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Australian Open Championship
The 2008 Australian Open returned to the Royal Sydney Golf Club, with Tim Clark defeating Matthew Goggin in an exciting sudden death playoff to become the third South African to win our National title. In 2009, again in Sydney and this time the famed New South Wales GC course, it was Adam Scott who captured his maiden Australian title, by overcoming Stuart Appleby in the final round. The following year it was Scott's good friend Geoff Ogilvy triumphing over a quality field at the newly redesigned The Lakes Golf Club in the city's south. Then in 2011, with one of the strongest fields ever assembled in Australia, gritty West Australian Greg Chalmers took out his second National title, also at The Lakes.
Stay tuned to ausgolf for more information on the 2012 Australian Open, also to be played in Sydney.
Previous winners of the Australian Open Championships.
| Year | Winner | Score | Venue |
| 1904 | Hon. M Scott (a) (Vic) | 315 | The Australian GC |
| 1905 | D G Soutar (NSW) | 337 | Royal Melbourne GC |
| 1906 | C Clark (NSW) | 322 | Royal Sydney GC |
| 1907 | Hon. M Scott (a) (Vic) | 318 | Royal Melbourne GC |
| 1908 | C Pearce (a) (Tas) | 311 | The Australian GC |
| 1909 | C Felstead (a) (Vic) | 316 | Royal Melbourne GC |
| 1910 | C Clark (NSW) | 306 | Royal Adelaide GC |
| 1911 | C Clark (NSW) | 321 | Royal Sydney GC |
| 1912 | I H Whitton (a) (Vic) | 321 | Royal Melbourne GC |
| 1913 | I H Whitton (a) (Vic) | 302 | Royal Melbourne GC |
| 1920 | J H Kirkwood (NSW) | 290 | The Australian GC |
| 1921 | A Le Fevre (Vic) | 295 | Royal Melbourne GC |
| 1922 | C Campbell (NSW) | 307 | Royal Sydney GC |
| 1923 | T E Howard (NSW) | 301 | Royal Adelaide GC |
| 1924 | A Russell (a) (Vic) | 303 | Royal Melbourne GC |
| 1925 | F Popplewell (NSW) | 299 | The Australian GC |
| 1926 | I H Whitton (a) (Vic) | 297 | Royal Adelaide GC |
| 1927 | R Stewart (SA) | 297 | Royal Melbourne GC |
| 1928 | F Popplewell (NSW) | 295 | Royal Sydney GC |
| 1929 | I H Whitton (a) (Vic) | 309 | Royal Adelaide GC |
| 1930 | F P Eyre (NSW) | 306 | Metropolitan GC |
| 1931 | I H Whitton (a) (Vic) | 301 | The Australian GC |
| 1932 | M J Ryan (a) (Vic) | 296 | Royal Adelaide GC |
| 1933 | M L Kelly (NSW) | 302 | Royal Melbourne GC |
| 1934 | W J Bolger (NSW) | 283 | Royal Sydney GC |
| 1935 | F W McMahon (SA) | 293 | Royal Adelaide GC |
| 1936 | G Sarazen (USA) | 282 | Metropolitan GC |
| 1937 | G W Naismith (Vic) | 299 | The Australian GC |
| 1938 | J B Ferrier (a) (NSW) | 283 | Royal Adelaide GC |
| 1939 | J B Ferrier (a) (NSW) | 285 | Royal Melbourne GC |
| 1946 | H H A Pickworth (NSW) | 289 | Royal Sydney GC |
| 1947 | H H A Pickworth (NSW) | 285 | Royal Queensland GC |
| 1948 | H H A Pickworth (NSW) After 18-Hole Play-Off |
289 | Kingston Heath GC |
| 1949 | E J Cremin (NSW) | 287 | The Australian GC |
| 1950 | N G Von Nida (Qld) | 286 | Kooyonga GC |
| 1951 | P W Thomson (Vic) | 283 | Metropolitan GC |
| 1952 | N G Von Nida (Qld) | 278 | Lake Karrinyup CC |
| 1953 | N G Von Nida (Qld) | 278 | Royal Melbourne GC |
| 1954 | H H A Pickworth (NSW) | 280 | Kooyonga GC |
