Senior Service Tournament
Golf tournament
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The Senior Service Tournament was a professional golf tournament. The event was played from 1962 and 1966 and was sponsored by Gallaher Ltd, a tobacco company which made Senior Service cigarettes.
LocationUnited Kingdom
Established1962
Final year1966
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Established | 1962 |
| Final year | 1966 |
| Final champion | |
| Cobie Legrange | |
Winners
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (£) | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Neil Coles |  England | Dalmahoy Golf Club (& Ratho Park Golf Club) | 277 | 1 stroke |  Denis Hutchinson Kel Nagle Peter Thomson | 2,000 | [1] |
| 1963 | Dave Ragan |  United States | Dalmahoy Golf Club | 271 | 2 strokes | Peter Alliss | 2,000 | [2] |
| 1964 | No tournament | [3] | ||||||
| 1965 | Christy O'Connor Snr |  Ireland | Dalmahoy Golf Club | 203 | 1 stroke | Hugh Boyle Jacky Cupit | 2,000 | [4] |
| 1966 | Cobie Legrange | South Africa | Northumberland Golf Club | 272 | 2 strokes | Claude King | 2,500 | [5] |
The 1965 event was reduced to 54 holes because of bad weather. The first round was abandoned while the second round was played on the short West Course at Dalmahoy.