City of Kalgoorlie & Boulder Golden Open | |
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Details | |
Event name | Golden Open |
Location | Kalgoorlie, Australia |
Men's PSA World Tour | |
Category | World Tour PSA 5 |
Prize money | $5,000 |
Most recent champion(s) | Mike Corren , Tamika Saxby |
The City of Kalgoorlie & Boulder Golden Open, or simply the Golden Open, is a yearly professional squash tournament held in Kalgoorlie, Australia. [1] It is part of the PSA World Tour and WSA World Tour. [2] [3]
These are the results from 2016 onwards:
Tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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2016 Men PSA 5 $5,000 [4] | 3–5 June | Mike Corren 16–14, 8–11, 11–9, 11–6 | Ko Youngjo | Adam Murrills Rhys Dowling | Chris Lo Solayman Nowrozi Tsz Kwan Lau JongMyoung Park |
Tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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2017 Men PSA 5 $5,000 [5] [6] | 3–5 June | Mike Corren 16–14, 8–11, 11–9, 11–6 | Rhys Dowling | Thomas Calvert Solayman Nowrozi | David Ilich Courtney West Alex Eustace Joseph White |
2017 Women PSA 5 $5,000 [7] | 3–5 June | Tamika Saxby 7–11, 11–6, 11–4, 11–5 | Samantha Foyle | Zoe Petrovansky Amanda Hopps | Aika Azman Taylor Flavell Lauren Aspinall Cindy Meintjes |
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