General Motors Open

Golf tournament

General Motors International ClassicTournament information

Location| Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Established| 1966
Course(s)| Wedgewood Park Country Club
Par| 74
Tour(s)| Southern Africa Tour
Format| Stroke play
Prize fund| R 20,000
Month played| December
Final year| 1975
Tournament record score
Aggregate| 276 Gary Player (1971)
To par| −20 as above
Final champion
Gary Player
Location map

Wedgewood Park CC

Location in South Africa

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Wedgewood Park CC

Location in Eastern Cape

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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

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Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of
victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref.

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General Motors International Classic
1975 |  Gary Player (4) | 285 | −11 | 3 strokes |  John Fourie | [3]
1974
(Nov) |  Gary Player (3) | 280 | −16 | 1 stroke |  Andries Oosthuizen | [4]
1974
(Feb) |  Gary Player (2) | 283 | −13 | 5 strokes |  Hugh Baiocchi
John Fourie | [5]
1973 |  Hugh Baiocchi | 282 | −14 | Playoff |  Dale Hayes | [6]
1972 |  Harold Henning (2) | 280 | −16 | 4 strokes |  Gary Player | [7]
General Motors Open
1971 |  Gary Player | 276 | −20 | 9 strokes |  John Garner
Peter Oosterhuis | [8]
1970 |  Peter Oosterhuis | 285 | −11 | 2 strokes |  Gary Player | [9]
1969 |  Graham Henning | 279 | −17 | 2 strokes |  Hugh Inggs | [10]
1968 |  Cobie Legrange (2) |  |  |  |  | [11]
1967 |  Cobie Legrange |  |  |  |  | [11]
1966 |  Harold Henning |  |  |  |  |

## References

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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.