Lancia d'Oro

Lancia d'Oro

Tournament information
Location	Magnano, Italy
Established	1962
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Month played	October
Final year	1976
Tournament record score
Aggregate	281 Alfonso Angelini (1968)
To par	−5 Luciano Grappasonni (1971) −5 José María Cañizares (1972) −5 Peter Townsend (1972)
Score	51⁄2–21⁄2 Team USA (1976)
Final champion
Team USA

The Lancia d'Oro was a men's professional golf tournament held in Italy from 1962 to 1976. It was hosted at Golf Club Biella every year except for 1974, which was hosted by Turin Golf Club, during the club's 50th anniversary year. Generally, it was a limited-field invitation event but the 1972 tournament was a full-field event. ^[1] And it was part of what would later be recognized as the inaugural European Tour season.

History

The 1972 event was played from 19 to 22 October. The prize money was £10,000 with a first prize of £1,700. ^[2] José María Cañizares led after each of the first three rounds with scores of 69, 70 and 75. However, after a final round 73 he was tied with Peter Townsend on 287. Cañizares won the playoff at the fifth extra hole with a birdie 3, after hitting a 4-iron to 2 feet from the hole. ^[3]

Having not been played in 1975, the Lancia d'Oro returned in 1976 as a four-man team match play event. It was won by the United States team of Tommy Aaron, George Burns, Billy Casper, and Lee Elder who defeated the European team of Seve Ballesteros, Baldovino Dassù, Eamonn Darcy and Tony Jacklin. ^[4]

Winners

Year	Winner(s)	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
1976	Team USA [a]	51⁄2–21⁄2			Team Europe [b]	[4]
1975: No tournament
1974	Billy Casper	209	−5	5 strokes	Bobby Cole	[5] [1]
1973	Valentín Barrios	211	−8	2 strokes	Jaime Benito	[6] [7]
1972	José María Cañizares	287	−5	Playoff [c]	Peter Townsend	[3]
1971	Luciano Grappasonni	287	−5	2 strokes	Ettore Della Torre Dale Hayes	[8]
1970	Alfonso Angelini (2)	286		1 stroke	Fred Boobyer	[9]
1969	Roberto Bernardini (3)
1968	Alfonso Angelini	281		3 strokes	Roberto Bernardini Luciano Grappasonni Harold Henning	[10]
1967	Roberto Bernardini (2)
1966	Roberto Bernardini	285		6 strokes	Denis Hutchinson	[11]
1965	Aldo Casera
1964	Harold Henning	288		Playoff [d]	Flory Van Donck	[12]
1963	Manuel Canessa
1962	Flory Van Donck

Notes

1. Tommy Aaron, George Burns, Billy Casper and Lee Elder.
2. Seve Ballesteros, Baldovino Dassù, Eamonn Darcy and Tony Jacklin.
3. Cañizares won the playoff at the fifth extra hole.
4. Henning won the playoff at the third extra hole.

References

1. McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 206–207, 400. ISBN   0002119552.
2. "British players face stern test on wet and wooded course". The Times. 19 October 1972. p. 9.
3. Doust, Dudley (23 October 1972). "Spaniard's spectacular birdie snuffs out Townsend's hopes". The Times. p. 7. Retrieved 1 March 2020– via The Times Digital Archive.
4. "For the record". The Times. 11 October 1976. p. 9. Retrieved 1 March 2020– via The Times Digital Archive.
5. "Casper Wins Italy Golf". The New York Times. Reuters. 14 October 1974. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
6. "For the record". The Times. 17 September 1973. p. 9. Retrieved 1 March 2020– via The Times Digital Archive.
7. "Spaniard Barrios wins Lancia Open". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. AP. 18 September 1973. p. 19.
8. "Golf: Grappasonni è primo a Biella". La Stampa (in Italian). Turin, Italy. 6 September 1971. p. 14.
9. "Golf: ad Angelini la "Lancia d'oro"". La Stampa (in Italian). Turin, Italy. 15 September 1970. p. 17.
10. "Angelini ha vinto a Biella la "Lancia d'oro" di golf". La Stampa (in Italian). Turin, Italy. 10 September 1968. p. 13.
11. "La "Lancia d'oro" di golf e stata vinta da Bernardini". La Stampa (in Italian). Turin, Italy. 14 September 1966. p. 8.
12. "Il trofeo Lancia d'oro | Gare di golf a Biella". La Stampa (in Italian). Turin, Italy. 14 September 1964. p. 8.

External links

• Coverage on the Golf Club Biella official site