Transvaal Open

The Transvaal Open was a golf tournament in South Africa. In later years it was a fixture on the South African Sunshine Circuit.

Winners

[1]

• 1911 Laurie Waters[2]
• 1912 No tournament
• 1913 Jock Brews[3]
• 1914–18 No tournament
• 1919 Laurie Waters
• 1920 Laurie Waters
• 1921 Jock Brews
• 1922 Fred Jangle
• 1923 Jock Brews
• 1924 Sid Brews
• 1925 No tournament
• 1926 Bert Elkin[4]
• 1927 Charles McIlvenny
• 1928 No tournament
• 1929 Charles McIlvenny
• 1930 Sid Brews
• 1931 Sid Brews
• 1932 Sid Brews
• 1933 Sid Brews
• 1934 Sid Brews
• 1935 Sid Brews[5]
• 1936 Sid Brews (285)[6]
• 1937 Bobby Locke (286) amateur[7]
• 1938 Bobby Locke (277)[8]
• 1939 Bobby Locke (265)
• 1940 Bobby Locke
• 1941–45 No tournament
• 1946 Bobby Locke
• 1947 Roderick Dunn
• 1948 Otway Hayes
• 1949 Bobby Locke
• 1950 Bobby Locke (280)
• 1951 Bobby Locke
• 1952 Sandy Guthrie
• 1953 Tommy Trevena
• 1954 Bobby Locke (265)
• 1955 Bobby Locke (285)
• 1956 Bruce Keyter[9] (281)
• 1957 Harold Henning (278)
• 1958 Bobby Locke[10] (276)
• 1959 Gary Player (266)
• 1960 Gary Player (271)
• 1961 (Jan) Alan Brookes
• 1961 (Dec) Gary Player (266)[11]
• 1962 Gary Player (279)
• 1963 Retief Waltman (277)
• 1965 Bobby Verwey (279)
• 1966 Gary Player
• 1967 Allan Henning (274)[12]
• 1968 Cobie Legrange
• 1969 Bobby Verwey (272)
• 1970 John Bland
• 1971 Peter Oosterhuis (279)[13]
• 1972 Bobby Cole
• 1973 (Jan) John Fourie (280)
• 1973 (Dec) Hugh Baiocchi (276)[14]
• 1974 Vin Baker[15][16]

References

1. Donaldson, K. C. (1949). The South African Sporting Encyclopaedia and Who's Who. Donaldson's. p. 49.
2. Spalding's Official Golf Guide for 1912. p. 179.
3. "Golf Notes". Referee. 17 February 1915.
4. The South African Sporting Encyclopaedia and Who's Who. 1949. p. 49.
5. "Transvaal Open". 25 April 1935.
6. "Sid Brews wins Transvaal Championship". The Glasgow Herald. 25 February 1936. p. 42.
7. "Transvaal Open". 26 January 1937.
8. "Ferrier's Notebook". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 15 April 1938. p. 13. Retrieved 18 January 2020 – via Trove.
9. "Locke beaten". The Argus. 20 February 1956.
10. Bobby Locke
11. "Transvaal title To Player". The Strait Times. 25 December 1961.
12. "Will Takes Third Place". The Glasgow Herald. 30 January 1967. p. 4.
13. "Johannesburg, Feb 21". The Times. 22 February 1971. p. 7.
14. "Transvaal title for Baiocchi". The Glasgow Herald. 24 December 1973. p. 4.
15. "Bembridge in lead". The Glasgow Herald. 16 December 1974. p. 8.
16. McCormack, Mark (1975). The World of Professional Golf Annual, 1975. Atheneum. p. 417.