The Lancia d'Oro was a men's professional
golf
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Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...
tournament held in
Italy
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from 1962 to 1976. It was hosted at Golf Club Biella every year except for 1974, which was hosted by Turin Golf Club, during the club's 50th anniversary year. Generally, it was a limited-field invitation event but the 1972 tournament was a full-field event.
And it was part of what would later be recognized as the
inaugural European Tour season.
History
The 1972 event was played from 19 to 22 October. The prize money was £10,000 with a first prize of £1,700.
led after each of the first three rounds with scores of 69, 70 and 75. However, after a final round 73 he was tied with
Peter Townsend on 287. Cañizares won the playoff at the fifth extra hole with a birdie 3, after hitting a 4-iron to 2 feet from the hole.
[
Having not been played in 1975, the Lancia d'Oro returned in 1976 as a four-man team ]match play
Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 h ...
event. It was won by the United States team of Tommy Aaron, George Burns
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, Billy Casper
William Earl Casper Jr. (June 24, 1931 – February 7, 2015) was an American professional golfer. He was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s.
In his youth, Casper started as a caddie a ...
, and Lee Elder
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who defeated the European team of Seve Ballesteros, Baldovino Dassù, Eamonn Darcy and Tony Jacklin.[
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Winners
Notes
References
External links
Coverage on the Golf Club Biella official site
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Golf tournaments in Italy
Recurring sporting events established in 1962
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1976
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