The Story of the Butten Boys

The Story of the Butten Boys

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Location

Shandon Golf Club

Year

1965

Date

Production 08/09/1965

Length

03min 29sec

Audio

sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

It is illegal to download, copy, print or otherwise utilise in any other form this material, without written consent from the copyright holder.

Description

The story of the Butten Boys: A golf team created by entrepreneur Ernest Butten who wanted to improve British golf competitiveness. Bill Rutherford talks to Tommy Horton and Brian Barnes, two of the” boys", on the break-up of the experiment. 

Both Tommy Horton and Brian Barnes went on to have successful golf careers.  

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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