New South Wales Open (golf)

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New South Wales Open
Tournament information
LocationNew South Wales, Australia
Established1931
Course(s)Twin Creeks G&CC
Par72
Length6,444 metres (7,047 yd)
Tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
FormatStroke play
Prize fundA$400,000
Month playedNovember/December
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Jason Scrivener (2017)
To par−24 as above
Current champion
Australia Josh Younger

The New South Wales Open is an annual golf tournament held in New South Wales, Australia. The 2019 event was held at Twin Creeks Golf and Country Club and had prize money of A$400,000. Josh Younger won the tournament, beating Travis Smyth in a playoff.

History

The event was founded in 1931 as the New South Wales Close Championship, being restricted to residents of New South Wales. The first event was held at Manly Golf Club and, after 72 holes played over two days, resulted in a tie between three professionals Charlie Gray, Tom Howard and Sam Richardson.[1] Gray won the title after a 36-hole playoff scoring 147 to Howard's 148. Richardson took 80 in the first round and didn't complete the 36 holes. Richardson won in 1932 but the remainder of the 1930s were dominated by Jim Ferrier who won five times and was runner-up twice between 1933 and 1939. Three times he won by 10 or more strokes.

Norman Von Nida won in 1939 and then again from 1946 to 1948, to repeat Ferrier record of four successive wins. In 1951 a New South Wales Jubilee Open was organised, the state's first open championship, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Federation of Australia. The tournament was won by Dai Rees while Kel Nagle was runner-up and won the Close title. Von Nida won the Close championship again in 1953 and 1954, setting a record of six championship wins. The 1955 event clashed with the first Pelaco Tournament in Melbourne, an event which attracted all the leading New South Wales professionals.

In 1958 the championship was opened up to players from outside New South Wales, becoming the New South Wales Open Championship.[1] Peter Thomson from Victoria won in 1961. Two amateur's won in the 1970s, Owen Beldham in 1972 and Tony Gresham in 1975, while American Ed Sneed won in 1973.

The tournament continued to be a major event in the 1980s. Greg Norman won three times in the decade and the 1989 event had prize money of A$300,000. The event then struggled for a number of years. The 1990 championship had prize money of A$50,000 and there was no event in 1991. In 1992 it had increased prize money of A$150,000 but there was again no event the following year. It returned in 1994 on the second-tier Foundation Tour with prize money of A$50,000 and was then not played again until 2002, when it returned with prize money of A$200,000.

From 2003 to 2008 the event was part of the second-tier Von Nida Tour, while from 2009 to 2015 it was a Tier 2 event on the PGA Tour of Australasia schedule. In 2016 it became a Tier 1 event with prize money of A$400,000 compared to the A$110,000 in 2015.

