Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 |  Peter Townsend | 282 (−6) | 2 strokes |  Bill Dunk |
The Western Australian Ten Thousand [1] was a golf tournament in Australia held in October 1968. The event was held at Cottesloe Golf Club in Cottesloe, Western Australia. [1] The tournament was won by England's Peter Townsend. [2]
The event was held a week before the Australian Open which was also held in Western Australia. [3] This helped attract top Australian golfers like Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson. [1] In the second round, England's Peter Townsend broke Cottelsoe's course record with a 66 (−6) to take the lead. [3] He received "only token resistance" thereafter and defeated Australian Bill Dunk by two shots at 282 (−6). [3] Nagle and Japan's Takashi Murakami finished a further shot back (−3, 285) in joint third. [2]
| Year | Winner | Score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Peter Townsend | 282 (−6) | 2 strokes | Bill Dunk |
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