Martini International
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The Martini International was a men's professional golf tournament that was held from 1961 to 1983. It was hosted by several different golf clubs in England, Scotland and Wales. It was part of the European Tour's schedule from the tour's first official season in 1972 until the event ceased. The winners included the major champions Peter Thomson, Greg Norman, Nick Faldo and Seve Ballesteros. In 1983 the prize fund was £80,308, which was mid-range for a European Tour event at the time.
The 1971 Martini International saw a unique event occur, when John Hudson achieved the near-impossible feat of scoring two successive holes-in-one, at the 12th and 13th holes at the Royal Norwich Golf Club.
[edit] Winners
- 1983 Nick Faldo - England
- 1982 Bernard Gallacher - Scotland
- 1981 Greg Norman - Australia
- 1980 Seve Ballesteros - Spain
- 1979 Greg Norman - Australia
- 1978 Seve Ballesteros - Spain
- 1977 Greg Norman - Australia
- 1976 Sam Torrance - Scotland
- 1975 Christy O'Connor Jnr - Ireland and Ian Stanley - Australia (tie)
- 1974 Stewart Ginn - Australia
- 1973 Maurice Bembridge - England
- 1972 Brian Barnes - Scotland
- 1971 Bernard Gallacher - Scotland
- 1970 Douglas Sewell - England and Peter Thomson - Australia (tie)
- 1969 Gordon Caygill - England and G. Henning - South Africa (tie)
- 1968 Brian Huggett - Wales
- 1967 Malcolm Gregson - England and Brian Huggett - Wales (tie)
- 1966 Peter Alliss - England and W. Large (tie)
- 1965 Peter Butler - England
- 1964 Christy O'Connor Snr - Ireland
- 1963 Neil Coles - England and Christy O'Connor Snr - Ireland (tie)
- 1962 Peter Thomson - Australia
- 1961 Bernard Hunt - England