New South Wales Open (golf)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | New South Wales, Australia |
| Established | 1931 |
| Course(s) | Stonecutters Ridge Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,767 metres (7,400 yd) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | A$400,000 |
| Month played | November |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 264 Jason Scrivener (2017) |
| To par | −24 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Jason Scrivener | |
The New South Wales Open is an annual golf tournament held in Australia. It was founded in 1931 as the New South Wales Close Championship, before becoming the New South Wales state open championship in 1958. It is Golf Australia national ranking event.
Through 2015, the New South Wales Open was a Tier 2 event on the PGA Tour of Australasia schedule, having previously been part of the Von Nida Tour which merged into the main tour for the start of the 2009 season. In 2016 it became a Tier 1 event, offering 16 Official World Golf Ranking points to the winner instead of the Tier 2 minimum of 6.
Winners
- PGA Tour of Australasia event
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Open | ||||||||
| 2017 | Jason Scrivener | Australia |
Twin Creeks | 264 | −24 | 6 strokes | Lucas Herbert
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| 2016 | Adam Blyth | Australia |
Stonecutters Ridge | 265 | −23 | 3 strokes | Brett Coletta (a) Jarryd Felton
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| 2015 | Ben Eccles (a) | Australia |
Stonecutters Ridge | 269 | −19 | 3 strokes | Rohan Blizard Matthew Millar
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| Mazda New South Wales Open | ||||||||
| 2014 | Anthony Brown | Australia |
Stonecutters Ridge | 274 | −14 | Playoff |  Josh Geary
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| Gloria Jean's New South Wales Open | ||||||||
| 2013 | Aron Price | Australia |
Castle Hill | 269 | −19 | 4 strokes | Adam Bland Aaron Townsend Jack Wilson
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| New South Wales Open | ||||||||
| 2012 | No tournament | |||||||
| 2011 | Adam Crawford | Australia |
Newcastle | 274 | −6 | 1 stroke | Paul Donahoo Jake Higginbottom (a) Anthony Summers
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| 2010 | Peter O'Malley | Australia |
The Vintage | 270 | −18 | Playoff | Peter Cooke Tom Lewis (a)
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| 2009 | Leigh McKechnie | Australia |
The Vintage | 281 | −3 | 1 stroke | James Nitties
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- Von Nida Tour event
| Year | Winner | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Aaron Townsend | Australia |
267 |
| 2007 | Jason Norris | Australia |
277 |
| 2006 | Rick Kulacz (Am) | Australia |
270 PO |
| 2005 | Michael Wright | Australia |
271 |
| 2004 | Peter Lonard | Australia |
270 |
| 2003 | Craig Carmichael | Australia |
273 |
- PGA Tour of Australasia event
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Terry Price | Australia |
Horizons Resort | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke | Wayne Grady Adam Groom Jason Norris Mahal Pearce Andre Stolz
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| 1995–2001: No tournament | ||||||||
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.
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