The Babe Zaharias Trophy Winners

This is the annual strokeplay competition run by Gullane Primary School held on No 3 and which has been running since 1964. Here is the roll call of previous winners - where are they now and where did they go in golf ??

1964 Brian Galloway
1965 Colin Aitken
1966 Alastair Walker
1967 Alastair Walker
1968 Alastair Walker
1969 Alexander Galloway
1970 Alexander Galloway
1971 Alexander Galloway
1972 John Galloway
1973 John Galloway
1974 John Galloway
1975 Richard Montgomery
1976 David Cowie
1977 James Sime
1978 John Mercer
1979 George Patterson
1980 George Patterson
1981 Douglas McLeod
1982 Douglas McLeod
1983 Lars Kristianson
1984 Richard Harris
1985 Jason Beak
1986 Alasdair Pattinson
1987 Nigel McHollen
1989 Andrew McGregor
1990 Neil Watt
1991 Fraser Smeaton
1992 Niall McGregor
1993 Alistair Smeaton
1994 Graeme Smeaton
1995 Graeme Smeaton
1996 Graeme Smeaton & Murray Saunders
1997 Douglas Watt
1998 Douglas Watt
1999 Steven Stewart
2000 Jamie Aitken
2001 Douglas Orr
2002 Liam Nicholson
2003 Michael Cowper
2004 Michael Cowper
2005 Greg Houlston
2006 Duncan McLean
2007 Graham Swan
2008 Oliver Ladbrooke
2009 William Ladbrooke

Long before the Scottish Executive decided that introducing golf to primary school kids was a good idea in preparation for the 2014 Ryder Cup bid, Gullane Primary School has been running two annual competitions for its pupils. The Honor Bright Trophy is an annual matchplay event introduced in 1922 by the then retiring headmaster and The Babe Zaharias Trophy is a strokeplay event which started in 1964 with the trophy being donated by George Zaharias after the death of his wife Mildred "Babe" Zaharias who was arguably the greatest female athlete of all time, being a double Olympic gold medalist and a professional baseball and basketball player. She was one of the founders of the LPGA and the first woman ever to play in a professional male golf tournament - long before Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie! In 1947 she played and won the British Ladies Amateur Championship in Gullane and was so taken by the village that she returned on many further occasions. See photo !


Any information on previous winners gratefully received - please post a comment !

Who is going to stop William achieving 4 in a row ?? Is he the youngest ever winner ?