Illawarra Open

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

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref
Tooth's Illawarra Open
1982	Bob Shaw	Australia	Port Kembla	277	−11	1 stroke	Colin Bishop	[3]
1981	George Serhan	Australia	Port Kembla	142	−2	Playoff	John Clifford Garry Doolan	[4][5]
Illawarra Open
1979	Mike Ferguson	Australia	The Grange	288	E	1 stroke	Tom Linskey Chris Tickner	[6]
1978	Bill Dunk	Australia	Wollongong	135	−5	1 stroke	Colin McGregor	[2][7]

References

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. "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. "Golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 January 1982. p. 31.
4. "Golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 January 1981. p. 26.
5. "By George". The Age. 19 January 1981. p. 23.
6. "Fergusson by one". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 September 1979. p. 26.
7. "Dunk named Open winner". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 March 1978. p. 26.