Wills Masters

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This article is about the Australian golf tournament. For the New Zealand golf tournament, see New Zealand Wills Masters.
Wills Masters
Tournament information
LocationAustralia
Established1963
Final year1975
Final champion
David Graham

The Wills Masters was a golf tournament held in Australia and played annually from 1963 to 1975. The Wills Classic had been held in Australia from 1960 and 1962. Total prize money from 1963 to 1965 was A£4,000. In 1966 and 1967 it was A$8,000 increasing to A$10,000 in 1968, A$20,000 from 1969 to 1971, A$25,000 in 1972 and A$35,000 from 1973 to 1975. The sponsor was W.D. & H.O. Wills, a cigarette manufacturer.

Winners

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Year Winner Country Venue Score Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share		 Ref
1963 Arnold Palmer File:Flag of the United States.svg United States The Lakes Golf Club 285 2 strokes United States Jack Nicklaus A£1,000 [1]
1964 Cobie Legrange  South Africa Victoria Golf Club 277 3 strokes Australia Bruce Devlin
United States Jack Nicklaus		 [2]
1965 Bruce Devlin  Australia The Australian Golf Club 286 1 stroke Australia Peter Thomson [3]
1966 Kel Nagle  Australia Victoria Golf Club 278 2 strokes Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo A$2,000 [4]
1967 Alan Murray  Australia The Australian Golf Club 290 Playoff Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo [5]
1968 Gary Player  South Africa Manly Golf Club 277 Playoff England Peter Townsend [6]
1969 George Knudson File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Victoria Golf Club 279 2 strokes Australia Bob Stanton
Australia Peter Thomson		 [7]
1970 Brian Barnes File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland The Australian Golf Club 288 1 stroke Australia Wally Gale
Canada George Knudson
England Guy Wolstenholme		 A$3,300 [8]
1971 Bruce Crampton  Australia Victoria Golf Club 281 3 strokes England Maurice Bembridge [9]
1972 Bob Murphy File:Flag of the United States.svg United States The Australian Golf Club 278 3 strokes Thailand Sukree Onsham A$3,800 [10]
1973 Ted Ball  Australia Victoria Golf Club 282 2 strokes United States Jerry Heard A$7,000 [11]
1974 Ted Ball (2)  Australia The Australian Golf Club 281 2 strokes South Africa Gary Player
Australia Ian Stanley		 A$7,000 [12]
1975 David Graham  Australia Victoria Golf Club 282 2 strokes Australia Rob McNaughton A$7,000 [13]

In 1967 Murray won at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. In 1968 Player won at the second extra hole.

References

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