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British Masters

British golf tournament

Field	Value
name	Husqvarna British Masters
location	Wishaw, Warwickshire, England
coordinates
establishment	1946
course	The Belfry
(Brabazon Course)
par	72
yardage	7336 yd
tour	European Tour
format	Stroke play
purse
month_played	August/September
aggregate	260 Paul Dunne (2017)
to-par	−22 Peter Baker (1993)
current_champion	SWE Alex Norén
map	UK England#United Kingdom Warwickshire
map_label	The Belfry
map_caption	Location in England##Location in Warwickshire
map_relief	yes
map_label_position	right
map_size	200px

(Brabazon Course) | to-par = −22 Peter Baker (1993) The Husqvarna British Masters is a professional golf tournament. It was founded in 1946 as the Dunlop Masters and was held every year up to 2008, except for 1984. Dunlop's sponsorship ended in 1982, and the name sponsor changed frequently thereafter, with the words "British Masters" usually also in the tournament's official name. The tournament was not held from 2009 to 2014 but returned to the schedule in 2015.

History

The Dunlop Masters was first held in 1946 at Stoneham Golf Club in Southampton, and was a continuation of the Dunlop-Metropolitan Tournament which had been held before World War II. Like the Dunlop-Metropolitan, the Dunlop Masters was a 72-hole end-of-season event with a restricted field. The Dunlop-Metropolitan had been first played in 1934, the same year as The Masters. The event was sponsored by Dunlop from 1946 to 1982, during which time it continued to have a small field with no 36-hole cut. There were 50 competitors in the final Dunlop-sponsored event in 1982.

During the 1980s the British Masters was one of the most lucrative events on the European Tour with a prize fund that was as high as third among the tournaments on the schedule, but its status, or at least its relative level of prize money, has declined considerably in recent years.

The tournament has been played at many different venues; twice in the "Dunlop Masters" era it was held in the Republic of Ireland. When the Quinn Group took over as sponsors in 2006, the event was moved again, this time to the Group owned Belfry.

The deal with the Quinn Group ended in 2008, and when attempts to find another sponsor were unsuccessful, the British Masters was removed from the European Tour schedule for 2009.

Tournament hosts

The event returned in 2015 with a leading British golfer choosing the golf course and hosting the event. Since then the editions have been hosted by:

2015: Ian Poulter at Woburn Golf Club
2016: Luke Donald at The Grove
2017: Lee Westwood at Close House Golf Club
2018: Justin Rose at Walton Heath Golf Club
2019: Tommy Fleetwood at Hillside Golf Club
2020: Lee Westwood at Close House Golf Club
2021–2022: Danny Willett at The Belfry
2023–2026: Nick Faldo at The Belfry

Notable events

The 1967 event provided British television with its first live hole in one, as Tony Jacklin aced the 16th hole at Royal St George's.

