ICL International

ICL International
Tournament information
LocationPretoria, South Africa
Established1911
Course(s)Zwartkop Country Club
Par72
Tour(s)Southern Africa Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundR 550,000
Month playedJanuary
Final year1995
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Bobby Locke (1939)
265 Bobby Locke (1954)
265 Dale Hayes (1978)
To par−22 Tony Johnstone (1988)
Final champion
Ashley Roestoff
Location map
Zwartkop CC
Location in South Africa
Zwartkop CC
Location in Gauteng

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.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
ICL International
1995 Ashley Roestoff 275 −13 4 strokes Michael Christie
Kevin Stone
1994 Nick Price (3) 267 −21 9 strokes David Frost
Bruce Vaughan
1993 Nick Price (2) 273 −15 2 strokes Mark McNulty
Bruce Vaughan
1992 Kevin Johnson 270 −18 2 strokes De Wet Basson
Tony Johnstone
1991 Fulton Allem 271 −17 3 strokes Gavan Levenson
Ashley Roestoff
Wayne Westner
1990 Gavan Levenson (2) 269 −19 2 strokes Wayne Westner
1989 Chris Williams 272 −16 1 stroke J. C. Anderson
1988 Tony Johnstone (2) 266 −22 1 stroke Denis Durnian
1987 Tony Johnstone 271 −17 6 strokes Justin Hobday
Wilhelm Winsnes
1986 Gavan Levenson 270 −18 1 stroke David Frost
1985 Nick Price 268 −20 1 stroke Gavan Levenson
1984 David Feherty 271 −17 1 stroke Gavan Levenson
Nick Price
ICL Tournament Players Classic
1983 Wayne Westner 273 −15 1 stroke Allan Henning
ICL International
1982: No tournament
1981 Simon Hobday 272 −16 7 strokes John Bland
1980 Simon Hobday 281 −7 1 stroke John Bland
Ian Mosey
Denis Watson
1979 Nick Faldo 268 −16 3 strokes Allan Henning
1978 Dale Hayes 265 −15 Playoff Hugh Baiocchi
1977 Gary Player (6) 268 −12 2 strokes Bobby Cole
1976
(Dec)		 Hugh Baiocchi (2) 268 −12 1 stroke Tienie Britz
Gary Player
1976
(Jan)		 Peter Townsend 207 −3 1 stroke Dale Hayes
Allan Henning
ICL Transvaal Open
1975: No tournament
1974 Vin Baker 280 −8 Playoff Andries Oosthuizen
1973
(Dec)		 Hugh Baiocchi 276 −12 1 stroke Dale Hayes
1973
(Jan)		 John Fourie 280 −4 Playoff Allan Henning
1972 Bobby Cole 270 −14 Playoff Tienie Britz
Leykor Transvaal Open
1971 Peter Oosterhuis 279 −9 6 strokes Graham Henning
Transvaal Open
1970 John Bland 281 1 stroke Don Gammon
Hugh Inggs
1969 Bobby Verwey (2)
1968 Cobie Legrange
1967 Allan Henning 274 9 strokes Cobie Legrange
1966 Gary Player (5)
1965 Bobby Verwey
1964: No tournament
1963 Retief Waltman 277 1 stroke Denis Hutchinson
1962 Gary Player (4)
1961
(Dec)		 Gary Player (3) 266 9 strokes Bobby Locke
1961
(Jan)		 Alan Brookes
1960 Gary Player (2) 271
1959 Gary Player 266
1958 Bobby Locke (11) 276
1957 Harold Henning 278
1956 Bruce Keyter 281 1 stroke Bobby Locke
1955 Bobby Locke (10) 285
1954 Bobby Locke (9) 265
1953 Tommy Trevena
1952 Sandy Guthrie
1951 Bobby Locke (8)
1950 Bobby Locke (7) 280
1949 Bobby Locke (6)
1948 Otway Hayes
1947 Roderick Dunn
1946 Bobby Locke (5)
1941–1945: No tournament
1940 Bobby Locke (4)
1939 Bobby Locke (3) 265
1938 Bobby Locke (2) 277 4 strokes Sid Brews
1937 Bobby Locke (a) 286 4 strokes Alf Padgham
1936 Sid Brews (8) 285 1 stroke Bobby Locke
1935 Sid Brews (7)
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 Charles McIlvenny
1926 Bert Elkin
1925: No tournament
1924 Sid Brews
1923 Jock Brews (3)
1922 Fred Jangle
1921 Jock Brews (2)
1920 Laurie Waters (3)
1919 Laurie Waters (2)
1914–1918: No tournament
1913 Jock Brews
1912: No tournament
1911 Laurie Waters

Sources:

Notes

  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
  2. ^ The tournament was postponed in December 1975, and rescheduled to January 1976.

References

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  2. ^ The Allied Book of South African Sport & Sports Records. SASBOR. 1978. p. 1944. ISBN 9780620128827.
  3. ^ "Peter Townsend". The Glasgow Herald. 19 January 1976. p. 19.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1977). The World of Professional Golf 1977. Collins. pp. 254–255. ISBN 0002168790.
  5. ^ "Bembridge in lead". The Glasgow Herald. 16 December 1974. p. 8.
  6. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf. Collins. p. 417. ISBN 0002119552.
  7. ^ "Transvaal title for Baiocchi". The Glasgow Herald. 24 December 1973. p. 4.
  8. ^ "Will Takes Third Place". The Glasgow Herald. 30 January 1967. p. 4 – via Google News Archive.
  9. ^ "S. African Takes Golf Open". The Canberra Times. 16 December 1963. p. 24. Retrieved 5 March 2021 – via Trove.
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  11. ^ "Locke beaten". The Argus. 20 February 1956.
  12. ^ "Ferrier's Notebook". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 15 April 1938. p. 13. Retrieved 18 January 2020 – via Trove.
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  14. ^ "26 Jan 1937, Page 17 - The Age at Newspapers.com". Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Sid Brews wins Transvaal Championship". The Glasgow Herald. 25 February 1936. p. 42.
  16. ^ "Transvaal Open". 25 April 1935.
  17. ^ "Golf Notes". Referee. 17 February 1915.
  18. ^ Spalding's Official Golf Guide for 1912. p. 179.
  19. ^ Donaldson, K. C. (1949). The South African Sporting Encyclopaedia and Who's Who. Donaldson's. p. 49.
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