Australian Open (golf)

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Australian Open
Tournament information
Location Sydney, NSW, AUS
Established 1904
Course(s) Royal Sydney Golf Club
Par 72
Yardage 6,938
Tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
Format stroke play
Purse AU$1,500,000
Month Played December
Tournament record score
Aggregate 264 Gary Player (1965)
To-par -28 Gary Player (1965)
Current champion
Tim Clark

The Australian Open is one of the principal annual golf tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia. 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 now fairly modest compared to many other golf tournaments, especially 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 fewer leading international players have entered and the winners list has come to be dominated by Australians again.

The 2008 Australian Open will be played at the Royal Sydney Golf Club in New South Wales and features defending champion Craig Parry, Geoff Ogilvy and Adam Scott, John Daly, Darren Clarke, Robert Allenby, Tim Clark, Paul Goydos, Stuart Appleby, Peter Lonard, Rod Pampling and a host of other players from Europe, Asia and the U.S.

Winners

Multiple winners

As of the 2007 event the following golfers have one 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
  • I.H. Whitton (amateur): 1912, 1913, 1926, 1929, 1931

4 wins

  • Ossie Pickworth: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1954

3 wins

  • Peter Thomson: 1951, 1967, 1972
  • Norman Von Nida: 1950, 1952, 1953
  • C Clark: 1906, 1910, 1911

2 wins

  • Robert Allenby: 1994, 2005
  • Peter Lonard: 2003, 2004
  • Aaron Baddeley (first win as amateur): 1999, 2000
  • Frank Phillips: 1957, 1961
  • J.B. Ferrier: 1935, 1939
  • F Popplewell: 1925, 1929
  • Hon M. Scott (amateur): 1904, 1907

External links

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PGA Tour of Australasia Events
Tournaments in playing order
New Zealand PGA Championship (N) · Moonah Classic (N) · Johnnie Walker Classic (A,E) · HSBC Champions (A,E,S) · Sportsbet Australian Masters (E) · Australian PGA Championship · Australian Open
(A) - co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour. (E) - co-sanctioned by the European Tour. (N) - co-sanctioned by the Nationwide Tour. (S) - co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour.
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