Australian Senior Open

Handa Australian Senior Open
Tournament information
LocationPerth, Western Australia, Australia
Established1995
Course(s)Royal Perth Golf Club
Par72
Length6,615 yards (6,049 m)
Tour(s)European Senior Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundA$400,000
Month playedNovember
Final year2012
Tournament record score
Aggregate207 Peter Senior (2010)
207 Peter Fowler (2012)
To par−9 as above
Final champion
Peter Fowler
Location map
Royal Perth GC
Location in Australia
Royal Perth GC
Location in Western Australia

The Australian Senior Open was an event on the PGA Legends Tour. It was run by Golf Australia. From 2007 to 2012 it was hosted by ISPS Handa and titled as the Handa Australian Senior Open. The final event was in 2012. The 2010 event was co-sanctioned with the European Senior Tour and was the first event of the 2011 European Senior Tour season.

The Senior Open was revived in 2007 by Haruhisa Handa, president of the International Sports Promotion Society. In 2011, the tournament was co-sanctioned by the European Senior Tour.

Winners

Year Tour Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue
Handa Australian Senior Open
2012 Peter Fowler 207 −9 6 strokes Mike Harwood
David Merriman
Royal Perth
2011 Gary Wolstenholme 212 −4 1 stroke Terry Price Lake Karrinyup
2010 EST Peter Senior 207 −9 3 strokes Sandy Lyle Royal Perth
2009 Mike Harwood 210 −6 Playoff Mike Clayton
Peter Senior
Royal Perth
2008 Wayne Grady (2) 210 −3 2 strokes David Merriman Concord
2007 Wayne Grady 210 −3 1 stroke David Merriman Concord
Australian Senior Open
1997–2006: No tournament
1996 Hiroshi Tahara 296 +12 1 stroke Bob Shaw Spring Valley
1995 Noel Ratcliffe 290 4 strokes John Klatt
Hiroshi Tahara
Yarra Yarra

Notes

References

  1. ^ http://www.golf.org.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=70614 Archived 2016-10-29 at the Wayback Machine Senior Open co-sanctions with European Senior Tour