The Double Diamond Individual Championship was a

European Tour The European Tour, currently titled as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, and legally the PGA European Tour or the European Tour Group, is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European ...

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tournament which was played from 1974 to 1977. The event was a 36-hole strokeplay tournament which preceded the

Double Diamond International The Double Diamond International was a team golf tournament that was played from 1971 to 1977. It was hosted in England for the first three years, and then in Scotland. From 1974 and 1977 the event was preceded by an individual 36-hole stroke pl ...

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. 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 Sir Nicholas Alexander Faldo (born 18 July 1957) is an English retired professional golfer and television commentator. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he was renowned for his dedication to the game, and was ranked No. ...

Craig Defoy Craig Bryan Defoy (born 27 March 1947) is a Wales, Welsh professional golfer. He finished fourth in the 1971 Open Championship. Professional career Defoy had a successful start to his tournament career, winning three age-restricted events, the G ...

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.

Winners

Notes

References

External links

Coverage of the 1974 to 1976 events European Tour's official site
{{Former European Tour Events Former European Tour events Golf tournaments in Scotland Defunct golf tournaments Recurring sporting events established in 1974 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1977 1974 establishments in Scotland 1977 disestablishments in Scotland