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This article is about the golf tournament. For the cricket competition, see Benson & Hedges Cup. For the South African football competition that was sponsored as the Benson and Hedges Trophy in 1976 and 1977, see Nedbank Cup. Golf tournament
Benson & Hedges Trophy
Tournament information
LocationSpain
Established1988
Tour(s)European Tour
Ladies European Tour
FormatMixed pairs
Month playedNovember
Final year1991
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Cañizares & Abitbol (1990)
Final champion
Anders Forsbrand & Helen Alfredsson

The Benson & Hedges Trophy was a professional golf tournament that was held in Spain from 1988 to 1991. It was a mixed pairs event that was an unofficial money event on both the European Tour and Ladies European Tour.

The tournament was held in November, after the conclusion of the main Order of Merit schedule, at a different venue each year.

Winners

Year Venue Winner Score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref
1991 Las Brisas GC Sweden Anders Forsbrand &
Sweden Helen Alfredsson
275 (−13) 2 strokes England Malcolm MacKenzie &
England Penny Grice-Whittaker
United States Bryan Norton &
United States Pearl Sinn
1990 El Bosque G&CC Spain José María Cañizares &
Spain Tania Abitbol
267 (−21) 2 strokes Wales Mark Mouland &
England Alison Nicholas
1989 Aloha GC Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez &
Spain Xonia Wunsch-Ruiz
281 (−7) 2 strokes England Carl Mason &
Scotland Gillian Stewart
1988 La Moraleja Zimbabwe Mark McNulty &
France Marie-Laure Taya
276 (−12) 1 stroke Spain José María Cañizares &
Spain Tania Abitbol

References

  1. "PGA Tour and LPGA could host joint events under new partnership". ESPN. PA Sport. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. "Worthy win for Swedes". The Times. 11 November 1991. p. 43. Retrieved 24 April 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  3. McCormack, Mark H. (1991). The World of Professional Golf 1991. Chapmans. pp. 332–333, 594. ISBN 1855925583.
  4. McCormack, Mark H. (1990). World of Professional Golf 1990. Sackville. p. 488. ISBN 0948615389.
  5. McCormack, Mark H. (1989). World of Professional Golf 1989. Collins Willow. p. 463. ISBN 000218284X.
  6. Sellberg, Lena (December 1988). "Marie - vilken fighter, McNulty/Taya - vilket par!" [Marie - What a fighter, McNulty/Taya - What a couple!]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. pp. 41–42.
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