Australian Senior Open

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.[1]

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
YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-up
Australian Senior Open
1995Noel Ratcliffe AustraliaYarra Yarra2904 strokesAustralia John Klatt
Japan Hiroshi Tahara
1996Hiroshi Tahara JapanSpring Valley296+121 strokeAustralia Bob Shaw
1997–2006: No tournament
Handa Australian Senior Open
2007Wayne Grady AustraliaConcord210−31 strokeAustralia David Merriman
2008Wayne Grady AustraliaConcord210−32 strokesAustralia David Merriman
2009Mike Harwood AustraliaRoyal Perth210−6PlayoffAustralia Mike Clayton
Australia Peter Senior
2010Peter Senior AustraliaRoyal Perth207−93 strokesScotland Sandy Lyle
2011Gary Wolstenholme EnglandLake Karrinyup212−41 strokeAustralia Terry Price
2012Peter Fowler AustraliaRoyal Perth207−96 strokesAustralia Mike Harwood
Australia David Merriman

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


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