Western Australian Open

For the defunct Grand Prix tennis circuit, see Western Australian Open (tennis).

The Western Australian Open, also known as the WA Open, is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia. It had been a tour event every year since 2009 with the exception of 2019.

Bowra & O'Dea Nexus Advisernet WA Open

Tournament information
Location	Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Established	1913
Course(s)	Mandurah Country Club
Par	71
Length	6,342 yards (5,799 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia Von Nida Tour Australasian Development Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	A$175,000
Month played	October
Tournament record score
Aggregate	260 Deyen Lawson (2022)
To par	−23 Ryan Fox (2014)
Current champion
Elvis Smylie
Location map
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History

The first Western Australian Amateur Championship was held in 1911. This consisted of a 36-hole stroke-play qualification stage, played in a single day, followed by match-play to determine the champion. The leading four players in the stroke-play qualified in 1911, increasing to 8 in 1912.^[1][2] In 1913 the stroke-play stage was opened up to professionals, becoming the first Western Australian Open Championship.^[3] It was played at the Fremantle links on 28 August, nearly 30 players competing.^[4] In both 1911 and 1912, Norman Fowlie had led the stroke-play stage but in 1913 he was challenged by Clyde Pearce, who had won both the Australian Open and Australian Amateur in 1908, as well as losing the final three times in the amateur. Pearce won the Open with rounds of 77 and 78, three ahead of Fowlie who had rounds of 83 and 75. P. C. Anderson came third. The leading professional, David Dakers, came seventh. Pearce would go on to win the amateur championship as well.^[5]

The 1914 championship was again played on the Fremantle links in late August. Norman Fowlie reversed the 1913 result, winning by three strokes from Clyde Pearce, with rounds of 80 and 77. Two professionals entered but were well down the field.^[6]

Although the state amateur championship resumed in 1919, it was until not 1921 that the open championship was played again. Reg Forbes won with a score of 160. Three players tied for second place on 161, Arthur Geere, Percy Maunder and John Walker. Maunder won a prize of 5 guineas as leading professional, although a £10 prize was available for a professional winner.^[7] 1922 saw the first professional winner, Maunder's score of 161 beating Geere by a stroke. Maunder took the £10 first prize.^[8]

