Tournament information | |
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Location | Fremantle, Western Australia |
Course(s) | Royal Fremantle Golf Club |
Format | Stroke play |
Location map | |
The Royal Fremantle Open was an Australian golf tournament. The event was held at Royal Fremantle Golf Club in Fremantle, Western Australia. [1]
Western Australian Terry Gale had much success at the event, winning it in 1979 and finishing runner-up two years later. [1] [2] The professional Ray Hore also had much success at the event, posting one win and two runner-ups. [3] [1] [4]
Among the most notable performances was in 1981. Royal Fremantle amateur Glenn Carbon, playing at a 2 handicap, holed a 50 metre pitch at the last for an eagle to defeat Terry Gale by a stroke. [2]
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Purse (A$) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1976 | David Good | 279 | −9 | 5 strokes |
Terry Gale Graham Johnson Kel Nagle Randall Vines |
6,000 | [5] |
1977 | Ray Hore | 280 | −8 | 2 strokes | David Galloway | 10,000 | [3] |
1978 | Peter Headland | 278 | −10 | 2 strokes |
Mike Ferguson Vaughan Somers |
10,000 | [6] |
1979 | Terry Gale | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke | Ray Hore | 15,000 | [1] [7] |
1980 | Chris Tickner | 287 | −1 | 1 stroke | Ray Hore | 15,000 | [4] [8] |
1981 | Glenn Carbon (a) | 282 | −6 | 1 stroke | Terry Gale | 10,000 | [2] |
1982 | Mike Cahill | 6,000 | [9] |
Tournament information | |
---|---|
Location | Fremantle, Western Australia |
Course(s) | Royal Fremantle Golf Club |
Format | Stroke play |
Location map | |
The Royal Fremantle Open was an Australian golf tournament. The event was held at Royal Fremantle Golf Club in Fremantle, Western Australia. [1]
Western Australian Terry Gale had much success at the event, winning it in 1979 and finishing runner-up two years later. [1] [2] The professional Ray Hore also had much success at the event, posting one win and two runner-ups. [3] [1] [4]
Among the most notable performances was in 1981. Royal Fremantle amateur Glenn Carbon, playing at a 2 handicap, holed a 50 metre pitch at the last for an eagle to defeat Terry Gale by a stroke. [2]
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Purse (A$) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1976 | David Good | 279 | −9 | 5 strokes |
Terry Gale Graham Johnson Kel Nagle Randall Vines |
6,000 | [5] |
1977 | Ray Hore | 280 | −8 | 2 strokes | David Galloway | 10,000 | [3] |
1978 | Peter Headland | 278 | −10 | 2 strokes |
Mike Ferguson Vaughan Somers |
10,000 | [6] |
1979 | Terry Gale | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke | Ray Hore | 15,000 | [1] [7] |
1980 | Chris Tickner | 287 | −1 | 1 stroke | Ray Hore | 15,000 | [4] [8] |
1981 | Glenn Carbon (a) | 282 | −6 | 1 stroke | Terry Gale | 10,000 | [2] |
1982 | Mike Cahill | 6,000 | [9] |