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]