| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Leeds, Yorkshire, England |
| Established | 1923 |
| Format | Match play (1923–1939, 1949) Stroke play (1944–1948; 1950–1963) |
| Final year | 1963 |
| Final champion | |
 Tom Haliburton | |
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The Yorkshire Evening News Tournament was a professional golf tournament that was held in the Leeds area of Yorkshire, England between 1923 and 1963. It was a fixture on the British PGA tournament circuit, which would later become the European Tour. Before World War II, it was a knockout match play tournament preceded by a 36-hole stroke play qualifying round; when it was revived following the war it was a pure stroke play tournament, except for 1949 when it was played as knockout match play.
In the early years, the Yorkshire Evening News Tournament was considered a British major golf tournament. "The first tournament, in 1923, was billed as the unofficial ‘Championship of the World’ between American superstars Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen. Hagen triumphed, but lost in the final by a two-hole margin to Ryder Cup star Herbert Jolly."[1]
- ^ "Headingley Golf Club: Club History". Headingley Golf Club. Retrieved 15 July 2014.