Winners

Year	Tour[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
Bowra & O'Dea Nexus Advisernet WA Open
2024	ANZ	Elvis Smylie	265	−19	Playoff	Jak Carter	Mandurah
Nexus Advisernet/Bowra & O'Dea WA Open
2023	ANZ	Simon Hawkes	271	−17	2 strokes	Connor McKinney Jason Norris	Joondalup
Nexus Advisernet WA Open
2022 (Oct)	ANZ	Deyen Lawson	260	−20	2 strokes	Michael Sim	Western Australian	[9]
2022 (May)	ANZ	Braden Becker	269	−19	1 stroke	Hayden Hopewell (a)	Royal Fremantle	[10]
Nexus Risk WA Open
2021	ANZ	No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic						[11]
2020		Hayden Hopewell (a)	209	−7	1 stroke	Haydn Barron (a)	Royal Fremantle	[12]
2019		Michael Sim	273	−15	1 stroke	Hayden Hopewell (a)	Cottesloe	[13][14]
Nexus Risk TSA Group WA Open
2018	ANZ	Zach Murray (a)	272	−16	2 strokes	David Micheluzzi (a)	Mount Lawley	[15]
2017	ANZ	Stephen Leaney (4)	273	−15	1 stroke	Callan O'Reilly	Royal Perth	[16]
2016	ANZ	Curtis Luck (a)	261	−19	2 strokes	Travis Smyth (a)	Western Australian	[17]
2015	ANZ	Daniel Fox	277	−11	3 strokes	Curtis Luck (a)	Royal Fremantle	[18]
John Hughes/Nexus Risk Services WA Open
2014	ANZ	Ryan Fox	265	−23	6 strokes	Stephen Dartnall	Cottesloe	[19]
2013	ANZ	Josh Geary	273	−15	5 strokes	Kristopher Mueck	Mount Lawley	[20]
John Hughes Geely/Nexus Risk Services WA Open
2012	ANZ	Oliver Goss (a)	272	−16	Playoff[b]	Brady Watt (a)	Royal Perth	[21]
WA Open Championship
2011	ANZ	Rohan Blizard	278	−10	2 strokes	Ashley Hall Matt Jager David McKenzie	Royal Fremantle	[22]
John Hughes Geely Nexus Risk Services WA Open
2010	ANZ	Brad Kennedy	270	−10	1 stroke	Rohan Blizard	Western Australian	[23]
John Hughes Geely WA Open
2009	ANZ	Michael Curtain	272	−16	4 strokes	Kim Felton	Cottesloe	[24]
Aspen Group WA Open Championship
2008	VNT	James Nitties	135	−9	2 strokes	Michael Dennis (a)	Cottesloe	[25]
DJ Carmichael WA Open Championship
2007		Simon Pope	142	−2	1 stroke	Michael Foster (a) Brady Watt (a)	Cottesloe	[26]
Western Australian Open
2006		Kim Felton	incorporated into the Nedlands Masters
2005		Brett Rumford	incorporated into the Nedlands Masters
2004		Stephen Leaney	incorporated into the Nedlands Masters
2003		Kim Felton	incorporated into the Nedlands Masters
2002		Stephen Leaney	incorporated into the Nedlands Masters
2001	ANZDT	Kim Felton	263	−17	Playoff	David Diaz	Western Australian	[27][28]
Heineken Western Australian Open
2000	ANZDT	Paul Sheehan	283	−5	5 strokes	Craig Carmichael David Diaz	Lake Karrinyup
Western Australian Open
1999	FT	Brad King (2)	284	−4	2 strokes	Mark Allen	Lake Karrinyup
1998		Tim Elliott	278		4 strokes	Jarrod Moseley	Royal Perth
1997		Stephen Leaney (3)	273		3 strokes	Elliot Boult	Mount Lawley
1996	FT	Brad King	276	−12	2 strokes	Grant Moorhead	Lake Karrinyup
1995	FT	Ben Jackson	270		Playoff	Grant Moorhead	Meadow Springs
1994	FT	Stephen Leaney (2)	276		2 strokes	Greg Chalmers (a) Michael Long George Serhan	Meadow Springs	[29]
1993		Grant Moorhead	269		3 strokes	Terry Price	Meadow Springs
1992		Leith Wastle	274		8 strokes	Brad King	Meadow Springs
1991		Stephen Leaney (a)	271		2 strokes	Glen Joyner	Meadow Springs
1990		Terry Gale (6)	208		5 strokes	Brad Park (a)	Meadow Springs
1989		Ross Metherell (2)	145		1 stroke	Stephen Leaney (a)	Meadow Springs
Town and Country Western Australian Open
1988	ANZ	Bradley Hughes	284	−4	1 stroke	Ken Trimble	Lake Karrinyup	[30][31]
National Panasonic Western Australian Open
1987	ANZ	Gerry Taylor	290	+2	Playoff[c]	Brad King	Joondalup	[32]
1986	ANZ	Greg Norman	276	−12	1 stroke	Terry Gale	Lake Karrinyup	[33]
1985	ANZ	Ian Stanley	276	−12	1 stroke	Paul Foley	Royal Perth	[34]
Town and Country WA-RAC Western Australian Open
1984	ANZ	Ian Baker-Finch	272	−16	4 strokes	Terry Gale	Royal Perth	[35][36]
Town and Country Western Australian Open
1983	ANZ	Terry Gale (5)	280	−8	Playoff[d]	Jack Newton	Lake Karrinyup	[37]
1982	ANZ	Terry Gale (4)	275	−13	Playoff[e]	Vaughan Somers	Mount Lawley	[38]
Western Australian Open
1981		Glenn Carbon (a)	146		1 stroke	Graham Johnson	Melville Glades
1980	ANZ	Terry Gale (3)	286	−2	3 strokes	Peter Randall	Royal Fremantle	[39]
1979	ANZ	Peter Jacobsen	279	−9	5 strokes	David Graham	Lake Karrinyup	[40]
1978		David Galloway	279	−9	3 strokes	Peter Croker Mike Ferguson Ross Metherell	Mount Lawley	[41]
