The Silentnight Tournament was a

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

tournament on the British PGA circuit played in June 1965 at

Moortown Golf Club Moortown Golf Club is a golf club located in Alwoodley, near Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1909, and the championship golf course was designed by Alister MacKenzie. In 1929, Moortown hosted the second Ryder Cup matches, the ...

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. Total prize money was £5,000.

Tommy Horton Thomas Alfred Horton, (16 June 1941 – 7 December 2017) was an English professional golfer. He finished in the top ten of the Open Championship four times, won a number of important tournaments both before and after the founding of the Europe ...

led after the first day with a 68. Horton took 76 on a windy second day and dropped a stroke behind the three leaders,

Jimmy Martin James Henry Martin (August 10, 1927 – May 14, 2005) was an American bluegrass singer and musician, known as the "King of Bluegrass". Early years Martin was born in Sneedville, Tennessee, United States, and was raised in the hard farming l ...

, Sid Mouland and

Lionel Platts Lionel Platts (10 October 1934 – 23 May 2021) was an English professional golfer. He finished 7th in the PGA Order of Merit in both 1964 and 1965. He played in the 1965 Ryder Cup. Professional career Platts was runner-up in the 1960 Coombe Hi ...

who were tied on 143. Martin scored 68 on the final morning to lead by 3 strokes from Horton and

Christy O'Connor Snr Patrick Christopher "Christy" O'Connor (21 December 1924 – 14 May 2016) was an Irish professional golfer. He was one of the leading golfers on the British and Irish circuit from the mid-1950s. O'Connor won over 20 tournaments on the British P ...

. Dave Thomas has final round 67 to take the clubhouse lead on 285. When they reached the final hole Horton needed a par 4 to beat Thomas while Martin needed a par to tie with Thomas. Martin missed a birdie putt from 10 feet and finished level with Thomas on 285. Horton, however, drove into a bunker, missed a 5-foot putt and took a double-bogey 6 to finish one behind.

Winners

References

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