title: Sumrie Better-Ball
text: # Sumrie Better-Ball
  
  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
  
  | Year | Winners | Country | Venue | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (£) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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  | 1969 | Maurice Bembridge & Ángel Gallardo | England Spain | Pannal | 263 (−29) | 1 stroke | Hedley Muscroft & Lionel Platts | 1,000 (each) |
  | 1970 | Neil Coles & Bernard Hunt | England England | Pannal | 257 (−31) | 4 strokes | Peter Butler & Clive Clark | 800 (each) |
  | 1971: No tournament |||||||||
  | 1972 | Malcolm Gregson & Brian Huggett | England Wales | Blairgowrie | 264 (−24) | 1 stroke | Guy Hunt & Doug McClelland | 800 (each) |
  | 1973 | Neil Coles & Bernard Hunt | England England | Blairgowrie | 265 (−27) | 5 strokes | Malcolm Gregson & Brian Huggett | 800 (each) |
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  | 1974 | Peter Butler & Clive Clark | England England | Queen's Park | 267 (−21) | Playoff | Craig Defoy & Derek Small Vince Hood & Hugh Jackson | 1,200 (each) |
  | 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) |
  | 1976 | Eamonn Darcy & Christy O'Connor Jnr | Ireland Ireland | Queen's Park | 260 (−28) | Playoff | Maurice Bembridge & Norman Wood | 1,200 (each) |
  | 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) |
  