The Victorian Open is an annual golf

Golf

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 tournament held in Australia

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. It was founded in 1957 and is the Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

 state open championship.

The Victorian Open is one of the lower rated events on the PGA Tour of Australasia

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 schedule, having previously been part of the developmental Von Nida Tour which merged into the main tour for the start of the 2009 season.

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Score	Venue
2011	Paul Sheehan		276	Spring Valley
2010	Jason Norris		274	Spring Valley
2009	Ashley Hall		278	Spring Valley
2008	No tournament
2007	Kim Felton Kim Felton Kim Felton is an Australian professional golfer.As an amateur, Felton won the Australian Amateur in 1997 and was the low individual in the 1998 Eisenhower Trophy....		280	Woodlands
2006	David Diaz		202Tournament played over 54 holes in 2004, 2005, and 2006.	Woodlands
2005	Kurt Barnes Kurt Barnes Kurt Barnes is an Australian professional golfer.Barnes was born in Muswellbrook, New South Wales. He had a successful amateur career which included victories in the 2002 Australian Amateur, the 2003 Riversdale Cup, which he won with a record 22 under par total, and the 2003 New Zealand Amateur...		204	Woodlands
2004	Gareth Paddison Gareth Paddison Gareth Paddison is a New Zealand professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour of Australasia.As an amateur, Paddison won the New Zealand Amateur Stroke Play Championship and the Queensland Amateur Championship 1999 and the Canadian Amateur Championship in 2001. He also represented New Zealand at...		204	Woodlands
2003	No tournament
2002	Andre Stolz Andre Stolz Andre Pierre Stolz is an Australian professional golfer.Stolz was born in Brisbane, Australia. He turned professional in 1992...		274	Sorrento / Portsea
2001	Scott Laycock Scott Laycock Scott Laycock is an Australia professional golfer.Laycock won the Victoria Open in 2001 in Australia, and he still holds the tournament record. Laycock joined the Japan Golf Tour in 2000, and won Bridgestone Open in 2002. In 2003 he played on the PGA Tour but failed to maintain his playing rights...		270	Cranbourne
2000	Brad Lamb		278	Cranbourne
1999	Kenny Druce		275	Victoria Victoria Golf Club The Victoria Golf Club is a picturesque golf course located in the city of Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada, which is part of metropolitan Victoria. It was established in 1893, and is now the oldest golf club in Canada still located on its original site; a rocky point on the South Eastern tip of...
1998	Bradley King		272	Victoria Victoria Golf Club The Victoria Golf Club is a picturesque golf course located in the city of Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada, which is part of metropolitan Victoria. It was established in 1893, and is now the oldest golf club in Canada still located on its original site; a rocky point on the South Eastern tip of...
1997	Stephen Leaney Stephen Leaney Stephen John Leaney is an Australian professional golfer.Leaney was born in Busselton, Western Australia. He turned professional in 1992 and won several tournaments in his home country in the 1990s, despite having two ribs cut removed in December 1993 after doctors diagnosed a blood clot in his...		280	Victoria Victoria Golf Club The Victoria Golf Club is a picturesque golf course located in the city of Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada, which is part of metropolitan Victoria. It was established in 1893, and is now the oldest golf club in Canada still located on its original site; a rocky point on the South Eastern tip of...
1996	No tournament
1995	Stephen Leaney Stephen Leaney Stephen John Leaney is an Australian professional golfer.Leaney was born in Busselton, Western Australia. He turned professional in 1992 and won several tournaments in his home country in the 1990s, despite having two ribs cut removed in December 1993 after doctors diagnosed a blood clot in his...		283	Victoria Victoria Golf Club The Victoria Golf Club is a picturesque golf course located in the city of Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada, which is part of metropolitan Victoria. It was established in 1893, and is now the oldest golf club in Canada still located on its original site; a rocky point on the South Eastern tip of...
1994	Patrick Burke		278	Victoria Victoria Golf Club The Victoria Golf Club is a picturesque golf course located in the city of Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada, which is part of metropolitan Victoria. It was established in 1893, and is now the oldest golf club in Canada still located on its original site; a rocky point on the South Eastern tip of...
1993	Lucas Parsons Lucas Parsons Lucas John Kendall Parsons is an Australian professional golfer.Parsons was born in Orange, New South Wales. As an amateur, he won both the Australian and New Zealand Amateur Championships in 1991...		276	Woodlands
1992	Ian Stanley Ian Stanley (golfer) Ian Stanley is an Australian professional golfer.Stanley was born in Melbourne. He turned professional in 1970 and was a prolific tournament winner in Australasia from the mid 1970s through to the early 1990s...		284	Woodlands
