# Western Australian Open

The Western Australian Open, also known as the WA Open, is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia. It had been a tour event every year since 2009 with the exception of 2019.

## History

The first Western Australian Amateur Championship was held in 1911. This consisted of a 36-hole stroke-play qualification stage, played in a single day, followed by match-play to determine the champion. The leading four players in the stroke-play qualified in 1911, increasing to 8 in 1912. In 1913 the stroke-play stage was opened up to professionals, becoming the first Western Australian Open Championship. It was played at the Fremantle links on 28 August, nearly 30 players competing. In both 1911 and 1912, Norman Fowlie had led the stroke-play stage but in 1913 he was challenged by Clyde Pearce, who had won both the Australian Open and Australian Amateur in 1908, as well as losing the final three times in the amateur. Pearce won the Open with rounds of 77 and 78, three ahead of Fowlie who had rounds of 83 and 75. P. C. Anderson came third. The leading professional, David Dakers, came seventh. Pearce would go on to win the amateur championship as well.
The 1914 championship was again played on the Fremantle links in late August. Norman Fowlie reversed the 1913 result, winning by three strokes from Clyde Pearce, with rounds of 80 and 77. Two professionals entered but were well down the field.
Although the state amateur championship resumed in 1919, it was until not 1921 that the open championship was played again. Reg Forbes won with a score of 160. Three players tied for second place on 161, Arthur Geere, Percy Maunder and John Walker. Maunder won a prize of 5 guineas as leading professional, although a £10 prize was available for a professional winner. 1922 saw the first professional winner, Maunder's score of 161 beating Geere by a stroke. Maunder took the £10 first prize.

