Alcan Open
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Various |
| Established | 1967 |
| Final year | 1970 |
| Final champion | |
| Bruce Devlin | |
The Alcan Golfer of the Year Championship, also known as the Alcan Open, was an international golf tournament played from 1967 to 1970. It was sponsored by Alcan Aluminum Ltd. of Canada, a long-time corporate sponsor of professional golf on international circuits. A concurrent Alcan International tournament was also played. The 1969 tournament, played in the United States, was an official PGA Tour event.
Tournament hosts
- 1967 Old Course at St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland[1]
- 1968 Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England[2]
- 1969 Portland Golf Club, Portland, Oregon, USA[3]
- 1970 Portmarnock Golf Club, Portmarnock, Ireland[4]
Winners
Alcan Golfer of the Year Championship
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Winner's share ($) |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Gay Brewer |  United States |
Old Course at St Andrews | 283 | Playoff | Billy Casper |
55,000 | [5][6][7] |
| 1968 | Gay Brewer | United States |
Royal Birkdale Golf Club | 283 | 3 strokes |  Peter Townsend |
55,000 | [8] |
| 1969 | Billy Casper | United States |
Portland Golf Club | 274 | 1 stroke | Lee Trevino |
55,000 | [9] |
| 1970 | Bruce Devlin |  Australia |
Portmarnock Golf Club | 278 | 7 strokes | Bob Rosburg |
55,000 | [10] |
In the 18-hole playoff in 1967 Brewer scored 68 to Casper's 72.
Alcan International
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (£) |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Peter Thomson | Australia |
Old Course at St Andrews | 281 | 5 strokes | Tony Grubb |
2,500 | [6] |
| 1968 | Bill Large Christy O'Connor Snr |
England Ireland |
Royal Birkdale Golf Club | 288 | Tie | 2,500 (each) |
[8] | |
| 1969: No tournament | ||||||||
| 1970 | Paddy Skerritt | Ireland |
Portmarnock Golf Club | 286 | 3 strokes | Maurice Bembridge Eric Brown |
3,000 | [10] |
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