What mid-fifties Canadian golf event on the PGA Tour was sponsored by the largest brewer in Canada?
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Labatt Open The Labatt Open was a golf event on the PGA Tour that was played in Canada in the mid-1950s. It was sponsored by the Labatt Brewing Company. It was played at several different courses.
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Labatt Brewing Company Labatt Brewing Company Ltd. (French: "Brasseries Labatt du Canada Ltée" ) is a Belgian-owned Canadian beer company founded by John Kinder Labatt in 1847 in London, Ontario. Labatt is the largest brewer in Canada.
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John McMullin (golfer) John McMullin (born c. 1935) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.
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John Erickson (golfer) John Erickson (born January 5, 1964) is an American professional golfer who played the Canadian Tour from 1987 to 1994 and the PGA Tour of Australasia Tour from 1987 to 1992.
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Pelaco Tournament The Pelaco Tournament was a golf tournament held in Australia from 1955 to 1959. Peter Thomson won the event four of the five times it was contested. Total prize money for the 90-hole tournament was £2,500. The sponsor was Pelaco, an Australian shirt manufacturer.
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Beer Canada Beer Canada is a trade association representing Canadian beer producers. Its stated mission is to "provide thoughtful leadership and strategic focus to grow the beer category and facilitate the commercial success of Canada's brewers."
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Yomiuri Pro Championship the Yomiuri Professional Championship was a golf event from 1952 to 1961. It was sponsored by Yomiuri Shinbun newspaper. The tournament was restricted to the top 30 professional players of the previous Japan Open and sponsors invitations such as Ken Venturi ad Jack Burke Jr. in 1958 or Arnold Palmer and Gary Player in 1961.The tourney was continued as a full field event with the name of Yomiuri International from 1962.
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1957 Canada Cup The 1957 Canada Cup took place 24–27 October on the East Course at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan. It was the fifth Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 30 teams. These were the same 29 teams that had competed in 1956 with the addition of Thailand. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Japanese team of Torakichi Nakamura and Koichi Ono won by nine strokes over the American team of Jimmy Demaret and Sam Snead. The individual competition was won by Torakichi Nakamura, seven shots ahead of Gary Player, Sam Snead and Dave Thomas.
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Tour Championship of Canada The Tour Championship of Canada is an annual golf tournament played on PGA Tour Canada (historically known as the Canadian Tour). It is generally one of the last tournaments played in the season, and in 2015 had a purse of C$200,000.
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Glens Falls Open The Glens Falls Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1929 to 1939. It was played at the Glens Falls Country Club in Glens Falls, New York.
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Moosehead Breweries Moosehead Breweries Limited is Canada's oldest independent brewery, located in Saint John, New Brunswick. The brewery was founded in 1867 and is still privately owned and operated by the Oland family. Now in the sixth generation of family ownership, this is a privately held company. The Moosehead line of beer is extensive, and includes American beers brewed under license for four major U.S. companies. Moosehead beer is sold throughout Canada, in many locations in the United States and in 15 countries around the world.
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1939 PGA Championship The 1939 PGA Championship was the 22nd PGA Championship, held July 9–15 at Pomonok Country Club in Queens, New York. Then a match play championship, Henry Picard won his only PGA Championship, defeating Byron Nelson with a birdie at the 37th hole. It was the second of his two major titles; he won the Masters in 1938. Nelson won the U.S. Open three months earlier and the next PGA Championship in 1940. Beginning in 1939, he made five finals in six PGA Championships, and won his second title in 1945.
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Tavistock Cup The Tavistock Cup is a team golf event played in Florida that features the top-ranked golf professional members of six international golf clubs: Albany, Isleworth, Lake Nona, Oak Tree National, Primland, and Queenwood. The two-day tournament is an officially-sanctioned, unofficial-money PGA Tour event. The inaugural Tavistock Cup matches were held at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in 2004.
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Settlers' Ghost Golf Club Settlers' Ghost Golf Club is a public golf course located near Craighurst, Ontario, Canada. It has twice hosted the CN Canadian Women's Tour.
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Damon Runyon Cancer Fund Tournament The Damon Runyon Cancer Fund Tournament was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, played only in 1954. It was played at Prince George's Golf Course in Landover, Maryland. Babe Zaharias won the event.
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Pierre Menet Pierre Menet is chairman emeritus of the French Lancôme Company. He is credited, along with Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue and Dominque Motte, with bringing the Canada Cup golf tournament to Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche in 1963, helping popularize the then little known sport of golf in France. The tournament was renamed in 1970 "Trophée Lancôme", in honor of Menet's company, and brought even more prominence to the Golf de Saint Nom by attracting players such as Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Seve Ballesteros to compete in the event.
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Niakwa Country Club Niakwa Country Club is a country club and golf course in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The 18-hole course was designed in 1923 by Stanley Thompson, the premier Canadian golf course architect of his time. It is considered one of the most challenging and difficult par 72s in Winnipeg. The Club has hosted several national championship events. In 1946, 1952 and 1960 the course served as venue for the Canadian PGA Championship. The Canadian Open was held at Niakwa in 1961. Niakwa hosted the RCGA Men's Amateur Championship in 1974 and 2011, and the Canadian Ladies' Amateur Champ ionship in 1956, 1972, and 2001. The Winnipeg Open, a PGA Tour event, was hosted by Niakwa in 1946, and was won by Ben Hogan.
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1940 PGA Championship The 1940 PGA Championship was the 23rd PGA Championship, held August 26 to September 2 at Hershey Country Club in Hershey, Pennsylvania, east of Harrisburg. Then a match play championship, Byron Nelson won his first PGA Championship, defeating Sam Snead 1 up in the 36-hole final. It was the third of Nelson's five major titles; he won the PGA Championship again in 1945. From 1939 to 1945, Nelson made five of the six finals, missing only in 1942 (not held in 1943).
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Jim Nelford Jim Nelford (born June 28, 1955) is a Canadian professional golfer, who has played on the PGA Tour. He has also been a golf commentator for ESPN.
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American Golf Classic The American Golf Classic was a tournament on the PGA Tour from 1961 to 1976 at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the third event at the storied South course, after the Rubber City Open Invitational (1954–1959) and the PGA Championship in 1960.
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Molson Coors Brewing Company The Molson Coors Brewing Company is a multinational brewing company, formed in 2005 by the merger of Molson of Canada, and Coors of the United States. It is the world's seventh largest brewer by volume.
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Atlanta Classic The Atlanta Classic was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, a regular stop in suburban Atlanta for over four decades. It was founded in 1967, although previous events dating to 1934 are included in the PGA Tour's past winners list. AT&T was the last title sponsor of the tournament.