Tillman Trophy

Stroke play over 72 holes. After 36 holes on day one, the leading 44 competitors and ties will play a further 36 holes on day two. The Winner shall be the competitor who returns the lowest scratch score over 72 holes.

TOURNAMENT BACKGROUND
Bill Tillman was a fine amateur golfer in his day and played 13 times in the Bing Crosby Classic in America where he was to meet Doug Sanders who insisted that if our youngsters were to ever compete on the world stage they had to get used to playing the ‘big ball’. In those days the British Golf Ball was 1.62 inches in diameter and the American Ball 1.68 inches. At that time Bill was an EGU Committee Member but he had a struggle trying to persuade his colleagues in the corridors of power and so introduced a tournament to the UK where players could only use the larger ball as part of the conditions of entry; the rest as they say is history. The starting line-up is limited to the top 132 entries by handicap and attracts players from around the world.