ESP Open

{{Infobox golf tournament

| name = ESP Open

| image =

| location = Canberra, Australia

| establishment = 1988

| course = Royal Canberra Golf Club

| par = 72

| tour = PGA Tour of Australia

| format = Stroke play

| month_played = February

| final_year = 1988

| aggregate = 269 Greg Norman (1988)

| to-par = −19 as above

| final_champion = {{flagicon|AUS}} Greg Norman

| coordinates = {{coord|-35.304|149.09}}

| map = Australia#Australian Capital Territory

| map_label = Royal Canberra GC

| map_caption = Location in Australia##Location in Australian Capital Territory

| map_relief = yes

| map_label_position =

| map_size =

}}

The ESP Open was a golf tournament held in Australia in February 1988 at the Royal Canberra Golf Club, Canberra. The tournament was originally intended to run for an initial three years, but this was changed to a year-by-year arrangement after title sponsors ESP Pty Ltd agreed to also sponsor the Australian PGA Championship in 1987. This arrangement also resulted in a reduction in prize money for the ESP Open, which was halved from A$500,000 to A$250,000.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122413760 |title=Money halved for ESP Open |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |first=John |last=Hourigan |date=3 December 1987 |access-date=13 February 2020 |page=26 |via=Trove}}

The ESP Open was scheduled to be played for the second time in January 1989 but was cancelled because of a clash of dates with the inaugural Coca-Cola Classic.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102074929 |title=Canberra's ESP Open suspended |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=63 |issue=19349 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=27 September 1988 |accessdate=29 April 2017 |page=22 |via=National Library of Australia}} Ultimately, the tournament was not held again.

Winners

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!Year !! Winner !! Score !! To par !! Margin of
victory !! Runner-up !! Winner's
share (A$) !! Ref.

1988{{flagicon|AUS}} Greg Normanalign=center|269align=center|−197 strokes{{flagicon|FRG}} Bernhard Langeralign=center|45,000{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=h_wxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-pYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2173%2C5195086 |title=Norman by a yawning gap |newspaper=The Age |first=Brendan |last=Moloney |date=29 February 1988 |page=33}}

References