- Dapper Dan Open
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The Dapper Dan Open was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played intermittently in the 1930s and 1940s. It was sponsored by Dapper Dan, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based charitable organization founded in 1936 as a businessman's sports club by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sports editor Al Abrams. Dapper Dan evolved into one of western Pennsylvania's premier sports charities with six fund raising events throughout the year, including Pittsburgh's oldest, largest and most-prestigious annual sports banquet.[1] The organization awarded its top honor to golfer Arnold Palmer in 1960.[2]
The tournament was played at the Wildwood Country Club in Allison Park, Pennsylvania in 1939. After a break of nine years, the tournament resumed in 1948 at the Alcoma Country Club in Pittsburgh.
Winners
Dapper Dan Open
- 1949 Sam Snead
Dapper Dan-Alcoma Tournament
- 1948 Vic Ghezzi
Dapper Dan Open
- 1940-47 No tournament
- 1939 Ralph Guldahl
References
- ^ "Dapper Dan History". Dapper Dan Charities. http://www.post-gazette.com/dapperdan/history.asp. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
- ^ "Arnold Palmer biography". Arnold Palmer Golf Management. http://www.palmergolf.com/company/arnold/. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
External links
- Wildwood Golf Club (formerly Wildwood Country Club)
- 3 Lakes Golf Course (formerly Alcoma Country Club)
Categories:- Former PGA Tour events
- Golf in Pennsylvania
- Sports in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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