City of Sydney Open

The City of Sydney Open was a golf tournament played at Moore Park Golf Course in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia between 1963 and 1970. ^[1] The inaugural event was part of the celebrations of the 175th anniversary of the founding of Sydney. ^[2] The 1969 event was played over 54 holes.

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref
1963	Peter Mills	Australia	288	+4	2 strokes	Frank Phillips	[3]
1964	Ted Ball	Australia	276	−8	4 strokes	Col Johnston	[4]
1965	Bob Stanton	Australia	276	−8	1 stroke	Frank Phillips	[5]
1966	Alan Murray	Australia	275	−9	2 strokes	Don Sharp (a)	[6]
1967	Walter Godfrey	New Zealand	271	−13	6 strokes	Wally Gale Col Johnston Darrell Welch	[7]
1968	Alan Murray	Australia	273	−11	2 strokes	Dennis Clark Frank Phillips	[8]
1969	Bruce Devlin	Australia	200	−13	1 stroke	Takashi Murakami	[9]
1970	Ted Ball	Australia	270	−14	4 strokes	Graham Marsh	[10]

References

1. "Promoter goes back to the future to end professional tournament drought". The Sydney Morning Herald . 7 May 2004.
2. "City Open Golf Event Proposed". The Sydney Morning Herald . 16 July 1963. p. 8.
3. "Open win from two late birdies". The Sydney Morning Herald . 1 April 1963. p. 18.
4. "Ball in another big win". The Sun-Herald . 10 May 1964. p. 70.
5. "Stanton wins City of Sydney". The Sydney Morning Herald . 30 August 1965. p. 12.
6. "City of Sydney golf winner sets record". The Sydney Morning Herald . 29 August 1966. p. 15.
7. "New Zealand golfer's 'fantastic' round wins". The Sydney Morning Herald . 11 September 1967. p. 14.
8. "Golf leader out for late arrival". The Sydney Morning Herald . 16 September 1968. p. 16.
9. "Sydney Open to Ball - 14 under par". The Sydney Morning Herald . 13 October 1969. p. 13.
10. "Devlin sinks two crucial putts to win". The Sydney Morning Herald . 12 October 1970. p. 15.