## Winners

| Year | Tour | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue |
| Bowra & O'Dea Nexus Advisernet WA Open |||||||||
| 2024 | ANZ | Elvis Smylie | 265 | −19 | Playoff | Jak Carter | Mandurah |
| Nexus Advisernet/Bowra & O'Dea WA Open |||||||||
| 2023 | ANZ | Simon Hawkes | 271 | −17 | 2 strokes | Connor McKinney Jason Norris | Joondalup |
| Nexus Advisernet WA Open |||||||||
| 2022 (Oct) | ANZ | Deyen Lawson | 260 | −20 | 2 strokes | Michael Sim | Western Australian |
| 2022 (May) | ANZ | Braden Becker | 269 | −19 | 1 stroke | Hayden Hopewell (a) | Royal Fremantle |
| Nexus Risk WA Open |||||||||
| 2021 | ANZ | No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic | No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic | No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic | No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic | No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic | No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2020 | | Hayden Hopewell (a) | 209 | −7 | 1 stroke | Haydn Barron (a) | Royal Fremantle |
| 2019 | | Michael Sim | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Hayden Hopewell (a) | Cottesloe |
| Nexus Risk TSA Group WA Open |||||||||
| 2018 | ANZ | Zach Murray (a) | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | David Micheluzzi (a) | Mount Lawley |
| 2017 | ANZ | Stephen Leaney (4) | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Callan O'Reilly | Royal Perth |
| 2016 | ANZ | Curtis Luck (a) | 261 | −19 | 2 strokes | Travis Smyth (a) | Western Australian |
| 2015 | ANZ | Daniel Fox | 277 | −11 | 3 strokes | Curtis Luck (a) | Royal Fremantle |
| John Hughes/Nexus Risk Services WA Open |||||||||
| 2014 | ANZ | Ryan Fox | 265 | −23 | 6 strokes | Stephen Dartnall | Cottesloe |
| 2013 | ANZ | Josh Geary | 273 | −15 | 5 strokes | Kristopher Mueck | Mount Lawley |
| John Hughes Geely/Nexus Risk Services WA Open |||||||||
| 2012 | ANZ | Oliver Goss (a) | 272 | −16 | Playoff | Brady Watt (a) | Royal Perth |
| WA Open Championship |||||||||
| 2011 | ANZ | Rohan Blizard | 278 | −10 | 2 strokes | Ashley Hall Matt Jager David McKenzie | Royal Fremantle |
| John Hughes Geely Nexus Risk Services WA Open |||||||||
| 2010 | ANZ | Brad Kennedy | 270 | −10 | 1 stroke | Rohan Blizard | Western Australian |
| John Hughes Geely WA Open |||||||||
| 2009 | ANZ | Michael Curtain | 272 | −16 | 4 strokes | Kim Felton | Cottesloe |
| Aspen Group WA Open Championship |||||||||
| 2008 | VNT | James Nitties | 135 | −9 | 2 strokes | Michael Dennis (a) | Cottesloe |
| DJ Carmichael WA Open Championship |||||||||
| 2007 | | Simon Pope | 142 | −2 | 1 stroke | Michael Foster (a) Brady Watt (a) | Cottesloe |
| Western Australian Open |||||||||
| 2006 | | Kim Felton | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters |
| 2005 | | Brett Rumford | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters |
| 2004 | | Stephen Leaney | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters |
| 2003 | | Kim Felton | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters |
| 2002 | | Stephen Leaney | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters | incorporated into the Nedlands Masters |
| 2001 | ANZDT | Kim Felton | 263 | −17 | Playoff | David Diaz | Western Australian |
| Heineken Western Australian Open |||||||||
| 2000 | ANZDT | Paul Sheehan | 283 | −5 | 5 strokes | Craig Carmichael David Diaz | Lake Karrinyup |
| Western Australian Open |||||||||
| 1999 | FT | Brad King (2) | 284 | −4 | 2 strokes | Mark Allen | Lake Karrinyup |
| 1998 | | Tim Elliott | 278 | | 4 strokes | Jarrod Moseley | Royal Perth |
| 1997 | | Stephen Leaney (3) | 273 | | 3 strokes | Elliot Boult | Mount Lawley |
| 1996 | FT | Brad King | 276 | −12 | 2 strokes | Grant Moorhead | Lake Karrinyup |
| 1995 | FT | Ben Jackson | 270 | | Playoff | Grant Moorhead | Meadow Springs |
| 1994 | FT | Stephen Leaney (2) | 276 | | 2 strokes | Greg Chalmers (a) Michael Long George Serhan | Meadow Springs |
| 1993 | | Grant Moorhead | 269 | | 3 strokes | Terry Price | Meadow Springs |
| 1992 | | Leith Wastle | 274 | | 8 strokes | Brad King | Meadow Springs |
| 1991 | | Stephen Leaney (a) | 271 | | 2 strokes | Glen Joyner | Meadow Springs |
| 1990 | | Terry Gale (6) | 208 | | 5 strokes | Brad Park (a) | Meadow Springs |
| 1989 | | Ross Metherell (2) | 145 | | 1 stroke | Stephen Leaney (a) | Meadow Springs |
| Town and Country Western Australian Open |||||||||
| 1988 | ANZ | Bradley Hughes | 284 | −4 | 1 stroke | Ken Trimble | Lake Karrinyup |
| National Panasonic Western Australian Open |||||||||
| 1987 | ANZ | Gerry Taylor | 290 | +2 | Playoff | Brad King | Joondalup |
| 1986 | ANZ | Greg Norman | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Terry Gale | Lake Karrinyup |
| 1985 | ANZ | Ian Stanley | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Paul Foley | Royal Perth |
| Town and Country WA-RAC Western Australian Open |||||||||
| 1984 | ANZ | Ian Baker-Finch | 272 | −16 | 4 strokes | Terry Gale | Royal Perth |
| Town and Country Western Australian Open |||||||||
