Victorian Open

The first Victorian Open was played at Riversdale in 1957, replacing the Victorian Close Championship which had been first held in 1948.^[2] It was won by Ossie Pickworth who finished 10 strokes ahead of the field.^[3] Prize money was £250 but only one competitor, amateur Harry Hattersley, was from outside the state.^[4][2]

Three of the first four editions were won by Victorians with Gary Player winning 1959. However professionals from New South Wales won 9 of the 10 events from 1961 to 1970 with only Peter Thomson from Victoria breaking their run of success in 1968.^[5]

From 2004 to 2007 the tournament was part of the second-tier Von Nida Tour. It was not played in 2008 but from 2009 to 2016 it was a Tier 2 event on the PGA Tour of Australasia schedule. In 2017 it became a Tier 1 event.

Since 2012, it has been held concurrently with the Women's Victorian Open, being held at 13th Beach Golf Links in Barwon Heads, Victoria since 2013.^[6] When the tournament moved to 13th Beach Golf Links in 2013 the combined prize pool was $300,000, with $150,000 on offer for each of the men's and women's fields. In six years, the total prize pool has increased ten-fold. In 2019, the men's and women's Victorian Open fields played for a total purse of $3 million, $1.5 million for each event.

In 2019 and 2020, the event was co-sanctioned by the European Tour. The event continues to be played alongside the Women's Victorian Open, now co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour. The event features a double cut, 65 players will remain after the first cut, then 35 players after the Saturday cut.^[7] In February 2019, James Nitties matched the world record of nine consecutive birdies in the Victorian Open. His birdie run from the 15th to the fifth in the first round set a European Tour record and matched Mark Calcavecchia's feat in the 2009 Canadian Open.^[8] David Law won the first co-sanctioned European Tour edition of the event. He won by a one stroke margin after entering the final three holes three strokes behind. Law birdied the 16th and eagled the final hole, this coupled with Wade Ormsby double bogeying his penultimate hole, led to Law claiming victory.^[9]

No event was played in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[10] The event returned in 2022 as a sole-sanctioned PGA Tour of Australasia event and had a reduced prize fund.^[11]