1991	Robert Allenby Robert Allenby Robert Allenby is an Australian professional golfer.Allenby was born in Melbourne, Australia. His father was from Leeds, England and emigrated to Australia as a young man.-Professional career:...  (Am)		287	Woodlands
1990	No tournament
1989	Michael Clayton Michael Clayton (golfer) Michael Andrew Clayton is an Australian professional golfer. He played on the PGA Tour of Australasia from 1981 until he turned 50 in 2007. He found success there, winning seven times between 1982 and 1994....		285	Kingston Heath Kingston Heath Golf Club Kingston Heath Golf Club is one of the premier golf clubs in Australia located in the world-renowned sandbelt region in the south east suburbs of Melbourne....
1988	Jim Benepe Jim Benepe James L. Benepe III is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Benepe was born, raised and lived most of his life in Sheridan, Wyoming. He attended Northwestern University and was a first-team All-American in 1986 as well as the 1986 Big Ten Champion...		282	Kingston Heath Kingston Heath Golf Club Kingston Heath Golf Club is one of the premier golf clubs in Australia located in the world-renowned sandbelt region in the south east suburbs of Melbourne....
1987	Roger Mackay Roger Mackay Roger J. Mackay was an Australian professional golfer.Mackay turned professional in 1983 and played on both the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Japan Golf Tour. His biggest successes came in Japan, where he won on eight occasions. In Australia he is best remembered for his 1987 win at the...		277	Kingston Heath Kingston Heath Golf Club Kingston Heath Golf Club is one of the premier golf clubs in Australia located in the world-renowned sandbelt region in the south east suburbs of Melbourne....
1986	Ossie Moore		280	Yarra Yarra
1985	Ian Baker-Finch Ian Baker-Finch Ian Michael Baker-Finch is an Australian professional golfer, who is best known for winning The Open Championship in 1991.-Early years:...		279	Yarra Yarra
1984	Greg Norman Greg Norman Gregory John Norman AO is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's Number 1 ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s...		281	Metropolitan
1983	Bob Shearer Bob Shearer Robert A. Shearer is an Australian professional golfer and golf course architect.Shearer was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He won the 1969 Australian Amateur and turned pro in 1970....		282	Metropolitan
1982	Michael Clayton Michael Clayton (golfer) Michael Andrew Clayton is an Australian professional golfer. He played on the PGA Tour of Australasia from 1981 until he turned 50 in 2007. He found success there, winning seven times between 1982 and 1994....		281	Metropolitan
1981	Bill Dunk Bill Dunk William Edgar Dunk is an Australian professional golfer.Dunk is renowned as one of the greatest shot makers in Australian golf. He was inducted as a life member of the Australasian Tour in 1996. Dunk won five Australian PGA Championships and the New Zealand Open...		277	Metropolitan
1980	Guy Wolstenholme Guy Wolstenholme Guy Bertram Wolstenholme was an English professional golfer. He had a successful career both as an amateur and then as a professional.Wolstenholme was born in Leicester, and is the father of Gary Wolstenholme....		282	Metropolitan
1979	Rodger Davis Rodger Davis Rodger Miles Davis is an Australian professional golfer.Davis was born in Sydney. He turned professional in 1974 and spent his regular career playing mainly on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the European Tour. He won the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit in 1990 and 1991...		291	Kingston Heath Kingston Heath Golf Club Kingston Heath Golf Club is one of the premier golf clubs in Australia located in the world-renowned sandbelt region in the south east suburbs of Melbourne....
1978	Guy Wolstenholme Guy Wolstenholme Guy Bertram Wolstenholme was an English professional golfer. He had a successful career both as an amateur and then as a professional.Wolstenholme was born in Leicester, and is the father of Gary Wolstenholme....		284	Metropolitan
1977	Geoffrey Parslow		275	Yarra Yarra
1976	Guy Wolstenholme Guy Wolstenholme Guy Bertram Wolstenholme was an English professional golfer. He had a successful career both as an amateur and then as a professional.Wolstenholme was born in Leicester, and is the father of Gary Wolstenholme....		281	Kingston Heath Kingston Heath Golf Club Kingston Heath Golf Club is one of the premier golf clubs in Australia located in the world-renowned sandbelt region in the south east suburbs of Melbourne....
1975	Stewart Ginn Stewart Ginn Stewart Ginn is an Australian professional golfer.Ginn was born in Melbourne. He grew up behind the twelfth green of the Royal Melbourne Golf Club and started caddying at the age of ten. In the 1970s and 1980s he won several professional tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia and one on the...		283	Metropolitan
1974	John Davis		284	Huntingdale Huntingdale Golf Club Huntingdale Golf Club is a golf club located in South Oakleigh, Melbourne, Australia.The origins of what would become Huntingdale Golf Club began in 1924, when a Committee leased some property in Doncaster Road, Doncaster and laid out an 18 hole course amid the surrounding orchards...
