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Emirates Australian Open

Tournament information
Location	Sydney (2018)
Established	1904
Course(s)	The Lakes (2018)
Par	72
Length	6,938 yards (6,344 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia OneAsia Tour (2009–16)
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
Cameron Davis

The Lakes GC

Location in Australia

The Lakes GC

Location in New South Wales

The Australian Open, owned and run by Golf Australia, is the oldest and most prestigious golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia. 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.

Status

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. Winners between the mid-1950s to the late 1980s included many of the most distinguished international golfers, such as Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player.

The Australian Open is the "flagship tournament" of the PGA Tour of Australasia, having a special status in the Official World Golf Ranking's points system. This status awards a minimum 32 points to the winner regardless of the strength of the field. The tournament is also part of the OneAsia Tour which was formed in 2009.

Since the Open Qualifying Series was introduced for the 2014 Open Championship, the Australian Open has been one of the qualifying tournaments, giving up to three non-exempt players entry into the Open Championship.

History

In recent years American Jordan Spieth has dominated the event winning twice (2014, 2016) and finishing runner-up once (2015). England's Lee Westwood and Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy are the only European golfers to have won the tournament.

Venues

Winners

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Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	First prize (A$)
Emirates Australian Open
2018			The Lakes				225,000
2017	Cameron Davis	Australia	The Australian	273 (−11)	1 stroke	Jonas Blixt Matt Jones	225,000
2016	Jordan Spieth (2)	United States	Royal Sydney	276 (−12)	Playoff	Ashley Hall Cameron Smith	225,000
2015	Matt Jones	Australia	The Australian	276 (−8)	1 stroke	Adam Scott Jordan Spieth	225,000
2014	Jordan Spieth	United States	The Australian	271 (−13)	6 strokes	Rod Pampling	225,000
2013	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	Royal Sydney	270 (−18)	1 stroke	Adam Scott	225,000
2012	Peter Senior (2)	Australia	The Lakes	284 (−4)	1 stroke	Brendan Jones	225,000
2011	Greg Chalmers (2)	Australia	The Lakes	275 (−13)	1 stroke	John Senden	270,000
Australian Open presented by Century 21
2010	Geoff Ogilvy	Australia	The Lakes	269 (−19)	4 strokes	Matt Jones Alistair Presnell	270,000
Australian Open
2009	Adam Scott	Australia	New South Wales	273 (−15)	5 strokes	Stuart Appleby	270,000
2008	Tim Clark	South Africa	Royal Sydney	279 (−9)	Playoff	Mathew Goggin	270,000
MFS Australian Open
2007	Craig Parry	Australia	The Australian	277 (−11)	1 stroke	Won Joon Lee Nick O'Hern Brandt Snedeker	315,000
2006	John Senden	Australia	Royal Sydney	280 (−8)	1 stroke	Geoff Ogilvy	270,000
2005	Robert Allenby (2)	Australia	Moonah Links	284 (−4)	1 stroke	Nick O'Hern John Senden Paul Sheehan	216,000
Hillross Australian Open
2004	Peter Lonard (2)	Australia	The Australian	281 (−3)	1 stroke	Stuart Appleby	270,000
Australian Open presented by Hillross Financial
2003	Peter Lonard	Australia	Moonah Links	279 (−9)	1 stroke	Chris Downes Stephen Leaney	270,000
