The Sumrie Better-Ball was a professional golf tournament played from 1969 to 1978. It was a 72-hole better-ball stroke-play event. It was played at Pannal in 1969 and 1970 and then at Blairgowrie in 1972 and 1973. From 1974 it was called the Sumrie-Bournemouth Better-Ball and was played at Queen's Park Golf Club, Bournemouth, England. The tournament was sponsored by Sumrie Clothes who has previously supported the Sumrie Tournament in 1968.

Winners[edit]

Year	Winners	Country	Venue	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share (£)	Ref
Sumrie Better-Ball
1969	Maurice Bembridge & Ángel Gallardo	England  Spain	Pannal	263 (−29)	1 stroke	Hedley Muscroft & Lionel Platts	1,000 (each)	[1]
1970	Neil Coles & Bernard Hunt	England  England	Pannal	257 (−31)	4 strokes	Peter Butler & Clive Clark	800 (each)	[2]
1971: No tournament
1972	Malcolm Gregson & Brian Huggett	England  Wales	Blairgowrie	264 (−24)	1 stroke	Guy Hunt & Doug McClelland	800 (each)	[3]
1973	Neil Coles & Bernard Hunt	England  England	Blairgowrie	265 (−27)	5 strokes	Malcolm Gregson & Brian Huggett	800 (each)	[4]
Sumrie-Bournemouth Better-Ball
1974	Peter Butler & Clive Clark	England  England	Queen's Park	267 (−21)	Playoff	Craig Defoy & Derek Small Vince Hood & Hugh Jackson	1,200 (each)	[5]
1975	Jack Newton & John O'Leary	Australia  Ireland	Queen's Park	256 (−32)	4 strokes	Brian Barnes & Bernard Gallacher Neil Coles & Bernard Hunt John Fowler & Nick Job	1,200 (each)	[6]
1976	Eamonn Darcy & Christy O'Connor Jnr	Ireland  Ireland	Queen's Park	260 (−28)	Playoff	Maurice Bembridge & Norman Wood	1,200 (each)	[7]
1977: No tournament
1978	Eamonn Darcy & Christy O'Connor Jnr	Ireland  Ireland	Queen's Park	255 (−33)	4 strokes	Rodger Davis & Chris Tickner	2,000 (each)	[8]

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