Australian Senior Open
(Redirected from Handa Australian Senior Open)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Established | 1995 |
| Course | Royal Perth Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,615 yards (6,049 m) |
| Tour | European Senior Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | A$400,000 |
| Month played | November |
| Final year | 2012 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 207 Peter Senior (2010) 207 Peter Fowler (2012) |
| To par | −9 as above |
| Final champion | |
| Australia Peter Fowler | |
| Location map | |
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The Australian Senior Open was an event on the PGA Legends Tour. It was run by Golf Australia. From 2007 to 2012 it was hosted by ISPS Handa and titled as the Handa Australian Senior Open. The final event was in 2012. The 2010 event was co-sanctioned with the European Senior Tour and was the first event of the 2011 European Senior Tour season.[1]
The Senior Open was revived in 2007 by Haruhisa Handa, president of the International Sports Promotion Society. In 2011, the tournament was co-sanctioned by the European Senior Tour.
Winners
[edit | edit source]| Year | Tour[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handa Australian Senior Open | |||||||
| 2012 | Australia Peter Fowler | 207 | −9 | 6 strokes | Australia Mike Harwood Australia David Merriman |
Royal Perth | |
| 2011 | England Gary Wolstenholme | 212 | −4 | 1 stroke | Australia Terry Price | Lake Karrinyup | |
| 2010 | EST | Australia Peter Senior | 207 | −9 | 3 strokes | Scotland Sandy Lyle | Royal Perth |
| 2009 | Australia Mike Harwood | 210 | −6 | Playoff | Australia Mike Clayton Australia Peter Senior |
Royal Perth | |
| 2008 | Australia Wayne Grady (2) | 210 | −3 | 2 strokes | Australia David Merriman | Concord | |
| 2007 | Australia Wayne Grady | 210 | −3 | 1 stroke | Australia David Merriman | Concord | |
| Australian Senior Open | |||||||
| 1997–2006: No tournament | |||||||
| 1996 | Japan Hiroshi Tahara | 296 | +12 | 1 stroke | Australia Bob Shaw | Spring Valley | |
| 1995 | Australia Noel Ratcliffe | 290 | 4 strokes | Australia John Klatt Japan Hiroshi Tahara |
Yarra Yarra | ||
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Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ EST − European Senior Tour.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ http://www.golf.org.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=70614 Archived 2016-10-29 at the Wayback Machine Senior Open co-sanctions with European Senior Tour
External links
[edit | edit source]- Golf Australia website Archived 2016-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Coverage of the 2010 tournament on the European Senior Tour's official site
