Fighter Command Individual Championship
Fighter Command Championship Cup | ||
1942 | Individual Champion: | Col R I Withington |
1943 | Individual Champion: | Capt H C Longhurst * |
1944 | Individual Champion: | Capt C L Hartley |
1961 | Individual Champion: | Sgt M O’Sullivan |
1962 | Individual Champion: | Sgt M O’Sullivan |
1963 | Individual Champion: | Sqn Ldr R Emett |
1964 | Individual Champion: | Sqn Ldr F W Lovett |
1965 | Individual Champion: | Sqn Ldr D R Watt |
1966 | Individual Champion: | Sqn Ldr J D Flack |
1967 | Individual Champion: | Wg Cdr N Mackie |
1968 | Individual Champion: | Gp Capt P W Jamieson |
1969 | Individual Champion: | Fg Off A R Hamilton |
1970 | Individual Champion: | Sgt A Rigg |
1971 | Individual Champion: | Flt Lt J D Rastall |
1972 | Individual Champion: | Wg Cdr Bruce |
* Capt Henry C Longhurst was working in RAF Fighter Command during 1943, the year he became MP for Acton. This being wartime and he a soldier, special permission was required for him to stand for Parliament. Henry Longhurst became the golf correspondent of the Sunday Times, and retained that position for 40 years. He was also a regular contributor to Golf Illustrated. From the late 1950s to the end of his life in 1978, he was BBC Television's senior golf commentator.