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Golf tournament

The Gold Coast Classic was a professional golf tournament played at Coolangatta & Tweed Heads Golf Club in northern New South Wales, Australia. It was held from 1978 to 1983. From 1979 to 1983 it was sponsored by Tooth and Co., a beer brewery, initially under their name but from 1982 under the name Resch's Pilsner.

There was a playoff in the inaugural event. Four holes of a sudden-death playoff were played on the Sunday evening before darkness forced a suspension. Played resumed at 9 am the following day. Mike Cahill won at the seventh extra hole, making a birdie 4.

Winners

Year Winner Country Score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref
Resch's Pilsner Tweed Classic
1983 Graham Marsh  Australia 276 −12 1 stroke Australia Terry Gale
1982 Payne Stewart  United States 279 −9 2 strokes Myanmar Kyi Hla Han
Tooth Gold Coast Classic
1981 Gary Player  South Africa 275 −13 4 strokes Australia Bob Shearer
1980 Bob Shearer  Australia 279 −9 1 stroke United States Don January
United States Art Russell
Australia Bob Shaw
Australia Chris Tickner
Tooth's Gold Coast – Tweed Classic
1979 Mike Ferguson  Australia 281 −7 Playoff Australia Stewart Ginn
Golden Gate Classic
1978 Mike Cahill  Australia 283 −5 Playoff Australia Vaughan Somers

References

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  8. "Wizard Player recaptures his golden touch". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 November 1981. p. 26.
  9. "Player wins Classic in fine style". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 November 1981. p. 16. Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via Trove.
  10. "Shearer wins but he was unhappy". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 October 1980. p. 28.
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  12. "Mike takes title". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 October 1979. p. 24.
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