President's Putter
The President's Putter is an annual golf competition contested between former Blues golfers from Oxford and Cambridge universities.[1] The event is held every January at the Rye Golf Club in Rye, East Sussex with the first tournament held in 1920. Those eligible to play are current and former alumni of the universities thus the golfers are usually amateurs and ages may vary between 20 and 70 years. The tournament is played by scratch match play and the winner receives a silver medal in exchange for their winning ball.[2] Past winners include five time tournament winner Roger Wethered, Cyril Tolley and Charlie Rotheroe.[3] Rotheroe won his third tournament in 2008.[4].
The President's Putter itself was first given to the Oxford and Cambridge Golfing Society by John Low and it originally belonged to Hugh Kirkaldy. When the putter wore out it was replaced with another belonging to Laurie Auchterlonie. The current putter was brought into use in 1983 and was made by Open Championship winner Willie Park, Snr..[3]
References
- ^ Ashdown, David (2004-01-10). "Golf: President's Putter, an annual golf competition". The Independent. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
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- ^ a b "Winners". Rye Golf Club. Retrieved 2010-03-26.
- ^ Randall, Charles (2008-01-07). "Charlie Rotheroe wins third President's Putter". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
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