Victorian Open

"Vic Open" redirects here. For the curling tournament, see Vic Open (curling).
This article is about the golf tournament in Australia. For the golf tournament in Canada, see Victoria Open.
Vic Open
Tournament information
LocationBarwon Heads, Australia
Established1957
Course(s)13th Beach Golf Links
(Beach and Creek Courses)
Par72 (B)
72 (C)
Length6,838 yards (6,253 m) (B)
6,940 yards (6,350 m) (C)
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Von Nida Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundA$200,000
Month playedFebruary
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Dimitrios Papadatos (2022)
267 Michael Hendry (2023)
To par−21 as above
Current champion
Josh Geary
Location map
13th Beach Golf Links
Location in Australia
13th Beach Golf Links
Location in Victoria

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]

History

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]

Winners

Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
Vic Open
2025 ANZ Josh Geary 275 −13 4 strokes Connor McKinney 13th Beach
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[b] 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[c] Matthew Millar 13th Beach
2015 ANZ Richard Green 272 −16 Playoff[d] Nick Cullen 13th Beach
Oates Victorian Open Championship
2014 ANZ Matthew Griffin 281 −7 Playoff[e] 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[f] David Bransdon Sorrento/Portsea
2001 ANZ Scott Laycock 270 −18 3 strokes Richard Green Cranbourne
Victorian Open
2000 Brad Lamb (a) 278 −14 Playoff[g] 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[h] Geoff Parslow
Gary Player		 Kingston Heath [30]
1978 ANZ Guy Wolstenholme (3) 284 −4 Playoff[i] 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[j] 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]

Notes

  1. ^ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; VNT − Von Nida Tour.
  2. ^ Hawkes won with birdie on first extra hole
  3. ^ Long won with birdie on first extra hole
  4. ^ Green won with birdie on second extra hole
  5. ^ Griffin won with birdie on third extra hole
  6. ^ Stolz won with par on second extra hole
  7. ^ Lamb won with par on first extra hole
  8. ^ Davis won with birdie on second extra hole
  9. ^ Wolstenholme won with par on third extra hole
  10. ^ Wolstenholme won with birdie on third extra hole

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