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R.T.V. International Trophy

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R.T.V. International Trophy
Tournament information
LocationIreland
Established1967
Course(s)Edmondstown Golf Course
Cork Golf Club
Month playedAugust
Final year1969
Final champion
Peter Butler
R.T.V. International Trophy is located in Ireland
Edmondstown Golf Course
Edmondstown Golf Course

The R.T.V. International Trophy was a professional golf tournament. In its first year, 1967, there was a professional team tournament between the four home nations at Edmondstown Golf Course, County Dublin.[1][2] The next year the event became an individual tournament played at Cork Golf Club, Little Island, Cork, Ireland. The individual event was held twice, in 1968 and 1969. The tournaments were sponsored by R.T.V. Rentals.

Team event (1967)

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The tournament was played on 25, 26 and 27 August with each team playing the other three. There were teams of 6 with 3 foursomes matches in the morning and 6 singles in the afternoon. All matches were over 18 holes.[3][1][2] The total prize money was £3,480.[4]

The teams were:

Brian Barnes played for England, although he later represented Scotland in team events.

The event was the second attempt to run a regular professional home nations tournament, but like the first attempt, the Llandudno International Golf Trophy in 1938, it was only run once. The winning captain in 1938, Percy Alliss, was the father of the winning captain in 1967, Peter Alliss. A similar format was used for the 1971 Double Diamond International.[citation needed]

Matches

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Friday 25 August

Team Score Team Score Halved
Republic of Ireland Ireland 5 Scotland Scotland 2 2
England England 4 Wales Wales 3 2

Saturday 26 August

Team Score Team Score Halved
England England 7 Scotland Scotland 1 1
Republic of Ireland Ireland 5 Wales Wales 4 0

Sunday 27 August

Team Score Team Score Halved
Scotland Scotland 5 Wales Wales 3 1
England England 5 Republic of Ireland Ireland 3 1

Final table

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Team Matches Individual games
Won Lost Won Lost Halved
England England 3 0 16 7 4
Republic of Ireland Ireland 2 1 13 11 3
Scotland Scotland 1 2 8 15 4
Wales Wales 0 3 10 14 3

Winners (1968 and 1969)

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Year Winner Country Venue Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)
Ref
1968 Tommy Horton  England Cork Golf Club 271 3 strokes England Peter Townsend 1,000 [5]
1969 Peter Butler  England Cork Golf Club 273 3 strokes England Bernard Hunt
South Africa Cobie Legrange
1,000 [6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Scots beaten by Irish at Edmondstown". The Glasgow Herald. 26 August 1967. p. 4.
  2. ^ a b "England's clean sweep in R.T.V. Internationals". The Glasgow Herald. 28 August 1967. p. 4.
  3. ^ "Alliss captains England". The Times. 22 August 1967. p. 11.
  4. ^ "Ireland's fine win". The Times. 26 August 1967. p. 13.
  5. ^ "Golf -- Horton carries off Cork prize". The Times. 26 August 1968. p. 10.
  6. ^ "Irish Golf -- Butler wins by threes strokes". The Times. 11 August 1969. p. 11.