Tournament information | |
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Location | Barwon Heads, Australia |
Established | 1957 |
Course(s) | 13th Beach Golf Links (Beach Course) |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,778 yards (6,198 m) |
Tour(s) | European Tour PGA Tour of Australasia Von Nida Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | A$420,000 |
Month played | February |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 267 Dimitrios Papadatos (2022) 267 Michael Hendry (2023) |
To par | −21 as above |
Current champion | |
Brett Coletta | |
Location Map | |
The Victorian Open is an annual golf tournament held in Australia. It was founded in 1957 and is the Victoria state open championship for men. It is run by Golf Victoria and is a Golf Australia national ranking event.
The event is held concurrently with the Women's Victorian Open and offers equal prize pool for the two events. The tournament's tag line is: "Men and women. On the same course. At the same time. For equal prize money." The men and women play on the same course at the same time in alternating groups. [1]
The first Victorian Open was played at Riversdale in 1957, replacing the Victorian Close Championship which had been first held in 1948. [2] It was won by Ossie Pickworth who finished 10 strokes ahead of the field. [3] Prize money was £250 but only one competitor, amateur Harry Hattersley, was from outside the state. [4] [2]
Three of the first four editions were won by Victorians with Gary Player winning 1959. However professionals from New South Wales won 9 of the 10 events from 1961 to 1970 with only Peter Thomson from Victoria breaking their run of success in 1968. [5]
From 2004 to 2007 the tournament was part of the second-tier Von Nida Tour. It was not played in 2008 but from 2009 to 2016 it was a Tier 2 event on the PGA Tour of Australasia schedule. In 2017 it became a Tier 1 event.
Since 2012, it has been held concurrently with the Women's Victorian Open, being held at 13th Beach Golf Links in Barwon Heads, Victoria since 2013. [6] When the tournament moved to 13th Beach Golf Links in 2013 the combined prize pool was $300,000, with $150,000 on offer for each of the men's and women's fields. In six years, the total prize pool has increased ten-fold. In 2019, the men's and women's Victorian Open fields played for a total purse of $3 million, $1.5 million for each event.
In 2019 and 2020, the event was co-sanctioned by the European Tour. The event continues to be played alongside the Women's Victorian Open, now co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour. The event features a double cut, 65 players will remain after the first cut, then 35 players after the Saturday cut. [7] In February 2019, James Nitties matched the world record of nine consecutive birdies in the Victorian Open. His birdie run from the 15th to the fifth in the first round set a European Tour record and matched Mark Calcavecchia's feat in the 2009 Canadian Open. [8] David Law won the first co-sanctioned European Tour edition of the event. He won by a one stroke margin after entering the final three holes three strokes behind. Law birdied the 16th and eagled the final hole, this coupled with Wade Ormsby double bogeying his penultimate hole, led to Law claiming victory. [9]
No event was played in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [10] The event returned in 2022 as a sole-sanctioned PGA Tour of Australasia event and had a reduced prize fund. [11]
