Dapper Dan Open Explained

The Dapper Dan Open was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played intermittently in the 1930s and 1940s. It was sponsored by Dapper Dan Charities, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based charitable organization founded in 1936 as a businessman's sports club by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sports editor Al Abrams. Dapper Dan evolved into one of western Pennsylvania's premier sports charities with six fund raising events throughout the year, including Pittsburgh's oldest, largest and most-prestigious annual sports banquet.^[1] The organization awarded its top honor to golfer Arnold Palmer in 1960.^[2]

Arnold Palmer's first ever PGA tournament was the Dapper Dan when he was just 16 years old.^[3]

The tournament was played at the Wildwood Country Club in Allison Park, Pennsylvania in 1939. After a break of nine years, the tournament resumed in 1948 at the Alcoma Country Club in Pittsburgh.

Winners

Dapper Dan Open

• 1949 Sam Snead

Dapper Dan-Alcoma Tournament

• 1948 Vic Ghezzi

Dapper Dan Open

• 1940-47 No tournament
• 1939 Ralph Guldahl

External links

• Wildwood Golf Club (formerly Wildwood Country Club)
• 3 Lakes Golf Course (formerly Alcoma Country Club)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dapper Dan History . Dapper Dan Charities . September 9, 2011.
2. Web site: Arnold Palmer biography . Arnold Palmer Golf Management . September 9, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110925205918/http://www.palmergolf.com/company/arnold/ . September 25, 2011 . dead .
3. Web site: What they said: Arnold Palmer . March 25, 2009 . PGA Tour . March 7, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090330154656/http://www.pgatour.com/2009/tournaments/r009/03/25/wednesday.transcript.palmer/ . March 30, 2009 .