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Jacob's Creek Open Championship
Tournament information
LocationLockleys, South Australia, Australia
Established1933
Course(s)Kooyonga Golf Club
Par72
Length6,795 yards (6,213 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Nationwide Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$600,000
Month playedFebruary
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Gordon Brand Jnr (1988)
To par−19 Peter Lonard (2000)
Final champion
United States Scott Sterling
Location map
Kooyonga GC is located in Australia
Kooyonga GC
Kooyonga GC
Location in Australia
Kooyonga GC is located in South Australia
Kooyonga GC
Kooyonga GC
Location in South Australia

The South Australian Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Nationwide Tour.

History

The event started in 1933 as the South Australian Close Championship.[1] In 1950 it was renamed the South Australian Open, although it was only in 1952 that it was opened up to players from outside the state.[2][3][4]

In the late 1960s, there was no sponsor for the tournament. Therefore "only local club professionals competed."[5] In 1975 there was a similar problem. The South Australian Brewing Company did not renew its sponsorship. Due to economic trouble in the country no other companies were willing to sponsor the event.[5] The event did not take place that year.

The event was retitled the Jacob's Creek Open Championship from 2002 to 2007, sponsored by the Jacob's Creek wine brand, and was co-sanctioned during that period by the United States-based Nationwide Tour. It was played annually in Adelaide, South Australia. In 2007, the last time the tournament was held, it was one of three tournaments on the Nationwide Tour held outside the United States. After Jacob's Creek withdrew their support following the 2007 edition, the search for a new sponsor proved fruitless and the tournament was cancelled.[6]

