Queensland Open (golf)

The Queensland Open is a golf tournament held in Queensland, Australia as part of the PGA Tour of Australasia.[1] It was founded in 1925. The event was not held from 2008 to 2012 but returned as a PGA Tour of Australasia event in 2013. The event has only intermittently been a part of the PGA Tour of Australasia's schedule.

Winners

Year	Tour[lower-alpha 1]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref
Isuzu Queensland Open
2020	ANZ	Anthony Quayle	273	−15	Playoff[lower-alpha 2]	Jack Thompson (a)	Pelican Waters
2019	No tournament, moved from November to February
2018	ANZ	Jordan Zunic	273	−11	1 stroke	Rhein Gibson	Brisbane
2017	ANZ	Michael Sim	275	−9	1 stroke	Oliver Goss Kieran Muir	Brisbane
2016	ANZ	Brett Coletta (a)	273	−7	3 strokes	Lucas Herbert	Brisbane
2015	ANZ	David Bransdon	276	−12	Playoff[lower-alpha 3]	Rohan Blizard	Brookwater
2014	ANZ	Andrew Dodt	281	−7	2 strokes	Tom Bond	Brookwater
2013	ANZ	Nick Cullen	279	−9	5 strokes	Peter O'Malley	Brookwater
Queensland Open
2008–2012: No tournament
2007	VNT	Ryan Haller	268	−20			Gainsborough Greens
2006	VNT	Ricky Schmidt	274	−14	Playoff[lower-alpha 4]	Brad Kennedy Tristan Lambert	Ipswich	[2]
2005	VNT	Brad McIntosh	268	−20	3 strokes	Peter Senior	Ipswich	[3]
2004	VNT	Steven Bowditch	198[lower-alpha 5]	−18	5 strokes	Richard Ball Brad MacIntosh Nigel Spence	Ipswich	[4]
2003	VNT	Scott Hend	275	−13	2 strokes	Matthew Millar	Ipswich	[5]
2002	ANZ	Andrew Buckle	274	−14	2 strokes	Ryan Haller Paul Sheehan Craig Warren	Ipswich
2000–2001: No tournament
1999		Shane Tait	271	−13	3 strokes	Craig Hanson Peter Senior	Nudgee
1998		Jon Riley	204[lower-alpha 6]	−9	1 stroke	Nathan Green	Nudgee
1997	No tournament
Foodlink Queensland Open
1996	ANZ	Steven Alker	275	−13	1 stroke	Greg Chalmers	Windaroo
Bank of Queensland Open
1995	FT	Terry Price (2)	276	−12	3 strokes	Stuart Bouvier Anthony Edwards Rod Pampling	Windaroo	[6]
Foodlink Queensland Open
1994	ANZ	Lucas Parsons	282	−6	2 strokes	Michael Campbell	Windaroo	[7]
Queensland Open
1993		Terry Price	279	−9	1 stroke	Shane Tait	Windaroo	[8]
1992		Jeff Senior (2)	146[lower-alpha 7]	+2	1 stroke	Brett Officer Andre Stolz	Windaroo
1991		Stuart Appleby (a)	277	−7	3 strokes	Mike Sprengel	Brisbane	[9]
1990		Ian Baker-Finch	incorporated into the Coolum Classic				Hyatt Regency	[10]
Mirage Queensland Open
1989		Brett Ogle	278	−14	3 strokes	John Clifford	Royal Queensland	[11]
Drinnan Motors Queensland Open
1988		Brett Officer	274	−10	Playoff[lower-alpha 8]	John Clifford Brett Ogle	Caloundra	[12][13]
Konica Queensland Open
1987		David Graham (2)	275	−13	7 strokes	Vaughan Somers	Coolangatta-Tweed Heads	[14]
Stefan Queensland Open
1986		Greg Norman (2)	277	−11	6 strokes	Peter Senior Jeff Woodland	Coolangatta-Tweed Heads	[15]
1985		David Graham	269	−19	5 strokes	Paul Foley	Coolangatta-Tweed Heads	[16]
1984		Peter Senior	282	−6	7 strokes	Wayne Grady	Royal Queensland	[17]
1983		Greg Norman	277	−11	1 stroke	Ossie Moore Bob Shearer	Royal Queensland	[18]
Dunhill Queensland Open
1982		Graham Marsh	285	−3	Playoff[lower-alpha 9]	Wayne Grady	Royal Queensland	[19]
Queensland Open
1981		Garry Doolan	290	+2	2 strokes	Richard Lee	Kooralbyn Valley	[20]
1980		Bill Dunk (4)	279	−9	1 stroke	Richard Coombes	Pacific	[21]
Dunhill Queensland Open
1979		Jeff Senior (a)	279	−9	2 strokes	Jack Newton	Indooroopilly	[22]
1978		Bob Risch	282	+2	1 stroke	Mike Ferguson Jack Newton Jeff Senior (a)	Brisbane	[23]
Queensland Open
1977		Hal Underwood	281	−7	2 strokes	Mike Ferguson Peter Headland	Pacific	[24]
1976		John Dyer	282	−10	3 strokes	Jim Ahern	Keperra	[25]
1975		Ian Stanley	281	+1	4 strokes	Mike Ferguson	Brisbane	[26]
1974		Bill Dunk (3)	289		1 stroke	John Sheargold	Royal Queensland	[27]
1973		Bill Dunk (2)	286				Gailes	[28]
1972		Bill Dunk	280	−12	1 stroke	Stan Peach	Pacific	[29]
1971		Vic Bennetts	277		4 strokes	Frank Phillips	Indooroopilly	[30]
1970		Terry Kendall	278		1 stroke	Bill Dunk Glen McCully	Keperra	[31]
1969		Tim Woolbank	278		3 strokes	Graham Marsh	Brisbane	[32]
1968		Peter Harvey	285		Playoff[lower-alpha 10]	Col Johnston	Royal Queensland	[33][34]
1967		Sommie Mackay (a)	288		Playoff	Errol Hartvigsen	Gailes	[35]
1965–1966: No tournament
1964		Kel Nagle (2)	278		2 strokes	John Hayes (a) Sommie Mackay (a)	Keperra	[36]
1963		Bruce Devlin	280		Playoff[lower-alpha 11]	Kel Nagle	Indooroopilly	[37][38]
1962		Ted Ball	282		4 strokes	Len Woodward	Gailes	[39]
1961		Norman Von Nida (7)	286		Playoff[lower-alpha 12]	Bruce Devlin Alec Mercer	Royal Queensland	[40][41]
1960		Alan Murray	273		7 strokes	Frank Phillips	Keperra	[42]
1959		Kel Nagle	283		5 strokes	Darrell Welch	Brisbane	[43]
1958		Jack Brown	285		1 stroke	Jim McInnes Kel Nagle	Indooroopilly	[44]
1957		Eric Cremin (5)	284		1 stroke	Frank Phillips	Royal Queensland	[45]
1956		Eric Cremin (4)	294		3 strokes	Les Wilson	Brisbane
1955	No tournament: The Australian Open was held at Gailes
1954		Reg Want	287		2 strokes	Eric Cremin	Gailes	[46]
1953		Norman Von Nida (6)	289		1 stroke	Eric Cremin Les Wilson	Keperra	[47]
1952		Ossie Pickworth (2)	289		Playoff[lower-alpha 13]	Jimmy Adams	Gailes	[48][49]
1951		Ossie Pickworth	282		10 strokes	Sid Cowling	Indooroopilly	[50]
1950		Eric Cremin (3)	284		4 strokes	Kel Nagle	Brisbane	[51]
1949		Norman Von Nida (5)	276		5 strokes	Ossie Pickworth	Royal Queensland	[52]
1948		Eric Cremin (2)	290		4 strokes	Doug Bachli (a)	Brisbane	[53]
1947	No tournament: The Australian Open was held at Royal Queensland
1946		Eric Cremin	282		19 strokes	Alex Colledge (a)	Brisbane	[54]
1941–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1940		Norman Von Nida (4)	289		6 strokes	Ossie Pickworth	Royal Queensland	[55]
1939		Jim Ferrier (3) (a)	290		6 strokes	Ossie Walker	Brisbane	[56]
1938		Jim Ferrier (2) (a)	284		15 strokes	Ossie Walker	Royal Queensland	[57]
1937		Norman Von Nida (3)	284		10 strokes	Bill Holder	Brisbane	[58]
1936		Norman Von Nida (2)	297		6 strokes	Alan Waterson (a)	Royal Queensland	[59]
1935		Norman Von Nida	294		1 stroke	Jim Ferrier (a)	Brisbane	[60]
1934		Jim Ferrier (a)	286		10 strokes	Alex Denholm Ossie Walker	Royal Queensland	[61]
1933		Jack Radcliffe (a)	294		1 stroke	Charlie Brown Ivo Whitton (a)	Brisbane	[62]
1932		Charlie Brown	286		1 stroke	Tom Howard	Royal Queensland	[63]
1931		Harry Sinclair (2)	298		Playoff[lower-alpha 14]	Charlie Brown	Brisbane	[64][65]
1930		Frank Eyre	304		Playoff[lower-alpha 15]	Harry Sinclair	Royal Queensland	[66][67]
1929		Arthur Gazzard	298		Playoff[lower-alpha 16]	Dick Carr	Brisbane	[68][69]
1928		Ivo Whitton (a)	296		1 stroke	Harry Sinclair	Royal Queensland	[70]
1927		Tom Howard	286		5 strokes	Jack Radcliffe (a)	Brisbane	[71]
1926		Dick Carr	296		4 strokes	Frank Eyre	Brisbane	[72]
1925		Harry Sinclair (a)	294		7 strokes	Dick Carr	Brisbane	[73]

