Transvaal Open
The Transvaal Open was a golf tournament in South Africa. In later years it was a fixture on the South African Sunshine Circuit.
Winners
- 1911 Laurie Waters[2]
- 1912 No tournament
- 1913 Jock Brews[3]
- 1914–18 No tournament
- 1919 Laurie Waters
- 1920 Laurie Waters
- 1921 Jock Brews
- 1922 Fred Jangle
- 1923 Jock Brews
- 1924 Sid Brews
- 1925 No tournament
- 1926 Bert Elkin[4]
- 1927 Charles McIlvenny
- 1928 No tournament
- 1929 Charles McIlvenny
- 1930 Sid Brews
- 1931 Sid Brews
- 1932 Sid Brews
- 1933 Sid Brews
- 1934 Sid Brews
- 1935 Sid Brews[5]
- 1936 Sid Brews (285)[6]
- 1937 Bobby Locke (286) amateur[7]
- 1938 Bobby Locke (277)[8]
- 1939 Bobby Locke (265)
- 1940 Bobby Locke
- 1941–45 No tournament
- 1946 Bobby Locke
- 1947 Roderick Dunn
- 1948 Otway Hayes
- 1949 Bobby Locke
- 1950 Bobby Locke (280)
- 1951 Bobby Locke
- 1952 Sandy Guthrie
- 1953 Tommy Trevena
- 1954 Bobby Locke (265)
- 1955 Bobby Locke (285)
- 1956 Bruce Keyter[9] (281)
- 1957 Harold Henning (278)
- 1958 Bobby Locke[10] (276)
- 1959 Gary Player (266)
- 1960 Gary Player (271)
- 1961 (Jan) Alan Brookes
- 1961 (Dec) Gary Player (266)[11]
- 1962 Gary Player (279)
- 1963 Retief Waltman (277)
- 1965 Bobby Verwey (279)
- 1966 Gary Player
- 1967 Allan Henning (274)[12]
- 1968 Cobie Legrange
- 1969 Bobby Verwey (272)
- 1970 John Bland
- 1971 Peter Oosterhuis (279)[13]
- 1972 Bobby Cole
- 1973 (Jan) John Fourie (280)
- 1973 (Dec) Hugh Baiocchi (276)[14]
- 1974 Vin Baker[15][16]
References
- ^ Donaldson, K. C. (1949). The South African Sporting Encyclopaedia and Who's Who. Donaldson's. p. 49.
- ^ Spalding's Official Golf Guide for 1912. p. 179.
- ^ "Golf Notes". Referee. 17 February 1915.
- ^ The South African Sporting Encyclopaedia and Who's Who. 1949. p. 49.
- ^ "Transvaal Open". 25 April 1935.
- ^ "Sid Brews wins Transvaal Championship". The Glasgow Herald. 25 February 1936. p. 42.
- ^ "Transvaal Open". 26 January 1937.
- ^ "Ferrier's Notebook". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 15 April 1938. p. 13. Retrieved 18 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Locke beaten". The Argus. 20 February 1956.
- ^ Bobby Locke
- ^ "Transvaal title To Player". The Strait Times. 25 December 1961.
- ^ "Will Takes Third Place". The Glasgow Herald. 30 January 1967. p. 4.
- ^ "Johannesburg, Feb 21". The Times. 22 February 1971. p. 7.
- ^ "Transvaal title for Baiocchi". The Glasgow Herald. 24 December 1973. p. 4.
- ^ "Bembridge in lead". The Glasgow Herald. 16 December 1974. p. 8.
- ^ McCormack, Mark (1975). The World of Professional Golf Annual, 1975. Atheneum. p. 417.