Dapper Dan Open

Dapper Dan Open

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

Dapper Dan-Alcoma Tournament

Dapper Dan Open

References

  1. ^ "Dapper Dan History". Dapper Dan Charities. http://www.post-gazette.com/dapperdan/history.asp. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 
  2. ^ "Arnold Palmer biography". Arnold Palmer Golf Management. http://www.palmergolf.com/company/arnold/. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 

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