\t\t\t\tCARLING GOLF TOUR \u2013 1966 – 1970<\/p>\n
In 1953, John Jay Hopkins, President of the General Dynamics Corporation, began a movement to use golf as a mechanism for players to create better international relations through golf. \u00a0He started by hosting the Hopkins Cup matches that pitted twenty America professionals against a similar group from Canada. In 1954 he founded the Canada Cup matches where two professionals from various countries around the world met to compete. The Canada Cup evolved into the World Cup. The USGA started a similar movement in amateur golf through the World Amateur Team Championships \u2013 \u201cGolf\u2019s Gathering of Nations.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c In April, 1963, The Charrington United Breweries of Great Britain, The Carling Brewing Co of the USA and The Carling Breweries of Canada announced their sponsorship of a new golf tournament called the Carling World Golf Championship.\u201d<\/p>\n
Their aims were: to stage a true world championship for golf and to make another contribution: \u201cto international understanding by bringing together golfers of all races, creeds and colours in friendly competition.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 1966 the brewery tournament board expanded the qualifying field to include the champions from eight zones. Zone 1 USA, Zone 2 Canada, Zone 3 Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, Zone 4 Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Zone 5 Europe, North Africa, The Middle East, Zone 6 Africa, Zone 7 Asia, and Zone 8 Australasia.<\/p>\n
The Canadian Amateur Champion, the Canadian professional who won the Open championships for Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia, the Millar Golf Championship, and the Canadian Professional Golfers Championship filled the eight positions for Canada. \u00a0In the event a foreign professional won any event the highest Canadian professional in the field qualified. If a Canadian professional recorded a second provincial open the next highest non-qualified Canadian professional received the spot. \u00a0.<\/p>\n
In Canada Carling formed the Carling Golf Tour to offer Canadian players the opportunity to qualify for the Carling World Championship. For the first time Carling brought order to the various professional events held in Canada each summer from June \u2013August. After the formation of the Carling Tour Canadian and foreign professionals could plan their summer schedule to attempt to earn a living playing on a professional golf tour similar to the American PGA. The Carling Tour offered experience to these aspiring professionals. By honing their skills on the summer circuit many professionals hoped to gain entrance to the PGA Tour through the fall qualifying schools.<\/p>\n
CARLING WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS.<\/p>\n
DATE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CHAMPION \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VENUE<\/p>\n
1964 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Bobby Nichols \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Oakland Hills CC USA<\/p>\n
1965\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tony Lema \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Pleasant Valley CC USA<\/p>\n
1966\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bruce Devlin \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Royal Birkdale GC Great Britain<\/p>\n
1967 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Billy Casper \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Board of Trade GC Canada<\/p>\n
Each qualifying player earned a minimum of $500.00 pay for expenses to attend the event.<\/p>\n
THE ALCAN GOLFER OF THE YEAR CHAMPIONSHIP<\/p>\n
With the aim to replace the Carling Championship, on March 21st, 1966 Alcan of Canada announced the creation of a new world golf championship. The headlines read: The Grand Design Comes to Golf. The new Alcan Golfer of the Year Championship poses the greatest demands for a champion plus the richest reward in golf history.\u201d Thirty major championships around the world joined hands to produce the ALCAN CHAMPION.<\/p>\n
Particularly in Canada the player accumulating the most points in the Ontario Open, the Quebec Open, the Canadian PGA Championship and the British Columbia Open became Canada\u2019s representative in the Alcan Championship.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy did Alcan sponsor this championship?\u201d Alcan, like many major world corporations, competed in a world economy. Golf was the businessman\u2019s game. This tournament offered Alcan Corporation the opportunity to gather their clients, their suppliers, their shareholders, and their contractors at a worldly event, namely; the event to crown the world\u2019s best golfer.<\/p>\n
ALCAN GOLFR OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n
DATE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CHAMPION \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VENUE<\/p>\n
1967 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gay Brewer \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Old Course St. Andrews, Scotland<\/p>\n
1968 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gay Brewer \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Royal Birkdale GC, England<\/p>\n
1969 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Billy Casper \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Portland GC, USA<\/p>\n
1970 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bruce Devlin \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Portmarnock GC, Ireland<\/p>\n
Each player \u00a0earned a minimum of \u00a0$2,000.00 to cover their expenses.<\/p>\n
In Canada at the close of the 1970 Carling Golf Tour, Carling removed their sponsorship of the Canadian Tour. Imperial Tobacco filled the void providing the sponsorship for the Canadian Golf Tour. \u00a0The company formed the Peter Jackson Tour. This new Peter Jackson Tour raised the profile of the Canadian Golf Tour to new heights.<\/p>\n
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