# Golf Illustrated Gold Vase

The Golf Illustrated Gold Vase was a prestigious amateur golf tournament in England. It was a 36-hole scratch stroke play competition.

## History

The contest for a gold vase was announced in The Times on 3 April 1909. The vase, valued at 250 guineas, was presented by the proprietors the Golf Illustrated. The initial event was to be at Mid-Surrey on 17 June and was open to amateurs with a handicap of scratch or better. The vase would be held by the winner's home club and the winner himself would receive a silver replica. Three consecutive wins would win the vase outright.

### Winners

| Year | Venue | Winners | Country | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
| 2003 | Cardrona Golf Club | Roger Roper | England | | | |
| 2002 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Andrew Inglis | | | | |
| 2001 | Walton Heath Golf Club | James Heath | England | | | |
| 2000 | Walton Heath Golf Club | John Kemp | England | | | |
| 1999 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Mark Side | England | | | |
| 1998 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Rupert Rea | England | | | |
| 1997 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Mark James | | | | |
| 1996 | Not played | | | | | |
| 1995 | The Oxfordshire Golf Club | Anthony Wall | England | | | |
| 1994 | | S Burrell | | | | |
| 1993 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Van Phillips Charles Challen | England England | 131 | Tie | |
| 1992 | | Paul Page | England | | | |
| 1991 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Rupert Scott | England | | | |
| 1990 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Andy Rogers | England | | | |
| 1989 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Gary Wolstenholme | England | 142 | 3 strokes | Jim Payne |
| 1988 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Max Turner | | | | |
| 1987 | Walton Heath Golf Club | David Lane | England | | | |
| 1986 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Bobby Eggo | Guernsey | | | |
| 1985 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Mark Davis | England | | | |
| 1984 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Jon Marks | England | | | |
| 1983 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Stephen Keppler | England | | | |
| 1982 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Iain Carslaw | Scotland | | | |
| 1981 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Pat Garner | England | 143 | | |
| 1980 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Gordon Brand Jnr | Scotland | 142 | 4 strokes | M Johnson Peter McEvoy P.G. Way B.J. Winteridge |
| 1979 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Kevin Miller | England | 140 | 1 stroke | Peter Thomas |
| 1978 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Peter Thomas | England | 141 | 1 stroke | Stuart Robson |
| 1977 | Walton Heath Golf Club | John Davies | England | 141 | 1 stroke | Allan Brodie |
| 1976 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Allan Brodie | Scotland | 141 | 1 stroke | David Hyde |
| 1975 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Michael Bonallack | England | 142 | 1 stroke | Keith Tate |
| 1974 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Peter Hedges | England | 146 | 1 stroke | Peter Benka David Harrison |
| 1973 | Walton Heath Golf Club | John Davies | England | 142 | 1 stroke | Nigel Denham |
| 1972 | Sunningdale Golf Club | H Ashby P Davidson R Hunter | England England England | 143 | Tie | |
| 1971 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Michael Bonallack | England | 137 | 6 strokes | Roddie Carr |
| 1970 | Sunningdale Golf Club | David Harrison | England | 140 | 1 stroke | Bruce Critchley |
| 1969 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Michael Bonallack Jimmy Hayes | England England | 142 | Tie | |
| 1968 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Michael Bonallack | England | 143 | 1 stroke | Ted Dexter Peter Oosterhuis |
| 1967 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Michael Bonallack Bob Durrant | England England | 141 | Tie | |
| 1966 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Bobby Cole Peter Townsend | South Africa England | 142 | Tie | |
| 1965 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Clive Clark | England | 139 | 2 strokes | Dudley Millensted |
| 1964 | Sunningdale Golf Club | David Moffat | England | 148 | 1 stroke | Michael Burgess |