Holden Australian Open
2002	Stephen Allan	Australia	Victoria	198 (−12)	1 stroke	Aaron Baddeley Rich Beem Craig Parry	270,000
2001	Stuart Appleby	Australia	The Grand	271 (−13)	3 strokes	Scott Laycock	270,000
2000	Aaron Baddeley (2)	Australia	Kingston Heath	278 (−10)	2 strokes	Robert Allenby	250,000
1999	Aaron Baddeley (a)	Australia	Royal Sydney	274 (−14)	2 strokes	Greg Norman Nick O'Hern	(180,000)
1998	Greg Chalmers	Australia	Royal Adelaide	288 (E)	1 stroke	Stuart Appleby Peter Senior
1997	Lee Westwood	England	Metropolitan	274 (−14)	Playoff	Greg Norman
1996	Greg Norman (5)	Australia	The Australian	280 (−8)	8 strokes	Wayne Grady
Heineken Australian Open
1995	Greg Norman (4)	Australia	Kingston Heath	278 (−10)	2 strokes	Peter McWhinney	153,000
1994	Robert Allenby	Australia	Royal Sydney	280 (−8)	1 stroke	Brett Ogle
1993	Brad Faxon	United States	Metropolitan	275 (−13)	2 strokes	Michael Clayton Jeff Woodland	153,000
Australian Open
1992	Steve Elkington	Australia	The Lakes	280 (−8)	2 strokes	Peter McWhinney Duffy Waldorf	144,000
1991	Wayne Riley	Australia	Royal Melbourne	285 (−3)	1 stroke	Robert Allenby (a)	126,000
1990	John Morse	United States	The Australian	283 (−5)	Playoff	Craig Parry	108,000
1989	Peter Senior	Australia	Kingston Heath	271 (−17)	7 strokes	Peter Fowler	90,000
National Panasonic Australian Open
1988	Mark Calcavecchia	United States	Royal Sydney	269 (−19)	6 strokes	Mark McCumber	63,000
1987	Greg Norman (3)	Australia	Royal Melbourne	273 (−15)	10 strokes	Sandy Lyle	54,000
1986	Rodger Davis	Australia	Metropolitan	278 (−10)	1 stroke	Ian Baker-Finch Graham Marsh Bob Shearer	49,500
1985	Greg Norman (2)	Australia	Royal Melbourne	212 (−4)	2 strokes	Ossie Moore	45,000
1984	Tom Watson	United States	Royal Melbourne	281 (−7)	1 stroke	Bob Stanton	36,000
Australian Open
1983	Peter Fowler	Australia	Kingston Heath	285 (−3)	3 strokes	Ian Baker-Finch	27,000
1982	Bob Shearer	Australia	The Australian	287 (−1)	4 strokes	Jack Nicklaus Payne Stewart	40,500
1981	Bill Rogers	United States	Victoria	282 (−6)	1 stroke	Greg Norman	27,000
Dunhill Australian Open
1980	Greg Norman	Australia	The Lakes	284 (−4)	1 stroke	Brian Jones	35,000
1979	Jack Newton	Australia	Metropolitan	288 (E)	1 stroke	Graham Marsh Greg Norman	30,000
Australian Open
1978	Jack Nicklaus (6)	United States	The Australian	284 (−4)	6 strokes	Ben Crenshaw	44,000
1977	David Graham	Australia	The Australian	284 (−4)	3 strokes	Don January Bruce Lietzke John Lister	36,000
1976	Jack Nicklaus (5)	United States	The Australian	286 (−2)	4 strokes	Curtis Strange	32,000
1975	Jack Nicklaus (4)	United States	The Australian	279 (−9)	3 strokes	Bill Brask	8,820
Qantas Australian Open
1974	Gary Player (7)	South Africa	Lake Karrinyup	277 (−11)	3 strokes	Norman Wood
1973	J. C. Snead	United States	Royal Queensland	280 (−8)	2 strokes	Jerry Breaux	4,000
1972	Peter Thomson (3)	Australia	Kooyonga	281 (−7)	Playoff	David Graham
1971	Jack Nicklaus (3)	United States	Royal Hobart	269 (−19)	8 strokes	Bruce Crampton
Australian Open
1970	Gary Player (6)	South Africa	Kingston Heath	280 (−8)	3 strokes	Bruce Devlin	3,000
1969	Gary Player (5)	South Africa	Royal Sydney	288 (E)	1 stroke	Guy Wolstenholme	2,500
1968	Jack Nicklaus (2)	United States	Lake Karrinyup	270 (−18)	1 stroke	Gary Player
1967	Peter Thomson (2)	Australia	Commonwealth	281 (−11)	7 strokes	Colin Johnston
1966	Arnold Palmer	United States	Royal Queensland	276 (−22)	5 strokes	Kel Nagle	1,600