Winners

PGA Tour of Australasia event
Year Winner Country Venue Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
NSW Open
2021 Concord
AVJennings NSW Open
2020 No tournament
2019 Josh Younger  Australia Twin Creeks 271 −17 Playoff Australia Travis Smyth
2018 Jake McLeod  Australia Twin Creeks 268 −20 2 strokes Australia Cameron John
New South Wales Open
2017 Jason Scrivener  Australia Twin Creeks 264 −24 6 strokes Australia Lucas Herbert
2016 Adam Blyth  Australia Stonecutters Ridge 265 −23 3 strokes Australia Brett Coletta (a)
Australia Jarryd Felton
2015 Ben Eccles (a)  Australia Stonecutters Ridge 269 −19 3 strokes Australia Rohan Blizard
Australia Matthew Millar
Mazda New South Wales Open
2014 Anthony Brown  Australia Stonecutters Ridge 274 −14 Playoff New Zealand Josh Geary
Gloria Jean's New South Wales Open
2013 Aron Price  Australia Castle Hill 269 −19 4 strokes Australia Adam Bland
Australia Aaron Townsend
Australia Jack Wilson
New South Wales Open
2012 No tournament
2011 Adam Crawford  Australia Newcastle 274 −6 1 stroke Australia Paul Donahoo
Australia Jake Higginbottom (a)
Australia Anthony Summers
2010 Peter O'Malley  Australia Vintage 270 −18 Playoff Australia Peter Cooke
England Tom Lewis (a)
2009 Leigh McKechnie  Australia Vintage 281 −3 1 stroke Australia James Nitties
Von Nida Tour event
Year Winner Country Venue Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref
2008 Aaron Townsend  Australia Vintage 267 −17 7 strokes Australia Steven Jones [2]
2007 Jason Norris  Australia Vintage 277 −7 1 stroke Australia Jarrod Lyle
Australia James Nitties
2006 Rick Kulacz (a)  Australia Moore Park 270 −10 Playoff Australia Tony McFadyean
2005 Michael Wright  Australia Liverpool 271
2004 Peter Lonard  Australia Liverpool 270 −18 2 strokes Australia Anthony Summers
2003 Craig Carmichael  Australia Macquarie Links 273 −15 1 stroke Australia Andrew McKenzie (a)
PGA Tour of Australasia event
Year Winner Country Venue Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
2002 Terry Price  Australia Horizons Resort 279 −9 1 stroke Australia Wayne Grady
Australia Adam Groom
Australia Jason Norris
New Zealand Mahal Pearce
Australia Andre Stolz
1995–2001: No tournament
Foundation Tour event
Year Winner Country Venue Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up Ref
1994 Darren Chivas  Australia Manly 283 −5 1 stroke Australia David Ecob [3]
Earlier events
Year Winner Country Venue Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref
CIG New South Wales Open
1993: No tournament
1992 Craig Parry  Australia Ryde Parramatta 277 −7 Playoff Australia Ken Trimble [4]
New South Wales Open
1991: No tournament
1990 Ken Trimble  Australia Bathurst 276 −8 2 strokes Australia Peter O'Malley [5]
Ford New South Wales Open
1989 Rodger Davis  Australia The Lakes 277 −15 9 strokes Australia Bradley Hughes [6]
Panasonic New South Wales Open
1988 Greg Norman  Australia Concord 277 −7 1 stroke Australia Craig Parry [7]
National Panasonic New South Wales Open
1987 Craig Parry  Australia The Australian 289 +1 1 stroke Australia Wayne Riley [8]
1986 Greg Norman  Australia Concord 275 −9 5 strokes Australia Lyndsay Stephen [9]
1985 Ian Stanley  Australia Concord 281 −3 1 stroke Australia Peter Senior
Australia Lyndsay Stephen		 [10]
1984 Ian Baker-Finch  Australia The Lakes 277 −15 13 strokes Australia Peter Senior [11]
1983 Greg Norman  Australia Concord 278 −4 Playoff Australia David Graham [12]
1982 Bob Shearer  Australia Manly 272 −12 1 stroke Australia Graham Marsh [13]
1981 Bill Rogers  United States The Lakes 285 −7 3 strokes Australia Lyndsay Stephen [14]
New South Wales Open
1980 George Serhan  Australia Concord 280 −4 4 strokes Scotland Sam Torrance [15][16]
1979 Jack Newton  Australia The Lakes 281 −11 9 strokes Australia Wayne Grady
England Jeff Hall
United States Gary Vanier		 [17]
1978 Greg Norman  Australia Manly 275 −13 3 strokes Australia Bill Dunk [18]
1977 Trevor McDonald  Australia Pymble 281 −7 Playoff Australia Bill Dunk [19]
1976 Jack Newton  Australia Royal Sydney 269 −19 10 strokes Australia Ted Ball
Australia David Good		 [19]
1975 Tony Gresham (a)  Australia Manly 275 −13 1 stroke Australia Bill Dunk [20]
1974 Ted Ball  Australia Pymble 280 −8 7 strokes Australia Kel Nagle [21]
1973 Ed Sneed  United States The Australian 283 −5 2 strokes Australia Bob Shearer [22]
1972 Owen Beldham (a)  Australia Newcastle 284 −4 3 strokes Australia Bob Tuohy [23]