In the 2021 event, Richard Bland, at age 48, claimed his first European Tour victory in his 478th start on the tour.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.	Betfred British Masters	Sky Sports British Masters	British Masters	Quinn Insurance British Masters	Quinn Direct British Masters	Daily Telegraph Dunlop Masters	Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters	Victor Chandler British Masters	One 2 One British Masters	Collingtree British Masters	Dunhill British Masters	Silk Cut Masters	Dunlop Masters
2025	SWE Alex Norén (2)	272	−16	1 stroke	DEN Nicolai Højgaard
NZL Kazuma Kobori	The Belfry
2024	DEN Niklas Nørgaard	272	−16	2 strokes	ZAF Thriston Lawrence	The Belfry
2023	NZL Daniel Hillier	278	−10	2 strokes	USA Gunner Wiebe
ENG Oliver Wilson	The Belfry
2022	DNK Thorbjørn Olesen	278	−10	1 stroke	SWE Sebastian Söderberg	The Belfry
2021	ENG Richard Bland	275	−13	Playoff	ITA Guido Migliozzi	The Belfry
2020	ITA Renato Paratore	266	−18	3 strokes	DNK Rasmus Højgaard	Close House
2019	SWE Marcus Kinhult	272	−16	1 stroke	SCO Robert MacIntyre
ENG Eddie Pepperell
ENG Matt Wallace	Hillside
2018	ENG Eddie Pepperell	279	−9	2 strokes	SWE Alexander Björk	Walton Heath
2017	IRL Paul Dunne	260	−20	3 strokes	NIR Rory McIlroy	Close House
2016	SWE Alex Norén	266	−18	2 strokes	AUT Bernd Wiesberger	The Grove
2015	ENG Matt Fitzpatrick	269	−15	2 strokes	DNK Søren Kjeldsen
IRL Shane Lowry
PRY Fabrizio Zanotti	Woburn
2010–2014: No tournament
2009	Cancelled due to lack of sponsorship
2008	ESP Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	276	−12	Playoff	ENG Lee Westwood	The Belfry
2007	ENG Lee Westwood	273	−15	5 strokes	ENG Ian Poulter	The Belfry
2006	SWE Johan Edfors	277	−11	1 stroke	ENG Gary Emerson
SCO Stephen Gallacher
SWE Jarmo Sandelin	The Belfry
2005	DEN Thomas Bjørn	282	−6	Playoff	ENG Brian Davis
ENG David Howell	Forest of Arden
2004	ENG Barry Lane	272	−16	3 strokes	ARG Ángel Cabrera
ARG Eduardo Romero	Forest of Arden
2003	ENG Greg Owen	274	−14	3 strokes	FRA Christian Cévaër
ENG Ian Poulter	Forest of Arden
2002	ENG Justin Rose	269	−19	1 stroke	ENG Ian Poulter	Woburn
2001	FRA Thomas Levet	274	−14	Playoff	SWE Mathias Grönberg
ENG David Howell
SWE Robert Karlsson	Woburn
2000	SCO Gary Orr	267	−21	2 strokes	SWE Per-Ulrik Johansson	Woburn
1999	USA Bob May	269	−19	1 stroke	SCO Colin Montgomerie	Woburn
1998	SCO Colin Montgomerie	281	−7	1 stroke	SWE Pierre Fulke
ARG Eduardo Romero	Forest of Arden
1997	NZL Greg Turner	275	−13	1 stroke	SCO Colin Montgomerie	Forest of Arden
1996	AUS Robert Allenby	284	−4	Playoff	ESP Miguel Ángel Martín	Collingtree Park
1995	SCO Sam Torrance	270	−18	1 stroke	NZL Michael Campbell	Collingtree Park
1994	WAL Ian Woosnam (2)	271	−17	4 strokes	ESP Seve Ballesteros	Woburn
1993	ENG Peter Baker	266	−22	7 strokes	ENG Carl Mason	Woburn
1992	IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr	270	−18	Playoff	ZWE Tony Johnstone	Woburn
1991	ESP Seve Ballesteros (2)	275	−13	3 strokes	IRL Eamonn Darcy
ENG David Gilford
ZWE Tony Johnstone
SCO Sam Torrance
ENG Keith Waters	Woburn
1990	ENG Mark James	270	−18	2 strokes	NIR David Feherty	Woburn
1989	ENG Nick Faldo	267	−21	4 strokes	NIR Ronan Rafferty	Woburn
1988	SCO Sandy Lyle	273	−15	2 strokes	ENG Nick Faldo
ZWE Mark McNulty	Woburn
1987	ZIM Mark McNulty	274	−14	1 stroke	WAL Ian Woosnam	Woburn
1986	ESP Seve Ballesteros	275	−13	2 strokes	SCO Gordon Brand Jnr	Woburn
1985	USA Lee Trevino	278	−10	3 strokes	AUS Rodger Davis	Woburn
1984: No tournament
1983	WAL Ian Woosnam	269	−15	3 strokes	SCO Bernard Gallacher	St. Pierre
