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From 2022, the ISPS HANDA Australian Open was the first national Open to be played by men and women on the same courses at the same time anywhere in the world, with equal prize money. The two events are separate tournaments but played at the same time.
Both tournaments are resuming from Covid-19 enforced cancellations in 2021, while the Men’s Australian Open was also not played in 2020 due to the pandemic.
Men's Australian Open
The Men’s Australian Open has an incredibly rich history dating to 1904, and the Stonehaven Cup has been won by the game’s immortals: Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Peter Thomson, Greg Norman, Tom Watson, Bobby Locke, Gene Sarazen, along with modern superstars Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Adam Scott, all former world No. 1 players.
Women's Australian Open
The Women’s Australian Open returns to Melbourne for the first time since 2016 after five successful events in Adelaide. The championship was first played in 1974 and more recently established itself as the premier women’s tournament in Australia, won on the last three occasions by current world No. 1 Jin Young Ko of South Korea, and two other players to have climbed to a No. 1 world ranking – Inbee Park and Nelly Korda.
Australian All Abilities Championship
2018 saw the inclusion of the Australian All Abilities Championship (AAAC), played in conjunction with the Men’s Australian Open at The Lakes Golf Club. The AAAC assembles the top 12 players on the World Ranking for Golfers with Disability (WR4GD) from across the world supported by global partners EDGA, the International Golf Federation and newly formed 4D Tour. Swede Johan Kammerstad has taken out back-to back titles since its inception.
HONOUR ROLLS
Men’s Australian Open
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2023 | Joaquin Niemann (CHL) | The Australian GC & The Lakes GC
2022 | Adrian Meronk (POL) | The Victoria GC & Kingston Heath GC
2021 | Not played
2020 | Not played
2019 | Matt Jones (NSW) | The Australian GC
2018 | Abraham Ancer (MEX) | The Lakes GC
2017 | Cameron Davis (NSW) | The Australian GC
2016 | Jordan Spieth (USA) | Royal Sydney GC
2015 | Matt Jones (NSW) | The Australian GC
2014 | Jordan Spieth (USA) | The Australian GC
2013 | Rory McIlroy (NIR) | Royal Sydney GC
2012 | Peter Senior (QLD) | The Lakes GC
Women’s Australian Open
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2023 | Ashleigh Buhai (RSA) | The Australian GC & The Lakes GC
2022 | Ashleigh Buhai (RSA) | The Victoria GC & Kingston Heath GC
2021 | Not played
2020 | Inbee Park (KOR) | Royal Adelaide GC
2019 | Nelly Korda (USA) | The Grange GC
2018 | Jin Young Ko (KOR) | Kooyonga GC
2017 | Ha Na Jang (KOR) | Royal Adelaide GC
2016 | Haru Nomura (JPN) | The Grange GC
2015 | Lydia Ko (NZL) | Royal Melbourne GC
2014 | Karrie Webb (QLD) | Victoria GC
2013 | Jiyai Shin (KOR) | Royal Canberra GC
2012 | Jessica Korda (USA) | Royal Melbourne GC
Australia All-Abilities Championship
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2023 | Lachlan Wood (AUS) | The Australian GC & The Lakes GC
2022 | Kipp Popert (ENG) | Victoria Golf Club & Kingston Heath Golf Club
2021 | Not played
2020 | Not played
2019 | Johan Kammerstad (SWE) | The Australian Golf Club
2018 | Johan Kammerstad (SWE) | The Lakes Golf Club
MULTIPLE WINNERS
Men’s Australian Open
7 wins
Gary Player (RSA) – 1958, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1974
6 wins
Jack Nicklaus (USA) – 1964, 1968, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1978
5 wins
Greg Norman (AUS) – 1980, 1985, 1987, 1995, 1996
Ivo Whitton (AUS) – 1912, 1913, 1926, 1929, 1931 (all as an amateur)
4 wins
Ossie Pickworth (AUS) – 1946, 1947, 1948, 1954
3 wins
Peter Thomson (AUS) – 1951, 1967, 1972
Norman Von Nida (AUS) – 1950, 1952, 1953
Carnegie Clark (AUS) – 1906, 1910, 1911
2 wins
Jordan Spieth (USA) – 2014, 2016
Peter Senior (AUS) – 1989, 2012
Greg Chalmers (AUS) – 1998, 2011
Robert Allenby (AUS) – 1994, 2005
Peter Lonard (AUS) – 2003, 2004
Aaron Baddeley (AUS) – 1999 (amateur), 2000
Frank Phillips (AUS) – 1957, 1961
Jim Ferrier (AUS) – 1938, 1939 (both as an amateur)
Fred Popplewell (AUS) – 1925, 1929
Michael Scott (ENG) – 1904, 1907 (both as an amateur)
Women’s Australian Open
5 wins
Karrie Webb (AUS) – 2000, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2014
2 wins
Laura Davies (ENG) – 2004, 2009
Yani Tseng (TPE) – 2010, 2011
Australian All-Abilities Championship
2 wins
Johan Kammerstad (SWE) – 2018, 2019