| 1983 | ANZ | Terry Gale (5) | 280 | −8 | Playoff | Jack Newton | Lake Karrinyup |
| 1982 | ANZ | Terry Gale (4) | 275 | −13 | Playoff | Vaughan Somers | Mount Lawley |
| Western Australian Open |||||||||
| 1981 | | Glenn Carbon (a) | 146 | | 1 stroke | Graham Johnson | Melville Glades |
| 1980 | ANZ | Terry Gale (3) | 286 | −2 | 3 strokes | Peter Randall | Royal Fremantle |
| 1979 | ANZ | Peter Jacobsen | 279 | −9 | 5 strokes | David Graham | Lake Karrinyup |
| 1978 | | David Galloway | 279 | −9 | 3 strokes | Peter Croker Mike Ferguson Ross Metherell | Mount Lawley |
| 1977 | | Mike Ferguson | 281 | −7 | 3 strokes | Barry Burgess Vaughan Somers | Mount Lawley |
| 1976 | | Graham Marsh (2) | 274 | | 10 strokes | David Galloway | Lake Karrinyup |
| 1975 | | Terry Gale (a) (2) | 288 | | 1 stroke | Graham Johnson | Western Australian |
| 1974 | | Ross Metherell | 285 | | 4 strokes | Terry Gale (a) | Gosnells |
| 1973 | | Graham Johnson | 300 | | 1 stroke | Barry Fry | Lake Karrinyup |
| 1972 | | Terry Gale (a) | 289 | | 4 strokes | Ross Metherell | Lake Karrinyup |
| 1971 | | John Muller (a) | 295 | | 2 strokes | John Ewing (a) Len Thomas | Cottesloe |
| 1970 | | Barry Jones (a) | 284 | | 1 stroke | Terry Gale (a) | Royal Perth |
| 1969 | | Stan Peach | 286 | | 4 strokes | John Ewing (a) | Lake Karrinyup |
| 1968 | | Graham Marsh | 286 | | 4 strokes | John Muller (a) | Western Australian |
| 1967 | | Len Tidy (a) | 295 | | 1 stroke | Len Thomas | Mount Lawley |
| 1966 | | Dennis Bell (a) (3) | 279 | | 6 strokes | Harold Digney (a) Graham Marsh (a) | Cottesloe |
| 1965 | | Len Thomas (3) | 287 | | 5 strokes | Dennis Bell (a) | Western Australian |
| 1964 | | Len Thomas (2) | 287 | | 5 strokes | Dennis Bell (a) | Royal Perth |
| 1963 | | Dennis Bell (a) (2) | 284 | | 6 strokes | Jock Borthwick | Lake Karrinyup |
| 1962 | | Trevor Osborn | 295 | | Playoff | Brian Grey (a) | Cottesloe |
| 1961 | | Dennis Bell (a) | 282 | | 4 strokes | Harold Digney (a) Justin Seward (a) | Royal Fremantle |
| 1960 | | Bob Tuohy | 291 | | 1 stroke | Brian Henning | Mount Lawley |
| 1959 | | Len Thomas | 290 | | 9 strokes | Bill McPherson (a) | Royal Perth |
| 1958 | | Bill McPherson (a) (2) | 292 | | 1 stroke | Les Nicholls Justin Seward (a) | Western Australian |
| 1957 | | Bill McPherson (a) | 290 | | 5 strokes | Bob Stevens (a) | Lake Karrinyup |
| 1956 | | Gary Player | 289 | | 5 strokes | Len Thomas (a) | Mount Lawley |
| 1955 | | Ted Taylor (a) | 300 | | 1 stroke | Justin Seward (a) | Royal Fremantle |
| 1954 | | Eric Cremin (2) | 292 | | 3 strokes | Brian Crafter | Royal Fremantle |
| 1953 | | Kelly Rogers (a) | 282 | | 10 strokes | Brian Crafter | Cottesloe |
| 1952 | | Kel Nagle (3) | 286 | | 6 strokes | Larry Harke (a) | Royal Perth |
| 1951 | | Kel Nagle (2) | 286 | | 11 strokes | Eric Cremin | Lake Karrinyup |
| 1950 | | Kel Nagle | 283 | | 6 strokes | Eric Cremin | Western Australian |
| 1949 | | Eric Cremin | 291 | | 2 strokes | Kelly Rogers (a) | Royal Fremantle |
| 1948 | | Ossie Pickworth | 282 | | 4 strokes | Eric Cremin | Mount Lawley |
| 1947 | | Les Nicholls | 304 | | 6 strokes | Charles Jackson | Cottesloe |
| 1946 | | Keith Pix (a) | 314 | | 1 stroke | Bob Hall (a) Nev Johnston | Royal Perth |
| 1940–1945: No tournament due to World War II |||||||||
| 1939 | | Fred Thompson | 299 | | 3 strokes | Harry Godden | Royal Perth |
| 1938 | | Dan Cullen (2) | 298 | | 1 stroke | Charlie Snow | Lake Karrinyup |
| 1937 | | Dan Cullen | 295 | | Playoff | Tom Howard | Royal Fremantle |
| 1936 | | Tom Cassidy (4) | 307 | | Playoff | Keith Pix (a) | Western Australian |
| 1935 | | Harry Godden (2) | 296 | | 2 strokes | Charlie Snow | Perth |
| 1934 | | Charlie Snow | 300 | | 5 strokes | Geoff Hill (a) | Lake Karrinyup |
| 1933 | | Tom Cassidy (3) | 295 | | 1 stroke | Charlie Snow | Royal Fremantle |
| 1932 | | Ernie Bissett | 299 | | 4 strokes | Tom Cassidy | Perth |
| 1931 | | Eric Alberts | 311 | | 1 stroke | Walter Baldwin | Royal Fremantle |
| 1930 | | Harry Godden (a) | 329 | | 2 strokes | Reg Forbes (a) | Lake Karrinyup |
| 1929 | | Tom Cassidy (a) (2) | 309 | | 1 stroke | J. J. O'Hara (a) | Perth |
| 1928 | | Tom Cassidy (a) | 312 | | 5 strokes | Eddie Cassidy (a) | Fremantle |
| 1927 | | Eddie Cassidy (a) (5) | 311 | | 1 stroke | Eric Alberts | Fremantle |
| 1926 | | Eddie Cassidy (a) (4) | 310 | | 5 strokes | Reg Forbes (a) Bill Rees (a) | Fremantle |
| 1925 | | Eddie Cassidy (a) (3) | 315 | | 5 strokes | Percy Maunder | Fremantle |
| 1924 | | Eddie Cassidy (a) (2) | 317 | | 5 strokes | Reg Forbes (a) | Fremantle |
| 1923 | | Eddie Cassidy (a) | 156 | | 5 strokes | Reg Forbes (a) Arthur Geere (a) | Fremantle |
| 1922 | | Percy Maunder | 161 | | 1 stroke | Arthur Geere (a) | Fremantle |
| 1921 | | Reg Forbes (a) | 160 | | 1 stroke | Arthur Geere (a) Percy Maunder John Walker (a) | Fremantle |
| 1915–1920: No tournament due to World War I |||||||||
| 1914 | | Norman Fowlie (a) | 157 | | 3 strokes | Clyde Pearce (a) | Fremantle |
| 1913 | | Clyde Pearce (a) | 155 | | 3 strokes | Norman Fowlie (a) | Fremantle |
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