1977		Mike Ferguson	281	−7	3 strokes	Barry Burgess Vaughan Somers	Mount Lawley	[42]
1976		Graham Marsh (2)	274		10 strokes	David Galloway	Lake Karrinyup
1975		Terry Gale (a) (2)	288		1 stroke	Graham Johnson	Western Australian
1974		Ross Metherell	285		4 strokes	Terry Gale (a)	Gosnells
1973		Graham Johnson	300		1 stroke	Barry Fry	Lake Karrinyup
1972		Terry Gale (a)	289		4 strokes	Ross Metherell	Lake Karrinyup
1971		John Muller (a)	295		2 strokes	John Ewing (a) Len Thomas	Cottesloe
1970		Barry Jones (a)	284		1 stroke	Terry Gale (a)	Royal Perth
1969		Stan Peach	286		4 strokes	John Ewing (a)	Lake Karrinyup
1968		Graham Marsh	286		4 strokes	John Muller (a)	Western Australian
1967		Len Tidy (a)	295		1 stroke	Len Thomas	Mount Lawley
1966		Dennis Bell (a) (3)	279		6 strokes	Harold Digney (a) Graham Marsh (a)	Cottesloe
1965		Len Thomas (3)	287		5 strokes	Dennis Bell (a)	Western Australian
1964		Len Thomas (2)	287		5 strokes	Dennis Bell (a)	Royal Perth
1963		Dennis Bell (a) (2)	284		6 strokes	Jock Borthwick	Lake Karrinyup
1962		Trevor Osborn	295		Playoff	Brian Grey (a)	Cottesloe
1961		Dennis Bell (a)	282		4 strokes	Harold Digney (a) Justin Seward (a)	Royal Fremantle
1960		Bob Tuohy	291		1 stroke	Brian Henning	Mount Lawley
1959		Len Thomas	290		9 strokes	Bill McPherson (a)	Royal Perth
1958		Bill McPherson (a) (2)	292		1 stroke	Les Nicholls Justin Seward (a)	Western Australian
1957		Bill McPherson (a)	290		5 strokes	Bob Stevens (a)	Lake Karrinyup
1956		Gary Player	289		5 strokes	Len Thomas (a)	Mount Lawley	[43]
1955		Ted Taylor (a)	300		1 stroke	Justin Seward (a)	Royal Fremantle
1954		Eric Cremin (2)	292		3 strokes	Brian Crafter	Royal Fremantle
1953		Kelly Rogers (a)	282		10 strokes	Brian Crafter	Cottesloe
1952		Kel Nagle (3)	286		6 strokes	Larry Harke (a)	Royal Perth
1951		Kel Nagle (2)	286		11 strokes	Eric Cremin	Lake Karrinyup
1950		Kel Nagle	283		6 strokes	Eric Cremin	Western Australian
1949		Eric Cremin	291		2 strokes	Kelly Rogers (a)	Royal Fremantle
1948		Ossie Pickworth	282		4 strokes	Eric Cremin	Mount Lawley
1947		Les Nicholls	304		6 strokes	Charles Jackson	Cottesloe
1946		Keith Pix (a)	314		1 stroke	Bob Hall (a) Nev Johnston	Royal Perth
1940–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1939		Fred Thompson	299		3 strokes	Harry Godden	Royal Perth
1938		Dan Cullen (2)	298		1 stroke	Charlie Snow	Lake Karrinyup
1937		Dan Cullen	295		Playoff	Tom Howard	Royal Fremantle
1936		Tom Cassidy (4)	307		Playoff	Keith Pix (a)	Western Australian
1935		Harry Godden (2)	296		2 strokes	Charlie Snow	Perth
1934		Charlie Snow	300		5 strokes	Geoff Hill (a)	Lake Karrinyup
1933		Tom Cassidy (3)	295		1 stroke	Charlie Snow	Royal Fremantle
1932		Ernie Bissett	299		4 strokes	Tom Cassidy	Perth
1931		Eric Alberts	311		1 stroke	Walter Baldwin	Royal Fremantle
1930		Harry Godden (a)	329		2 strokes	Reg Forbes (a)	Lake Karrinyup
1929		Tom Cassidy (a) (2)	309		1 stroke	J. J. O'Hara (a)	Perth
1928		Tom Cassidy (a)	312		5 strokes	Eddie Cassidy (a)	Fremantle
1927		Eddie Cassidy (a) (5)	311		1 stroke	Eric Alberts	Fremantle
1926		Eddie Cassidy (a) (4)	310		5 strokes	Reg Forbes (a) Bill Rees (a)	Fremantle
1925		Eddie Cassidy (a) (3)	315		5 strokes	Percy Maunder	Fremantle
1924		Eddie Cassidy (a) (2)	317		5 strokes	Reg Forbes (a)	Fremantle	[44]
1923		Eddie Cassidy (a)	156		5 strokes	Reg Forbes (a) Arthur Geere (a)	Fremantle	[45]
1922		Percy Maunder	161		1 stroke	Arthur Geere (a)	Fremantle	[8]
1921		Reg Forbes (a)	160		1 stroke	Arthur Geere (a) Percy Maunder John Walker (a)	Fremantle	[7]
1915–1920: No tournament due to World War I
1914		Norman Fowlie (a)	157		3 strokes	Clyde Pearce (a)	Fremantle	[6]
1913		Clyde Pearce (a)	155		3 strokes	Norman Fowlie (a)	Fremantle	[5]

Source:^[46]

Notes

1. ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ANZDT − Australasian Development Tour; FT − Foundation Tour; VNT − Von Nida Tour.
2. Goss won at the fifth extra hole.
3. Taylor won at the second extra hole.
4. Gale won at the second extra hole.
5. Gale won at the first extra hole.

References

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External links

• Coverage on the PGA Tour of Australasia's official site
• List of winners