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
South Africa Ashley Roestoff
Location map
Zwartkop CC is located in South Africa
Zwartkop CC
Zwartkop CC
Location in South Africa
Zwartkop CC is located in Gauteng
Zwartkop CC
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.[1]

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
ICL International
1995 South Africa Ashley Roestoff 275 −13 4 strokes United States Michael Christie
South Africa Kevin Stone
1994 Zimbabwe Nick Price (3) 267 −21 9 strokes South Africa David Frost
United States Bruce Vaughan
1993 Zimbabwe Nick Price (2) 273 −15 2 strokes Zimbabwe Mark McNulty
United States Bruce Vaughan
1992 United States Kevin Johnson 270 −18 2 strokes South Africa De Wet Basson
Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone
1991 South Africa Fulton Allem 271 −17 3 strokes South Africa Gavan Levenson
South Africa Ashley Roestoff
South Africa Wayne Westner
1990 South Africa Gavan Levenson (2) 269 −19 2 strokes South Africa Wayne Westner
1989 South Africa Chris Williams 272 −16 1 stroke United States J. C. Anderson
1988 Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone (2) 266 −22 1 stroke England Denis Durnian
1987 Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone 271 −17 6 strokes South Africa Justin Hobday
South Africa Wilhelm Winsnes
1986 South Africa Gavan Levenson 270 −18 1 stroke South Africa David Frost
1985 Zimbabwe Nick Price 268 −20 1 stroke South Africa Gavan Levenson
1984 Northern Ireland David Feherty 271 −17 1 stroke South Africa Gavan Levenson
Zimbabwe Nick Price
ICL Tournament Players Classic
1983 South Africa Wayne Westner 273 −15 1 stroke South Africa Allan Henning
ICL International
1982: No tournament
1981 South Africa Simon Hobday 272 −16 7 strokes South Africa John Bland
1980 South Africa Simon Hobday 281 −7 1 stroke South Africa John Bland
England Ian Mosey
Zimbabwe Denis Watson
1979 England Nick Faldo 268 −16 3 strokes South Africa Allan Henning
1978 South Africa Dale Hayes 265 −15 Playoff South Africa Hugh Baiocchi
1977 South Africa Gary Player (6) 268 −12 2 strokes South Africa Bobby Cole
1976
(Dec)		 South Africa Hugh Baiocchi (2) 268 −12 1 stroke South Africa Tienie Britz
South Africa Gary Player		 [2]
1976
(Jan)		 England Peter Townsend 207[a] −3 1 stroke South Africa Dale Hayes
South Africa Allan Henning		 [3]
ICL Transvaal Open
1975: No tournament[b]
1974 South Africa Vin Baker 280 −8 Playoff South Africa Andries Oosthuizen [5][6]
1973
(Dec)		 South Africa Hugh Baiocchi 276 −12 1 stroke South Africa Dale Hayes [7]
1973
(Jan)		 South Africa John Fourie 280 −4 Playoff South Africa Allan Henning
1972 South Africa Bobby Cole 270 −14 Playoff South Africa Tienie Britz
Leykor Transvaal Open
1971 England Peter Oosterhuis 279 −9 6 strokes South Africa Graham Henning
Transvaal Open
1970 South Africa John Bland 281 1 stroke Rhodesia Don Gammon
South Africa Hugh Inggs
1969 South Africa Bobby Verwey (2)
1968 South Africa Cobie Legrange
1967 South Africa Allan Henning 274 9 strokes South Africa Cobie Legrange [8]
1966 South Africa Gary Player (5)
1965 South Africa Bobby Verwey
1964: No tournament
1963 South Africa Retief Waltman 277 1 stroke South Africa Denis Hutchinson [9]
1962 South Africa Gary Player (4)
1961
(Dec)		 South Africa Gary Player (3) 266 9 strokes South Africa Bobby Locke [10]
1961
(Jan)		 South Africa Alan Brookes
1960 South Africa Gary Player (2) 271
1959 South Africa Gary Player 266
1958 South Africa Bobby Locke (11) 276
1957 South Africa Harold Henning 278
1956 South Africa Bruce Keyter 281 1 stroke South Africa Bobby Locke [11]
1955 South Africa Bobby Locke (10) 285
1954 South Africa Bobby Locke (9) 265
1953 South Africa Tommy Trevena
1952 South Africa Sandy Guthrie
1951 South Africa Bobby Locke (8)
1950 South Africa Bobby Locke (7) 280
1949 South Africa Bobby Locke (6)
1948 South Africa Otway Hayes
1947 South Africa Roderick Dunn
1946 South Africa Bobby Locke (5)
1941–1945: No tournament
1940 South Africa Bobby Locke (4)
1939 South Africa Bobby Locke (3) 265
1938 South Africa Bobby Locke (2) 277 4 strokes South Africa Sid Brews [12]
1937 South Africa Bobby Locke (a) 286 4 strokes England Alf Padgham [13][14]
1936 South Africa Sid Brews (8) 285 1 stroke South Africa Bobby Locke [15]
1935 South Africa Sid Brews (7) [16]
1934 South Africa Sid Brews (6)
1933 South Africa Sid Brews (5)
1932 South Africa Sid Brews (4)
1931 South Africa Sid Brews (3)
1930 South Africa Sid Brews (2)
1929 England Charles McIlvenny (2)
1928: No tournament
1927 England Charles McIlvenny
1926 England Bert Elkin
1925: No tournament
1924 South Africa Sid Brews
1923 South Africa Jock Brews (3)
1922 South Africa Fred Jangle
1921 South Africa Jock Brews (2)
1920 Scotland Laurie Waters (3)
1919 Scotland Laurie Waters (2)
1914–1918: No tournament
1913 South Africa Jock Brews [17]
1912: No tournament
1911 Scotland Laurie Waters [18]

Sources:[19][20]

Notes

  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
  2. ^ The tournament was postponed in December 1975, and rescheduled to January 1976.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Zwartkop - Since 1933..." Zwartkop Country Club. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  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.
  10. ^ "Transvaal title To Player". The Straits Times. 25 December 1961.
  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.
  13. ^ "Transvaal Open". 26 January 1937.
  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.
  20. ^ Scharff, Robert, ed. (1970). Golf Magazine's Encyclopedia of Golf. Harper & Row. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-06-011579-1 – via Google Books.