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ICL International

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.

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 tournament was initially played at Kensington Golf Club in Johannesburg. It moved to Zwartkop Country Club in Pretoria from 1984 to 1995.[1]

Winners

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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		 [2]
1976
(Jan)		   Peter Townsend 207[a] −3 1 stroke   Dale Hayes
  Allan Henning		 [3]
ICL Transvaal Open
1975: No tournament[b]
1974   Vin Baker 280 −8 Playoff   Andries Oosthuizen [5][6]
1973
(Dec)		   Hugh Baiocchi 276 −12 1 stroke   Dale Hayes [7]
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 [8]
1966   Gary Player (5)  
1965   Bobby Verwey  
1964: No tournament
1963   Retief Waltman 277 1 stroke   Denis Hutchinson [9]
1962   Gary Player (4)  
1961
(Dec)		   Gary Player (3) 266 9 strokes   Bobby Locke [10]
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 [11]
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 [12]
1937   Bobby Locke (a) 286 4 strokes   Alf Padgham [13][14]
1936   Sid Brews (8) 285 1 stroke   Bobby Locke [15]
1935   Sid Brews (7)   [16]
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   [17]
1912: No tournament
1911   Laurie Waters   [18]

Sources:[19][20]

Notes

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

References

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  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.
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