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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