The Dapper Dan Open was a professional golf

Golf

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 tournament on the PGA Tour

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 that was played intermittently in the 1930s and 1940s. It was sponsored by Dapper Dan, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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-based charitable organization founded in 1936 as a businessman's sports club by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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sports editor Al Abrams. Dapper Dan evolved into one of western Pennsylvania's premier sports charities with six fund raising events throughout the year, including Pittsburgh's oldest, largest and most-prestigious annual sports banquet. The organization awarded its top honor to golfer Arnold Palmer

Arnold Palmer

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 in 1960.

The tournament was played at the Wildwood Country Club in Allison Park, Pennsylvania

Allison Park, Pennsylvania

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 in 1939. After a break of nine years, the tournament resumed in 1948 at the Alcoma Country Club in Pittsburgh.

Winners

Dapper Dan Open

• 1949 Sam Snead
  Sam Snead
  Samuel Jackson Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events including seven majors. He failed to win a U.S...
  
  

Dapper Dan-Alcoma Tournament

• 1948 Vic Ghezzi
  Vic Ghezzi
  Victor J. Ghezzi was an American golfer. He won 11 times on the PGA Tour including one major championship, the 1941 PGA Championship. He was selected for three Ryder Cup teams, 1939, 1941, and 1943 but each was canceled due to World War II...
  
  

Dapper Dan Open

• 1940-47 No tournament
• 1939 Ralph Guldahl
  Ralph Guldahl
  Ralph J. Guldahl was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the sport for three years in the late 1930s.-Early life until 1939:Guldahl was born in Dallas, Texas...
  
  

External links

• Wildwood Golf Club (formerly Wildwood Country Club)
• 3 Lakes Golf Course (formerly Alcoma Country Club)