Winners

Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
Jacob's Creek Open Championship
2007 ANZ, NWT United States Scott Sterling[b] 276 −12 1 stroke Australia David Lutterus Kooyonga [7]
2006 ANZ, NWT Australia Paul Sheehan[b] 281 −7 Playoff Australia Michael Sim[b] Royal Adelaide
2005 ANZ, NWT Australia Steven Bowditch[b] 277 −11 5 strokes United States Ryan Armour
Australia Nathan Green[b]		 Royal Adelaide
Jacob's Creek Open
2004 ANZ, NWT Australia Euan Walters[b] 275 −9 5 strokes Australia Wayne Grady
Australia Brendan Jones[b]
Australia Anthony Painter		 Kooyonga
2003 ANZ, NWT United States Joe Ogilvie[b] 279 −5 1 stroke Australia Shane Tait Kooyonga
Jacob's Creek Open Championship
2002 ANZ, BUY Australia Gavin Coles[b] 279 −9 2 strokes United States Bryce Molder Kooyonga
Ford South Australian Open
2001: No tournament due to scheduling changes
2000 ANZ Australia Peter Lonard 269 −19 6 strokes Australia Paul Gow Kooyonga
1999 ANZ Australia Craig Parry 274 −14 5 strokes Scotland Raymond Russell Kooyonga
1998 ANZ Australia Stuart Bouvier 282 −6 2 strokes Australia Stephen Allan
Australia Craig Parry		 Kooyonga
1997 ANZ New Zealand Steven Alker 273 −15 1 stroke Australia Wayne Grady Kooyonga
1996 ANZ Australia Greg Norman (2) 284 −4 1 stroke France Jean-Louis Guépy Kooyonga
1995 ANZ Australia Tim Elliott 275 −17 3 strokes United States Jack O'Keefe
Australia Anthony Painter		 Royal Adelaide
Eagle Blue Open
1994: No tournament due to scheduling changes
1993 ANZ Australia Wayne Smith 210[c] −9 Playoff Australia Jim Kennedy
United States Kevin Miskimins		 Royal Adelaide [8]
1992 ANZ Australia Brett Ogle (2) 280 −12 1 stroke Australia Craig Warren Royal Adelaide
West End South Australian Open
1991 ANZ Australia Brett Ogle 279 −13 2 strokes Australia Mike Harwood Royal Adelaide [9]
1990 ANZ Australia Mike Harwood 278 −14 5 strokes Australia Paul Moloney
New Zealand Simon Owen		 Royal Adelaide [10]
1989 ANZ Zimbabwe Nick Price 277 −15 5 strokes Australia Lucien Tinkler
Australia Paul Foley		 Royal Adelaide [11]
1988 ANZ Scotland Gordon Brand Jnr 267 −13 7 strokes Australia Greg Alexander
Australia Wayne Grady		 The Grange [12]
1987 ANZ Northern Ireland Ronan Rafferty 280 −8 1 stroke Australia Peter Fowler The Grange [13]
West End Jubilee South Australian Open
1986 ANZ Australia Greg Norman 283 −5 3 strokes Australia David Graham Kooyonga [14]
Ford Dealers South Australian Open
1985 ANZ Australia Vaughan Somers 284 −4 2 strokes Australia Gerry Taylor Kooyonga [15]
1984 ANZ Australia Bob Shearer 286 −2 1 stroke Australia Terry Gale Kooyonga [16]
1983 ANZ Australia Terry Gale 281 −7 1 stroke Australia Wayne Grady Kooyonga [17]
1982 ANZ Australia Graham Marsh 275 −13 8 strokes Australia Bill Dunk Kooyonga [18]
South Australian Open
1981 ANZ Australia Lyndsay Stephen 282 −6 3 strokes Australia Rodger Davis Glenelg [19]
Dunhill South Australian Open
1980 ANZ New Zealand Simon Owen 291 +3 1 stroke Australia Rodger Davis
Australia Greg Norman		 Kooyonga [20]
1979 ANZ Australia Peter Senior 282 −6 Playoff Australia Graham Stevens (a) Glenelg [21]
South Australian Open
1978 ANZ Australia Tony Gresham (a) 282 −6 6 strokes Australia Chris Bonython (a) Glenelg [22]
1977 ANZ Australia Noel Ratcliffe 287 −5 Playoff Australia David Galloway Royal Adelaide [23]
1976 ANZ Australia David Galloway 285 −3 2 strokes Australia Frank Phillips
England Guy Wolstenholme		 Kooyonga [24]
1975: No tournament
1974 ANZ Australia Ray Hore 288 E 1 stroke Australia David Galloway
Australia Randall Vines		 Glenelg [25]
1973 ANZ Australia Ted Ball (2) 286 −2 1 stroke New Zealand Terry Kendall The Grange [26]
1972 Australia Ted Ball 294 +2 3 strokes Australia Bill Dunk
Australia Stan Peach		 The Grange [27]
1971 England Guy Wolstenholme 288 E 2 strokes Australia Bob Tuohy Kooyonga [28]
1970 Australia Bill Dunk 275 −13 8 strokes Australia Frank Phillips Glenelg [29]
1969 New Zealand Brian Boys 222[c] +6 Playoff Australia Ted Ball
Australia Frank Phillips		 The Grange [30]
1968 Australia Peter Thomson 293 +1 9 strokes New Zealand Walter Godfrey Royal Adelaide [31]
1967 Australia John Sullivan 144 E Glenelg
1966 New Zealand Brian Crafter 141 −3 The Grange
1965 Australia Murray Crafter (3) 144 E Kooyonga
1964 Australia Bob Mesnil (a) 145 −1 Royal Adelaide
1963 Australia Murray Crafter (2) 148 +4 Glenelg
1962 Australia Murray Crafter 143 −1 The Grange
1961 Australia Harry Thredgold (a) 148 +4 Kooyonga
1960 Australia Bill Shephard (a) (2) 141 −5 Royal Adelaide
1955–1959: No tournament
1954 Australia Bob Stevens (a) (4) 142 3 strokes Australia Bill Ackland-Horman (a) Royal Adelaide [32]
1953 Australia Bob Stevens (a) (3) 147 4 strokes Australia Bill Ackland-Horman (a)
Australia Bill Rymill (a)		 Kooyonga [33]
1952 Australia Bob Stevens (a) (2) 141 5 strokes Australia Harry Thredgold (a) Royal Adelaide [34]
1951 Australia John Wilkin (a) 149 5 strokes Australia Bill Ackland-Horman (a) Kooyonga [35]
1950 Australia Bill Shephard (a) 145 3 strokes Australia Bill Ackland-Horman (a) Royal Adelaide [36]
South Australian Close Championship
1949 Australia Bill Ackland-Horman (a) (3) 148 2 strokes Australia John Wilkin (a) Kooyonga [37]
1948 Australia Bob Stevens (a) 153 Playoff Australia Jim Mills Royal Adelaide [38]
1947 Australia Bill Ackland-Horman (a) (2) 152 Playoff Australia Denis Denehey Kooyonga [39]
1946 Australia Bill Ackland-Horman (a) 148 2 strokes Australia Jack Richardson (a) Royal Adelaide [40]
1940–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1939 Australia Bill Rymill (a) 143 3 strokes Australia Rufus Stewart Kooyonga [41]
1938 Australia Fergus McMahon (4) 145 2 strokes Australia Bill Ackland-Horman (a) Royal Adelaide [42]
1937 Australia Fergus McMahon (3) 142 4 strokes Australia Dallas Crook (a) Kooyonga [43]
1936 Australia Fergus McMahon (2) 146 2 strokes Australia Ross Sawers (a) Royal Adelaide [44]
1935 Australia Jimmy McLachlan 144 3 strokes Australia Bill Rymill (a) Kooyonga [45]
1934 Australia Rufus Stewart 145 3 strokes Australia Fred Thompson Royal Adelaide [46]
1933 Australia Fergus McMahon 151 Playoff Australia Bill Ackland-Horman (a) Kooyonga [47]

Notes

  1. ^ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; BUY/NWT − Buy.com Tour/Nationwide Tour
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Gained promotion to the PGA Tour at the end of the Nationwide Tour season.
  3. ^ a b Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

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