Australian Open (golf)

Australian Open

Tournament information
Location	Sydney, Australia (2011)
Established	1904
Course(s)	The Lakes Golf Club (2011)
Par	72
Length	6,938 yards
Tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia OneAsia Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	A$1,500,000
Month played	November
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 Gary Player (1965)
To par	-28 Gary Player (1965)
Current champion
Greg Chalmers

The Australian Open is one of the principal annual golf tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia, and also the OneAsia Tour since its formation in 2009. The event was first played in 1904 and takes place toward the end of each year. It is run by Golf Australia and is one of the "national opens" which have a special status in the Official World Golf Rankings's points system, with a minimum level of points guaranteed for the winner regardless of the strength of the field. The winner of the tournament receives the Stonehaven Cup.

Although the prize money is fairly modest compared to tournaments on the PGA Tour and the European Tour, the Australian Open's position as the national open of one of the traditional golf powers means that its roll of honour for the years from the mid 1950s to the late 1980s includes many of the most distinguished international golfers of that era, including several Americans. However, in recent years^[vague] fewer leading international players have entered, and the winners' list has come to be dominated by Australians again.

The vast majority of the tournament winners are Australians, though golfers from the United States and South Africa have also won. England's Lee Westwood is the only European golfer to have won the tournament.

History

The 2009 Open was played at New South Wales Golf Club in New South Wales where Adam Scott lifted his first Stonehaven Cup, presented to him by Greg Norman. Stuart Appleby finished runner up. International players included Steve Marino, Bryce Molder, John Daly and Kevin Stadler.

The 2010 Australian Open was played at The Lakes Golf Club.

Winners

2011 Greg Chalmers - Australia 2010 Geoff Ogilvy - Australia 2009 Adam Scott - Australia 2008 Tim Clark - South Africa 2007 Craig Parry - Australia 2006 John Senden - Australia 2005 Robert Allenby - Australia 2004 Peter Lonard - Australia 2003 Peter Lonard - Australia 2002 Stephen Allan - Australia 2001 Stuart Appleby - Australia 2000 Aaron Baddeley - Australia (professional) 1999 Aaron Baddeley - Australia (amateur) 1998 Greg Chalmers - Australia 1997 Lee Westwood - England 1996 Greg Norman - Australia 1995 Greg Norman - Australia 1994 Robert Allenby - Australia 1993 Brad Faxon - United States 1992 Steve Elkington - Australia 1991 Wayne Riley - Australia 1990 John Morse - United States 1989 Peter Senior - Australia 1988 Mark Calcavecchia - United States 1987 Greg Norman - Australia 1986 Rodger Davis - Australia 1985 Greg Norman - Australia 1984 Tom Watson - United States 1983 Peter Fowler - Australia 1982 Bob Shearer - Australia 1981 Bill Rogers - United States 1980 Greg Norman - Australia 1979 Jack Newton - Australia 1978 Jack Nicklaus - United States 1977 David Graham - Australia 1976 Jack Nicklaus - United States 1975 Jack Nicklaus - United States 1974 Gary Player - South Africa 1973 J. C. Snead - United States 1972 Peter Thomson - Australia 1971 Jack Nicklaus - United States 1970 Gary Player - South Africa 1969 Gary Player - South Africa 1968 Jack Nicklaus - United States 1967 Peter Thomson - Australia 1966 Arnold Palmer - United States 1965 Gary Player - South Africa 1964 Jack Nicklaus - United States 1963 Gary Player - South Africa 1962 Gary Player - South Africa 1961 Frank Phillips - Australia 1960 Bruce Devlin - Australia (amateur)

1959 Kel Nagle - Australia 1958 Gary Player - South Africa 1957 Frank Phillips - Australia 1956 Bruce Crampton - Australia 1955 Bobby Locke - South Africa 1954 Ossie Pickworth - Australia 1953 Norman Von Nida - Australia 1952 Norman Von Nida - Australia 1951 Peter Thomson - Australia 1950 Norman Von Nida - Australia 1949 Eric Cremin - Australia 1948 Ossie Pickworth - Australia 1947 Ossie Pickworth - Australia 1946 Ossie Pickworth - Australia 1940-45 No tournament due to World War II 1939 Jim Ferrier - Australia (amateur) 1938 Jim Ferrier - Australia (amateur) 1937 George Naismith - Australia 1936 Gene Sarazen - United States 1935 Fergus McMahon - Australia 1934 Billy Bolger - Australia 1933 Lou Kelly - Australia 1932 Mick Ryan - Australia (amateur) 1931 Ivo Whitton - Australia (amateur) 1930 Frank Eyre - Australia 1929 Ivo Whitton - Australia (amateur) 1928 Fred Popplewell - Australia 1927 Rufus Stewart - Australia 1926 Ivo Whitton - Australia (amateur) 1925 Fred Popplewell - Australia 1924 A. Russell - Australia (amateur) 1923 Tom Howard - Australia 1922 Charlie Campbell - Australia 1921 Arthur Le Fevre - Australia 1920 Joe Kirkwood, Sr. - Australia 1914-19 no tournament due to World War I 1913 Ivo Whitton - Australia (amateur) 1912 Ivo Whitton - Australia (amateur) 1911 Carnegie Clark - Australia 1910 Carnegie Clark - Australia 1909 Claude Felstead - Australia (amateur) 1908 Clyde Pearce - Australia (amateur) 1907 Michael Scott - Australia (amateur) 1906 Carnegie Clark - Australia 1905 Dan Soutar - Australia 1904 Michael Scott - Australia (amateur)

Multiple winners

As of the 2011 event, the following golfers have won the Australian Open more than once.

7 wins Gary Player: 1958, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1974 6 wins Jack Nicklaus: 1964, 1968, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1978 5 wins Greg Norman: 1980, 1985, 1987, 1995, 1996 Ivo Whitton: 1912, 1913, 1926, 1929, 1931 (amateur) 4 wins Ossie Pickworth: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1954

3 wins Peter Thomson: 1951, 1967, 1972 Norman Von Nida: 1950, 1952, 1953 Carnegie Clark: 1906, 1910, 1911 2 wins Greg Chalmers: 1998, 2011 Robert Allenby: 1994, 2005 Peter Lonard: 2003, 2004 Aaron Baddeley: 1999, 2000 (first win as amateur) Frank Phillips: 1957, 1961 Jim Ferrier: 1938, 1939 (both as an amateur) Fred Popplewell: 1925, 1929 Michael Scott: 1904, 1907 (amateur)

External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
• Australian Open to be given showbiz treatment from the Herald Sun
• New hole promises to enliven Open from The Age