Illawarra Open

The Illawarra Open was a professional golf tournament played in the Illawarra area of New South Wales, Australia. It was played between 1978 and 1981. 1978 and 1979 events had prize money of A$20,000. The 1981 event was played over 36 holes with reduced prize money of A$10,000 and was not a PGA Tour of Australia Order of Merit event.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125647418 |title=GOLF Rehearsal for Illawarra open |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=17 January 1981 |access-date=13 February 2020 |page=44 |via=Trove }} The 1982 event had prize money of A$25,000.

The 1978 tournament was planned as a 72-hole event. 18 holes were played on the Thursday and Friday but heavy rain at the weekend caused the tournament to be reduced to 36 holes.

Winners

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class=wikitable style="font-size:95%" !Year !! Winner !! Country !! Venue !! Score !! To par !! Margin of victory !! Runner(s)-up !! Ref
1982	Bob Shaw	{{AUS}}	Port Kembla	align=center\|277	align=center\|−11	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Colin Bishop	{{cite news \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HABkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p-YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2300%2C5672113 \|title=Golf \|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald \|date=18 January 1982 \|page=31}}
1981	George Serhan	{{AUS}}	Port Kembla	align=center\|142	align=center\|−2	Playoff	{{flagicon\|AUS}} John Clifford {{flagicon\|AUS}} Garry Doolan	{{cite news \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-P5jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5-YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4561%2C5879244 \|title=Golf \|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald \|date=19 January 1981 \|page=26}}{{cite news \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44095739/the_age/ \|title=By George \|newspaper=The Age \|date=19 January 1981 \|page=23}}
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1979	Mike Ferguson	{{AUS}}	The Grange	align=center\|288	align=center\|E	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Tom Linskey {{flagicon\|AUS}} Chris Tickner	{{cite news \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A4VWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eeYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5799%2C9192313 \|title=Fergusson by one \|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald \|date=24 September 1979 \|page=26}}
1978	Bill Dunk	{{AUS}}	Wollongong	align=center\|135	align=center\|−5	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Colin McGregor	{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110888513 \|title=Dunk's 36-hole score wins \|newspaper=The Canberra Times \|location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia \|date=21 March 1978 \|access-date=12 February 2020 \|page=1 (Sports section) \|via=Trove}}{{cite news \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YPtjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=feYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5998%2C7126420 \|title=Dunk named Open winner \|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald \|date=21 March 1978 \|page=26}}

References

Category:Golf tournaments in Australia

Category:Golf in New South Wales

Category:Sport in Wollongong

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1978

Category:1978 establishments in Australia