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Golf tournament

The Wagga City Open was a golf tournament played in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia in the 1960s.

Prize money was £750 in 1962, £1,000 in 1964 and 1965, A$2,000 in 1966 and 1967, and A$3,000 in 1968 and 1969.

Winners

This list is incomplete

Year Winner Country Score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref
1962 Bob Swinbourne
Darrell Welch		  Australia
 Australia		 203 −7 Tied
1963 John Davis  Australia 207 −3
1964 Ted Ball  Australia 273 −7 2 strokes Australia Kel Nagle
1965 Kel Nagle  Australia 265 −15 3 strokes Australia Alan Murray
1966 Alan Murray  Australia 278 −2 1 stroke Australia Ted Ball
1967 Alan Murray  Australia 276 −4 3 strokes Australia Alan Brookes
New Zealand Walter Godfrey
1968 Walter Godfrey  New Zealand 197 −12 2 strokes Australia Randall Vines
1969

References

  1. "Two share Wagga golf £750 prize". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 22 October 1962. p. 20. Retrieved 18 February 2020 – via Trove.
  2. "Down the fairway". The Sun-Herald. 3 November 1963. p. 79.
  3. "Wagga purse goes to Ball". The Age. 6 October 1964. p. 23.
  4. "Nagle's three shot victory". The Age. 13 September 1965. p. 23.
  5. "Wagga golf to Murray in gale-force winds". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 October 1966. p. 19.
  6. "One stroke victory". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 October 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 18 February 2020 – via Trove.
  7. "Murray's golf win". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 October 1967. p. 17.
  8. "Putting mistakes did not worry Godfrey". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 January 1968. p. 16.
  9. "Graham two ahead in Wagga golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 January 1969. p. 31.


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