Welsh PGA National Championship
The Welsh PGA National Championship has a rich history, dating back to 1904, just three years after The Professional Golfers' Association was formed.
Arthur Day was the inaugural winner at Radyr and down the years some notable golfers have lifted the title including Peter Alliss's father, Percy, who won back to back championships in 1920 and 1921 at Aberdovey and Southerndown respectively.
In 1932 Bill Smalldon lifted the trophy at Royal Porthcawl, shooting rounds of 68, 73, 76 and 73. For Smalldon, who was the professional at Cardiff from 1928 to '74, it was to mark a long association with the event that indirectly continues today with the trophy named after his son Denis, a promising golfer who won the tournament twice in the late 50's ('56 and '59) but was tragically killed in a car crash.
During the early 70's Peter Johnson, now at Ridgeway Golf Club but who succeeded Bill Smalldon at Cardiff in the mid 70's, stepped in to save the tournament when it lost its main sponsor.
Peter generated money by persuading Cardiff's members to sponsor holes. He ran the event for more than a decade and was indebted to 2006 European Ryder Cup Captain Ian Woosnam who played in the tournament for nearly 10 years winning it in 1988.
Past winners have also included Philip Price, Craig DeFoy and Sid Mouland who dominated the event during the 1960's, winning six times. 2006 marked the beginning of a significant chapter in the championship's history with the arrival of new sponsors Ryder Cup Wales 2010. The Ryder Cup connection continued with support of the event in 2011 and 2012. Stephen Dodd landed his fourth title at Southerndown in 2011 with Stuart Manley triumphing a year later at Cardiff.
Asbri Golf, a rising Wales-based golf accessories company specialising in custom and logo merchandise, came aboard as headline sponsor in 2013 signing a two-year agreement with the event being staged at Royal St. David's.
In 2015 it returned to Radyr - the club to first stage the championship back in 1904 - with Garry Houston the victor and Asbri renewing their sponsorship for a further 3 years.
Past Winners
| Year | Name | Venue | Score |
| 2023 | Toby Hunt | Machynys | 132 |
| 2022 | Sion Bebb | Machynys | 137 |
| 2021 | Lee Rooke | Aberdovey | 136 |
| 2020 | Timothy Dykes | Cardiff | 138 |
| 2019 | Mark Pilkington | Conwy | 142 |
| 2018 | Toby Hunt | Ashburnham | 136 |
| 2017 | Sion Bebb | Celtic Manor | 131 |
| 2016 | Lydia Hall | Tenby | 138 |
| 2015 | Garry Houston | Radyr | 137 |
| 2014 | Stephen Dodd | Royal St. David's | 134 |
| 2013 | Lee Rooke | Royal St. David's | 135 |
| 2012 | Stuart Manley | Cardiff | 135 |
| 2011 | Stephen Dodd | Southerndown | 136*** |
| 2010 | Simon Edwards | Royal St. David's | 204 |
| 2009 | Jason Powell | Ashburnham | 221 |
| 2008 | Trevor Jones | Cardiff | 209 |
| 2007 | Stephen Dodd | Cardiff | 200 |
| 2006 | Sion Bebb | Tenby | 204 |
| 2005 | Sion Bebb | Southerndown | 199 |
| 2004 | Mark Plummer | Vale of Llangollen | 203 |
| 2003 | Simon Edwards | Porthmadog | 196 |
| 2002 | Simon Edwards | Pyle & Kenfig | 210 |
| 2001 | Stephen Dodd | Ashburnham | 214 |
| 2000 | Mark Plummer | Newport | 136 |
