The Carling World Open was the last incarnation in a series of golf tournaments on the PGA Tour sponsored by the Carling Brewing Company beginning in 1953.[1]

Carling World Open
Tournament information
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Established1953
Course(s)Board of Trade Country Club
Par72
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$175,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year1967
Tournament record score
Aggregate274 Dow Finsterwald (1956)
To par−14 as above
Final champion
United States Billy Casper
Location map
Board of Trade CC is located in Canada
Board of Trade CC
Board of Trade CC
Location in Canada
Board of Trade CC is located in Ontario
Board of Trade CC
Board of Trade CC
Location in Ontario

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue
Carling World Open
1967   Billy Casper 281 −3 Playoff   Al Geiberger Board of Trade, Canada
1966   Bruce Devlin 286 −6 1 stroke   Billy Casper Royal Birkdale, England
1965   Tony Lema 279 −5 2 strokes   Arnold Palmer Pleasant Valley, Massachusetts
1964   Bobby Nichols 278 −2 1 stroke   Arnold Palmer Oakland Hills, Michigan
1963: No tournament
Carling Open Invitational
1962   Bo Wininger 274 −10 1 stroke   Bert Weaver Rio Pinar, Florida
1961   Gay Brewer 277 −3 1 stroke   Billy Maxwell Indian Springs, Maryland
1960   Ernie Vossler 272 −12 1 stroke   Paul Harney Fircrest, Washington
1959   Dow Finsterwald (2) 276 −8 1 stroke   Gene Littler
  Mike Souchak
Seneca, Ohio
1958   Julius Boros (2) 284 −4 2 strokes   Billy Casper Cherokee Town, Georgia
1957   Paul Harney 275 −9 3 strokes   Dow Finsterwald Flint, Michigan
1956   Dow Finsterwald 274 −14 3 strokes   Jack Burke Jr.
  Billy Casper
  Billy Maxwell
Sunset, Missouri
Carling Golf Classic
1955   Doug Ford 276 −12 1 stroke   Art Wall Jr. Charles River, Massachusetts
Carling Open
1954   Julius Boros 280 −8 Playoff   George Fazio Manakiki, Ohio
1953   Cary Middlecoff 275 −13 Playoff   Ted Kroll Manakiki, Ohio

References

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  1. ^ "Carling - National Brewing Company". Archived from the original on 2009-03-29. Retrieved 2009-06-03.