| 1963 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Bob Mummery | England | 143 | 5 strokes | |
| 1962 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Brian Chapman | England | 145 | 4 strokes | P Green David Harrison |
| 1961 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Michael Bonallack David Harrison | England England | 141 | Tie | |
| 1960 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Doug Sewell | England | 142 | 1 stroke | F Francis G Huddy Guy Wolstenholme |
| 1959 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Alan Bussell | Scotland | 141 | 1 stroke | Guy Wolstenholme |
| 1958 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Michael Lunt | England | 141 | 3 strokes | J Walker |
| 1957 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Guy Wolstenholme | England | 138 | 3 strokes | Philip Scrutton |
| 1956 | Sunningdale Golf Club | David Blair | Scotland | 141 | 3 strokes | Philip Scrutton |
| 1955 | Sunningdale Golf Club | David Blair | Scotland | 140 | 5 strokes | W Henderson |
| 1954 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Harold Ridgley | United States | 143 | 4 strokes | Doug Bachli Herb Berwick |
| 1953 | Sunningdale Golf Club | John Langley | England | 143 | 2 strokes | |
| 1952 | Sunningdale Golf Club | John Langley | England | 140 | 6 strokes | Dick Chapman |
| 1951 | Southerndown Golf Club | Joe Carr | Ireland | 143 | 7 strokes | Dick Chapman |
| 1950 | Western Gailes Golf Club | Alex Whyte | Scotland | 148 | 2 strokes | |
| 1949 | Royal Dublin Golf Club | Ronnie White | England | 142 | 1 stroke | |
| 1948 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Dick Chapman | United States | 143 | 4 strokes | |
| 1940–1947: No tournament ||||||||
| 1939 | Pulborough Golf Club | Sam Roberts | Wales | 143 | 2 strokes | Stanley Anderson |
| 1938 | Bramshot Golf Club | Cameron Anderson | Scotland | 150 | 2 strokes | Andrew McNair |
| 1937 | West Herts Golf Club | Robert Sweeny Jr. | United States | 137 | 7 strokes | Rex Hartley A G S Penman K V Scott |
| 1936 | Ashridge Golf Club | Jim Ferrier | Australia | 139 | 3 strokes | Lionel Munn |
| 1935 | Berkshire Golf Club | Ivor Thomas | England | 147 | 1 stroke | Andrew McNair Robert Sweeny Jr. |
| 1934 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Lister Hartley | England | 147 | 4 strokes | Noel Layton Lionel Munn Sam Roberts |
| 1933 | Stoke Poges Golf Club | Rex Hartley | England | 143 | 1 stroke | Cecil Hayward |
| 1932 | Woking Golf Club | Rex Hartley | England | 147 | 3 strokes | Raymond Oppenheimer |
| 1931 | West Hill Golf Club | William Murray | Scotland | 147 | 1 stroke | John Beck |
| 1930 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Bobby Jones | United States | 143 | 1 stroke | William Brownlow |
| 1929 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Douglas Grant | United States | 151 | 1 stroke | William Murray |
| 1928 | Northwood Golf Club | Cyril Tolley | Scotland | 150 | 1 stroke | William Hope |
| 1927 | Beaconsfield Golf Club | Roger Wethered | England | 147 | 1 stroke | Cyril Tolley |
| 1926 | Addington Golf Club | Cyril Tolley Tony Torrance | England Scotland | 147 | Tie | |
| 1925 | Moor Park Golf Club | John Beck Ernest Holderness | England England | 147 | Tie | |
| 1924 | Moor Park Golf Club | Colin Aylmer | England | 149 | 2 strokes | William Murray |
| 1923 | Oxhey Golf Club | Cyril Tolley | England | 153 | 1 stroke | W A Powell |
| 1922 | Stoke Poges Golf Club | William Murray | Scotland | 151 | 4 strokes | Colin Aylmer |
| 1921 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Mark Seymour | England | 149 | 4 strokes | Alex Armour Hardit Malik Tony Torrance |
| 1920 | St George's Hill Golf Club | Stoner Crowther | England | 154 | 1 stroke | Tommy Armour |
| 1919 | Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club | Bernard Darwin | England | 153 | 1 stroke | Edwin Scott |
| 1915–1918: No tournament ||||||||
| 1914 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Harold Hilton | England | 151 | 4 strokes | Harold Gillies |
| 1913 | Walton Heath Golf Club | Abe Mitchell | England | 152 | 5 strokes | Robert Harris |
| 1912 | Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club | Robert Harris | Scotland | 147 | 2 strokes | B Hammond-Chambers |
| 1911 | Stoke Poges Golf Club | Robert Harris | Scotland | 145 | 3 strokes | Herbert Taylor |
| 1910 | Sunningdale Golf Club | Abe Mitchell | England | 150 | 5 strokes | Angus Hambro |
| 1909 | Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club | Cecil Hutchison | Scotland | 146 | 7 strokes | Robert Harris |