South Seas Classic
The South Seas Classic was a professional golf tournament played at Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club in Fiji from 1976 to 1979. Prize money was A$27,500 in 1976, A$30,000 in 1977 and 1978, and A$43,000 in 1979.
Winners
[edit]| Year | Winner | Country | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Seas Classic | ||||||||
| 1979 | Rick Mallicoat |  United States |
285 | −3 | 1 stroke |  Mike Ferguson Wayne Grady |
[1] | |
| Gilbey's Gin South Seas Classic | ||||||||
| 1978 | Greg Norman | Australia |
288 | E | Playoff |  Sandy Galbraith |
[2] | |
| 1977 | Bill Brask | United States |
275 | −13 | 5 strokes |  Guy Wolstenholme |
[3] | |
| South Seas Classic | ||||||||
| 1976 | Ian Stanley | Australia |
288 | E | Playoff | Mark Lye Art Russell |
[4] | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Mallicoat victory 'saves his career'". The Age. 17 December 1979. p. 31.
- ^ "Win ends drought". The Age. 18 September 1978. p. 31.
- ^ "Brask wins his meal ticket". The Age. 26 September 1977. p. 31.
- ^ "Sudden-death win to Stanley". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 27 September 1976. p. 13. Retrieved 11 February 2020 – via Trove.