General Motors Open

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General Motors International Classic
Tournament information
Location	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Established	1966
Course(s)	Wedgewood Park Country Club
Par	74
Tour(s)	Southern Africa Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	R 20,000
Month played	December
Final year	1975
Tournament record score
Aggregate	276 Gary Player (1971)
To par	−20 as above
Final champion
Gary Player
Location map
Wedgewood Park CC Location in South Africa Show map of South Africa Wedgewood Park CC Location in Eastern Cape Show map of Eastern Cape

The General Motors Open was a golf tournament on the Southern Africa Tour from 1966 to 1975. The event was held at Wedgewood Golf Club in Port Elizabeth,^[1] South Africa. Gary Player won the event four times. It was also the site of Peter Oosterhuis' first professional victory.^[2]

Winners

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Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
General Motors International Classic
1975	Gary Player (4)	285	−11	3 strokes	John Fourie	^[3]
1974 (Nov)	Gary Player (3)	280	−16	1 stroke	Andries Oosthuizen	^[4]
1974 (Feb)	Gary Player (2)	283	−13	5 strokes	Hugh Baiocchi John Fourie	^[5]
1973	Hugh Baiocchi	282	−14	Playoff	Dale Hayes	^[6]
1972	Harold Henning (2)	280	−16	4 strokes	Gary Player	^[7]
General Motors Open
1971	Gary Player	276	−20	9 strokes	John Garner Peter Oosterhuis	^[8]
1970	Peter Oosterhuis	285	−11	2 strokes	Gary Player	^[9]
1969	Graham Henning	279	−17	2 strokes	Hugh Inggs	^[10]
1968	Cobie Legrange (2)					^[11]
1967	Cobie Legrange					^[11]
1966	Harold Henning

References

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^ "COTM February – Wedgewood Golf Club". Compleat golfer.
^ Yocom, Guy (31 August 2015). "My Shot: Peter Oosterhuis". Golf Digest. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
^ "Player again". The Age. 15 December 1975. p. 29.
^ "Player's 100th win". The Glasgow Herald. 25 November 1974. p. 5.
^ "Player wins". The Glasgow Herald. 11 February 1974. p. 5.
^ "Baiocchi wins playoff". The Glasgow Herald. 12 February 1973. p. 5.
^ "Jacklin fails to make the cut". The Glasgow Herald. 7 February 1972. p. 5.
^ "Player 20 under for 72 holes". The Glasgow Herald. 1 February 1971. p. 15.
^ "Oosterhuis holds off challengers". The Glasgow Herald. 16 February 1970. p. 4.
^ "Will in third place". The Glasgow Herald. 10 February 1969. p. 5.
^ ^a ^b "Cobie le Grange". Southern Africa Golf Hall of Fame. Retrieved 16 September 2019.

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