Wagga City Open
Appearance
The Wagga City Open was a golf tournament played in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia in the 1960s.
Prize money was £750 in 1962, £1,000 in 1964 and 1965, A$2,000 in 1966 and 1967, and A$3,000 in 1968 and 1969.
Winners
[edit]This list is incomplete
Year | Winner | Country | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1962 | Bob Swinbourne Darrell Welch |
Australia Australia |
203 | −7 | Tied | [1] | |
1963 | John Davis | Australia | 207 | −3 | [2] | ||
1964 | Ted Ball | Australia | 273 | −7 | 2 strokes | Kel Nagle | [3] |
1965 | Kel Nagle | Australia | 265 | −15 | 3 strokes | Alan Murray | [4] |
1966 | Alan Murray | Australia | 278 | −2 | 1 stroke | Ted Ball | [5][6] |
1967 | Alan Murray | Australia | 276 | −4 | 3 strokes | Alan Brookes Walter Godfrey |
[7] |
1968 | Walter Godfrey | New Zealand | 197 | −12 | 2 strokes | Randall Vines | [8] |
1969 | [9] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Two share Wagga golf £750 prize". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 22 October 1962. p. 20. Retrieved 18 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Down the fairway". The Sun-Herald. 3 November 1963. p. 79.
- ^ "Wagga purse goes to Ball". The Age. 6 October 1964. p. 23.
- ^ "Nagle's three shot victory". The Age. 13 September 1965. p. 23.
- ^ "Wagga golf to Murray in gale-force winds". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 October 1966. p. 19.
- ^ "One stroke victory". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 October 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 18 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Murray's golf win". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 October 1967. p. 17.
- ^ "Putting mistakes did not worry Godfrey". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 January 1968. p. 16.
- ^ "Graham two ahead in Wagga golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 January 1969. p. 31.
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