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1965	Gary Player (4)	South Africa	Kooyonga	264 (−28)	6 strokes	Frank Phillips Jack Nicklaus
1964	Jack Nicklaus	United States	The Lakes	287 (−1)	Playoff	Bruce Devlin
1963	Gary Player (3)	South Africa	Royal Melbourne	278 (−18)	7 strokes	Bruce Devlin
1962	Gary Player (2)	South Africa	Royal Adelaide	281	2 strokes	Kel Nagle
1961	Frank Phillips (2)	Australia	Victoria	275	2 strokes	Kel Nagle
1960	Bruce Devlin (a)	Australia	Lake Karrinyup	282	1 stroke	Ted Ball (a)
1959	Kel Nagle	Australia	The Australian	284	5 strokes	Vic Bulgin (a) John Sullivan
1958	Gary Player	South Africa	Kooyonga	271	5 strokes	Kel Nagle
1957	Frank Phillips	Australia	Kingston Heath	287	1 stroke	Ossie Pickworth Gary Player
1956	Bruce Crampton	Australia	Royal Sydney	289	2 strokes	Kel Nagle
1955	Bobby Locke	South Africa	Gailes	290	1 stroke	Kel Nagle Norman Von Nida
1954	Ossie Pickworth (4)	Australia	Kooyonga	280	8 strokes	Norman Von Nida
1953	Norman Von Nida (3)	Australia	Royal Melbourne	278	2 strokes	Peter Thomson
1952	Norman Von Nida (2)	Australia	Lake Karrinyup	278	5 strokes	Ossie Pickworth
1951	Peter Thomson	Australia	Metropolitan	283	4 strokes	Norman Von Nida
1950	Norman Von Nida	Australia	Kooyonga	286	1 stroke	Peter Thomson
1949	Eric Cremin	Australia	The Australian	287	7 strokes	Norman Von Nida
1948	Ossie Pickworth (3)	Australia	Kingston Heath	289	Playoff	Jim Ferrier
1947	Ossie Pickworth (2)	Australia	Royal Queensland	285	5 strokes	Billy McWilliam
1946	Ossie Pickworth	Australia	Royal Sydney	289	2 strokes	Alan Waterson (a)
1940–45: No tournament due to World War II
1939	Jim Ferrier (a) (2)	Australia	Royal Melbourne	285	2 strokes	Norman Von Nida Martin Smith
1938	Jim Ferrier (a)	Australia	Royal Adelaide	283	14 strokes	Norman Von Nida
1937	George Naismith	Australia	The Australian	299	1 stroke	Doug Davies (a) Tom McKay (a) Ossie Walker
1936	Gene Sarazen	United States	Metropolitan	282	4 strokes	Harry Williams
1935	Fergus McMahon	Australia	Royal Adelaide	293	1 stroke	Jim Ferrier (a)
1934	Billy Bolger	Australia	Royal Sydney	283	3 strokes	Gene Sarazen
1933	Lou Kelly	Australia	Royal Melbourne	302	3 strokes	Jim Ferrier (a) Gus Jackson (a) Reg Jupp
1932	Mick Ryan (a)	Australia	Royal Adelaide	296	1 stroke	Fergus McMahon
1931	Ivo Whitton (a) (5)	Australia	The Australian	301	1 stroke	Jim Ferrier (a)
1930	Frank Eyre	Australia	Metropolitan	306	7 strokes	George Fawcett (a) Rufus Stewart
1929	Ivo Whitton (a) (4)	Australia	Royal Adelaide	309	5 strokes	Frank Eyre Rufus Stewart
1928	Fred Popplewell (2)	Australia	Royal Sydney	295	1 stroke	Rufus Stewart
1927	Rufus Stewart	Australia	Royal Melbourne	297	2 strokes	Harry Sinclair
1926	Ivo Whitton (a) (3)	Australia	Royal Adelaide	297	3 strokes	Rufus Stewart
1925	Fred Popplewell	Australia	The Australian	299	2 strokes	Tom Howard
1924	Alex Russell (a)	Australia	Royal Melbourne	303	2 strokes	Carnegie Clark
1923	Tom Howard	Australia	Royal Adelaide	301	3 strokes	Arthur Ham
1922	Charlie Campbell	Australia	Royal Sydney	307	3 strokes	Arthur Le Fevre
1921	Arthur Le Fevre	Australia	Royal Melbourne	295	10 strokes	Tom Rutledge (a)
1920	Joe Kirkwood, Sr.	Australia	The Australian	290	5 strokes	Dan Soutar
1914–19: No tournament due to World War I
1913	Ivo Whitton (a) (2)	Australia	Royal Melbourne	302	3 strokes	Audley Lemprière (a)
1912	Ivo Whitton (a)	Australia	Royal Melbourne	321	5 strokes	Dan Soutar Fred Popplewell
1911	Carnegie Clark (3)	Australia	Royal Sydney	321	1 stroke	Fred Popplewell
1910	Carnegie Clark (2)	Australia	Royal Adelaide	306	11 strokes	Dan Soutar
1909	Claude Felstead (a)	Australia	Royal Melbourne	316	2 strokes	Dan Soutar
1908	Clyde Pearce (a)	Australia	The Australian	311	3 strokes	Dan Soutar
1907	Michael Scott (a) (2)	England	Royal Melbourne	318	8 strokes	Dan Soutar
1906	Carnegie Clark	Australia	Royal Sydney	322	5 strokes	Dan Soutar
1905	Dan Soutar	Scotland	Royal Melbourne	337	10 strokes	Michael Scott (a)
1904	Michael Scott (a)	England	The Australian	315	8 strokes	Leslie Penfold Hyland (a)

(a) denotes amateur

The 1985 and 2002 events were reduced to 54 holes

In 2016 Spieth won the playoff with a birdie at the first extra hole. In 2008 Clark won the playoff with a par at the first extra hole. In 1997 Westwood won the playoff with a par at the fourth extra hole. In 1990 Morse won the playoff with a par at the first extra hole. In 1972 Thomson won the 18-hole playoff 68 to 74. In 1964 Nicklaus won the 18-hole playoff 67 to 70. In 1948 Pickworth won the 18-hole playoff 71 to 74.

Multiple winners

As of the 2016 event, the following golfers have won the Australian Open more than once.

See also

• Women's Australian Open


• Australian Amateur


• Australian Boys' Amateur

References

External links

• Official tournament website from Golf Australia


• Coverage on the PGA Tour of Australasia official site

Coordinates: 33°33′19″S 151°07′25″E / 33.5554°S 151.1237°E / -33.5554; 151.1237