Midland Open
golf tournament
The Midland Open is an annual golf tournament played in the English Midlands. The event is currently organised by the Midlands Region of the Professional Golfers' Association.
History
The Midland Professional Golf Club held its first meeting in December 1897. The club held its first championship on 12 May 1898. However the week before, on 3 May, a match was organised at the Coventry club at Whitley Common, between the club and a team of amateurs. The match was played at the Coventry club until 1902, after which it was played at a number of courses. The amateurs won in 1904 at Sandwell Park, but otherwise the professionals were successful, usually by a large margin.
In 1923, the Midland Counties Golf Association agreed to the creation of a new event, involving both amateur and professionals playing individually on level terms. The competition was played the day after the annual amateurs v. professionals match, at the same course, Little Aston.
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