Dunlop International
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Australia |
| Established | 1965 |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Final year | 1972 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 274 Jack Nicklaus (1971) |
| Final champion | |
| Tony Jacklin | |
The Dunlop International was a golf tournament held in Australia and played annually from 1965 to 1972. Prize money in 1965 was A£4,000, A$8,000 in 1966 in 1967, A$15,000 in 1968 and A$25,000 from 1969 to 1972. A few weeks after the conclusion of the 1972 tournament, sponsors Dunlop announced that it would no longer be held.[1]
Winners
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Bruce Devlin |  Australia |
Yarra Yarra | 285 | 1 stroke | Peter Thomson |
A£1,000 | [2] |
| 1966 | Bob Stanton | Australia |
The Australian | 294 | Playoff |  Arnold Palmer |
A$2,000 | [3] |
| 1967 | Bob Stanton (2) | Australia |
Royal Canberra | 285 | 1 stroke | Bruce Devlin |
A$2,000 | [4] |
| 1968 | Bruce Devlin (2) | Australia |
Royal Queensland | 281 | 3 strokes |  Peter Townsend |
A$2,500 | [5] |
| 1969 | Bruce Devlin (3) | Australia |
Yarra Yarra | 276 | Playoff | Lee Trevino |
A$4,000 | [6] |
| 1970 | Gary Player |  South Africa |
Royal Canberra | 282 | 1 stroke | Bill Brask Kel Nagle Lee Trevino |
A$4,000 | [7] |
| 1971 | Jack Nicklaus | United States |
Manly | 274 | 7 strokes | Bruce Crampton Peter Oosterhuis |
A$4,000 | [8] |
| 1972 | Tony Jacklin | England |
Yarra Yarra | 277 | 4 strokes | David Graham Sukree Onsham |
A$4,000 | [9] |
In 1966 Stanton won at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff. In 1969 Devlin won at the first extra hole.
References
- ^ "Sponsors withdraw". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 December 1972. p. 37. Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Second major tournament to Devlin". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, no. 11, 313. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 November 1965. p. 18. Retrieved 6 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Sudden death play-off to Stanton". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 528. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 November 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 6 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Stanton sinks his second Dunlop". The Canberra Times. Vol. 42, no. 11, 838. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 6 November 1967. p. 14. Retrieved 6 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Devlin with boosts Grout fund by $1,000". The Canberra Times. Vol. 43, no. 12, 160. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 November 1968. p. 16. Retrieved 6 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "'Sudden-death' Dunlop win to Devlin". The Canberra Times. Vol. 44, no. 12, 458. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 November 1969. p. 16. Retrieved 6 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Player takes one-stroke victory". The Canberra Times. Vol. 45, no. 12, 737. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 November 1970. p. 14. Retrieved 6 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Seven-stroke victory to Nicklaus". The Canberra Times. Vol. 46, no. 12, 961. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 November 1971. p. 14. Retrieved 6 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Jacklin takes Dunlop title". The Canberra Times. Vol. 47, no. 13, 273. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 6 November 1972. p. 14. Retrieved 6 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.