Double Diamond Individual Championship

Gleneagles

Location in Scotland

The Double Diamond Individual Championship was a European Tour golf tournament which was played from 1974 to 1977. The event was a 36-hole strokeplay tournament which preceded the Double Diamond International team event, which was played later the same week. The tournament was officially titled as the Double Diamond Strokeplay in 1974 and 1975, and the Skol Lager Individual in its final year.^[1]

The 1977 Skol Lager Individual was played over the King's Course at Gleneagles in Scotland on 16 and 17 August. After the 36 holes, Nick Faldo, Craig Defoy and Chris Witcher were tied at 139. Faldo won a playoff at the first extra hole to claim his first European Tour title at the age of twenty.^[2]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share (£)	Venue	Ref.
Skol Lager Individual
1977	Nick Faldo	139	−5	Playoff^[a]	Craig Defoy Chris Witcher (a)	4,000	Gleneagles	^[2]
Double Diamond Individual Championship
1976	Simon Owen	132	−8	2 strokes	Brian Huggett David Ingram	1,500	Gleneagles	^[3]
Double Diamond Strokeplay
1975	Peter Dawson	150	+8	3 strokes	Martin Foster Dale Hayes	1,500	Turnberry	^[4]
1974	Maurice Bembridge	136	−4	1 stroke	Bob Charles	1,500	Gleneagles	^[5]

Notes

^ Faldo won with a birdie on the first extra hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References

^ Davies, David (21 December 1976). "European golf prizes top £1m". Birmingham Daily Post. Birmingham, England. Retrieved 11 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b "'Extra' £4000 for Faldo". The Glasgow Herald. 18 August 1977. p. 15.
^ "Owens news putter works wonder". The Glasgow Herald. 19 August 1976. p. 15.
^ "Dawson's reward for endurance". The Glasgow Herald. 25 September 1975. p. 19.
^ "Bembridge wins and saves domestic faces". The Glasgow Herald. 22 August 1974. p. 5.