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Australian Interstate Teams Matches

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Australian Interstate Teams Matches
Tournament information
Established2020
Course(s)Southport Golf Club (2024)
FormatTeam match play
Current champion
Victoria

The Australian Interstate Teams Matches is a mixed gender amateur team golf competition between the states of Australia. Planned in 2020, it was not held until 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It replaced the earlier separate men's and women's events which were last held in 2019.[1][2]

Victoria won the 2024 event, beating Queensland in the final at Southport Golf Club.[3]

Format

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The event is contested by the six states of Australia. The format is a round-robin tournament, each team playing the other five teams, after which the top two teams play a final.

From 2023 each team consists of up to 10 players, five men and five women, although only four men and four women play in each match. In 2022 there were just four men and four women in each team. There are eight singles in each match, men playing men and women playing women, all contests being over 18 holes. Extra holes are not played. Final positions after the round-robin are decided firstly by the number of team points. Each team get half a point in a tied team match. Where teams are level on team points, the order is decided on individual matches won. The leading two teams after the round-robin contest a final, to determine the winner of the event.

Results

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Year Winners Final RR Runners-up RR Venue Ref.
2024 Victoria 6–2 4–26.5 Queensland 4.5–25 Southport [3]
2023 New South Wales 6–2 4–27.5 South Australia 4–24.5 St Michaels [4]
2022 Victoria 5.5–2.5 4–24.5 South Australia 3.5–24 Sorrento [5]
2021 No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic Bonnie Doon [2]
2020 No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic Bonnie Doon [2]

RR– Team's score in the round-robin stage. Positions were determined by the number of team points and where that is equal by the number of individual match points.

Appearances

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The following players competed in 2022

The following players competed in 2023

The following players competed in 2024

References

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  1. ^ "National amateur events overhauled". Golf Australia. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "History & Honour Roll – Australian Interstate Teams Matches" (PDF). Golf Australia. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b Webeck, Tony (8 May 2024). "Victoria claim second Interstate Teams win in three years". Golf Australia.
  4. ^ "NSW claim #AusInterstate with dominant display". Golf Australia. 11 May 2023.
  5. ^ Heverin, Dave (12 May 2022). "Victorious Vics at Australian Interstate Teams Matches". Golf Australia.