Wagga City Open

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

YearWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upRef
1962Bob Swinbourne
Darrell Welch		 Australia
 Australia		203−7Tied[1]
1963John Davis Australia207−3[2]
1964Ted Ball Australia273−72 strokesAustralia Kel Nagle[3]
1965Kel Nagle Australia265−153 strokesAustralia Alan Murray[4]
1966Alan Murray Australia278−21 strokeAustralia Ted Ball[5][6]
1967Alan Murray Australia276−43 strokesAustralia Alan Brookes
New Zealand Walter Godfrey		[7]
1968Walter Godfrey New Zealand197−122 strokesAustralia Randall Vines[8]
1969[9]

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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