Australian Open Past Winners and History

One of the oldest continuously played golf championships, the Australian Open dates to 1904, making it the same age as the Canadian Open and just ten years younger than the US Open. As a national open, it carries a prestige that few others hold, and as a result has a minimum level of points in the World Golf Rankings, regardless of the strength of field.

The list of winners is a who’s who of the top players from the 1950s to the 1980s: Bobby Locke, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Peter Thompson, Greg Norman, Tom Watson, Mark Calcavecchia and Lee Westwood. But the tournament has been dominated throughout the years by Australians (and rightfully so), with Norman, Kel Nagle, Aaron Baddeley, Stuart Appleby, Peter Lonard, Adam Scott and Geoff Ogilvy toppoing the list.

In 2011, the tournament adds a special significance as a “warm up” to the President’s Cup, which is played at Royal Melbourne a week later.

The event is run by Golf Australia, and is a major tournament for the PGA Tour Australasia and the OneAsia Tour.

A complete list of Australian Open Winners follows:

Past Winners

2010 Geoff Ogilvy - Australia
2009 Adam Scott - Australia
2008 Tim Clark - South Africa
2007 Craig Parry - Australia
2006 John Senden - Australia
2005 Robert Allenby - Australia
2004 Peter Lonard - Australia
2003 Peter Lonard - Australia
2002 Stephen Allan - Australia
2001 Stuart Appleby - Australia
2000 Aaron Baddeley - Australia (professional)
1999 Aaron Baddeley - Australia (amateur)
1998 Greg Chalmers - Australia
1997 Lee Westwood - England
1996 Greg Norman - Australia
1995 Greg Norman - Australia
1994 Robert Allenby - Australia
1993 Brad Faxon - United States
1992 Steve Elkington - Australia
1991 Wayne Riley - Australia
1990 John Morse - United States
1989 Peter Senior - Australia
1988 Mark Calcavecchia - United States
1987 Greg Norman - Australia
1986 Rodger Davis - Australia
1985 Greg Norman - Australia
1984 Tom Watson - United States
1983 Peter Fowler - Australia
1982 Bob Shearer - Australia
1981 Bill Rogers - United States
1980 Greg Norman - Australia
1979 Jack Newton - Australia
1978 Jack Nicklaus - United States
1977 David Graham - Australia
1976 Jack Nicklaus - United States
1975 Jack Nicklaus - United States
1974 Gary Player - South Africa
1973 J. C. Snead - United States
1972 Peter Thomson - Australia
1971 Jack Nicklaus - United States
1970 Gary Player - South Africa
1969 Gary Player - South Africa
1968 Jack Nicklaus - United States
1967 Peter Thomson - Australia
1966 Arnold Palmer - United States
1965 Gary Player - South Africa
1964 Jack Nicklaus - United States
1963 Gary Player - South Africa
1962 Gary Player - South Africa
1961 Frank Phillips - Australia
1960 Bruce Devlin - Australia (amateur)
1959 Kel Nagle - Australia
1958 Gary Player - South Africa
1957 Frank Phillips - Australia
1956 Bruce Crampton - Australia
1955 Bobby Locke - South Africa
1954 Ossie Pickworth - Australia
1953 Norman Von Nida - Australia
1952 Norman Von Nida - Australia
1951 Peter Thomson - Australia
1950 Norman Von Nida - Australia
1949 Eric Cremin - Australia
1948 Ossie Pickworth - Australia
1947 Ossie Pickworth - Australia
1946 Ossie Pickworth - Australia
1940-45 No tournament due to World War II
1939 Jim Ferrier - Australia (amateur)
1938 Jim Ferrier - Australia (amateur)
1937 George Naismith - Australia
1936 Gene Sarazen - United States
1935 Fergus McMahon - Australia
1934 Billy Bolger - Australia
1933 Lou Kelly - Australia
1932 Mick Ryan - Australia (amateur)
1931 Ivo Whitton - Australia (amateur)
1930 Frank Eyre - Australia
1929 Ivo Whitton - Australia (amateur)
1928 Fred Popplewell - Australia
1927 Rufus Stewart - Australia
1926 Ivo Whitton - Australia (amateur)
1925 Fred Popplewell - Australia
1924 A. Russell - Australia (amateur)
1923 Tom Howard - Australia
1922 Charlie Campbell - Australia
1921 Arthur Le Fevre - Australia
1920 Joe Kirkwood, Sr. - Australia
1914-19 no tournament due to World War I
1913 Ivo Whitton - Australia (amateur)
1912 Ivo Whitton - Australia (amateur)
1911 Carnegie Clark - Australia
1910 Carnegie Clark - Australia
1909 Claude Felstead - Australia (amateur)
1908 Clyde Pearce - Australia (amateur)
1907 Michael Scott - Australia (amateur)
1906 Carnegie Clark - Australia
1905 Dan Soutar - Australia
1904 Michael Scott - Australia (amateur)