General Motors International Classic | |
Location: | Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
Establishment: | 1966 |
Course: | Wedgewood Park Country Club |
Par: | 74 |
Tour: | Southern Africa Tour |
Format: | Stroke play |
Month Played: | December |
Final Year: | 1975 |
Aggregate: | 276 Gary Player (1971) |
To-Par: | −20 as above |
Final Champion: | Gary Player |
Map: | South Africa#South Africa Eastern Cape |
Map Label: | Wedgewood Park CC |
Map Relief: | yes |
Map Size: | 200 |
Coordinates: | -33.958°N 25.588°W |
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]
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref. | |
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General Motors International Classic | |||||||
Gary Player (4) | 285 | −11 | 3 strokes | [3] | |||
1974 (Nov) | Gary Player (3) | 280 | −16 | 1 stroke | [4] | ||
1974 (Feb) | Gary Player (2) | 283 | −13 | 5 strokes | [5] | ||
282 | −14 | Playoff | [6] | ||||
Harold Henning (2) | 280 | −16 | 4 strokes | [7] | |||
General Motors Open | |||||||
1971 | 276 | −20 | 9 strokes | [8] | |||
1970 | 285 | −11 | 2 strokes | [9] | |||
1969 | 279 | −17 | 2 strokes | [10] | |||
1968 | Cobie Legrange (2) | ||||||
1967 | [11] | ||||||
1966 |