Year | Tour(s) [lower-alpha 1] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref. |
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Vic Open | ||||||||
2024 | ANZ | Brett Coletta | 270 | −18 | 2 strokes | Andrew Martin Jordan Zunic | 13th Beach | |
2023 | ANZ | Michael Hendry | 267 | −21 | 4 strokes | David Micheluzzi | 13th Beach | |
2022 | ANZ | Dimitrios Papadatos (2) | 267 | −21 | 1 stroke | Ben Campbell | 13th Beach | |
2021: No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [10] | |||||||
ISPS Handa Vic Open | ||||||||
2020 | ANZ, EUR | Min Woo Lee | 269 | −19 | 2 strokes | Ryan Fox | 13th Beach | |
2019 | ANZ, EUR | David Law | 270 | −18 | 1 stroke | Brad Kennedy Wade Ormsby | 13th Beach | |
Oates Vic Open | ||||||||
2018 | ANZ | Simon Hawkes | 274 | −14 | Playoff [lower-alpha 2] | Harrison Endycott | 13th Beach | |
2017 | ANZ | Dimitrios Papadatos | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | Adam Bland Jake McLeod | 13th Beach | |
2016 | ANZ | Michael Long | 275 | −13 | Playoff [lower-alpha 3] | Matthew Millar | 13th Beach | |
2015 | ANZ | Richard Green | 272 | −16 | Playoff [lower-alpha 4] | Nick Cullen | 13th Beach | |
Oates Victorian Open Championship | ||||||||
2014 | ANZ | Matthew Griffin | 281 | −7 | Playoff [lower-alpha 5] | Matt Stieger | 13th Beach | |
Victorian Open | ||||||||
2013 | ANZ | Matthew Giles | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | Nathan Holman (a) Ryan Lynch | 13th Beach | |
2012 | ANZ | Scott Arnold | 272 | −12 | 1 stroke | Kurt Barnes | Spring Valley | |
2011 | ANZ | Paul Sheehan | 276 | −8 | 2 strokes | Matthew Griffin | Spring Valley | |
Subaru Victorian Open | ||||||||
2010 | ANZ | Jason Norris | 274 | −10 | 2 strokes | Chris Campbell | Spring Valley | |
2009 | ANZ | Ashley Hall | 278 | −10 | 2 strokes | Scott Laycock Craig Scott | Spring Valley | |
Victorian Open | ||||||||
2008: No tournament | ||||||||
2007 | VNT | Kim Felton | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke | Steve Collins Marc Leishman Aron Price | Woodlands | [12] |
2006 | VNT | David Diaz | 202 | −14 | 2 strokes | Marcus Cain Aron Price | Woodlands | |
Mitsubishi Motors Victorian Open | ||||||||
2005 | VNT | Kurt Barnes | 204 | −12 | Playoff | Nathan Green | Woodlands | [13] |
2004 | VNT | Gareth Paddison | 204 | −12 | 5 strokes | Richard Green Paul Sheehan | Woodlands | [14] |
Victorian Open | ||||||||
2003 | VNT | Cancelled | ||||||
ANZ Victorian Open Championship | ||||||||
2002 | ANZ | Andre Stolz | 274 | −8 | Playoff [lower-alpha 6] | David Bransdon | Sorrento/Portsea | |
2001 | ANZ | Scott Laycock | 270 | −18 | 3 strokes | Richard Green | Cranbourne | |
Victorian Open | ||||||||
2000 | Brad Lamb (a) | 278 | −14 | Playoff [lower-alpha 7] | Jens Nilsson | Cranbourne | ||
1999 | ANZ | Kenny Druce | 275 | −13 | 3 strokes | Lucas Parsons | Victoria | |
1998 | ANZ | Brad King | 272 | −16 | 5 strokes | Greg Chalmers Daniel Chopra Terry Price | Victoria | |
1997 | ANZ | Stephen Leaney (2) | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke | Darren Cole Euan Walters | Victoria | |
1996: No tournament | ||||||||
1995 | ANZ | Stephen Leaney | 283 | −5 | 1 stroke | Robert Allenby Mike Clayton | Victoria | [15] |
1994 | ANZ | Patrick Burke | 278 | −10 | 2 strokes | Tim Elliott Robert Willis | Victoria | [16] |
1993 | ANZ | Lucas Parsons | 276 | −12 | 3 strokes | Bradley Hughes | Woodlands | [17] |
