Pelaco Tournament

Pelaco Tournament
Tournament information
Location Australia
Established 1955
Final year 1959
Final champion
Peter Thomson

The Pelaco Tournament was a golf tournament held in Australia from 1955 to 1959. Peter Thomson won the event four of the five times it was contested. Total prize money for the 90-hole tournament was £2,500. The sponsor was Pelaco, an Australian shirt manufacturer.

Winners

Year Winner Country Venue Score Margin
of victory 		Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (A£) 		Ref
1955 Peter Thomson  Australia Commonwealth Golf Club 366 5 strokes Australia Kel Nagle
Australia Ossie Pickworth 		1,000 [1]
1956 Peter Thomson (2)  Australia The Australian Golf Club 349 7 strokes Australia Frank Phillips 1,000 [2]
1957 Bruce Crampton  Australia Victoria Golf Club 354 1 stroke Australia Frank Phillips
South Africa Gary Player 		650 [3]
1958 Peter Thomson (3)  Australia The Australian Golf Club 342 6 strokes South Africa Gary Player 650 [4]
1959 Peter Thomson (4)  Australia Victoria Golf Club 339 7 strokes Australia Kel Nagle 650 [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Steel-nerved Peter takes a 'cool' £1,000". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 24 October 1955. p. 15. Retrieved 20 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "The weather was on Pete's side". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 12 November 1956. p. 18. Retrieved 20 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Crampton by a stroke in big golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 November 1957. p. 66.
  4. ↑ "Thomson Wins Pelaco Golf Tournament". The Canberra Times. 33, (9,633). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 November 1958. p. 12. Retrieved 20 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Five under-par pounds win Thomson Pelaco". The Canberra Times. 34, (9,460). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 November 1959. p. 16. Retrieved 20 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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