The Caltex Festival of Sydney Open was a professional golf tournament held in 1978 at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was a PGA Tour of Australia event[1] with prize money of A$20,000. The event was part of the 1978 Festival of Sydney.[2]
Greg Norman beat Ian Stanley by three strokes after a final round 64, with Jack Newton a further shot behind.[3] Stanley had started the last round with a three stroke lead, with Norman a further three strokes behind, but scored 73.[4]
Winners
edit| Year | Winner | Country | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Greg Norman |  Australia |
278 | −14 | 3 strokes | Ian Stanley |
[3] |
References
edit- ^ 2006 Media Guide. PGA Tour of Australasia. p. 102.
- ^ "The Festival of Sydney". The Australian Women's Weekly. Australia. 14 December 1977. p. 14. Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ a b "Norman's conquest with a record 64". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 January 1978. p. 26.
- ^ "Stanley now three ahead but he is not pleased". The Sun-Herald. 22 January 1978. p. 65.