1992 | Ian Stanley | 284 | −4 | 1 stroke | Jeff Senior | Woodlands | [18] | |
1991 | Robert Allenby (a) | 287 | −1 | 6 strokes | David Armstrong Paul Moloney | Woodlands | [19] | |
1990 | ANZ | Cancelled | ||||||
1989 | ANZ | Mike Clayton (2) | 285 | −3 | 2 strokes | Ossie Moore | Kingston Heath | [20] |
1988 | ANZ | Jim Benepe | 282 | −6 | 3 strokes | Ian Baker-Finch Peter McWhinney | Kingston Heath | [21] |
Robert Boyd Transport Victorian Open | ||||||||
1987 | ANZ | Roger Mackay | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | Greg Norman | Kingston Heath | [22] |
1986 | ANZ | Ossie Moore | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke | Vaughan Somers Greg Turner | Yarra Yarra | [23] |
Victorian Open | ||||||||
1985 | ANZ | Ian Baker-Finch | 279 | −9 | 2 strokes | Rodger Davis | Yarra Yarra | [24] |
1984 | ANZ | Greg Norman | 281 | −7 | 2 strokes | Bob Shearer | Metropolitan | [25] |
1983 | ANZ | Bob Shearer | 282 | −6 | 1 stroke | Greg Norman | Metropolitan | [26] |
1982 | ANZ | Mike Clayton | 281 | −7 | 3 strokes | Bob Shearer | Metropolitan | [27] |
1981 | ANZ | Bill Dunk | 277 | −11 | 5 strokes | Wayne Grady | Metropolitan | [28] |
1980 | ANZ | Guy Wolstenholme (4) | 282 | −6 | 4 strokes | Graham Marsh | Metropolitan | [29] |
1979 | ANZ | Rodger Davis | 291 | +3 | Playoff [lower-alpha 8] | Geoff Parslow Gary Player | Kingston Heath | [30] |
1978 | ANZ | Guy Wolstenholme (3) | 284 | −4 | Playoff [lower-alpha 9] | Arnold Palmer | Metropolitan | [31] |
1977 | ANZ | Geoff Parslow | 275 | −13 | 4 strokes | Greg Norman | Yarra Yarra | [32] |
1976 | ANZ | Guy Wolstenholme (2) | 281 | −7 | Playoff [lower-alpha 10] | Graham Marsh | Kingston Heath | [33] |
1975 | ANZ | Stewart Ginn | 283 | −5 | 3 strokes | Ian Stanley | Metropolitan | [34] |
1974 | ANZ | John Davis | 287 | −5 | 1 stroke | Ted Ball Bill Dunk Ian Stanley Randall Vines | Huntingdale | [35] |
1973 | ANZ | Peter Thomson (3) | 284 | −4 | 2 strokes | Stewart Ginn Bob Tuohy | Yarra Yarra | [36] |
1972 | Walter Godfrey | 283 | −9 | 7 strokes | Isao Aoki Peter Mills Kel Nagle | Commonwealth | [37] | |
1971 | Guy Wolstenholme | 289 | +1 | 2 strokes | Peter Thomson | Woodlands | [38] | |
1970 | David Graham | 273 | −19 | 4 strokes | Kevin Hartley (a) Kel Nagle Guy Wolstenholme | Riversdale | [39] | |
1969 | Kel Nagle (2) | 279 | −17 | 3 strokes | Bill Dunk Peter Thomson | Kingston Heath | [40] | |
1968 | Peter Thomson (2) | 288 | −12 | 1 stroke | Stan Peach | Huntingdale | [41] | |
1967 | Kel Nagle | 283 | −9 | 1 stroke | Guy Wolstenholme | Yarra Yarra | [42] | |
1966 | Frank Phillips (2) | 284 | −8 | 4 strokes | Barry Coxon | Riversdale | [43] | |
1965 | Alan Murray (2) | 291 | −1 | 4 strokes | Eric Cremin | Royal Melbourne | [44] | |
1964 | Frank Phillips | 278 | −14 | 3 strokes | Kel Nagle | Victoria | [45] | |
1963 | Bruce Devlin (2) | 286 | −10 | 5 strokes | Peter Mills | Kingswood | [46] | |
1962 | Bruce Devlin | 293 | −7 | 2 strokes | Bill Dunk | Huntingdale | [47] | |
1961 | Alan Murray | 290 | −6 | 4 strokes | Peter Thomson | Commonwealth | [48] | |
1960 | Jack Harris | 282 | −6 | 4 strokes | Bill Dunk | Metropolitan | [49] | |
1959 | Gary Player | 275 | −17 | 5 strokes | Harold Henning | Yarra Yarra | [50] | |
1958 | Peter Thomson | 289 | −7 | 3 strokes | Barry West | Kingston Heath | [51] | |
1957 | Ossie Pickworth | 282 | −10 | 10 strokes | Barry West (a) | Riversdale | [4] |
Source: [5]
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