Victorian Open

Victorian Open
Tournament information
Location Victoria, Australia
Established 1957
Course(s) 13th Beach Golf Links
Par 71
Tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
Format Stroke play
Prize fund A$300,000
Month played February
Tournament record score
Aggregate 270 Scott Laycock (2001)
Current champion
New Zealand Michael Long

The Victorian Open is an annual golf tournament held in Australia. It was founded in 1957 and is the Victoria state open championship. It is a Golf Australia national ranking event.

The Victorian Open is one of the lower rated events on the PGA Tour of Australasia schedule, having previously been part of the developmental Von Nida Tour which merged into the main tour for the start of the 2009 season.

Winners

YearWinnerCountryScoreVenue
2016 Michael Long  New Zealand 275PO 13th Beach Golf Links
2015 Richard Green  Australia 272PO 13th Beach Golf Links
2014 Matthew Griffin  Australia 281 13th Beach Golf Links
2013 Matthew Giles  Australia 275 13th Beach Golf Links
2012 Scott Arnold  Australia 272 Spring Valley
2011 Paul Sheehan  Australia 276 Spring Valley
2010 Jason Norris  Australia 274 Spring Valley
2009 Ashley Hall  Australia 278 Spring Valley
2008 No tournament
2007 Kim Felton  Australia 280 Woodlands
2006 David Diaz  Australia 202[nb 1] Woodlands
2005 Kurt Barnes  Australia 204[nb 1] Woodlands
2004 Gareth Paddison  New Zealand 204[nb 1] Woodlands
2003 No tournament
2002 Andre Stolz  Australia 274 Sorrento / Portsea
2001 Scott Laycock  Australia 270 Cranbourne
2000 Brad Lamb  Australia 278 Cranbourne
1999 Kenny Druce  Australia 275 Victoria
1998 Bradley King  Australia 272 Victoria
1997 Stephen Leaney  Australia 280 Victoria
1996 No tournament
1995 Stephen Leaney  Australia 283 Victoria
1994 Patrick Burke  United States 278 Victoria
1993 Lucas Parsons  Australia 276 Woodlands
1992 Ian Stanley  Australia 284 Woodlands
1991 Robert Allenby (Am)  Australia 287 Woodlands
1990 No tournament
1989 Michael Clayton  Australia 285 Kingston Heath
1988 Jim Benepe  United States 282 Kingston Heath
1987 Roger Mackay  Australia 277 Kingston Heath
1986 Ossie Moore  Australia 280 Yarra Yarra
1985 Ian Baker-Finch  Australia 279 Yarra Yarra
1984 Greg Norman  Australia 281 Metropolitan
1983 Bob Shearer  Australia 282 Metropolitan
1982 Michael Clayton  Australia 281 Metropolitan
1981 Bill Dunk  Australia 277 Metropolitan
1980 Guy Wolstenholme  Australia 282 Metropolitan
1979 Rodger Davis  Australia 291 Kingston Heath
1978 Guy Wolstenholme  Australia 284 Metropolitan
1977 Geoffrey Parslow  Australia 275 Yarra Yarra
1976 Guy Wolstenholme  Australia 281 Kingston Heath
1975 Stewart Ginn  Australia 283 Metropolitan
1974 John Davis  Australia 284 Huntingdale
1973 Peter Thomson  Australia 284 Yarra Yarra
1972 Walter Godfrey  New Zealand 283 Commonwealth
1971 Guy Wolstenholme  Australia 289 Woodlands
1970 David Graham  Australia 273 Riversdale
1969 Kel Nagle  Australia 279 Kingston Heath
1968 Peter Thomson  Australia 288 Huntingdale
1967 Kel Nagle  Australia 283 Yarra Yarra
1966 Frank Phillips  Australia 284 Riversdale
1965 Alan Murray  Australia 291 Royal Melbourne
1964 Frank Phillips  Australia 278 Victoria
1963 Bruce Devlin  Australia 286 Kingswood
1962 Bruce Devlin  Australia 293 Huntingdale
1961 Alan Murray  Australia 290 Commonwealth
1960 Jack Harris  Australia 282 Metropolitan
1959 Gary Player  South Africa 275 Yarra Yarra
1958 Peter Thomson  Australia 289 Kingston Heath
1957 Ossie Pickworth  Australia 282 Riversdale
  1. 1 2 3 Tournament played over 54 holes from 2004–06.

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