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Year	Tour(s)[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
Vic Open
2026	ANZ	Cameron John	280	−8	Playoff	Nathan Barbieri	13th Beach
2025	ANZ	Josh Geary	275	−13	4 strokes	Connor McKinney	13th Beach
2024	ANZ	Brett Coletta	270	−18	2 strokes	Andrew Martin Jordan Zunic	13th Beach
2023	ANZ	Michael Hendry	267	−21	4 strokes	David Micheluzzi	13th Beach
2022	ANZ	Dimitrios Papadatos (2)	267	−21	1 stroke	Ben Campbell	13th Beach
2021: No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic								[10]
ISPS Handa Vic Open
2020	ANZ, EUR	Min Woo Lee	269	−19	2 strokes	Ryan Fox	13th Beach
2019	ANZ, EUR	David Law	270	−18	1 stroke	Brad Kennedy Wade Ormsby	13th Beach
Oates Vic Open
2018	ANZ	Simon Hawkes	274	−14	Playoff[b]	Harrison Endycott	13th Beach
2017	ANZ	Dimitrios Papadatos	272	−16	2 strokes	Adam Bland Jake McLeod	13th Beach
2016	ANZ	Michael Long	275	−13	Playoff[c]	Matthew Millar	13th Beach
2015	ANZ	Richard Green	272	−16	Playoff[d]	Nick Cullen	13th Beach
Oates Victorian Open Championship
2014	ANZ	Matthew Griffin	281	−7	Playoff[e]	Matt Stieger	13th Beach
Victorian Open
2013	ANZ	Matthew Giles	275	−13	1 stroke	Nathan Holman (a) Ryan Lynch	13th Beach
2012	ANZ	Scott Arnold	272	−12	1 stroke	Kurt Barnes	Spring Valley
2011	ANZ	Paul Sheehan	276	−8	2 strokes	Matthew Griffin	Spring Valley
Subaru Victorian Open
2010	ANZ	Jason Norris	274	−10	2 strokes	Chris Campbell	Spring Valley
2009	ANZ	Ashley Hall	278	−10	2 strokes	Scott Laycock Craig Scott	Spring Valley
Victorian Open
2008: No tournament
2007	VNT	Kim Felton	280	−8	1 stroke	Steve Collins Marc Leishman Aron Price	Woodlands	[12]
2006	VNT	David Diaz	202	−14	2 strokes	Marcus Cain Aron Price	Woodlands
Mitsubishi Motors Victorian Open
2005	VNT	Kurt Barnes	204	−12	Playoff	Nathan Green	Woodlands	[13]
2004	VNT	Gareth Paddison	204	−12	5 strokes	Richard Green Paul Sheehan	Woodlands	[14]
Victorian Open
2003	VNT	Cancelled
ANZ Victorian Open Championship
2002	ANZ	Andre Stolz	274	−8	Playoff[f]	David Bransdon	Sorrento/Portsea
2001	ANZ	Scott Laycock	270	−18	3 strokes	Richard Green	Cranbourne
Victorian Open
2000		Brad Lamb (a)	278	−14	Playoff[g]	Jens Nilsson	Cranbourne
1999	ANZ	Kenny Druce	275	−13	3 strokes	Lucas Parsons	Victoria
1998	ANZ	Brad King	272	−16	5 strokes	Greg Chalmers Daniel Chopra Terry Price	Victoria
1997	ANZ	Stephen Leaney (2)	280	−8	1 stroke	Darren Cole Euan Walters	Victoria
1996: No tournament
1995	ANZ	Stephen Leaney	283	−5	1 stroke	Robert Allenby Mike Clayton	Victoria	[15]
1994	ANZ	Patrick Burke	278	−10	2 strokes	Tim Elliott Robert Willis	Victoria	[16]
1993	ANZ	Lucas Parsons	276	−12	3 strokes	Bradley Hughes	Woodlands	[17]
1992		Ian Stanley	284	−4	1 stroke	Jeff Senior	Woodlands	[18]
1991		Robert Allenby (a)	287	−1	6 strokes	David Armstrong Paul Moloney	Woodlands	[19]
1990	ANZ	Cancelled
1989	ANZ	Mike Clayton (2)	285	−3	2 strokes	Ossie Moore	Kingston Heath	[20]
1988	ANZ	Jim Benepe	282	−6	3 strokes	Ian Baker-Finch Peter McWhinney	Kingston Heath	[21]
Robert Boyd Transport Victorian Open
1987	ANZ	Roger Mackay	277	−11	1 stroke	Greg Norman	Kingston Heath	[22]
1986	ANZ	Ossie Moore	280	−8	1 stroke	Vaughan Somers Greg Turner	Yarra Yarra	[23]
Victorian Open
1985	ANZ	Ian Baker-Finch	279	−9	2 strokes	Rodger Davis	Yarra Yarra	[24]
1984	ANZ	Greg Norman	281	−7	2 strokes	Bob Shearer	Metropolitan	[25]
1983	ANZ	Bob Shearer	282	−6	1 stroke	Greg Norman	Metropolitan	[26]
1982	ANZ	Mike Clayton	281	−7	3 strokes	Bob Shearer	Metropolitan	[27]
1981	ANZ	Bill Dunk	277	−11	5 strokes	Wayne Grady	Metropolitan	[28]
1980	ANZ	Guy Wolstenholme (4)	282	−6	4 strokes	Graham Marsh	Metropolitan	[29]
1979	ANZ	Rodger Davis	291	+3	Playoff[h]	Geoff Parslow Gary Player	Kingston Heath	[30]
1978	ANZ	Guy Wolstenholme (3)	284	−4	Playoff[i]	Arnold Palmer	Metropolitan	[31]
1977	ANZ	Geoff Parslow	275	−13	4 strokes	Greg Norman	Yarra Yarra	[32]
1976	ANZ	Guy Wolstenholme (2)	281	−7	Playoff[j]	Graham Marsh	Kingston Heath	[33]
1975	ANZ	Stewart Ginn	283	−5	3 strokes	Ian Stanley	Metropolitan	[34]
1974	ANZ	John Davis	287	−5	1 stroke	Ted Ball Bill Dunk Ian Stanley Randall Vines	Huntingdale	[35]
1973	ANZ	Peter Thomson (3)	284	−4	2 strokes	Stewart Ginn Bob Tuohy	Yarra Yarra	[36]
1972		Walter Godfrey	283	−9	7 strokes	Isao Aoki Peter Mills Kel Nagle	Commonwealth	[37]
1971		Guy Wolstenholme	289	+1	2 strokes	Peter Thomson	Woodlands	[38]
1970		David Graham	273	−19	4 strokes	Kevin Hartley (a) Kel Nagle Guy Wolstenholme	Riversdale	[39]
1969		Kel Nagle (2)	279	−17	3 strokes	Bill Dunk Peter Thomson	Kingston Heath	[40]
1968		Peter Thomson (2)	288	−12	1 stroke	Stan Peach	Huntingdale	[41]
1967		Kel Nagle	283	−9	1 stroke	Guy Wolstenholme	Yarra Yarra	[42]
1966		Frank Phillips (2)	284	−8	4 strokes	Barry Coxon	Riversdale	[43]
1965		Alan Murray (2)	291	−1	4 strokes	Eric Cremin	Royal Melbourne	[44]
1964		Frank Phillips	278	−14	3 strokes	Kel Nagle	Victoria	[45]
1963		Bruce Devlin (2)	286	−10	5 strokes	Peter Mills	Kingswood	[46]
1962		Bruce Devlin	293	−7	2 strokes	Bill Dunk	Huntingdale	[47]
1961		Alan Murray	290	−6	4 strokes	Peter Thomson	Commonwealth	[48]
1960		Jack Harris	282	−6	4 strokes	Bill Dunk	Metropolitan	[49]
1959		Gary Player	275	−17	5 strokes	Harold Henning	Yarra Yarra	[50]
1958		Peter Thomson	289	−7	3 strokes	Barry West	Kingston Heath	[51]
1957		Ossie Pickworth	282	−10	10 strokes	Barry West (a)	Riversdale	[4]

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