Women's Australian Open

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Women's Australian Open is a women's professional golf tournament played in Australia, operated by Golf Australia and the WPGA Tour of Australasia, long co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET). Beginning with the 2012 event, it is also co-sanctioned by the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. In 2008, it was the second-richest women's golf tournament on the ALPG Tour, with a prize fund of A$500,000, and was raised to A$600,000 in 2010. With the co-sanctioning by the LPGA, the total purse was nearly doubled, and was also fixed in U.S. dollars. The purse was US$1.1 million in 2012, and increased again to its current level of US$1.2 million for 2013. Since 2011, the tournament's name has been the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open.

The Australian Ladies Open was founded in 1974 as a 54-hole event, but folded after 1978. It was resurrected in 1994 as the Women's Australian Open, this time as a 72-hole event. Annika Sörenstam won that year, which was her first professional win. It was also Karrie Webb's professional debut, and she would later win the event five times. Starting in 2000, the Ladies European Tour began co-sanctioning the tournament.[1] Following the 2004 event, sponsorship difficulties caused the tournament to stop once again, but after a two-year hiatus the tournament returned in 2007.[2] The Women's Australian Open usually moves between various courses around Australia, except from 1995 through 2002 when it was held at the Yarra Yarra Golf Club in Melbourne. The 2008 event was held at Kingston Heath Golf Club.[3]

For several years after its return in 1994, the Women's Australian Open was played early in the ALPG schedule, usually in November. Starting in 2000, it was changed to be played at the end of the schedule in February near the ANZ Ladies Masters, to allow both tournaments to be part of the Ladies European Tour. Since the Women's Australian Open was played from 12 to 15 November 1998 during the 1998/1999 ALPG season, it was therefore not played during the 1999 calendar year.[1][4]

The 2012 tournament was played at the Composite Course at Royal Melbourne, the championship course comprising 12 holes from the West course and six from the East course. The Composite Course is considered one of the top courses in the world, and was used for the Presidents Cup competitions in 1998 and 2011. Through 2011, a women's professional competition had never been held on it; the 2012 Women's Australian Open was the first.[5] The event was won by Jessica Korda after an historic six-player playoff, only the second in ALPG history.[6] Korda holed a Script error: No such module "convert". birdie putt on the second playoff hole to claim her first LPGA Tour victory.[7][8]

In 2013, the tournament moved to Royal Canberra Golf Club, and in 2014 to the Victoria Golf Club near Melbourne. In 2016 the event moved to Adelaide and was played there until 2020.[9] In 2021, it was not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2022, the tournament was played at Victoria Golf Club and Kingston Heath Golf Club. In a world-first for golf, the ISPS Handa Australian Open brought together the national men's and women's Open events, along with the All Abilities Championship. The men's Open and the women's Open had equal prize money of Template:Currency as the Open returned to Melbourne for the first time in several years.[10] In 2022, the event fell during the LPGA's off-season and during the tour's final stage of qualifying school and therefore co-sanctioning the event with the LPGA was not possible.[11]

Tournament names

  • 1974: Wills Australian Ladies Open
  • 1975–1978: Wills Qantas Australian Ladies Open
  • 1994–1996: Holden Women's Australian Open
  • 1997: Toyota Women's Australian Open
  • 1998–2004: AAMI Women's Australian Open
  • 2007–20: MFS Women's Australian Open
  • 2009: Women's Australian Open
  • 2010: Handa Women's Australian Open
  • 2011–present: ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open

