Rare sunshine greeted 19 pairings for the 2013 Tuohy Trophy family foursomes event on Sunday, 25th August 2013.
It was the experienced father-son pairing of Geoff and Leigh Attenborough who proved far too strong for the field, winning by a convincing 7 shot margin. The trophy was presented by South Australian Golf Hall of Fame member, Bob Tuohy and his son, Ben.
The father-son pairings (and anyone named ‘Paul’) dominated the scoresheet with Paul and Jack McGrath finishing second, ahead of last year’s winners, Paul & Henry Duregon, whilst Paul & Liam Kennewell finished fourth.
Click here to view the results from the 2013 Tuohy Trophy
About the Tuohy Family
The Tuohy Family is synonymous at Glenelg Golf Club and an outstanding family to be honoured by this event.
Bob Tuohy has been an active contributor to golf at this Club, locally, nationally and internationally for more than 50 years. He has had an amazingly successful career as a tournament promoter, responsible for some of the biggest tournaments in Australia & New Zealand, including the ANZ Ladies Masters, NZ Open, NZ PGA, The Player’s Championship and Tour Championship, and the Jacob’s Creek Open to name just a few. And it all started with the 1976 West Lakes Classic at which a young golfer by the name of Greg Norman earned the first of many tournament wins at Grange Golf Club.
Bob was a reasonable player too:
- C Grade Champion in 1954 at age 13;
- 1955, 56 & 57 Club Foursomes Champion;
- 1957 State Amateur Champion
- 1957 State Junior Amateur Champion
Then in 1958, he dominated the local golf scene as an 18 year old, winning the State Amateur, State Junior Amateur, State Foursomes, State Mixed Foursomes, the Club Championship, and the Jimmy McLachlan Trophy, among other events. Bob turned professional shortly afterwards, and had a distinguished career on the Pro circuit, winning 13 different tournaments in 8 different countries, and was a fairly consistent bridesmaid on 29 separate occasions.
In 1990, Bob was awarded Honorary Membership of the PGA Tour of Australasia for his services to professional golf inAustralia, and in that year Tuohy Associates launched Australia’s highly successful Australian Ladies Masters on the Gold Coast and soon after was instrumental in reintroducing the Women’s Australian Open Championship.
Bob’s wife, Sue Tuohy, is able to stand on her own two feet as well in regards to golfing achievements and contributions to the game of golf at Glenelg. She is a multiple Club Champion, Club Foursomes Champion, Laurel Wreath winner and has won numerous Club Mixed Foursomes Championships with both her husband and son Ben. Sue’s pedigree for golf is undeniable as her mother Rhonda Watson OAM, undoubtedly remains one of the most outstanding female golfers, and arguably one of the best amateur golfers Australia has ever seen.
And the lineage does not stop their with Bob and Sue’s son, Ben Tuohy, already an accomplished golfer at Glenelg Golf Club, consistently playing off a scratch handicap and having won the 2003 State Amateur Championship, the Club Championship on three occasions, multiple Club Foursomes Championships and represented the Club in Simpson Cup in well over 100 matches.
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