Australian Open (golf)

Emirates Australian Open
Tournament information
Location Sydney, Australia (2015)
Established 1904
Course(s) The Australian Golf Club (2015)
Par 71
Length 7,230 yards (6,610 m)
Tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
OneAsia Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund A$1,250,000
Month played November
Tournament record score
Aggregate 264 Gary Player (1965)
To par –28 Gary Player (1965)
Current champion
Australia Matt Jones

The Australian Open, owned and run by Golf Australia, is the oldest and most prestigious golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia. The tournament is also part of the OneAsia Tour which was formed in 2009. The Open was first played in 1904 and takes place toward the end of each year. The winner of the tournament receives the Stonehaven Cup.

The prize money is considered modest when compared to tournaments on the PGA Tour and the European Tour, however the Australian Open's position is one of the traditional golf powers. Its roll of honour for the years between the mid-1950s to the late 1980s includes many of the most distinguished international golfers, including several Americans.

The Australian Open is one of the "national opens" having a special status in the Official World Golf Ranking's points system since 2007. This status awards a minimum 32 points to the winner regardless of the strength of the field. The 2011 edition had several top Americans such as Tiger Woods, Bubba Watson and Matt Kuchar, therefore the winner's points were increased to 42.

In recent years the majority of tournament winners have been Australians, though golfers from the United States and South Africa have also won. England's Lee Westwood and Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy are the only European golfers to have won the tournament.

Since 2014, the Australian Open has been one of the tournaments in the Open Qualifying Series that would give three non-exempt players entry into The Open Championship.

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 2010–12 Australian Opens were played at The Lakes Golf Club.

The 2013 Australian Open was played at Royal Sydney Golf Club.

The 2014 & 2015 Australian Opens were played at The Australian Golf Club.

The 2016 Australian Open will be played at Royal Sydney Golf Club.

