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Tournament results: Silver King T'ment

Results for the Silver King T'ment are shown in the table below, which includes details of the respective winners, their scores and prize money, relevant venues and title sponsors.
1953
Europe
274
£300
Silvertown Co.

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Van Donck, Flory

Score

274

Prize money

£300

Title sponsor

Silvertown Co.

Played as the (last) Silver King Tournament. Second-placed Ken Bousfield (Eng), Bill Branch (Eng) and John Pritchett (Eng) finished 6 shots behind Van Donck (Belg). [High course, Moor Park GC, Rickmansworth, Herts].

1952
Europe
Horne, Reg
276
£300
Silvertown Co.

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Horne, Reg

Score

276

Prize money

£300

Title sponsor

Silvertown Co.

Played as the Silver King Tournament. Second-placed Arthur Lees (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Horne (Eng). [High course, Moor Park GC, Rickmansworth, Herts].

1951
Europe
285
£300
Silvertown Co.

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Van Donck, Flory

Score

285

Prize money

£300

Title sponsor

Silvertown Co.

Played as the Silver King Tournament. Second-placed Jack Hargreaves (Eng) and Wally Smithers (Eng) finished 2 shots behind Van Donck (Belg). [High course, Moor Park GC, Rickmansworth, Herts].

1950
Europe
276
£300
Silvertown Co.

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Panton, John

Score

276

Prize money

£300

Title sponsor

Silvertown Co.

Played as the Silver King Tournament. Second-placed Ossie Pickworth (Aus) finished 5 shots behind Panton (Scot). [High course, Moor Park GC, Rickmansworth, Herts].

1949
Europe
281
£300
Silvertown Co.

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Burton, Dick

Score

281

Prize money

£300

Title sponsor

Silvertown Co.

Played as the Silver King Tournament. Second-placed and defending champion Charlie Ward (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Burton (Eng). [High course, Moor Park GC, Rickmansworth, Herts].

1948
Europe
Adams, Jimmy
283
£250
Silvertown Co.

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Adams, Jimmy

Score

283

Prize money

£250

Title sponsor

Silvertown Co.

Played as the Silver King Tournament. Jimmy Adams (Scot) and Charlie Ward (Eng) finished in a tie for first place. Dai Rees (Wales) finished 1 shot back in third place. [High course, Moor Park GC, Rickmansworth, Herts].

1948
Europe
283
£250
Silvertown Co.

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Ward, Charlie

Score

283

Prize money

£250

Title sponsor

Silvertown Co.

Played as the Silver King Tournament. Jimmy Adams (Scot) and Charlie Ward (Eng) finished in a tie for first place. Dai Rees (Wales) finished 1 shot back in third place. [High course, Moor Park GC, Rickmansworth, Herts].

1947
Europe
285
£300
Silvertown Co.

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Padgham, Alf

Score

285

Prize money

£300

Title sponsor

Silvertown Co.

Played as the Silver King Tournament. Second-placed Sam King (Eng) finished 4 shots behind Padgham (Eng). [High course, Moor Park GC, Rickmansworth, Herts].

1946
Europe
288
£350
Silvertown Co.

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Rees, Dai

Score

288

Prize money

£350

Title sponsor

Silvertown Co.

Played as the Silver King Tournament (for the first time since 1939, due to WW2). Second-placed Allan Dailey (Scot), Reg Horne (Eng) and Charlie Ward (Eng) finished 7 shots behind Rees (Wales). [High course, Moor Park GC, Rickmansworth, Herts].

1939
Europe
285
£200
Silvertown Co.

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Padgham, Alf

Score

285

Prize money

£200

Title sponsor

Silvertown Co.

Played as the Silver King Tournament (for the last time until 1946, due to WW2). Padgham (Eng) beat Dick Burton in a 36-hole playoff. Burton retired after 33 holes, with Padgham 9 shots ahead at the time. [High course, Moor Park GC, Rickmansworth, Herts].

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Whitcombe, Charles

Score

276

Prize money

£200

Title sponsor

Silvertown Co.

Played as the Silver King Tournament. Second-placed Alf Perry (Eng) and Eddie Whitcombe (Eng) finished 2 shots behind Charles Whitcombe (Eng). Eddie was the son of Ernest Whitcombe, Charles's brother. [High course, Moor Park GC, Rickmansworth, Herts].

1937
Europe
279
£200
Silvertown Co.

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Cotton, Henry

Score

279

Prize money

£200

Title sponsor

Silvertown Co.

Played as the Silver King Tournament. Second-placed Paddy Mahon (Ire) finished 1 shot behind Cotton (Eng). [High course, Moor Park GC, Rickmansworth, Herts].

1936
Europe
280
£200
Silvertown Co.

Category

Europe

Winner (holder)

Padgham, Alf

Score

280

Prize money

£200

Title sponsor

Silvertown Co.

Played as the inaugural Silver King Tournament. Second-placed Henry Cotton (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Padgham (Eng). [High course, Moor Park GC, Rickmansworth, Herts].

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