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Top tournament results: Royal Sydney

The main tournaments played at Royal Sydney are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on the winners, their scores and prize money.

1906
Aus/NZ
Soutar, Dan
5 & 3
x

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Soutar, Dan

Score

5 & 3

Prize money

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Australian PGA Ch'ship. Soutar (Aus, b. Scotland) beat F.G. Hood (NZ) 5 and 3 in the final.

1906
Aus/NZ
Clark, Carnegie
322
x

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Clark, Carnegie

Score

322

Prize money

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Australian Open (Oct 11/12). Second-placed Dan Soutar (Scot/Aus) finished 5 shots behind Clark (Aus). [Royal Sydney GC, Rose Bay, Sydney, Aus].

1911
Aus/NZ
Clark, Carnegie
321
x

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Clark, Carnegie

Score

321

Prize money

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Australian Open (Sept 15/16). Second-placed Fred Popplewell (Aus) finished 1 shot behind defending champion Clark (Aus), who recorded the last of his three Australian Open wins. [Royal Sydney GC, Rose Bay, Sydney, Aus].

1922
Aus/NZ
Campbell, Charlie
307
x

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Campbell, Charlie

Score

307

Prize money

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Australian Open (Sept 14/15). Second-placed Arthur Le Fevre (Aus) finished 4 shots behind Charles "Charlie" Campbell (Aus). [Royal Sydney GC, Rose Bay, Sydney, Aus].

1928
Aus/NZ
Popplewell, Fred
295
x

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Popplewell, Fred

Score

295

Prize money

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Australian Open (Sept 7/8). Second-placed and defending champion Rufus Stewart (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Popplewell (Aus). [Royal Sydney GC, Rose Bay, Sydney, Aus].

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Crampton, Bruce

Score

289 (+1)

Prize money

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Australian Open (Aug 9-11). Second-placed Kelvin "Kel" Nagle (Aus) finished 2 shots behind 20-year-old Crampton (Aus). [Royal Sydney GC, Rose Bay, Sydney, Aus].

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Pickworth, Ossie

Score

289

Prize money

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Australian Open (Oct 3-5). Second-placed Alan "Stumpy" Waterson (Aus, amateur) finished 2 shots behind Pickworth (Aus), who recorded the first of his four Australian Open wins. [Royal Sydney GC, Rose Bay, Sydney, Aus].

1969
Aus/NZ
288 (E)
A$2,800
x

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Player, Gary

Score

288 (E)

Prize money

A$2,800

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Australian Open (Oct 23-26). Second-placed Guy Wolstenholme (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Player (RSA). On a wet and windy final day, Player's 5-over-par 77 just got him over the line. He became only the second five-time winner of this coveted title. [Royal Sydney GC, Rose Bay, Sydney, Aus].

1934
Aus/NZ
Bolger, Billy
283
x

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Bolger, Billy

Score

283

Prize money

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Australian Open (25th) (Oct 11-13). Second-placed Gene Sarazen (USA; the world's best player at that time) finished 3 shots behind William "Billy" Bolger (Aus). Bolger's total of 283 was hailed as a world record ... the lowest 72-hole aggregate ever recorded in a national Open Championship. [Royal Sydney GC, Rose Bay, Sydney, Aus].

2006
Aus/NZ
Senden, John
280 (-8)
A$270,000
MFS

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Senden, John

Score

280 (-8)

Prize money

A$270,000

Title sponsor

MFS

Played as the MFS Australian Open (Nov 16-19; Aus Tr event). Second-placed Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Senden (Aus). [Royal Sydney GC, Rose Bay, Sydney, Aus].

1994
Aus/NZ
280 (-8)
A$153,000
Heineken

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Allenby, Robert

Score

280 (-8)

Prize money

A$153,000

Title sponsor

Heineken

Played as the Heineken Australian Open (Nov 24-27). Second-placed Brett Ogle (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Allenby (Aus), who stumbled across the finish line after a bogey, double-bogey, bogey, bogey end to his final round. [Royal Sydney GC, Rose Bay, Sydney, Aus].