Winners

YearChampionCountryCourse
2016 Royal Sydney Golf Club
2015 Matt Jones  Australia The Australian Golf Club
2014 Jordan Spieth  United States The Australian Golf Club
2013Rory McIlroy  Northern Ireland Royal Sydney Golf Club
2012Peter Senior (2)  Australia The Lakes Golf Club
2011Greg Chalmers (2)  Australia The Lakes Golf Club
2010Geoff Ogilvy  Australia The Lakes Golf Club
2009Adam Scott  Australia New South Wales Golf Club
2008Tim Clark  South Africa Royal Sydney Golf Club
2007Craig Parry  Australia The Australian Golf Club
2006John Senden  Australia Royal Sydney Golf Club
2005Robert Allenby (2)  Australia Moonah Links
2004Peter Lonard (2)  Australia The Australian Golf Club
2003Peter Lonard  Australia Moonah Links
2002Stephen Allan  Australia Victoria Golf Club
2001Stuart Appleby  Australia The Grand Golf Club
2000Aaron Baddeley (2)  Australia Kingston Heath Golf Club
1999Aaron Baddeley (a)  Australia Royal Sydney Golf Club
1998Greg Chalmers  Australia Royal Adelaide Golf Club
1997Lee Westwood  England Metropolitan Golf Club
1996Greg Norman (5)  Australia The Australian Golf Club
1995Greg Norman (4)  Australia Kingston Heath Golf Club
1994Robert Allenby  Australia Royal Sydney Golf Club
1993Brad Faxon  United States Metropolitan Golf Club
1992Steve Elkington  Australia The Lakes Golf Club
1991Wayne Riley  Australia Royal Melbourne Golf Club
1990John Morse  United States The Australian Golf Club
1989Peter Senior  Australia Kingston Heath Golf Club
1988Mark Calcavecchia  United States Royal Sydney Golf Club
1987Greg Norman (3)  Australia Royal Melbourne Golf Club
1986Rodger Davis  Australia Metropolitan Golf Club
1985Greg Norman (2)  Australia Royal Melbourne Golf Club
1984Tom Watson  United States Royal Melbourne Golf Club
1983Peter Fowler  Australia Kingston Heath Golf Club
1982Bob Shearer  Australia The Australian Golf Club
1981Bill Rogers  United States Victoria Golf Club
1980Greg Norman  Australia The Lakes Golf Club
1979Jack Newton  Australia Metropolitan Golf Club
1978Jack Nicklaus (6)  United States The Australian Golf Club
1977David Graham  Australia The Australian Golf Club
1976Jack Nicklaus (5)  United States The Australian Golf Club
1975Jack Nicklaus (4)  United States The Australian Golf Club
1974Gary Player (7)  South Africa Lake Karrinyup Country Club
1973J. C. Snead  United States Royal Queensland Golf Club
1972Peter Thomson (3)  Australia Kooyonga Golf Club
1971Jack Nicklaus (3)  United States Royal Hobart Golf Club
1970Gary Player (6)  South Africa Kingston Heath Golf Club
1969Gary Player (5)  South Africa Royal Sydney Golf Club
1968Jack Nicklaus (2)  United States Lake Karrinyup Country Club
1967Peter Thomson (2)  Australia Commonwealth Golf Club
1966Arnold Palmer  United States Royal Queensland Golf Club
1965Gary Player (4)  South Africa Kooyonga Golf Club
1964Jack Nicklaus  United States The Lakes Golf Club
1963Gary Player (3)  South Africa Royal Melbourne Golf Club
1962Gary Player (2)  South Africa Royal Adelaide Golf Club
1961Frank Phillips (2)  Australia Victoria Golf Club
1960Bruce Devlin (a)  Australia Lake Karrinyup Country Club
1959Kel Nagle  Australia The Australian Golf Club
1958Gary Player  South Africa Kooyonga Golf Club
1957Frank Phillips  Australia Kingston Heath Golf Club
1956Bruce Crampton  Australia Royal Sydney Golf Club
1955Bobby Locke  South Africa Gailes Golf Club
1954Ossie Pickworth (4)  Australia Kooyonga Golf Club
1953Norman Von Nida (3)  Australia Royal Melbourne Golf Club
1952Norman Von Nida (2)  Australia Lake Karrinyup Country Club
1951Peter Thomson  Australia Metropolitan Golf Club
1950Norman Von Nida  Australia Kooyonga Golf Club
1949Eric Cremin  Australia The Australian Golf Club
1948Ossie Pickworth (3)  Australia Kingston Heath Golf Club
1947Ossie Pickworth (2)  Australia Royal Queensland Golf Club
1946Ossie Pickworth  Australia Royal Sydney Golf Club
1940–45No tournament - World War II
1939Jim Ferrier (2) (a)  Australia Royal Melbourne Golf Club
1938Jim Ferrier (a)  Australia Royal Adelaide Golf Club
1937George Naismith  Australia The Australian Golf Club
1936Gene Sarazen  United States Metropolitan Golf Club
1935Fergus McMahon  Australia Royal Adelaide Golf Club
1934Billy Bolger  Australia Royal Sydney Golf Club
1933Lou Kelly  Australia Royal Melbourne Golf Club
1932Mick Ryan (a)  Australia Royal Adelaide Golf Club
1931Ivo Whitton (5) (a)  Australia The Australian Golf Club
1930Frank Eyre  Australia Metropolitan Golf Club
1929Ivo Whitton (4) (a)  Australia Royal Adelaide Golf Club
1928Fred Popplewell (2)  Australia Royal Sydney Golf Club
1927Rufus Stewart  Australia Royal Melbourne Golf Club
1926Ivo Whitton (3) (a)  Australia Royal Adelaide Golf Club
1925Fred Popplewell  Australia The Australian Golf Club
1924Alex Russell (a)  Australia Royal Melbourne Golf Club
1923Tom Howard  Australia Royal Adelaide Golf Club
1922Charlie Campbell  Australia Royal Sydney Golf Club
1921Arthur Le Fevre  Australia Royal Melbourne Golf Club
1920Joe Kirkwood, Sr.  Australia The Australian Golf Club
1914–19No tournament - World War I
1913Ivo Whitton (2) (a)  Australia Royal Melbourne Golf Club
1912Ivo Whitton (a)  Australia Royal Melbourne Golf Club
1911Carnegie Clark (3)  Australia Royal Sydney Golf Club
1910Carnegie Clark (2)  Australia Royal Adelaide Golf Club
1909Claude Felstead (a)  Australia Royal Melbourne Golf Club
1908Clyde Pearce (a)  Australia The Australian Golf Club
1907Michael Scott (2) (a)  Australia Royal Melbourne Golf Club
1906Carnegie Clark  Australia Royal Sydney Golf Club
1905Dan Soutar  Australia Royal Melbourne Golf Club
1904Michael Scott (a)  Australia The Australian Golf Club

(a) denotes amateur

Multiple winners

As of the 2015 event, the following golfers have won the Australian Open more than once.

7 wins
6 wins
5 wins
4 wins
3 wins

2 wins

See also

External links

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