1973	Peter Thomson		284	Yarra Yarra
1972	Walter Godfrey		283	Commonwealth
1971	Guy Wolstenholme Guy Wolstenholme Guy Bertram Wolstenholme was an English professional golfer. He had a successful career both as an amateur and then as a professional.Wolstenholme was born in Leicester, and is the father of Gary Wolstenholme....		289	Woodlands
1970	David Graham David Graham (golfer) Anthony David Graham is a former professional golfer from Australia.Born in Windsor, Australia, Graham turned professional in 1962 at age 16 and spent much of his career in the United States, playing on the PGA Tour. Turning age 50 in 1996, he joined the Senior PGA Tour, later known as the...		273	Riversdale
1969	Kel Nagle Kel Nagle Kelvin David George Nagle is an Australian professional golfer best known for winning The Open Championship in 1960. He won at least one tournament each year from 1949 to 1975.Nagle was born in North Sydney...		279	Kingston Heath Kingston Heath Golf Club Kingston Heath Golf Club is one of the premier golf clubs in Australia located in the world-renowned sandbelt region in the south east suburbs of Melbourne....
1968	Peter Thomson		288	Huntingdale Huntingdale Golf Club Huntingdale Golf Club is a golf club located in South Oakleigh, Melbourne, Australia.The origins of what would become Huntingdale Golf Club began in 1924, when a Committee leased some property in Doncaster Road, Doncaster and laid out an 18 hole course amid the surrounding orchards...
1967	Kel Nagle Kel Nagle Kelvin David George Nagle is an Australian professional golfer best known for winning The Open Championship in 1960. He won at least one tournament each year from 1949 to 1975.Nagle was born in North Sydney...		283	Yarra Yarra
1966	Frank Phillips Frank Phillips (golfer) Frank Phillips is an Australian professional golfer. He was rated one of the best ball strikers of his era winning the 1957 and 1961 Australian Opens...		284	Riversdale
1965	Alan Murray Alan Murray (golfer) Alan Albert Murray is an Australian professional golfer.Murray was born in Sydney. He played golf worldwide, winning more than 60 tournaments including the 1962 French Open, the 1961 Australian PGA Championship and the 1967 Australian Wills Masters. He was the 1961 Australian PGA Order of Merit...		291	Royal Melbourne Royal Melbourne Golf Club Royal Melbourne Golf Club is a golf club located in Black Rock, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia with two courses. Royal Melbourne has hosted numerous national and international events, including the 1959 Canada Cup , and the 1970 World Cup...
1964	Frank Phillips Frank Phillips (golfer) Frank Phillips is an Australian professional golfer. He was rated one of the best ball strikers of his era winning the 1957 and 1961 Australian Opens...		278	Victoria Victoria Golf Club The Victoria Golf Club is a picturesque golf course located in the city of Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada, which is part of metropolitan Victoria. It was established in 1893, and is now the oldest golf club in Canada still located on its original site; a rocky point on the South Eastern tip of...
1963	Bruce Devlin Bruce Devlin Bruce William Devlin is an Australian professional golfer, sportscaster and golf course designer.Devlin was born in Armidale, Australia. He turned pro in 1961 and joined the PGA Tour in 1962 after an amateur career in Australia which included a win at the Australian Amateur in 1959...		286	Kingswood
1962	Bruce Devlin Bruce Devlin Bruce William Devlin is an Australian professional golfer, sportscaster and golf course designer.Devlin was born in Armidale, Australia. He turned pro in 1961 and joined the PGA Tour in 1962 after an amateur career in Australia which included a win at the Australian Amateur in 1959...		293	Huntingdale Huntingdale Golf Club Huntingdale Golf Club is a golf club located in South Oakleigh, Melbourne, Australia.The origins of what would become Huntingdale Golf Club began in 1924, when a Committee leased some property in Doncaster Road, Doncaster and laid out an 18 hole course amid the surrounding orchards...
1961	Alan Murray Alan Murray (golfer) Alan Albert Murray is an Australian professional golfer.Murray was born in Sydney. He played golf worldwide, winning more than 60 tournaments including the 1962 French Open, the 1961 Australian PGA Championship and the 1967 Australian Wills Masters. He was the 1961 Australian PGA Order of Merit...		290	Commonwealth
1960	Jack Harris		282	Metropolitan
1959	Gary Player Gary Player Gary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six...	South Africa	275	Yarra Yarra
1958	Peter Thomson		289	Kingston Heath Kingston Heath Golf Club Kingston Heath Golf Club is one of the premier golf clubs in Australia located in the world-renowned sandbelt region in the south east suburbs of Melbourne....
1957	Ossie Pickworth Ossie Pickworth Horace Henry Alfred "Ossie" Pickworth was a leading Australian professional golfer of the 1940s and 1950s, winner of three successive Australian Open titles from 1946 to 1948, the first and last of which came in playoffs against Jim Ferrier.Pickworth was born in Sydney.Unlike his contemporary...		282	Riversdale

External links

• Coverage on PGA Tour of Australasia's official site
• Victorian Golf Association – official site