Double Diamond Individual Championship Explained

Double Diamond Individual
Location:Scotland
Establishment:1974
Course:Gleneagles
Par:72
Tour:European Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:August
Final Year:1977
Aggregate:132 Simon Owen (1976)
To-Par:−8 as above
Final Champion: Nick Faldo
Map:Scotland
Map Label:Gleneagles
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200px
Coordinates:56.286°N -3.748°W

The Double Diamond Individual Championship was a European Tour golf tournament which was played from 1974 to 1977. The event was a 36-hole strokeplay tournament which preceded the Double Diamond International team event, which was played later the same week. The tournament was officially titled as the Double Diamond Strokeplay in 1974 and 1975, and the Skol Lager Individual in its final year.[1]

The 1977 Skol Lager Individual was played over the King's Course at Gleneagles in Scotland on 16 and 17 August. After the 36 holes, Nick Faldo, Craig Defoy and Chris Witcher were tied at 139. Faldo won a playoff at the first extra hole to claim his first European Tour title at the age of twenty.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)
Venue Ref.
Skol Lager Individual
139 −5 Playoff Craig Defoy
Chris Witcher (a)
4,000 [2]
Double Diamond Individual Championship
132 −8 2 strokes 1,500 [3]
Double Diamond Strokeplay
150 +8 3 strokes 1,500 [4]
136 −4 1 stroke 1,500 [5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: David . Davies . European golf prizes top £1m . Birmingham Daily Post . Birmingham, England . 21 December 1976 . British Newspaper Archive . 11 June 2020.
  2. News: 'Extra' £4000 for Faldo . . 18 August 1977 . 15.
  3. News: Owens news putter works wonder . . 19 August 1976 . 15.
  4. News: Dawson's reward for endurance . . 25 September 1975 . 19.
  5. News: Bembridge wins and saves domestic faces . . 22 August 1974 . 5.