Tournament information | |
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Dates | 2–4 October 1906 |
Location | Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England |
Course(s) | Notts Golf Club |
Organised by | The PGA |
Format | Match play – 18 holes (Final 36 holes) |
Statistics | |
Field | 32 players |
Prize fund | £240 |
Winner's share | £100 |
Champion | |
Sandy Herd | |
def. Charles Mayo 8 & 7 | |
The 1906 News of the World Match Play was the fourth News of the World Match Play tournament. It was played from Tuesday 2 to Thursday 4 October at Notts Golf Club. 32 players competed in a straight knock-out competition, with each match contested over 18 holes, except for the final which was over 36 holes. The winner received £100 out of a total prize fund of £240. Sandy Herd defeated Charles Mayo 8 & 7 in the final to win the tournament.
Entry was restricted to members of the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA). Qualification was by a series of 36-hole stroke-play competitions; one for each of the six PGA sections. The Southern section had 16 qualifiers, the Midland and Northern sections had 5 each, the Scottish section 3, the Irish section 2 and the Welsh section 1. In the event of a tie for places there was a playoff.
The qualifiers were:
The format was unchanged. Matches were over 18 holes except for the final which was over 36 holes. Extra holes were played in the event of a tied match. Two rounds were played on the first day, two more on the second day with the final on the third day.
First round 2 October | Second round 2 October | Third round 3 October | Semi-finals 3 October | Final 4 October | |||||||||||||||
Bertie Snowball | 2&1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Willie Hunter, Sr. | Bertie Snowball | ||||||||||||||||||
Robert Thomson | 4&3 | Robert Thomson | 1up | ||||||||||||||||
Alfred Lewis | Robert Thomson | ||||||||||||||||||
Tom Vardon | Sandy Herd | 5&3 | |||||||||||||||||
Harry Vardon | 2up | Harry Vardon | |||||||||||||||||
Sandy Herd | 3&2 | Sandy Herd | 2up | ||||||||||||||||
Ben Sayers | Sandy Herd | 6&5 | |||||||||||||||||
Jack Fulford | 4&2 | George Duncan | |||||||||||||||||
Fred Leach | Jack Fulford | ||||||||||||||||||
J.H. Taylor | 7&6 | J.H. Taylor | 5&4 | ||||||||||||||||
Walter Tedder | J.H. Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||
George Duncan | 3&2 | George Duncan | 1up | ||||||||||||||||
James Braid | George Duncan | 4&3 | |||||||||||||||||
Charles Roberts | w/o | Charles Roberts | |||||||||||||||||
David Stephenson | Sandy Herd | 8&7 | |||||||||||||||||
Alfred Toogood | Charles Mayo | ||||||||||||||||||
Herbert Riseborough | 4&2 | Herbert Riseborough | 6&5 | ||||||||||||||||
Harry Chestney | James Sherlock | ||||||||||||||||||
James Sherlock | 4&3 | Herbert Riseborough | |||||||||||||||||
Jack Ross | Rowland Jones | 4&2 | |||||||||||||||||
Ralph Smith | 5&4 | Ralph Smith | |||||||||||||||||
Rowland Jones | 4&3 | Rowland Jones | 6&4 | ||||||||||||||||
Andrew Grant | Rowland Jones | ||||||||||||||||||
Ted Ray | Charles Mayo | 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
Arthur Catlin | 4&3 | Arthur Catlin | |||||||||||||||||
Wilfrid Reid | 3&2 | Wilfrid Reid | 4&3 | ||||||||||||||||
Harry Kidd | Wilfrid Reid | ||||||||||||||||||
Jack Oke | Charles Mayo | 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
Charles Mayo | 3&1 | Charles Mayo | 21h | ||||||||||||||||
George Cawsey | 3&2 | George Cawsey | |||||||||||||||||
Thomas Renouf |
w/o = Walkover
The winner received £100 and a gold medal, the runner-up £30 and a silver medal, the losing semi-finalists £15 and a bronze medal, while the third round losers received £10 and the second round losers received £5.