ICL International explained

ICL International
Location:Pretoria, South Africa
Establishment:1911
Course:Zwartkop Country Club
Par:72
Tour:Southern Africa Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:January
Final Year:1995
Aggregate:265 Bobby Locke (1939)
265 Bobby Locke (1954)
265 Dale Hayes (1978)
To-Par:−22 Tony Johnstone (1988)
Final Champion: Ashley Roestoff
Map:South Africa#South Africa Gauteng
Map Label:Zwartkop CC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-25.83°N 28.163°W

The ICL International, formerly the Transvaal Open, was a golf tournament in South Africa as part of the Southern Africa Tour. The list of winners includes major champions Gary Player, Nick Faldo, and Nick Price.

The tournament was initially played at Kensington Golf Club in Johannesburg. It moved to Zwartkop Country Club in Pretoria from 1984 to 1995.[1]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upRef.
ICL International
275 −13 4 strokes
Nick Price (3) 267 −21 9 strokes
Nick Price (2) 273 −15 2 strokes
270 −18 2 strokes
271 −17 3 strokes
Gavan Levenson (2) 269 −19 2 strokes
272 −16 1 stroke
Tony Johnstone (2) 266 −22 1 stroke
271 −17 6 strokes
270 −18 1 stroke
268 −20 1 stroke
271 −17 1 stroke
ICL Tournament Players Classic
273 −15 1 stroke
ICL International
1982: No tournament
272 −16 7 strokes
281 −7 1 stroke
268 −16 3 strokes
265 −15 Playoff
Gary Player (6) 268 −12 2 strokes
1976
(Dec)
Hugh Baiocchi (2) 268 −12 1 stroke [2]
1976
(Jan)
207 −3 1 stroke [3]
ICL Transvaal Open
1975: No tournament
280 −8 Playoff [4] [5]
1973
(Dec)
276 −12 1 stroke [6]
1973
(Jan)
280 −4 Playoff
270 −14 Playoff
Leykor Transvaal Open
1971 279 −9 6 strokes
Transvaal Open
1970 281 1 stroke
1969 Bobby Verwey (2)
1968
1967 274 9 strokes [7]
1966 Gary Player (5)
1965
1964: No tournament
1963 277 1 stroke [8]
1962 Gary Player (4)
1961
(Dec)
Gary Player (3) 266 9 strokes [9]
1961
(Jan)
1960 Gary Player (2) 271
1959 266
1958 Bobby Locke (11) 276
1957 278
1956 281 1 stroke [10]
1955 Bobby Locke (10) 285
1954 Bobby Locke (9) 265
1953
1952
1951 Bobby Locke (8)
1950 Bobby Locke (7) 280
1949 Bobby Locke (6)
1948
1947
1946 Bobby Locke (5)
1941–1945: No tournament
1940 Bobby Locke (4)
1939 Bobby Locke (3) 265
1938 Bobby Locke (2) 277 4 strokes [11]
1937 Bobby Locke (a) 286 4 strokes [12] [13]
1936 Sid Brews (8) 285 1 stroke [14]
1935 Sid Brews (7) [15]
1934 Sid Brews (6)
1933 Sid Brews (5)
1932 Sid Brews (4)
1931 Sid Brews (3)
1930 Sid Brews (2)
1929 Charles McIlvenny (2)
1928: No tournament
1927
1926
1925: No tournament
1924
1923 Jock Brews (3)
1922
1921 Jock Brews (2)
1920 Laurie Waters (3)
1919 Laurie Waters (2)
1914–1918: No tournament
1913 [16]
1912: No tournament
1911 [17]
Sources:[18] [19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zwartkop - Since 1933... . Zwartkop Country Club . 11 September 2019.
  2. Book: The Allied Book of South African Sport & Sports Records . SASBOR . 1978 . 1944. 9780620128827.
  3. News: Peter Townsend . . 19 January 1976 . 19.
  4. News: Bembridge in lead . . 16 December 1974 . 8.
  5. Book: McCormack, Mark H. . The World of Professional Golf . Mark McCormack . Collins . 1975 . 0002119552 . 417.
  6. News: Transvaal title for Baiocchi . 24 December 1973 . . 4.
  7. News: Will Takes Third Place . 30 January 1967 . . 4 . Google News Archive.
  8. News: 1963-12-16 . S. African Takes Golf Open . 24 . The Canberra Times . 2021-03-05 . Trove.
  9. Web site: Transvaal title To Player . 25 December 1961 . The Straits Times.
  10. News: Locke beaten . The Argus . 20 February 1956.
  11. News: Ferrier's Notebook . . New South Wales, Australia . 15 April 1938 . 18 January 2020 . 13 . Trove.
  12. Web site: Transvaal Open . 26 January 1937.
  13. News: 26 Jan 1937, Page 17 - The Age at Newspapers.com . 2021-08-28 . Newspapers.com.
  14. News: Sid Brews wins Transvaal Championship. 25 February 1936 . . 42.
  15. Web site: Transvaal Open . 25 April 1935.
  16. News: Golf Notes . Referee . 17 February 1915.
  17. Book: Spalding's Official Golf Guide for 1912 . 179.
  18. Book: The South African Sporting Encyclopaedia and Who's Who . Donaldson's . Donaldson, K. C. . 1949 . 49.
  19. Book: Golf Magazine's Encyclopedia of Golf . Harper & Row . Scharff, Robert . 1970 . 111 . 978-0-06-011579-1 . Google Books.