Adelaide Advertiser Tournament

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 Tournament

Tournament information
Location	Adelaide, Australia
Established	1948
Final year	1967
Final champion
Bob Stanton

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.^[1]

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share (A£)	Ref
1948	Ossie Pickworth	Australia	Royal Adelaide Golf Club	287	2 strokes	Eric Cremin		[2]
1949	Norman Von Nida	Australia	Kooyonga Golf Club	284	4 strokes	Eric Cremin		[3]
1950	Eric Cremin	Australia	Royal Adelaide Golf Club	284	1 stroke	Dai Rees		[4]
1951	Eric Cremin (2)	Australia	Kooyonga Golf Club	281	1 stroke	Ossie Pickworth		[5]
1952	Jack Harris	Australia	Royal Adelaide Golf Club	285	2 strokes	Kel Nagle		[6]
1953	Kel Nagle	Australia	Royal Adelaide Golf Club	279	1 stroke	Ossie Pickworth		[7]
1954 and 1955: No tournament
1956	Bill Shephard (a)	Australia	Kooyonga Golf Club	211	5 strokes	Sid Cowling Eric Cremin Ossie Pickworth Len Woodward		[8]
1957	Murray Crafter	Australia	Royal Adelaide Golf Club	282	4 strokes	Sid Cowling		[9]
1958	Kel Nagle (2)	Australia	Kooyonga Golf Club	279	1 stroke	Murray Crafter		[10]
1959	Murray Crafter (2)	Australia	Royal Adelaide Golf Club	281	2 strokes	Kel Nagle		[11]
1960	Eric Cremin (3)	Australia	Kooyonga Golf Club	288	1 stroke	Frank Phillips		[12]
1961	Peter Thomson	Australia	Royal Adelaide Golf Club	286	1 stroke	Eric Cremin		[13]
1962	Kel Nagle (3)	Australia	Kooyonga Golf Club	280	6 strokes	Peter Thomson		[14]
1963	Bruce Devlin Frank Phillips	Australia  Australia	Royal Adelaide Golf Club	282	Tied			[15]
1964	Frank Phillips (2)	Australia	Kooyonga Golf Club	285	1 stroke	Brian Crafter Walter Godfrey		[16]
1965	Bob Stanton	Australia	Royal Adelaide Golf Club	291	1 stroke	Frank Phillips John Sullivan	350	[17]
1966	Brian Crafter	Australia	Kooyonga Golf Club	275	4 strokes	Kel Nagle Frank Phillips	A$700	[18]
1967	Bob Stanton (2)	Australia	Royal Adelaide Golf Club	291	9 strokes	Bob Shaw	A$700	[19]

References

1. ""Power Plus" Golf Wins for Mangrum". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 29 October 1952. p. 10. Retrieved 5 January 2020 – via Trove.
2. "Pickworth Wins The Advertiser Five Hundred". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 12 April 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 5 January 2020 – via Trove.
3. "Record Gallery Sees Von Nida's Golf Win". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 11 April 1949. p. 4. Retrieved 5 January 2020 – via Trove.
4. "Cremin's One Stroke Win From Dai Rees". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 3 April 1950. p. 10. Retrieved 5 January 2020 – via Trove.
5. "Adelaide Golf". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 2 April 1951. p. 16. Retrieved 5 January 2020 – via Trove.
6. "First Major Win For Vic. Professional". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 7 April 1952. p. 4. Retrieved 5 January 2020 – via Trove.
7. "Nagle Wins Advertiser Golf With Record 279". The Chronicle (South Australia). South Australia. 2 April 1953. p. 42. Retrieved 5 January 2020 – via Trove.
8. "Adelaide Golf to Shephard". The Age. 9 April 1956. p. 17.
9. "Crafter's 4-Stroke in Big Adelaide Golf". The Age. 9 April 1957. p. 18.
10. "Decision pays off for Kel Nagle". The Age. 14 April 1958. p. 15.
11. "Strong Finish by Crafter in Golf". The Age. 6 April 1959. p. 17.
12. "Golf Win to Eric Cremin". The Age. 25 April 1960. p. 20.
13. "Thomas by Stroke in S.A." The Age. 23 October 1961. p. 20.
14. "Nagle Tames Gale to Win". The Age. 8 October 1962. p. 20.
15. "£1,000 Open Golf Tied". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 October 1963. p. 18. Retrieved 5 January 2020 – via Trove.
16. "Phillips by One Stroke". The Age. 7 September 1964. p. 23.
17. "Stanton wins Adelaide golf". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 October 1965. p. 13. Retrieved 5 January 2020 – via Trove.
18. ""Young" Crafter wins well". The Age. 10 October 1966. p. 23.
19. "Stanton in easy S. Aust golf win". The Sun-Herald. 8 October 1967. p. 64.