The Stuart C. Goodwin Tournament was a professional golf tournament played in Thrybergh, Yorkshire, England. The event was held just once, from 30 August to 1 September 1956, and had total prize money of ã5,250. The event was sponsored by Sir Stuart Goodwin, a Yorkshire steel industrialist. Goodwin had sponsored the Goodwin (Sheffield) Foursomes Tournament from 1952 to 1954 and later donated ã10,000 to support the 1957 Ryder Cup.
The ã5,250 was the largest ever for a British golf event, surpassing the ã3,750 at the 1956 Open Championship. 80 players qualified through regional qualifying. The final stage was unusual, consisting of three rounds of match-play and then 36 holes of stroke-play for the remaining 10 players on the final day. A feature of the prize money distribution was that it was spread more evenly than other tournaments at the time. The 40 who lost in the first round each received ã40 with ã60 for the 20 second round losers and ã80 for the 10 who lost in the third round. The final ten received prizes ranging from ã500 to ã100.