1971 Bill Dunk  Australia Manly 284 −8 2 strokes Australia Phil Billings (a)
Australia Col Johnston		 [24]
1970 Frank Phillips  Australia Pymble 277 −11 Playoff Australia David Graham [25][26]
1969: No tournament
1968 Kel Nagle  Australia St. Michael's 289 +1 Playoff Australia Barry Coxon
Australia Bill Dunk		 [27][28]
1967 Bill Dunk  Australia Royal Sydney 284 −4 2 strokes Australia Darrell Welch [29]
1966 Frank Phillips  Australia Concord 280 −4 Playoff Australia Tim Woolbank [30][31]
1965 Colin McGregor  Australia Bonnie Doon 286 −2 1 stroke Australia Bob Mesnil
Australia Bob Stanton
Australia Darrell Welch		 [32]
1964 Ted Ball  Australia La Perouse 289 +1 2 strokes Australia Jim Moran
Australia Frank Phillips		 [33]
1963 Peter Mills  Australia Moore Park 288 +4 2 strokes Australia Frank Phillips [34]
1962 Frank Phillips  Australia Manly 278 −10 2 strokes Australia Ted Ball [35]
1961 Peter Thomson  Australia The Australian 279 −9 7 strokes Australia Kel Nagle [36]
1960 Frank Phillips  Australia The Lakes 279 −9 10 strokes Australia John Sullivan [37]
1959 Harry Kershaw  Australia Pennant Hills 284 E 2 strokes Australia Kel Nagle [38]
1958 Les Wilson  Australia Bonnie Doon 294 +10 2 strokes Australia Kel Nagle [39]
New South Wales Close
1957 Kel Nagle  Australia Armidale 281 −7 1 stroke Australia Len Woodward [40]
1956 Frank Phillips  Australia Concord 279 −5 7 strokes Australia Kel Nagle [41]
1955 Bob Swinbourne  Australia Goulburn 301 +17 1 stroke Australia Eddie Oakman [42]
1954 Norman Von Nida  Australia The Lakes 283 −5 10 strokes Australia Kel Nagle
Australia Sam Richardson		 [43]
1953 Norman Von Nida  Australia Newcastle 285 −3 9 strokes Australia Kel Nagle [44]
1952 Jim Moran  Australia Wollongong 287 +7 1 stroke Australia Norman Von Nida [45]
1951 New South Wales Jubilee Open
Dai Rees  Wales Royal Sydney 279 −9 5 strokes Australia Kel Nagle [46]
New South Wales Close
Kel Nagle  Australia Royal Sydney 284 −4 5 strokes Australia Keith Pix (a) [46]
1950 Eric Cremin  Australia Bathurst 289 +5 1 stroke Australia Billy Bolger [47]
1949 Eric Cremin  Australia Concord 279 −5 12 strokes Australia Kel Nagle [48]
1948 Norman Von Nida  Australia Royal Sydney 281 −7 1 stroke Australia Eric Cremin [49]
1947 Norman Von Nida  Australia Manly 279 −9 2 strokes Australia Alan Waterson (a) [50]
1946 Norman Von Nida  Australia The Lakes 287 −1 1 stroke Australia Ossie Pickworth [51]
1940–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1939 Norman Von Nida  Australia Concord 280 −4 4 strokes Australia Jim Ferrier (a) [52]
1938 Jim Ferrier (a)  Australia The Lakes 281 −7 13 strokes Australia Sam Richardson [53]
1937 Jim Ferrier (a)  Australia Bonnie Doon 280 −4 10 strokes Australia Norman Von Nida [54]
1936 Jim Ferrier (a)  Australia Manly 277 −11 4 strokes Australia Sam Richardson [55]
1935 Jim Ferrier (a)  Australia Killara 266 −10 16 strokes Australia Don Spence
Australia Alan Waterson (a)		 [56]
1934 Sam Richardson  Australia Concord 284 E 3 strokes Australia Jim Ferrier (a)
Australia Tom Heard		 [57]
1933 Jim Ferrier (a)  Australia The Lakes 291 +3 4 strokes Australia Sam Richardson [58]
1932 Sam Richardson  Australia La Perouse 295 +7 1 stroke Australia Charlie Gray [59]
1931 Charlie Gray  Australia Manly 303 +15 Playoff Australia Tom Howard
Australia Sam Richardson		 [60][61]

In 2019 Younger won with a birdie at the second extra hole. In 2014 Brown won at the second hole of the playoff. In 2010 O'Malley won at the third extra hole. Cooke had dropped out after the second extra hole. In 2006 Kulacz won the playoff with a par at the first extra hole. In 1992 Parry won with a par at the third playoff hole. In 1983 Norman won the playoff at the second extra hole. In 1977 McDonald won the playoff with a birdie at the second extra hole. In 1970 Phillips won the 18-hole playoff, scoring 67 to Graham's 69. In 1968 Nagle took 73, while Dunk scored 76 and Coxon 80. In 1966 Phillips won the 18-hole playoff with a score of 70 to Woolbank's 74. In 1931 Gray won the 36-hole playoff with a score of 147 (70-77), one ahead of Howard's 148 (73-75). Richardson took 80 in his first round and didn't complete the 36 holes.

The 1951 New South Wales Close title was contested as part of the New South Wales Jubilee Open. Dai Rees won the event by 5 strokes from Kel Nagle but Nagle took the Close title.

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