City of Sydney Open
The City of Sydney Open was a golf tournament played at Moore Park Golf Course in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia between 1963 and 1970.[1] The inaugural event was part of the celebrations of the 175th anniversary of the founding of Sydney.[2] The 1969 event was played over 54 holes.
Winners[edit]
| Year | Winner | Country | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Peter Mills |  Australia |
288 | +4 | 2 strokes | Frank Phillips |
[3] |
| 1964 | Ted Ball | Australia |
276 | −8 | 4 strokes | Col Johnston |
[4] |
| 1965 | Bob Stanton | Australia |
276 | −8 | 1 stroke | Frank Phillips |
[5] |
| 1966 | Alan Murray | Australia |
275 | −9 | 2 strokes | Don Sharp (a) |
[6] |
| 1967 | Walter Godfrey |  New Zealand |
271 | −13 | 6 strokes | Wally Gale Col Johnston Darrell Welch |
[7] |
| 1968 | Alan Murray | Australia |
273 | −11 | 2 strokes | Dennis Clark Frank Phillips |
[8] |
| 1969 | Bruce Devlin | Australia |
200 | −13 | 1 stroke |  Takashi Murakami |
[9] |
| 1970 | Ted Ball | Australia |
270 | −14 | 4 strokes | Graham Marsh |
[10] |
References[edit]
- ^ "Promoter goes back to the future to end professional tournament drought". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 May 2004.
- ^ "City Open Golf Event Proposed". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 July 1963. p. 8.
- ^ "Open win from two late birdies". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 April 1963. p. 18.
- ^ "Ball in another big win". The Sun-Herald. 10 May 1964. p. 70.
- ^ "Stanton wins City of Sydney". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 August 1965. p. 12.
- ^ "City of Sydney golf winner sets record". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 August 1966. p. 15.
- ^ "New Zealand golfer's 'fantastic' round wins". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 September 1967. p. 14.
- ^ "Golf leader out for late arrival". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 September 1968. p. 16.
- ^ "Sydney Open to Ball - 14 under par". The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 October 1969. p. 13.
- ^ "Devlin sinks two crucial putts to win". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 October 1970. p. 15.