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South Australian Open (golf)

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The South Australian Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Nationwide Tour.

Jacob's Creek Open Championship
Tournament information
LocationLockleys, South Australia, Australia
Established1933
Course(s)Kooyonga Golf Club
Par72
Length6,795 yards (6,213 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Nationwide Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$600,000
Month playedFebruary
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Gordon Brand Jnr (1988)
To par−19 Peter Lonard (2000)
Final champion
United States Scott Sterling
Location map
Kooyonga GC is located in Australia
Kooyonga GC
Kooyonga GC
Location in Australia
Kooyonga GC is located in South Australia
Kooyonga GC
Kooyonga GC
Location in South Australia

History

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The event started in 1933 as the South Australian Close Championship.[1] In 1950 it was renamed the South Australian Open, although it was only in 1952 that it was opened up to players from outside the state.[2][3][4]

In the late 1960s, there was no sponsor for the tournament. Therefore "only local club professionals competed."[5] In 1975 there was a similar problem. The South Australian Brewing Company did not renew its sponsorship. Due to economic trouble in the country no other companies were willing to sponsor the event.[5] The event did not take place that year.

The event was retitled the Jacob's Creek Open Championship from 2002 to 2007, sponsored by the Jacob's Creek wine brand, and was co-sanctioned during that period by the United States–based Nationwide Tour. It was played annually in Adelaide, South Australia. In 2007, the last time the tournament was held, it was one of three tournaments on the Nationwide Tour held outside the United States. After Jacob's Creek withdrew their support following the 2007 edition, the search for a new sponsor proved fruitless and the tournament was cancelled.[6]

