Lawrence Batley Seniors
Tournament information
LocationHuddersfield, England
Established1992
Course(s)Huddersfield Golf Club
Par71
Length6,454 yards (5,902 m)
Tour(s)European Seniors Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund£125,000
Month playedJune
Final year2002
Tournament record score
Aggregate202 John Morgan (1994)
To par−9 Eddie Polland (1999)
−9 Nick Job (1999)
Final champion
England Neil Coles
Location Map
Huddersfield GC is located in England
Huddersfield GC
Huddersfield GC
Location in England
Huddersfield GC is located in West Yorkshire
Huddersfield GC
Huddersfield GC
Location in West Yorkshire

The Lawrence Batley Seniors was a senior (over 50s) men's professional golf tournament on the European Senior Tour. It was played from 1992 to 2002 in the Huddersfield area of West Yorkshire, England. From 1995 the tournament was held at Huddersfield Golf Club, north of Huddersfield, while in 1994 it was held at Woodsome Hall Golf Club, south-west of Huddersfield, and in 1992 and 1993 at both venues.[1] The tournament was sponsored by Lawrence Batley who had earlier supported a European Tour event, the Lawrence Batley International, from 1981 to 1987. Batley died in August 2002, soon after the final tournament.

Neil Coles won the final tournament in 2002 and set a record as the oldest winner of a European Senior Tour event, aged 67 years and 276 days.[2]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
2002England Neil Coles209−4PlayoffEngland David Creamer
United States Steve Stull		[3]
2001England Nick Job204−95 strokesEngland Denis Durnian[4]
2000Scotland David Huish212−1PlayoffEngland Neil Coles
South Africa John Fourie		[5]
1999Northern Ireland Eddie Polland204−92 strokesSpain Antonio Garrido[6]
1998South Africa Bobby Verwey (2)210−3PlayoffSpain Antonio Garrido[7]
1997Spain Antonio Garrido206−71 strokeItaly Renato Campagnoli[8]
1996England Malcolm Gregson209−42 strokesEngland Neil Coles
Italy Alberto Croce		[9]
1995Italy Alberto Croce209−41 strokeEngland Tommy Horton[10]
1994England John Morgan202−84 strokesSpain José Maria Roca[11]
1993England Peter Butler207−51 strokeRepublic of Ireland Michael Murphy[12]
1992South Africa Bobby Verwey204−86 strokesEngland David Butler
England Peter Butler
England Tommy Horton		[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Senior past champions - Former events - Lawrence Batley Seniors". europeantour.com.
  2. ↑ "Oldest Winners on The European Senior Tour". europeantour.com. 14 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Lawrence Batley Seniors 2002". europeantour.com.
  4. ↑ "Lawrence Batley Seniors 2001". europeantour.com.
  5. ↑ "Lawrence Batley Seniors 2000". europeantour.com.
  6. ↑ "Lawrence Batley Seniors 1999". europeantour.com.
  7. ↑ "Lawrence Batley Seniors 1998". europeantour.com.
  8. ↑ "For the record - Golf". The Times. 7 July 1997. p. 41.
  9. ↑ "Golf". The Times. 5 August 1996. p. 33.
  10. ↑ "For the record - Golf". The Times. 5 August 1995. p. 35.
  11. ↑ "Morgan's level best". The Times. 30 July 1994. p. 35.
  12. ↑ "For the record - Golf". The Times. 31 July 1993. p. 27.
  13. ↑ "Verwey finishes six ahead in Seniors". The Times. 1 August 1992. p. 29.
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