1. ANZ – PGA Tour of Australasia; VNT – Von Nida Tour; FT – Foundation Tour.
2. Quayle won with par on first playoff hole.
3. Bransdon won with birdie on third playoff hole.
4. Schmidt won with birdie on second playoff hole.
5. Reduced to 54 holes by bad weather.
6. Played over 54 holes.
7. Scheduled over 36 holes.
8. Officer won with birdie on first playoff hole.
9. Marsh won with par on first playoff hole.
10. Harvey won the 18-hole playoff by 4 strokes.
11. Devlin won the 18-hole playoff by 8 strokes.
12. Von Nida won the 18-hole playoff by 1 stroke.
13. Pickworth won the 18-hole playoff by 6 strokes.
14. Sinclair won the 36-hole playoff by 5 strokes.
15. Eyre won the 36-hole playoff by 10 strokes.
16. Gazzard won the 36-hole playoff by 2 strokes.

Additional source:[74]

Multiple winners

Eleven players have won this tournament more than once through 2020.

• 7 wins
  • Norman Von Nida: 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1949, 1953, 1961
• 5 wins
  • Eric Cremin: 1946, 1948, 1950, 1956, 1957
• 4 wins
  • Bill Dunk: 1972, 1973, 1974, 1980
• 3 wins
  • Jim Ferrier: 1934, 1938, 1939
• 2 wins
  • Harry Sinclair: 1925, 1931
  • Ossie Pickworth: 1951, 1952
  • Kel Nagle: 1959, 1964
  • Greg Norman: 1983, 1986
  • David Graham: 1985, 1987
  • Jeff Senior: 1979, 1992
  • Terry Price: 1993, 1995

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External links

• Coverage on PGA Tour of Australasia's official site