Carling World Open
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Established | 1953 |
| Course | Board of Trade Country Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Tour | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$175,000 |
| Month played | September |
| Final year | 1967 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 274 Dow Finsterwald (1956) |
| To par | −14 as above |
| Final champion | |
| Billy Casper | |
| Location map | |
The Carling World Open was the last incarnation in a series of golf tournaments on the PGA Tour sponsored by the Carling Brewing Company beginning in 1953.[1]
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carling World Open | ||||||
| 1967 | Billy Casper | 281 | −3 | Playoff | Al Geiberger | Board of Trade, Canada |
| 1966 | Bruce Devlin | 286 | −6 | 1 stroke | Billy Casper | Royal Birkdale, England |
| 1965 | Tony Lema | 279 | −5 | 2 strokes | Arnold Palmer | Pleasant Valley, Massachusetts |
| 1964 | Bobby Nichols | 278 | −2 | 1 stroke | Arnold Palmer | Oakland Hills, Michigan |
| 1963: No tournament | ||||||
| Carling Open Invitational | ||||||
| 1962 | Bo Wininger | 274 | −10 | 1 stroke | Bert Weaver | Rio Pinar, Florida |
| 1961 | Gay Brewer | 277 | −3 | 1 stroke | Billy Maxwell | Indian Springs, Maryland |
| 1960 | Ernie Vossler | 272 | −12 | 1 stroke | Paul Harney | Fircrest, Washington |
| 1959 | Dow Finsterwald (2) | 276 | −8 | 1 stroke | Gene Littler Mike Souchak |
Seneca, Ohio |
| 1958 | Julius Boros (2) | 284 | −4 | 2 strokes | Billy Casper | Cherokee Town, Georgia |
| 1957 | Paul Harney | 275 | −9 | 3 strokes | Dow Finsterwald | Flint, Michigan |
| 1956 | Dow Finsterwald | 274 | −14 | 3 strokes | Jack Burke Jr. Billy Casper Billy Maxwell |
Sunset, Missouri |
| Carling Golf Classic | ||||||
| 1955 | Doug Ford | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Art Wall Jr. | Charles River, Massachusetts |
| Carling Open | ||||||
| 1954 | Julius Boros | 280 | −8 | Playoff | George Fazio | Manakiki, Ohio |
| 1953 | Cary Middlecoff | 275 | −13 | Playoff | Ted Kroll | Manakiki, Ohio |
References
- ^ "Carling - National Brewing Company". Archived from the original on 2009-03-29. Retrieved 2009-06-03.