General Motors Open

General Motors International Classic
Tournament information
LocationPort Elizabeth, South Africa
Established1966
Course(s)Wedgewood Park Country Club
Par74
Tour(s)Southern Africa Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundR 20,000
Month playedDecember
Final year1975
Tournament record score
Aggregate276 Gary Player (1971)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
South Africa Gary Player
Location map
Wedgewood Park CC is located in South Africa
Wedgewood Park CC
Wedgewood Park CC
Location in South Africa
Wedgewood Park CC is located in Eastern Cape
Wedgewood Park CC
Wedgewood Park CC
Location in Eastern Cape

The General Motors Open was a golf tournament on the Southern Africa Tour from 1966 to 1975. The event was held at Wedgewood Golf Club in Port Elizabeth,[1] South Africa. Gary Player won the event four times. It was also the site of Peter Oosterhuis' first professional victory.[2]

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
General Motors International Classic
1975 South Africa Gary Player (4) 285 −11 3 strokes South Africa John Fourie [3]
1974
(Nov)		 South Africa Gary Player (3) 280 −16 1 stroke South Africa Andries Oosthuizen [4]
1974
(Feb)		 South Africa Gary Player (2) 283 −13 5 strokes South Africa Hugh Baiocchi
South Africa John Fourie		 [5]
1973 South Africa Hugh Baiocchi 282 −14 Playoff South Africa Dale Hayes [6]
1972 South Africa Harold Henning (2) 280 −16 4 strokes South Africa Gary Player [7]
General Motors Open
1971 South Africa Gary Player 276 −20 9 strokes England John Garner
England Peter Oosterhuis		 [8]
1970 England Peter Oosterhuis 285 −11 2 strokes South Africa Gary Player [9]
1969 South Africa Graham Henning 279 −17 2 strokes South Africa Hugh Inggs [10]
1968 South Africa Cobie Legrange (2) [11]
1967 South Africa Cobie Legrange [11]
1966 South Africa Harold Henning

References

  1. ^ "COTM February – Wedgewood Golf Club". Compleat golfer.
  2. ^ Yocom, Guy (31 August 2015). "My Shot: Peter Oosterhuis". Golf Digest. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Player again". The Age. 15 December 1975. p. 29.
  4. ^ "Player's 100th win". The Glasgow Herald. 25 November 1974. p. 5.
  5. ^ "Player wins". The Glasgow Herald. 11 February 1974. p. 5.
  6. ^ "Baiocchi wins playoff". The Glasgow Herald. 12 February 1973. p. 5.
  7. ^ "Jacklin fails to make the cut". The Glasgow Herald. 7 February 1972. p. 5.
  8. ^ "Player 20 under for 72 holes". The Glasgow Herald. 1 February 1971. p. 15.
  9. ^ "Oosterhuis holds off challengers". The Glasgow Herald. 16 February 1970. p. 4.
  10. ^ "Will in third place". The Glasgow Herald. 10 February 1969. p. 5.
  11. ^ a b "Cobie le Grange". Southern Africa Golf Hall of Fame. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
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