Colgate Champion of Champions
Appearance
Tournament information | |
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Location | Melbourne, Australia |
Established | 1976 |
Course(s) | Victoria Golf Club |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia |
Format | Stroke play |
Month played | November |
Final year | 1977 |
Final champion | |
Bob Shearer |
The Colgate Champion of Champions was a golf tournament held at Victoria Golf Club, Melbourne in Australia in 1976 and 1977. Prize money was A$150,000.
Winners
[edit]Year | Winner | Country | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (A$) |
Ref |
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1977 | Bob Shearer | Australia | 281 | −7 | 1 stroke | Maurice Bembridge John Benda Curtis Strange Jack Newton |
30,000 | [1] |
1976 | Mark Lye | United States | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Simon Owen | 30,000 | [2] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Shearer wins event with 2.5-metre putt". The Canberra Times. Vol. 52, no. 14, 943. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 November 1977. p. 16. Retrieved 7 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Lye downs them". The Age. 15 November 1976. p. 36.