title: Gold Coast Classic
text: # 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 won at the seventh extra hole, making a birdie 4.
  
  ## Winners
  
  | Year | Winner | Country | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Resch's Pilsner Tweed Classic ||||||||
  | 1983 | Graham Marsh | Australia | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Terry Gale |
  | 1982 | Payne Stewart | United States | 279 | −9 | 2 strokes | Kyi Hla Han |
  | Tooth Gold Coast Classic ||||||||
  | 1981 | Gary Player | South Africa | 275 | −13 | 4 strokes | Bob Shearer |
  | 1980 | Bob Shearer | Australia | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke | Don January Art Russell Bob Shaw Chris Tickner |
  | Tooth's Gold Coast – Tweed Classic ||||||||
  | 1979 | Mike Ferguson | Australia | 281 | −7 | Playoff | Stewart Ginn |
  | Golden Gate Classic ||||||||
  | 1978 | Mike Cahill | Australia | 283 | −5 | Playoff | Vaughan Somers |
  