Gold Coast Classic
The Gold Coast Classic was a professional golf tournament played at Coolangatta & Tweed Heads Golf Club in northern New South Wales, Australia. It was held from 1978 to 1983.[1] From 1979 to 1983 it was sponsored by Tooth and Co., a beer brewery, initially under their name but from 1982 under the name Resch's Pilsner.
There was a playoff in the inaugural event. Four holes of a sudden-death playoff were played on the Sunday evening before darkness forced a suspension. Played resumed at 9 am the following day. Mike Cahill won at the seventh extra hole, making a birdie 4.[2][3]
Winners
[edit]| Year | Winner | Country | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resch's Pilsner Tweed Classic | ||||||||
| 1983 | Graham Marsh |  Australia |
276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Terry Gale |
[4][5] | |
| 1982 | Payne Stewart |  United States |
279 | −9 | 2 strokes |  Kyi Hla Han |
[6][7] | |
| Tooth Gold Coast Classic | ||||||||
| 1981 | Gary Player |  South Africa |
275 | −13 | 4 strokes | Bob Shearer |
[8][9] | |
| 1980 | Bob Shearer | Australia |
279 | −9 | 1 stroke |  Don January Art Russell Bob Shaw Chris Tickner |
[10][11] | |
| Tooth's Gold Coast – Tweed Classic | ||||||||
| 1979 | Mike Ferguson | Australia |
281 | −7 | Playoff | Stewart Ginn |
[12][13] | |
| Golden Gate Classic | ||||||||
| 1978 | Mike Cahill | Australia |
283 | −5 | Playoff | Vaughan Somers |
[2][3] | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Golf Classic". The Bananacoast Opinion. New South Wales, Australia. 24 May 1978. p. 25. Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ a b "Cahill takes purse he wanted split". The Age. 3 October 1978. p. 38.
- ^ a b "Cahill in tie". The Age. 2 October 1978. p. 28.
- ^ "Marsh for Open". The Age. 31 October 1983. p. 21.
- ^ "Marsh downs unlucky Gale by one shot". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 31 October 1983. p. 18. Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Stewart beats all but the tax man". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 November 1982. p. 33.
- ^ "Stewart takes Tweed Heads title by two". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 November 1982. p. 20. Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Wizard Player recaptures his golden touch". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 November 1981. p. 26.
- ^ "Player wins Classic in fine style". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 November 1981. p. 16. Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Shearer wins but he was unhappy". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 October 1980. p. 28.
- ^ "Golf". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 20 October 1980. p. 21. Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Mike takes title". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 October 1979. p. 24.
- ^ "Golf classic". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 1 October 1979. p. 11. Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via Trove.