South Coast Open

Golf tournament

The South Coast Open was a professional golf tournament held between 1975 and 1978 at Catalina Country Club in Batemans Bay on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The 1975 and March 1976 events had prize money of A$10,000 with later events having prize money of A$15,000.

A pro-am was organised at Catalina Country Club by Batemans Bay Lions Club in February 1974.[1] Vic Bennetts won with a score of 137. Prize money was A$6,000.[2][3]

The March 1976 event was abandoned because of a flooded course. No play was possible on the first day and the event was re-arranged so that there would be 36 holes on the Sunday.[4] However, after a second day without any play, the tournament was abandoned.[5]

An event was scheduled for September 1979 but was cancelled due to lack of sponsorship.[6][7]

Winners

Year Winner Country Score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref
McCallum's South Coast Open
1978 Bryan Smith  Australia 280 −4 1 stroke United States Art Russell [8]
1977 Rodger Davis  Australia 271 −13 4 strokes Australia Terry Gale [9]
South Coast Open
1976
(Oct)		 Barry Burgess  Australia 277 −7 1 stroke Australia David Good
Australia Ross Metherell		 [10]
1976
(Mar)		 Tournament abandoned [4][5]
1975 Kel Nagle  Australia 276 −8 1 stroke Australia Bob Shearer [11]

References

  1. ^ Hourigan, John (20 February 1974). "Batemans Bay club after high stakes". The Canberra Times. p. 28. Retrieved 12 August 2021 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "Club to run pro-am tourney". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 13 February 1974. p. 28. Retrieved 17 February 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "Pro-am tourney victory to Bennetts". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 25 February 1974. p. 14. Retrieved 17 February 2020 – via Trove.
  4. ^ a b "South Coast golf title in doubt". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 5 March 1976. p. 18. Retrieved 17 February 2020 – via Trove.
  5. ^ a b "Golf off". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 March 1976. p. 3. Retrieved 17 February 2020 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "$15,000 for S. Coast Open". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 July 1979. p. 18. Retrieved 17 February 2020 – via Trove.
  7. ^ "S. Coast Open fails for lack of sponsorship". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 July 1979. p. 20. Retrieved 17 February 2020 – via Trove.
  8. ^ "Brian Smith wins S. Coast Open". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 October 1978. p. 18. Retrieved 17 February 2020 – via Trove.
  9. ^ "Roger Davis wins South Coast Open". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 October 1977. p. 14. Retrieved 17 February 2020 – via Trove.
  10. ^ "First win in 6 years". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 October 1976. p. 12. Retrieved 17 February 2020 – via Trove.
  11. ^ "One-stroke win for Nagle". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 February 1975. p. 12. Retrieved 17 February 2020 – via Trove.