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 Charities, 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 fundraising 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]
Arnold Palmer's first ever PGA tournament was the Dapper Dan when he was just 16 years old.[3]
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
[edit]Dapper Dan Open
- 1949 Sam Snead
Dapper Dan-Alcoma Tournament
- 1948 Vic Ghezzi
Dapper Dan Open
- 1940-47 No tournament
- 1939 Ralph Guldahl
References
[edit]- ↑ "Dapper Dan History". Dapper Dan Charities. Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
- ↑ "Arnold Palmer biography". Arnold Palmer Golf Management. Archived from the original on September 25, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
- ↑ "What they said: Arnold Palmer". PGA Tour. March 25, 2009. Archived from the original on March 30, 2009. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
External links
[edit]- Wildwood Golf Club (formerly Wildwood Country Club)
- 3 Lakes Golf Course (formerly Alcoma Country Club)