The Gold Coast Classic was a professional golf tournament played at
Coolangatta & Tweed Heads Golf Club
Coolangatta & Tweed Heads Golf Club is a popular club on Australia's east coast near the New South Wales/Queensland border. It is located in NSW at South Tweed Heads.. It was formed in 1932. It has hosted several notable tournaments including th ...
in northern
New South Wales
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, 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.
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Winners
References
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Golf tournaments in Australia
Golf in New South Wales
Golf in Queensland
Coolangatta
Sport in Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Sport on the Gold Coast, Queensland