Gold Coast Classic


The Gold Coast Classic was a professional golf tournament played at Coolangatta & [Tweed Heads Golf Club] in northern New [South Wales], Australia. It was held from 1978 to 1983. From 1979 to 1983 it was sponsored by Tooth and [Co.], a beer brewery, initially under their name but from 1982 under the name Resch's Pilsner.
There was a playoff in the inaugural event. Four holes of a sudden-death playoff were played on the Sunday evening before darkness forced a suspension. Played resumed at 9 am the following day. Mike [Cahill (golfer)|Mike Cahill] won at the seventh extra hole, making a birdie 4.