Daks Tournament

The Daks Tournament was an important professional golf tournament held in England from 1950 to 1971 and was generally held in early June. 17 of the 22 events were held at the Wentworth Club. Neil Coles enjoyed considerable success in the event winning the tournament four times and being a runner-up on four occasions. The tournament was sponsored by DAKS.

Daks Tournament

Tournament information
Location	England
Established	1950
Final year	1971
Final champion
Neil Coles and Brian Huggett

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share (£)	Ref
1950	Norman Sutton	England	Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club	272	3 strokes	Flory Van Donck	400	[1]
1951	John Panton	Scotland	Sunningdale Golf Club	282	3 strokes	Bobby Locke	400	[2]
1952	Fred Daly	Northern Ireland	Wentworth Club	280	2 strokes	Jack Hargreaves	400	[3]
1953	Dai Rees	Wales	Wentworth Club	280	1 stroke	Tom Haliburton Flory Van Donck	400	[4]
1954	Peter Alliss	England	Little Aston Golf Club	279	1 stroke	Bobby Locke	400	[5]
1955	John Pritchett	England	Sunningdale Golf Club	275	2 strokes	Dai Rees	600	[6]
1956	Trevor Wilkes	South Africa	Wentworth Club	276	9 strokes	Eric Brown Tom Haliburton Peter Mills	600	[7]
1957	Bobby Locke	South Africa	Wentworth Club	281	3 strokes	Eric Brown Bernard Hunt	600	[8]
1958	Harold Henning Peter Thomson	South Africa  Australia	Wentworth Club	275	Tie	Shared title	Shared 1000 and 400	[9]
1959	Christy O'Connor Snr	Ireland	Wentworth Club	274	3 strokes	Peter Mills	1000	[10]
1960	Peter Thomson	Australia	Wentworth Club	279	2 strokes	Tom Haliburton Jimmy Hitchcock	1000	[11]
1961	Bernard Hunt	England	Wentworth Club	279	1 stroke	Neil Coles	1000	[12]
1962	Bob Charles Dai Rees	New Zealand  Wales	Wentworth Club	278	Tie	Shared title	Shared 1000 and 500	[13]
1963	Peter Alliss Neil Coles	England  England	Wentworth Club	280	Tie	Shared title	Shared 1000 and 500	[14]
1964	Neil Coles	England	Wentworth Club	282	1 stroke	Peter Thomson	1000	[15]
1965	Peter Thomson	Australia	Wentworth Club	275	4 strokes	Guy Wolstenholme	1000	[16]
1966	Hugh Boyle	Ireland	Wentworth Club	286	1 stroke	Neil Coles Dai Rees Dave Thomas	1000	[17]
1967	Malcolm Gregson	England	Wentworth Club	279	2 strokes	Neil Coles	1000	[18]
1968	Malcolm Gregson	England	Wentworth Club	284	1 stroke	Neil Coles	1000	[19]
1969	Brian Huggett	Wales	Wentworth Club	289	2 strokes	Bernard Gallacher	1000	[20]
1970	Neil Coles	England	Wentworth Club	281	3 strokes	Peter Wilcock	1000	[21]
1971	Neil Coles Brian Huggett	England  Wales	South Herts Golf Club	284	Tie	Shared title	Shared 1000 and 650	[22]