| 1999 | Richard Dinsdale | Vale of Glamorgan | 134 |
| 1998 | Liam Bond | Vale of Glamorgan | 69* |
| 1997 | Matthew Ellis | Vale of Glamorgan | 139 |
| 1996 | Matthew Stanford | Northop Country Park | 137 |
| 1995 | Stephen Dodd | Northop Country Park | 139 |
| 1994 | Mark Plummer | Northop Country Park | 133 |
| 1993 | Philip Price | Mountain Lakes | 138 |
| 1992 | Chris Evans | Ashburnham | 142 |
| 1991 | Paul Mayo | Fairwood Park | 138 |
| 1990 | Paul Mayo | Fairwood Park | 136 |
| 1989 | Kevin Jones | Royal Porthcawl | 140 |
| 1988 | Ian Woosnam | Cardiff | 137 |
| 1987 | A Dodman | Cardiff | 132 |
| 1986 | Phillip Parkin | Whitchurch | 142 |
| 1985 | David Llewellyn | Whitchurch | 132 |
| 1984 | Kevin Jones | Cardiff | 135 |
| 1983 | Simon Cox | Cardiff | 136 |
| 1982 | Craig DeFoy | Cardiff | 137 |
| 1981 | Craig DeFoy | Cardiff | 139 |
| 1980 | Andrew Griffiths | Cardiff | 139 |
| 1979 | *Event Cancelled* | ||
| 1978 | Brian Hugget | Whitchurch | 145 |
| 1977 | Craig DeFoy | Glamorganshire | 135 |
| 1976 | Simon Cox | Radyr | 284 |
| 1975 | Craig DeFoy | Whitchurch | 285 |
| 1974 | M Hughes | Cardiff | 284 |
| 1973 | Andrew Griffiths | Newport | 289 |
| 1972 | J Buckley | Royal Porthcawl | 298 |
| 1971 | J Buckley | St. Pierre | 291 |
| 1970 | W Evans | Tredegar Park | 289 |
| 1969 | S Mouland | Llandudno | 277 |
| 1968 | RJ Davies | Southerndown | 292 |
| 1967 | S Mouland | Pyle & Kenfig | 219** |
| 1966 | S Mouland | Conwy | 281 |
| 1965 | S Mouland | Penarth | 281 |
| 1964 | B Bielby | Tenby | 297 |
| 1963 | H Gould | Wrexham | 291 |
| 1962 | S Mouland | Royal Porthcawl | 302 |
| 1961 | S Mouland | Southerndown | 286 |
| 1960 | RH Kemp Jnr | Llandudno | 288 |
| 1959 | D Smalldon | Newport | |
| 1958 | RH Kemp | Radyr | |
| 1957 | J Black | Llandudno | |
| 1956 | D Smalldon | Royal Porthcawl | |
| 1952 | S Collins | Southerndown | |
| 1951 | H Gould | Llandudno | |
| 1950 | G James | Newport | |
| 1949 | H Gould | Radyr | |
| 1948 | H Gould | Aberdovey | |
| 1947 | K Williams | Llandrindod | |
| 1946 | H Gould | Royal Porthcawl | |
| 1940-45 | *World War ll* | ||
| 1939 | C Grabham | Royal St. David's | |
| 1938 | S Collins | St. Mellons | |
| 1937 | F Hill | Clyne | |
| 1936 | F Lloyd | Prestatyn | |
| 1935 | F Hill | Penarth | |
| 1934 | CA Pickett | Swansea Bay | |
| 1933 | F Collins | Rhyl | |
| 1932 | WG Smalldon | Royal Porthcawl | |
| 1931 | R Watts | Newport | |
| 1930 | H Palferman | Wrexham | |
| 1929 | B Hodson | Royal Porthcawl | |
| 1928 | R Walker | Llandudno | |
| 1927 | B Hodson | Tenby | |
| 1926 | BS Weastall | Llandudno | |
| 1925 | J Horn | Pennard | |
| 1924 | BS Weastall | Llandudno | |
| 1923 | JW Milner | Royal Porthcawl | |
| 1922 | G Faulkner | Rhos on Sea | |
| 1921 | P Alliss | Southerndown | |
| 1920 | P Alliss | Aberdovey | |
| 1914-19 | *World War l* | ||
| 1913 | C Gadd | Chester | |
| 1912 | C Hughes | Royal Porthcawl | |
| 1911 | P Rainford | Conwy | |
| 1910 | A Matthews | Swansea | |
| 1909 | A Matthews | Rhyl | |
| 1908 | TJ Brace | Bridgend | |
| 1907 | S Whiting | Royal Porthcawl | |
| 1906 | J Ross | Radyr | |
| 1905 | F Collins | Conwy | |
| 1904 | A Day | Radyr |
*Reduced to 18 holes
**Reduced to 54 holes
***Reduced to 36 holes
