Sunderland of Scotland Masters

Sunderland of Scotland Masters

Tournament information
Location	Scotland
Established	1985
Format	stroke play
Final year	2002

The Sunderland of Scotland Masters was a golf tournament that was played from 1985 to 2002. It was a 72-hole stroke-play event on the "Tartan Tour", the PGA in Scotland's schedule. The event was initially played at Drumpellier but from 1991 a number of different Scottish venue were used.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Winner's share (£)	Ref
Watsons of Airdrie Monklands Masters
1985	David Huish	273	6 strokes	Willie Milne	Drumpellier	1,600	[1]
1986	Sandy Walker	278	1 stroke	Steve Martin	Drumpellier	1,600	[2]
Sunderland Sportswear Masters
1987	Stephen McAllister	271	2 strokes	Martin Gray Craig Maltman Russell Weir	Drumpellier	1,800	[3]
1988	Russell Weir	267	1 stroke	Martin Gray	Drumpellier	2,000	[4]
1989	Craig Maltman	264	9 strokes	Alastair Webster	Drumpellier	2,000	[5]
1990	Russell Weir	269	2 strokes	Colin Gillies	Drumpellier	3,000	[6]
Sunderland of Scotland Masters
1991	Gary Orr	276	1 stroke	Andrew Oldcorn	Renfrew	3,350	[7]
1992	Kenny Walker	284	2 strokes	Gary Orr	Westerwood	3,350	[8]
1993	Andrew Oldcorn	273	6 strokes	Euan McIntosh	Westerwood	3,000	[9]
1994	Russell Weir	282	1 stroke	Richard Dinsdale	Westerwood	3,000	[10]
1995	Michael Jones	271	1 stroke	Steven Thompson Richard Walker	Gleddoch	3,000	[11]
1996	Craig Ronald	271	2 strokes	Ged Furey Steven Thompson	Ayr Belleisle	3,600	[12]
1997	Lee Vannet	271	2 strokes	Colin Gillies	Cawder	3,600	[13]
1998	Mike Miller	264	Playoff	Robert Arnott	Cawder
1999	Colin Gillies	270	1 stroke	Alastair Forsyth	Cawder	3,600	[14]
2000	Steve Martin	201	3 strokes	Brian Marchbank Russell Weir	Irvine		[15]
2001	Jon Bevan	202	4 strokes	Colin Gillies	Irvine		[16]
2002	Ross Drummond	207	1 stroke	Ross Aitken Robert Rock Murray Urquhart	Irvine	3,600	[17]

The first Monklands Masters was held at Drumpellier in 1984 as an 18-hole pro-am and was won by Russell Weir.^[18] The 2000, 2001 and 2002 events were reduced to 54 holes by bad weather.

References

1. Begg, David (20 May 1985). "Another 69 puts Huish well ahead". The Glasgow Herald. p. 17.
2. Begg, David (16 June 1986). "Martin's 65 is not enough to thwart Walker's mastery". The Glasgow Herald. p. 12.
3. Burnside, Elspeth (15 June 1987). "McAllister defies the wet conditions to comes home in 31". The Glasgow Herald. p. 12.
4. Burnside, Elspeth (18 June 1988). "Weir proves the star with a record score". The Glasgow Herald. p. 26.
5. "Maltman leaves them all behind". The Glasgow Herald. 16 June 1989. p. 46.
6. Nicol, Alister (30 June 1990). "Weir soaks up pressure". Daily Record (Scotland). p. 36 – via Newspaper.com.
7. "Anglo Gary Orr". Daily Record (Scotland). 7 September 1991. p. 43 – via Newspaper.com.
8. Nicol, Alister (27 June 1992). "Walker strolls it". Daily Record (Scotland). p. 44 – via Newspaper.com.
9. Nicol, Alister (27 June 1993). "Andy's top 10!". Daily Record (Scotland). p. 44 – via Newspaper.com.
10. "Sunderland of Scotland Masters". The Daily Telegraph. 25 June 1994. p. 25 – via Newspaper.com.
11. "Bolton's Michael Jones". Daily Record (Scotland). 24 June 1995. p. 52 – via Newspaper.com.
12. "Craig Ronald". Daily Record (Scotland). 29 June 1996. p. 57 – via Newspaper.com.
13. "Lee's just Sunder-ful". Daily Record (Scotland). 28 June 1997. p. 62 – via Newspaper.com.
14. "Gillies is Colin the shots after his Tartan Tour victory". Daily Record (Scotland). 26 June 1997. p. 59 – via The Free Library.
15. "Sunderland of Scotland Masters". The Daily Telegraph. 10 June 2000. p. 106 – via Newspaper.com.
16. "Bevan busts a gust to win". Daily Record (Scotland). 8 September 2001. p. 50 – via The Free Library.
17. "Six-birdie Drummond grabs glory". Daily Record (Scotland). 7 September 2002. p. 55 – via The Free Library.
18. "Former Scottish boy's champion Russell Weir". The Glasgow Herald. 14 May 1984. p. 15.