City of Sydney Open

The City of Sydney Open was a golf tournament played at Moore Park Golf Course in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia between 1963 and 1970.{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/golf/promoter-goes-back-to-the-future-to-end-professional-tournament-drought-20040507-gdivns.html |title=Promoter goes back to the future to end professional tournament drought |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=7 May 2004}} The inaugural event was part of the celebrations of the 175th anniversary of the founding of Sydney.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vntWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MeYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7332%2C4485278 |title=City Open Golf Event Proposed |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=16 July 1963 |page=8}} The 1969 event was played over 54 holes.

Winners

class=wikitable style="font-size:95%" !Year !! Winner !! Country !! Score !! To par !! Margin of victory !! Runner(s)-up !! Ref
1963	Peter Mills	{{AUS}}	align=center\|288	align=center\|+4	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Frank Phillips	{{cite news \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f31WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=veUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2845%2C118377 \|title=Open win from two late birdies \|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald \|date=1 April 1963 \|page=18}}
1964	Ted Ball	{{AUS}}	align=center\|276	align=center\|−8	4 strokes	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Col Johnston	{{cite news \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44384919/the_sydney_morning_herald/ \|title=Ball in another big win \|newspaper=The Sun-Herald \|date=10 May 1964 \|page=70}}
1965	Bob Stanton	{{AUS}}	align=center\|276	align=center\|−8	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Frank Phillips	{{cite news \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sYZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4eYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2095%2C9520117 \|title=Stanton wins City of Sydney \|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald \|date=30 August 1965 \|page=12}}
1966	Alan Murray	{{AUS}}	align=center\|275	align=center\|−9	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Don Sharp (a)	{{cite news \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iCRZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SucDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4678%2C8807797 \|title=City of Sydney golf winner sets record \|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald \|date=29 August 1966 \|page=15}}
1967	Walter Godfrey	{{NZL}}	align=center\|271	align=center\|−13	6 strokes	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Wally Gale {{flagicon\|AUS}} Col Johnston {{flagicon\|AUS}} Darrell Welch	{{cite news \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BP1jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JOcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5247%2C3506084 \|title=New Zealand golfer's 'fantastic' round wins \|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald \|date=11 September 1967 \|page=14}}
1968	Alan Murray	{{AUS}}	align=center\|273	align=center\|−11	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|NZL}} Dennis Clark {{flagicon\|AUS}} Frank Phillips	{{cite news \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44382494/the_sydney_morning_herald/ \|title=Golf leader out for late arrival \|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald \|date=16 September 1968 \|page=16}}
1969	Bruce Devlin	{{AUS}}	align=center\|200	align=center\|−13	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|JPN}} Takashi Murakami	{{cite news \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=maspAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AOUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3584%2C4869399 \|title=Sydney Open to Ball - 14 under par \|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald \|date=13 October 1969 \|page=13}}
1970	Ted Ball	{{AUS}}	align=center\|270	align=center\|−14	4 strokes	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Graham Marsh	{{cite news \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TS8gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O_EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2706%2C4594416 \|title=Devlin sinks two crucial putts to win \|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald \|date=12 October 1970 \|page=15}}

References

Category:Golf tournaments in Australia

Category:Golf in New South Wales

Category:Sport in Sydney