Golf tournament
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, England |
| Established | 1977 |
| Course(s) | Whitley Bay Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Tour(s) | European Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | £25,000 |
| Month played | July |
| Final year | 1977 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 282 Peter Butler (1977) 282 John Fourie (1977) 282 Ángel Gallardo (1977) 282 Tommy Horton (1977) |
| To par | −6 as above |
| Final champion | |
 John Fourie | |
| Location map | |
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The Callers of Newcastle was a golf tournament on the European Tour in 1977 named after its sponsor, the Callers department store. It was held at Whitley Bay Golf Club in Whitley Bay, England.
The tournament was won by South Africa's John Fourie, who defeated Peter Butler, Ángel Gallardo and Tommy Horton in a four way playoff. The playoff started at the 16th hole. Butler and Horton bogeyed the first extra hole and Fourie won at the next after he made a par 3,
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runners-up | Winner's share (£) |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | John Fourie |
282 | −6 | Playoff |  Peter Butler Ángel Gallardo Tommy Horton |
5,000 |
References
- Davies, David (21 December 1976). "European golf prizes top £1m". Birmingham Daily Post. p. 10. Retrieved 12 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Fourie best of playoff quartet". The Glasgow Herald. 1 August 1977. p. 15.