiggy Hodgson & John Stansbury 3 & 2 Tom Shadbolt & Mark Laskey 2010 Neil Reilly & Craig Cowper 1 up Charlotte Wild & Nikki Foster 2011 Sebastian Crookall-Nixon & James Atkinson 1 up Hayley Davis & Scott Godfrey 2012 Jess Wilcox & Greg Payne 3 & 1 James Little & Liam Bond 2013 Phillip Archer & Sam Walker 19 holes Steven Tiley & Ricki Neil Jones 2014 Annabel Dimmock & Steven Brown 1 up Inci Mehmet & Oscar Granström-Livesey 2015 Charlotte Austwick & Jack Clarke 1 up Matthew Southgate & Simon Wakefield 2016 Sophie Lamb & Marco Penge 5 & 4 Lewis Atkinson & Scott Marshall 2017 Graham Powell & Henry Smart 5 & 4 Ryan Harrison & James Johnson 2018 Cancelled due to snow 2019 Linn Grant & Maja Stark 2 up Joe Sullivan & Louis Hirst 2020 Lily May Humphreys & Will Percival 1 up Ben Holden & Roger Chapman 2021 Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Lottie Woad & Rachel Gourley 6 & 5 Jimmy Ruth & Paul Hendriksen 2023 Cancelled due to snow 2024 Harley Smith & Dylan Shaw Radford 5 & 4 William Shucksmith & Darryl Gwilliam Source:
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