Cacharel World Under-25 Championship

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Cacharel World Under-25 Championship
Tournament information
LocationNîmes, France
Established1976
Course(s)Nîmes Campagne Golf Club
Tour(s)European Tour
(approved special event)
FormatStroke play
Final year1983
Final champion
Michael McLean

The Cacharel World Under-25 Championship was a professional golf tournament for under-25 golfers which was played annually in France from 1976 to 1983, except in 1977. In 1976 it was played in Évian-les-Bains but from 1978 to 1983 it was played in Nîmes.[1]

It was an event on European Tour but prize money did not count towards the Order of Merit/Official Money List and a victory did not count as an official tour win; later such tournaments were designated as "approved special events". A similar event, the UAP European Under-25 Championship, was played in France from 1988.

The 1979 tournament was won by Bernhard Langer who triumphed by 17 strokes.

Winners[edit]

Year Winner Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Ref
1976 Republic of Ireland Eamonn Darcy 274 2 strokes England Howard Clark [2]
1977 No tournament
1978 Canada Jim Nelford 280 3 strokes United States Pat McGowan [3]
1979 West Germany Bernhard Langer 274 17 strokes Canada Jim Nelford
Zimbabwe Rhodesia Denis Watson
[4]
1980 United States Jack Renner 292 2 strokes Scotland Ken Brown [5]
1981 United States Tim Simpson 287 10 strokes Mexico Rafael Alarcón [6]
1982 Wales Ian Woosnam 290 5 strokes England Keith Waters [7]
1983 England Michael McLean 285 4 strokes Wales Mark Mouland [8][9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Past Champions – Former Events – Cacharel World Under-25s". European Tour. 21 November 2016. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Eamonn D'Arcy (Ireland)". The Glasgow Herald. 7 June 1976. p. 19.
  3. ^ "Canadian wins". Montreal Gazette. 16 October 1978. p. 39.
  4. ^ "Bernhard Langer (West Germany)". The Glasgow Herald. 1 October 1979. p. 18.
  5. ^ "Golf". The Glasgow Herald. 27 October 1980. p. 17.
  6. ^ "Golf". The Glasgow Herald. 26 October 1981. p. 17.
  7. ^ "Ian Woosnam (Britain)". The Glasgow Herald. 1 November 1982. p. 14.
  8. ^ Hedley, Alan (17 October 1983). "Steve's top 10 finish". Aberdeen Evening Express. p. 8. Retrieved 23 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Britain's Michael Maclean". The Glasgow Herald. 17 October 1983. p. 16.