The Hudson Trophy

Robert A Hudson was a successful businessman of Portland, Oregon, in the USA. He was a great patron of professional golf on both sides of the Atlantic, being a vice-president of both the British PGA, and the US PGA. He was instrumental in reviving the Ryder Cup after the second World War, and he sponsored the American team in the Competition played in Oregon in 1947, when Dai Rees, who was playing for the British team, met him.

In 1937 the American Ryder Cup team had visited South Herts and had gone to the local parish church in Totteridge to place a wreath on the grave of Harry Vardon, who had died earlier that year. When the Americans subsequently returned to Britain after the war to play for the Ryder Cup, they were invited to practice at South Herts, and a close relationship was built between Robert Hudson and the Club; this led to him being elected as honorary life member of the club.

Robert Hudson offered to sponsor a tournament at South Herts, and in 1959, the year of the Club's diamond jubilee, he presented a silver casket to be played for by invited clubs as the Hudson Trophy. He continued to support the tournament, and on the tenth anniversary of its start, the club presented him with an illuminated address.

After the death of Robert Hudson, the tournament was supported for a few years by the PGCA and subsequently by the PGA, but in recent years it has been run entirely by the Club, which is always delighted to welcome the participating teams and their supporters.

Hudson Trophy Winners 2009:

    Moor Park

Past winners:

1959 Sunningdale (300)
1960 Wentworth (290)
1961 Walton Heath (300)
1962 Little Aston (299)
1963 Sunningdale (290)
1964 Porters Park (294)
1965 Porters Park (294)
1966 Sutton (286)
1967 Royal Dublin (290)
1968 Chigwell (150) 18 holes
1969 Parkstone (294)
1970 Sunningdale (292)
1971 South Herts (293)
1972 Moor Park (292)
1973 Sunningdale (295)
1974 Royal Dublin (299)
1975 Muswell Hill (291)
1976 Sunningdale (295)
1977 Thorpe Hall (302)
1978 Moortown (295)
1979 Porters Park (296)
1980 St. George’s Hill (297)
1981 Muswell Hill (308)
1982 Sudbury (297)
1983 Verulam (316)
1984 South Herts (302)
1985 Enfield (297)
1986 Moortown (291)
1987 Moortown (298)
1988 Porters Park (296)
1989 Enfield (302)
1990 Enfield (288)
1991 Wentworth (297)
1992 Boyce Hill (306)
1993 South Herts (294)
1994 Moor Park (284)
1995 Enfield (299)
1996 Thorpe Hall (292)
1997 Moor Park (294)
1998 Moor Park (291)
1999 South Herts (293)
2000 Wanstead (289)
2001 Sand Moor (293)
2002 Moor Park (294)
2003 Wentworth (278)
2004 Wentworth (280)
2005 Sutton (298)
2006 Wentworth (294)
2007 Boyce Hill (299)
2008 St George's Hill (294)
2009 Moor Park (292)