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The Fiji Open is a professional golf tournament played in Fiji. It was inaugurated in 1970 as a 54-hole stroke play tournament sponsored by Air New Zealand. [1] During the first event there were 40 players. [2] It has been a 72-hole tournament since the second edition in 1971. [1] In 1973, a full-field of 162 players entered the tournament. [2] As of 1976, it was the second of five events "South Pacific circuit." [3]

Since 2015, the winner and the leading Fijian have been rewarded with entry into the Fiji International. [4] [5]

Winners

Source (1970–2008): [1]

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