Winners

Year Tour(s)Template:Efn Champion Country ScoreTemplate:Efn Venue(s) Purse Winner's
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2024 WPGA Jiyai Shin (2) Script error: No such module "flag". 274 (−17) Kingston Heath & Victoria A$1,700,000 A$270,000
2023 WPGA Ashleigh Buhai (2) Script error: No such module "flag". 280 (−9) The Australian & The Lakes A$1,700,000 A$270,000
2022 WPGA Ashleigh Buhai Script error: No such module "flag". 277 (−12) Kingston Heath & Victoria A$1,700,000 A$270,000
2021 ALPG Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020 Template:Hlist Inbee Park Script error: No such module "flag". 278 (−14) Royal Adelaide US$1,300,000 US$195,000
2019 Template:Hlist Nelly Korda Script error: No such module "flag". 271 (−17) The Grange 1,300,000 195,000
2018 Template:Hlist Ko Jin-young Script error: No such module "flag". 274 (−14) Kooyonga 1,300,000 195,000
2017 Template:Hlist Jang Ha-na Script error: No such module "flag". 282 (−10) Royal Adelaide 1,300,000 195,000
2016 Template:Hlist Haru Nomura Script error: No such module "flag". 272 (−16) The Grange 1,300,000 195,000
2015 Template:Hlist Lydia Ko Script error: No such module "flag". 283 (−9) Royal Melbourne 1,200,000 180,000
2014 Template:Hlist Karrie Webb (5) Script error: No such module "flag". 276 (−12) Victoria 1,200,000 180,000
2013 Template:Hlist Jiyai Shin Script error: No such module "flag". 274 (−18) Royal Canberra 1,200,000 180,000
2012 Template:Hlist Jessica Korda Script error: No such module "flag". 289 (−3)PO Royal Melbourne 1,100,000 165,000
2011 Template:Hlist Yani Tseng (2) Script error: No such module "flag". 276 (−16) Commonwealth A$600,000 A$90,000
2010 Template:Hlist Yani Tseng (1) Script error: No such module "flag". 283 (−9) Commonwealth 600,000 90,000
2009 Template:Hlist Laura Davies (2) Script error: No such module "flag". 285 (−7) Metropolitan 500,000 75,000
2008 Template:Hlist Karrie Webb (4) Script error: No such module "flag". 284 (−8)PO Kingston Heath 500,000 75,000
2007 Template:Hlist Karrie Webb (3) Script error: No such module "flag". 278 (−10) Royal Sydney 500,000 75,000
2005–06: Not played
2004 Template:Hlist Laura Davies (1) Script error: No such module "flag". 283 (−5) Concord 550,000 82,500
2003 Template:Hlist Mhairi McKay Script error: No such module "flag". 277 (−11) Terrey Hills 500,000 75,000
2002 Template:Hlist Karrie Webb (2) Script error: No such module "flag". 278 (−10)PO Yarra Yarra 500,000 75,000
2001 Template:Hlist Sophie Gustafson Script error: No such module "flag". 276 (−12) Yarra Yarra 400,000 60,000
2000 Template:Hlist Karrie Webb (1) Script error: No such module "flag". 270 (−22) Yarra Yarra 350,000 52,500
1999 ALPG Tournament moved from November (1998) to February (2000)
1998 ALPG Marnie McGuire Script error: No such module "flag". 280 (−12) Yarra Yarra 350,000 52,500
1997 ALPG Jane Crafter Script error: No such module "flag". 279 (−13) Yarra Yarra 350,000 52,500
1996 ALPG Catriona Matthew Script error: No such module "flag". 283 (−9) Yarra Yarra 300,000 45,000
1995 ALPG Liselotte Neumann Script error: No such module "flag". 283 (−9)PO Yarra Yarra 250,000 37,500
1994 ALPG Annika Sörenstam Script error: No such module "flag". 286 (−10) Royal Adelaide[12] 200,000 30,000
1979–93: Not played
1978 ALPG Debbie Austin Script error: No such module "flag". 213 Manly 15,000
1977 ALPG Jan Stephenson Script error: No such module "flag". 145Template:Efn Manly 15,000
1976 ALPG Donna Caponi Young Script error: No such module "flag". 206 Victoria 15,000
1975 ALPG JoAnne Carner Script error: No such module "flag". 228 The Australian 15,000
1974 ALPG Chako Higuchi Script error: No such module "flag". 219 Victoria 10,000
Notes

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Course record

Year Course Player Score To par
2016 Grange Golf Club SooBin Kim 63 −9

See also

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References

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External links

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