Winners

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Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
Jacob's Creek Open Championship
2007 ANZ, NWT   Scott Sterling[b] 276 −12 1 stroke   David Lutterus Kooyonga [7]
2006 ANZ, NWT   Paul Sheehan[b] 281 −7 Playoff   Michael Sim[b] Royal Adelaide
2005 ANZ, NWT   Steven Bowditch[b] 277 −11 5 strokes   Ryan Armour
  Nathan Green[b]		 Royal Adelaide
Jacob's Creek Open
2004 ANZ, NWT   Euan Walters[b] 275 −9 5 strokes   Wayne Grady
  Brendan Jones[b]
  Anthony Painter		 Kooyonga
2003 ANZ, NWT   Joe Ogilvie[b] 279 −5 1 stroke   Shane Tait Kooyonga
Jacob's Creek Open Championship
2002 ANZ, BUY   Gavin Coles[b] 279 −9 2 strokes   Bryce Molder Kooyonga
Ford South Australian Open
2001: No tournament due to scheduling changes
2000 ANZ   Peter Lonard 269 −19 6 strokes   Paul Gow Kooyonga
1999 ANZ   Craig Parry 274 −14 5 strokes   Raymond Russell Kooyonga
1998 ANZ   Stuart Bouvier 282 −6 2 strokes   Stephen Allan
  Craig Parry		 Kooyonga
1997 ANZ   Steven Alker 273 −15 1 stroke   Wayne Grady Kooyonga
1996 ANZ   Greg Norman (2) 284 −4 1 stroke   Jean-Louis Guépy Kooyonga
1995 ANZ   Tim Elliott 275 −17 3 strokes   Jack O'Keefe
  Anthony Painter		 Royal Adelaide
Eagle Blue Open
1994: No tournament due to scheduling changes
1993 ANZ   Wayne Smith 210[c] −9 Playoff   Jim Kennedy
  Kevin Miskimins		 Royal Adelaide [8]
1992 ANZ   Brett Ogle (2) 280 −12 1 stroke   Craig Warren Royal Adelaide
West End South Australian Open
1991 ANZ   Brett Ogle 279 −13 2 strokes   Mike Harwood Royal Adelaide [9]
1990 ANZ   Mike Harwood 278 −14 5 strokes   Paul Moloney
  Simon Owen		 Royal Adelaide [10]
1989 ANZ   Nick Price 277 −15 5 strokes   Lucien Tinkler
  Paul Foley		 Royal Adelaide [11]
1988 ANZ   Gordon Brand Jnr 267 −13 7 strokes   Greg Alexander
  Wayne Grady		 The Grange [12]
1987 ANZ   Ronan Rafferty 280 −8 1 stroke   Peter Fowler The Grange [13]
West End Jubilee South Australian Open
1986 ANZ   Greg Norman 283 −5 3 strokes   David Graham Kooyonga [14]
Ford Dealers South Australian Open
1985 ANZ   Vaughan Somers 284 −4 2 strokes   Gerry Taylor Kooyonga [15]
1984 ANZ   Bob Shearer 286 −2 1 stroke   Terry Gale Kooyonga [16]
1983 ANZ   Terry Gale 281 −7 1 stroke   Wayne Grady Kooyonga [17]
1982 ANZ   Graham Marsh 275 −13 8 strokes   Bill Dunk Kooyonga [18]
South Australian Open
1981 ANZ   Lyndsay Stephen 282 −6 3 strokes   Rodger Davis Glenelg [19]
Dunhill South Australian Open
1980 ANZ   Simon Owen 291 +3 1 stroke   Rodger Davis
  Greg Norman		 Kooyonga [20]
1979 ANZ   Peter Senior 282 −6 Playoff   Graham Stevens (a) Glenelg [21]
South Australian Open
1978 ANZ   Tony Gresham (a) 282 −6 6 strokes   Chris Bonython (a) Glenelg [22]
1977 ANZ   Noel Ratcliffe 287 −5 Playoff   David Galloway Royal Adelaide [23]
1976 ANZ   David Galloway 285 −3 2 strokes   Frank Phillips
  Guy Wolstenholme		 Kooyonga [24]
1975: No tournament
1974 ANZ   Ray Hore 288 E 1 stroke   David Galloway
  Randall Vines		 Glenelg [25]
1973 ANZ   Ted Ball (2) 286 −2 1 stroke   Terry Kendall The Grange [26]
1972   Ted Ball 294 +2 3 strokes   Bill Dunk
  Stan Peach		 The Grange [27]
1971   Guy Wolstenholme 288 E 2 strokes   Bob Tuohy Kooyonga [28]
1970   Bill Dunk 275 −13 8 strokes   Frank Phillips Glenelg [29]
1969   Brian Boys 222[c] +6 Playoff   Ted Ball
  Frank Phillips		 The Grange [30]
1968   Peter Thomson 293 +1 9 strokes   Walter Godfrey Royal Adelaide [31]
1967   John Sullivan 144 E Glenelg
1966   Brian Crafter 141 −3 The Grange
1965   Murray Crafter (3) 144 E Kooyonga
1964   Bob Mesnil (a) 145 −1 Royal Adelaide
1963   Murray Crafter (2) 148 +4 Glenelg
1962   Murray Crafter 143 −1 The Grange
1961   Harry Thredgold (a) 148 +4 Kooyonga
1960   Bill Shephard (a) (2) 141 −5 Royal Adelaide
1955–1959: No tournament
1954   Bob Stevens (a) (4) 142 3 strokes   Bill Ackland-Horman (a) Royal Adelaide [32]
1953   Bob Stevens (a) (3) 147 4 strokes   Bill Ackland-Horman (a)
  Bill Rymill (a)		 Kooyonga [33]
1952   Bob Stevens (a) (2) 141 5 strokes   Harry Thredgold (a) Royal Adelaide [34]
1951   John Wilkin (a) 149 5 strokes   Bill Ackland-Horman (a) Kooyonga [35]
1950   Bill Shephard (a) 145 3 strokes   Bill Ackland-Horman (a) Royal Adelaide [36]
South Australian Close Championship
1949   Bill Ackland-Horman (a) (3) 148 2 strokes   John Wilkin (a) Kooyonga [37]
1948   Bob Stevens (a) 153 Playoff   Jim Mills Royal Adelaide [38]
1947   Bill Ackland-Horman (a) (2) 152 Playoff   Denis Denehey Kooyonga [39]
1946   Bill Ackland-Horman (a) 148 2 strokes   Jack Richardson (a) Royal Adelaide [40]
1940–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1939   Bill Rymill (a) 143 3 strokes   Rufus Stewart Kooyonga [41]
1938   Fergus McMahon (4) 145 2 strokes   Bill Ackland-Horman (a) Royal Adelaide [42]
1937   Fergus McMahon (3) 142 4 strokes   Dallas Crook (a) Kooyonga [43]
1936   Fergus McMahon (2) 146 2 strokes   Ross Sawers (a) Royal Adelaide [44]
1935   Jimmy McLachlan 144 3 strokes   Bill Rymill (a) Kooyonga [45]
1934   Rufus Stewart 145 3 strokes   Fred Thompson Royal Adelaide [46]
1933   Fergus McMahon 151 Playoff   Bill Ackland-Horman (a) Kooyonga [47]

Notes

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  1. ^ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; BUY/NWT − Buy.com Tour/Nationwide Tour
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Gained promotion to the PGA Tour at the end of the Nationwide Tour season.
  3. ^ a b Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

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