2008
Aus/NZ
279 (-9)
A$315,000
x

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Clark, Tim

Score

279 (-9)

Prize money

A$315,000

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Australian Open (Dec 11-14; Aus Tr event). Clark (RSA) beat Mathew Goggin (Aus) at the first playoff hole. [Royal Sydney GC, Rose Bay, Sydney, Aus].

1966
Aus/NZ
Dunk, Bill
279
x

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Dunk, Bill

Score

279

Prize money

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Australian PGA Ch'ship. Peter Thomson (Aus) finished in second place behind Dunk (Aus).

2007
Aus/NZ
278 (-10)
A$75,000
MFS

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Webb, Karrie

Score

278 (-10)

Prize money

A$75,000

Title sponsor

MFS

Played as the MFS Women's Australian Open (Feb 1-4; ALPG/LET Trs event; LET season-opener). Second-placed Yun-jye Wei (Taiw) finished 6 shots behind Webb (Aus), who recorded her third win in this event. [Royal Sydney GC, Rose Bay, Sydney, Aus].

2016
Aus/NZ
276 (-12)
A$225,000
Emirates

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Spieth, Jordan

Score

276 (-12)

Prize money

A$225,000

Title sponsor

Emirates

Played as the Emirates Australian Open (Nov 17-20; Aus/OneAsia Trs event). Spieth (USA) beat Cameron Smith (Aus) and Ashley Hall (Aus) with a birdie at the first playoff hole (par-4 18th) to win this event for the second time in three years. [Royal Sydney GC, Rose Bay, Sydney, Aus].

1999
Aus/NZ
274 (-14)
amateur
Holden

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Baddeley, Aaron

Score

274 (-14)

Prize money

amateur

Title sponsor

Holden

Played as the Holden Australian Open (Nov 25-28). Second-placed Greg Norman (Aus) and Nick O'Hern (Aus) finished 2 shots behind 18-year-old Baddeley (Aus, amateur), the youngest ever Australian Open winner. [Royal Sydney GC, Rose Bay, Sydney, Aus].

2013
Aus/NZ
270 (-18)
A$225,000
Emirates

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

McIlroy, Rory

Score

270 (-18)

Prize money

A$225,000

Title sponsor

Emirates

Played as the Emirates Australian Open (Nov 28-Dec 1; Aus/OneAsia Trs event). Second-placed Adam Scott (Aus) finished 1 shot behind McIlroy (N.Ire), who recorded his first win in 2013. Scott narrowly missed-out on completing the "Australian treble," having already won the Australian PGA and Australian Masters in 2013. [Royal Sydney GC, Sydney, Australia].

1988
Aus/NZ
269 (-19)
A$63,000
Panasonic

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Calcavecchia, Mark

Score

269 (-19)

Prize money

A$63,000

Title sponsor

Panasonic

Played as the Panasonic Australian Open (Nov 24-27). Second-placed Mark McCumber (USA) finished 6 shots behind Calcavecchia (USA). [Royal Sydney GC, Rose Bay, Sydney, Aus].

1934
Aus/NZ
Kelly, Lou
2 & 1
x

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Kelly, Lou

Score

2 & 1

Prize money

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Australian PGA Ch'ship. Kelly (Aus) beat Bill Bolger (Aus) 2 and 1 in the final.

1922
Aus/NZ
Campbell, Charlie
1 hole
x

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Campbell, Charlie

Score

1 hole

Prize money

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Australian PGA Ch'ship. Campbell (Aus) beat Tom Howard (Aus) by 1 hole in the final. [Royal Sydney GC, Rose Bay, Sydney, Aus].

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Nagle, Kel

Score

1 hole

Prize money

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Australian PGA Ch'ship. Nagle (Aus) beat Jim McInnes (Aus) by 1 hole in the final. [Royal Sydney GC, Rose Bay, Sydney, Aus].

1911
Aus/NZ
Campbell, Charlie
154
x

Category

Aus/NZ

Winner (holder)

Campbell, Charlie

Score

154

Prize money

Title sponsor

x

Played as the Australian PGA Ch'ship. Campbell (Aus) beat Carnegie Clark (Aus, b. Scotland), Dan Soutar (Aus, b. Scotland), W. Thomson (Aus) and R. Clark (Aus) by 3 shots in the 36-hole strokeplay final.

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