The Adelaide Advertiser Tournament was a golf event played in Adelaide, Australia, between 1948 and 1967. Up to 1960 the event was played in March or April but was later played in September or October. The venue generally alternated between Royal Adelaide Golf Club and Kooyonga Golf Club. Prize money was £500 from 1948 to 1952, £1,000 from 1953 to 1964, £1,500 in 1965 and A$3,000 in 1966 and 1967.
Adelaide Advertiser Special Tournament An extra event was played in October 1952 called the Adelaide Advertiser Special Tournament with prize money of £1,000. It was played at Kooyonga Golf Club with a first prize of £350. The tournament was organised because of the visit of a team of four American golfers; Jimmy Demaret, Lloyd Mangrum, Ed Oliver and Jim Turnesa. Mangrum won with a 36-hole score of 137, four strokes ahead of Oliver.
Winners Year Winner Country Venue Score Marginof victory Runner(s)-up Winner'sshare (A£) Ref 1948 Ossie Pickworth Royal Adelaide Golf Club 287 2 strokes Eric Cremin 1949 Norman Von Nida Kooyonga Golf Club 284 4 strokes Eric Cremin 1950 Eric Cremin Royal Adelaide Golf Club 284 1 stroke Dai Rees 1951 Eric Cremin (2) Kooyonga Golf Club 281 1 stroke Ossie Pickworth 1952 Jack Harris Royal Adelaide Golf Club 285 2 strokes Kel Nagle 1953 Kel Nagle Royal Adelaide Golf Club 279 1 stroke Ossie Pickworth 1954 and 1955: No tournament 1956 Bill Shephard (a) Kooyonga Golf Club 211 5 strokes Sid Cowling Eric Cremin Ossie Pickworth Len Woodward 1957 Murray Crafter Royal Adelaide Golf Club 282 4 strokes Sid Cowling 1958 Kel Nagle (2) Kooyonga Golf Club 279 1 stroke Murray Crafter 1959 Murray Crafter (2) Royal Adelaide Golf Club 281 2 strokes Kel Nagle 1960 Eric Cremin (3) Kooyonga Golf Club 288 1 stroke Frank Phillips 1961 Peter Thomson Royal Adelaide Golf Club 286 1 stroke Eric Cremin 1962 Kel Nagle (3) Kooyonga Golf Club 280 6 strokes Peter Thomson 1963 Bruce DevlinFrank Phillips Royal Adelaide Golf Club 282 Tied 1964 Frank Phillips (2) Kooyonga Golf Club 285 1 stroke Brian Crafter Walter Godfrey 1965 Bob Stanton Royal Adelaide Golf Club 291 1 stroke Frank Phillips John Sullivan 350 1966 Brian Crafter Kooyonga Golf Club 275 4 strokes Kel Nagle Frank Phillips A$700 1967 Bob Stanton (2) Royal Adelaide Golf Club 291 9 strokes Bob Shaw A$700
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