Irish Hospitals Tournament

The Irish Hospitals Tournament was a professional golf tournament played from 1958 to 1962. Total prize money was £5000 from 1958 to 1960 and £5,555 in 1961 and 1962. It was sponsored by the Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake. In 1963 it was succeeded by the Carroll Sweet Afton Tournament which later became the Carroll's International.

Irish Hospitals Tournament

Tournament information
Location	Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Established	1958
Course(s)	Woodbrook Golf Club
Final year	1962
Final champion
Christy O'Connor Snr

Woodbrook Golf Club

Location in Ireland

Kel Nagle's 1961 performance of 260 was reportedly the lowest score ever recorded at a 72 hole tournament outside of the United States. As of 1973, it had yet to be broken.^[1]

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share (£)	Ref
1958	Bernard Hunt	England	277	Tie		Shared 1,000 and 500	[2]
	Frank Jowle	England
1959	Max Faulkner	England	274	4 strokes	Peter Alliss Dave Thomas	1,000	[3]
1960	Christy O'Connor Snr	Ireland	272	Playoff (18 holes)	Ken Bousfield	1,000	[4][5]
1961	Kel Nagle	Australia	260	4 strokes	Peter Alliss	1,000	[6]
1962	Christy O'Connor Snr	Ireland	271	1 stroke	Bob Charles	1,000	[7]

In 1960 O'Connor scored 63 in the play-off to Bousfield's 71.