1982	AUS Greg Norman (2)	267	−17	8 strokes	FRG Bernhard Langer	St. Pierre
1981	AUS Greg Norman	273	−15	4 strokes	AUS Graham Marsh	Woburn
1980	FRG Bernhard Langer	270	−14	5 strokes	SCO Brian Barnes	St. Pierre
1979	AUS Graham Marsh	283	−5	1 stroke	JPN Isao Aoki
ENG Neil Coles	Woburn
1978	ENG Tommy Horton	279	−5	1 stroke	ZAF Dale Hayes
AUS Graham Marsh
ENG Brian Waites	St. Pierre
1977	ENG Guy Hunt	291	+7	Playoff	SCO Brian Barnes	Lindrick
1976	ITA Baldovino Dassù	271	−13	1 stroke	USA Hubert Green	St. Pierre
1975	SCO Bernard Gallacher (2)	289	+5	2 strokes	ZAF Dale Hayes	Ganton
1974	SCO Bernard Gallacher	282	−2	Playoff	ZAF Gary Player	St. Pierre
1973	ENG Tony Jacklin (2)	272	−12	7 strokes	NZL Bob Charles	St. Pierre
1972	NZL Bob Charles	277	−11	2 strokes	ENG Tony Jacklin	Northumberland
1971	ENG Maurice Bembridge	273	−11	2 strokes	ENG Peter Oosterhuis	St. Pierre
1970	WAL Brian Huggett	293	+9	5 strokes	AUS David Graham	Royal Lytham & St Annes
1969	ZAF Cobie Legrange (2)	281		3 strokes	ENG Peter Butler	Little Aston
1968	AUS Peter Thomson (2)	274		5 strokes	WAL Dave Thomas	Sunningdale
1967	ENG Tony Jacklin	274	ｰ6	3 strokes	ENG Neil Coles	Royal St George's
1966	ENG Neil Coles	278		1 stroke	IRL Christy O'Connor Snr
AUS Peter Thomson	Lindrick
1965	ENG Bernard Hunt (2)	283		1 stroke	AUS Peter Thomson	Portmarnock
1964	ZAF Cobie Legrange	288		1 stroke	ENG Max Faulkner
ENG Ralph Moffitt	Royal Birkdale
1963	ENG Bernard Hunt	282		Playoff	ENG Ralph Moffitt	Little Aston
1962	WAL Dai Rees	278		2 strokes	ENG Ralph Moffitt
AUS Peter Thomson	Wentworth
1961	AUS Peter Thomson	284		8 strokes	IRL Christy O'Connor Snr	Royal Porthcawl
1960	ENG Jimmy Hitchcock	275		2 strokes	ENG Max Faulkner
ENG John Jacobs
ZAF Bobby Locke	Sunningdale
1959	IRL Christy O'Connor Snr (2)	276		4 strokes	IRL Joe Carr (a)
NIR Norman Drew	Portmarnock
1958	ENG Harry Weetman (2)	276		4 strokes	ZAF Bobby Locke	Little Aston
1957	SCO Eric Brown	275		3 strokes	ENG Peter Alliss	Notts
1956	IRL Christy O'Connor Snr	277		1 stroke	SCO Eric Brown	Prestwick
1955	IRL Harry Bradshaw (2)	277		4 strokes	ENG Henry Cotton	Little Aston
1954	ZAF Bobby Locke (2)	291		3 strokes	IRL Harry Bradshaw	Prince's
1953	IRL Harry Bradshaw	272		3 strokes	ENG Max Faulkner	Sunningdale
1952	ENG Harry Weetman	281		4 strokes	ENG Arthur Lees	Mere
1951	ENG Max Faulkner	281		4 strokes	ENG Reg Horne	Wentworth
1950	WAL Dai Rees	281		4 strokes	ENG Charlie Ward	Royal Liverpool
1949	ENG Charlie Ward	290		Playoff	ENG John Burton	St Andrews
1948	AUS Norman Von Nida	272		2 strokes	NIR Fred Daly	Sunningdale
1947	ENG Arthur Lees	283		Playoff	AUS Norman Von Nida	Little Aston
1946	SCO Jimmy Adams
ZAF Bobby Locke	286		Title shared	Stoneham	url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XYJDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aJEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6380%2C2219983	title=Adams ties with Locke	newspaper=Glasgow Herald	page=2	date=11 October 1946	access-date=3 February 2011	archive-date=30 March 2024	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330121854/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XYJDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aJEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6380%2C2219983	url-status=live }}

Multiple winners

2 wins: Seve Ballesteros, Harry Bradshaw, Bernard Gallacher, Bernard Hunt, Tony Jacklin, Cobie Legrange, Bobby Locke, Greg Norman, Christy O'Connor Snr, Dai Rees, Peter Thomson, Harry Weetman, Ian Woosnam

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