| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Ireland |
| Established | 1957 |
| Format | 72-hole stroke play |
| Final year | 1965 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 268 Christy O'Connor Snr (1962) |
| Final champion | |
| Christy Greene | |
The Hennessy Tournament was an Irish golf tournament played from 1957 to 1965. Christy O'Connor Snr won the event 5 times between 1957 and 1963.[1] The event was sponsored by Hennessy, a cognac distiller.
History
Total prize money was £500 in 1957, 500 guineas in 1958, 1960 and 1961, 750 guineas in 1962 and 1963 and £1,500 in 1965. In 1964 Hennessy sponsored a round-robin event, the Hennessy Round-robin Tournament which had prize money of £1,500.
Winners
| Year | Venue | Winner | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Woodbrook |  Christy O'Connor Snr | 279 | 3 strokes | Jimmy Martin | [2] |
| 1958 | Clandeboye |  Eric Brown | 279 | 1 stroke | Harry Bradshaw | [3] |
| 1959 | Cork | Ernie Jones | 278 | 1 stroke | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Norman Drew | [4] |
| 1960 | Royal Dublin | Christy O'Connor Snr | 270 | 12 strokes | Christy Greene | [5] |
| 1961 | Balmoral | Christy O'Connor Snr | 276 | 7 strokes | Christy Greene Jimmy Henderson | [6] |
| 1962 | Clandeboye | Christy O'Connor Snr | 268 | 17 strokes | Billy Kerr Jimmy Kinsella | [7] |
| 1963 | Clandeboye | Christy O'Connor Snr | 277 | 3 strokes |  Peter Alliss | [1] |
| 1964 | Replaced by the Hennessy Round-robin Tournament | |||||
| 1965 | Clandeboye | Christy Greene | 275 | 3 strokes | Christy O'Connor Snr | [8] |
References
- 1 2 "Clandeboye Win for O'Connor". Glasgow Herald. 16 August 1963. p. 6.
- ↑ "Hennessy Golf". Northern Whig. 27 May 1957. p. 7. Retrieved 13 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "E.C. Brown Wins by One Stroke". Glasgow Herald. 22 August 1958. p. 4.
- ↑ "Drew beaten by a shot for £100 prize". Belfast Telegraph. 7 September 1959. p. 14. Retrieved 5 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Masterly golf win by O'Connor". Belfast Telegraph. 15 August 1960. p. 10. Retrieved 5 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Easy Win for O'Connor". Glasgow Herald. 18 May 1961. p. 13.
- ↑ "Wedding present for Billy". Belfast Telegraph. 17 August 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 5 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Greene wins Hennessy Tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 9 August 1965. p. 5.
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