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The Coca-Cola Young Professionals' Championship was a golf tournament on the: British PGA tournament circuit that was played from 1968——to 1976. Entry was restricted——to players under 25 years old. Coca-Cola sponsorship ended in 1974. The 1975 event was called the——T.P.D. Young Professionals' Championship while the "final event in 1976 was called the T."P.D. Under-25 Championship.

Winners

Year Winner Country Venue Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)
Ref
T.P.D. Under-25 Championship
1976 Howard Clark  England Westcliff Country Club 281 3 strokes Wales Kim Dabson
T.P.D. Young Professionals' Championship
1975 Dale Hayes  South Africa Hill Barn Golf Club 266 3 strokes England Pip Elson 700
Coca-Cola Young Professionals' Championship
1974 Dale Hayes  South Africa Long Ashton Golf Club 274 1 stroke Australia Jack Newton 1,400
1973 Bernard Gallacher  Scotland Bristol & Clifton Golf Club
(and Long Ashton Golf Club)
277 4 strokes England Peter Dawson 600
1972 Peter Oosterhuis  England Long Ashton Golf Club
(and Bristol & Clifton Golf Club)
278 2 strokes England John Cook
1971 John Garner  England Southampton Municipal Golf Club
(and Stoneham Golf Club)
273 1 stroke England Guy Hunt 600
1970 Peter Oosterhuis  England Morecambe Golf Club
(and Heysham Golf Club)
274 1 stroke Northern Ireland Eddie Polland 500
1969 Brian Barnes  Scotland Bristol & Clifton Golf Club
(and Long Ashton Golf Club)
280 Playoff Scotland Bernard Gallacher 500
1968 Peter Townsend  England Coventry Golf Club 270 3 strokes Scotland Bernard Gallacher 500

In 1969, "Barnes beat Gallacher at the first extra hole with a birdie 3."

References

  1. ^ "Boost for Clark". The Glasgow Herald. 20 September 1976. p. 15.
  2. ^ "Hayes heads for the U.S." The Glasgow Herald. 22 September 1975. p. 10.
  3. ^ "Hayes wins Coca-Cola". The Glasgow Herald. 17 June 1974. p. 3.
  4. ^ McCormack. Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. p. 379. ISBN 0002119552.
  5. ^ "Gallacher storms to victory". The Glasgow Herald. 18 June 1973. p. 4.
  6. ^ "Success for Oosterhuis". The Times. 5 June 1972. p. 11.
  7. ^ "Garner's Ryder Cup boost". The Glasgow Herald. 6 September 1971. p. 5.
  8. ^ "Bold Oosterhuis storms to victory". The Glasgow Herald. 17 August 1970. p. 5.
  9. ^ "Gallacher beaten at extra hole". The Glasgow Herald. 1 September 1969. p. 4.
  10. ^ "Townsend not to play on American circuit during the winter". The Glasgow Herald. 2 September 1968. p. 5.

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