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Wagga City Open

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The Wagga City Open was a golf tournament played in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia in the 1960s.

Prize money was £750 in 1962, £1,000 in 1964 and 1965, A$2,000 in 1966 and 1967, and A$3,000 in 1968 and 1969.

Winners

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This list is incomplete

Year Winner Country Score To par Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Ref
1962 Bob Swinbourne
Darrell Welch
 Australia
 Australia
203 −7 Tied [1]
1963 John Davis  Australia 207 −3 [2]
1964 Ted Ball  Australia 273 −7 2 strokes Australia Kel Nagle [3]
1965 Kel Nagle  Australia 265 −15 3 strokes Australia Alan Murray [4]
1966 Alan Murray  Australia 278 −2 1 stroke Australia Ted Ball [5][6]
1967 Alan Murray  Australia 276 −4 3 strokes Australia Alan Brookes
New Zealand Walter Godfrey
[7]
1968 Walter Godfrey  New Zealand 197 −12 2 strokes Australia Randall Vines [8]
1969 [9]

References

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  1. ^ "Two share Wagga golf £750 prize". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 22 October 1962. p. 20. Retrieved 18 February 2020 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "Down the fairway". The Sun-Herald. 3 November 1963. p. 79.
  3. ^ "Wagga purse goes to Ball". The Age. 6 October 1964. p. 23.
  4. ^ "Nagle's three shot victory". The Age. 13 September 1965. p. 23.
  5. ^ "Wagga golf to Murray in gale-force winds". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 October 1966. p. 19.
  6. ^ "One stroke victory". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 October 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 18 February 2020 – via Trove.
  7. ^ "Murray's golf win". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 October 1967. p. 17.
  8. ^ "Putting mistakes did not worry Godfrey". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 January 1968. p. 16.
  9. ^ "Graham two ahead in Wagga golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 January 1969. p. 31.