Australian Senior Open

Golf tournament

Handa Australian Senior OpenTournament information

Location| Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Established| 1995
Course(s)| Royal Perth Golf Club
Par| 72
Length| 6,615 yards (6,049 m)
Tour(s)| European Senior Tour
Format| Stroke play
Prize fund| A$400,000
Month played| November
Final year| 2012
Tournament record score
Aggregate| 207 Peter Senior (2010)
207 Peter Fowler (2012)
To par| −9 as above
Final champion
Peter Fowler
Location map

Royal Perth GC

Location in Australia

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Royal Perth GC

Location in Western Australia

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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

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Year | Tour[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of
victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue

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Handa Australian Senior Open
2012 |  |  Peter Fowler | 207 | −9 | 6 strokes |  Mike Harwood
David Merriman | Royal Perth
2011 |  |  Gary Wolstenholme | 212 | −4 | 1 stroke |  Terry Price | Lake Karrinyup
2010 | EST |  Peter Senior | 207 | −9 | 3 strokes |  Sandy Lyle | Royal Perth
2009 |  |  Mike Harwood | 210 | −6 | Playoff |  Mike Clayton
Peter Senior | Royal Perth
2008 |  |  Wayne Grady (2) | 210 | −3 | 2 strokes |  David Merriman | Concord
2007 |  |  Wayne Grady | 210 | −3 | 1 stroke |  David Merriman | Concord
Australian Senior Open
1997–2006: No tournament
1996 |  |  Hiroshi Tahara | 296 | +12 | 1 stroke |  Bob Shaw | Spring Valley
1995 |  |  Noel Ratcliffe | 290 |  | 4 strokes |  John Klatt
Hiroshi Tahara | Yarra Yarra

## Notes

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1. ^ EST − European Senior Tour.

## References

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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

## External links

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* Golf Australia website Archived 2016-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
* Coverage of the 2010 tournament on the European Senior Tour's official site

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