Illawarra_Open

Illawarra Open

Illawarra Open

Golf tournament

The Illawarra Open was a professional golf tournament played in the Illawarra area of New South Wales, Australia. It was played between 1978 and 1981. 1978 and 1979 events had prize money of A$20,000. The 1981 event was played over 36 holes with reduced prize money of A$10,000 and was not a PGA Tour of Australia Order of Merit event.[1] The 1982 event had prize money of A$25,000.

The 1978 tournament was planned as a 72-hole event. 18 holes were played on the Thursday and Friday but heavy rain at the weekend caused the tournament to be reduced to 36 holes.[2]

Winners

More information Year, Winner ...

References

  1. [1]
    "GOLF Rehearsal for Illawarra open". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 January 1981. p. 44. Retrieved 13 February 2020 – via Trove.
  2. [2]
    "Dunk's 36-hole score wins". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 March 1978. p. 1 (Sports section). Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via Trove.
  3. [3]
    "Golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 January 1982. p. 31.
  4. [4]
    "Golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 January 1981. p. 26.
  5. [5]
    "By George". The Age. 19 January 1981. p. 23.
  6. [6]
    "Fergusson by one". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 September 1979. p. 26.
  7. [7]
    "Dunk named Open winner". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 March 1978. p. 26.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Illawarra_Open, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.