| 1955 | A D Locke (SAf) | 290 | Gailes GC |
| 1956 | B S Crampton (NSW) | 289 | Royal Sydney GC |
| 1957 | F Phillips (NSW) | 287 | Kingston Heath GC |
| 1958 | G J Player (SAf) | 271 | Kooyonga GC |
| 1959 | K D G Nagle (NSW) | 284 | The Australian GC |
| 1960 | B W Devlin (a) (NSW) | 282 | Lake Karrinyup CC |
| 1961 | F Phillips (NSW) | 275 | Victoria GC |
| 1962 | G J Player (SAf) | 281 | Royal Adelaide GC |
| 1963 | G J Player (SAf) | 278 | Royal Melbourne GC |
| 1964 | J W Nicklaus (USA) After 18-Hole Play-Off |
287 | The Lakes GC |
| 1965 | G J Player (SAf) | 264 | Kooyonga GC |
| 1966 | A D Palmer (USA) | 276 | Royal Queensland GC |
| 1967 | P W Thomson (Vic) | 281 | Commonwealth GC |
| 1968 | J W Nicklaus (USA) | 270 | Lake Karrinyup CC |
| 1969 | G J Player (SAf) | 288 | Royal Sydney GC |
| 1970 | G J Player (SAf) | 280 | Kingston Heath GC |
| 1971 | J W Nicklaus (USA) | 269 | Royal Hobart GC |
| 1972 | P W Thomson (Vic) After 18-Hole Play-Off |
281 | Kooyonga GC |
| 1973 | J C Snead (USA) | 280 | Royal Queensland GC |
| 1974 | G J Player (SAf) | 277 | Lake Karrinyup CC |
| 1975 | J W Nicklaus (USA) | 279 | The Australian GC |
| 1976 | J W Nicklaus (USA) | 286 | The Australian GC |
| 1977 | A D Graham (NSW) | 284 | The Australian GC |
| 1978 | J W Nicklaus (USA) | 284 | The Australian GC |
| 1979 | J Newton (NSW) | 288 | Metropolitan GC |
| 1980 | G J Norman (Qld) | 284 | The Lakes GC |
| 1981 | W C Rogers (USA) | 282 | Victoria GC |
| 1982 | R A Shearer (Vic) | 287 | The Australian GC |
| 1983 | P R Fowler (NSW) | 285 | Kingston Heath GC |
| 1984 | T S Watson (USA) | 281 | Royal Melbourne GC |
| 1985 | G J Norman (Qld) | 212 | Royal Melbourne GC |
| 1986 | R M Davis (NSW) | 278 | Metropolitan GC |
| 1987 | G J Norman (Qld) | 273 | Royal Melbourne GC |
| 1988 | M J Calcavecchia (USA) | 269 | Royal Sydney GC |
| 1989 | P A C Senior (Qld) | 271 | Kingston Heath GC |
| 1990 | J P Morse (USA) After 18-Hole Play-Off |
283 | The Australian GC |
| 1991 | W G Riley (NSW) | 285 | Royal Melbourne GC |
| 1992 | S J Elkington (NSW) | 280 | The Lakes GC |
| 1993 | B J Faxon (USA) | 275 | Metropolitan GC |
| 1994 | R M Allenby (Vic) | 280 | Royal Sydney GC |
| 1995 | G J Norman (Qld) | 278 | Kingston Heath GC |
| 1996 | G J Norman (Qld) | 280 | The Australian GC |
| 1997 | L J Westwood (Eng) After 18-Hole Play-Off |
274 | Metropolitan GC |
| 1998 | G J Chalmers (WA) | 288 | Royal Adelaide GC |
| 1999 | A J Baddeley (a) (Vic) | 274 | Royal Sydney GC |
| 2000 | A J Baddeley (Vic) | 278 | Kingston Heath GC |
| 2001 | S. Appleby (VIC) | 271 | The Grand GC |
| 2002 | S. Allan (VIC) | 198 | Victoria GC |
| 2003 | P. Lonard (NSW) | 279 | Moonah Links |
| 2004 | P. Lonard (NSW) | 279 | The Australian GC |
| 2005 | R M Allenby (Vic) | 284 | Moonah Links |
| 2006 | J. Senden (Qld) | 280 | Royal Sydney GC |
| 2007 | C. Parry (NSW) | 277 | The Australian GC |
| 2008 | T. Clark (SAf) | 279 | Royal Sydney GC |
| 2009 | A. Scott (Qld) | 273 | New South Wales GC |
| 2010 | G. Ogilvy (Vic) | 269 | The Lakes GC |
| 2011 | G J Chalmers (WA) | 275 | The Lakes GC |
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