Alameda County Open
Encyclopedia
The Alameda County Open was a golf
tournament on the PGA Tour
that was held from January 9–12, 1969 at the Sunol Valley Golf Club's Palm course in Sunol, California
. The event was won by hometowner Dick Lotz
, then 26 years-old, by one-stroke over Don Whitt
. The winning score was 290 (two-over-par).
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
that was held from January 9–12, 1969 at the Sunol Valley Golf Club's Palm course in Sunol, California
Sunol, California
Sunol is an unincorporated census-designated place in Alameda County, California, United States. The population was 913 at the 2010 census....
. The event was won by hometowner Dick Lotz
Dick Lotz
Richard "Dick" Lotz is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.Lotz was born in Oakland, California...
, then 26 years-old, by one-stroke over Don Whitt
Don Whitt
Donald Whitt was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.Whitt was a student of accomplished black golf instructor Lucius Bateman, teacher of such other multiple-tournament-winning PGA Touring pros as Tony Lema, John McMullin, and Dick Lotz...
. The winning score was 290 (two-over-par).