| Nexus Advisernet/Bowra & O'Dea WA Open | |
| Location: | Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia |
| Establishment: | 1913 |
| Course: | Joondalup Country Club |
| Par: | 72 |
| Yardage: | 6342yd |
| Tour: | PGA Tour of Australasia Von Nida Tour Australasian Development Tour |
| Format: | Stroke play |
| Month Played: | October |
| Aggregate: | 260 Deyen Lawson (2022) |
| To-Par: | −23 Ryan Fox (2014) |
| Current Champion: |  Simon Hawkes |
| Coordinates: | -31.751°N 115.749°W |
| Map: | Australia#Australia Western Australia |
| Map Label: | Joondalup CC |
| Map Relief: | yes |
The Western Australian Open, also known as the WA Open, is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia. It had been a tour event every year since 2009 with the exception of 2019.
The first Western Australian Amateur Championship was held in 1911. This consisted of a 36-hole stroke-play qualification stage, played in a single day, followed by match-play to determine the champion. The leading four players in the stroke-play qualified in 1911, increasing to 8 in 1912.[1] [2] In 1913 the stroke-play stage was opened up to professionals, becoming the first Western Australian Open Championship.[3] It was played at the Fremantle links on 28 August, nearly 30 players competing.[4] In both 1911 and 1912, Norman Fowlie had led the stroke-play stage but in 1913 he was challenged by Clyde Pearce, who had won both the Australian Open and Australian Amateur in 1908, as well as losing the final three times in the amateur. Pearce won the Open with rounds of 77 and 78, three ahead of Fowlie who had rounds of 83 and 75. P. C. Anderson came third. The leading professional, David Dakers, came seventh. Pearce would go on to win the amateur championship as well.
The 1914 championship was again played on the Fremantle links in late August. Norman Fowlie reversed the 1913 result, winning by three strokes from Clyde Pearce, with rounds of 80 and 77. Two professionals entered but were well down the field.
Although the state amateur championship resumed in 1919, it was until not 1921 that the open championship was played again. Reg Forbes won with a score of 160. Three players tied for second place on 161, Arthur Geere, Percy Maunder and John Walker. Maunder won a prize of 5 guineas as leading professional, although a £10 prize was available for a professional winner. 1922 saw the first professional winner, Maunder's score of 161 beating Geere by a stroke. Maunder took the £10 first prize.
| Year | Tour | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nexus Advisernet/Bowra & O'Dea WA Open | |||||||||
| 2023 | 271 | −17 | 2 strokes | Joondalup | |||||
| Nexus Advisernet WA Open | |||||||||
| 2022 (Oct) | 260 | −20 | 2 strokes | Western Australian | [5] | ||||
| 2022 (May) | 269 | −19 | 1 stroke | Hayden Hopewell (a) | [6] | ||||
| Nexus Risk WA Open | |||||||||
| 2021 | No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [7] | |||||||
| 2020 | Hayden Hopewell (a) | 209 | −7 | 1 stroke | Haydn Barron (a) | [8] | |||
| 2019 | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Hayden Hopewell (a) | Cottesloe | [9] [10] | |||
| Nexus Risk TSA Group WA Open | |||||||||
| 2018 | Zach Murray (a) | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | David Micheluzzi (a) | Mount Lawley | [11] | ||
| 2017 | Stephen Leaney (4) | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | [12] | ||||
| 2016 | Curtis Luck (a) | 261 | −19 | 2 strokes | Travis Smyth (a) | Western Australian | [13] | ||
| 2015 | 277 | −11 | 3 strokes | Curtis Luck (a) | [14] | ||||
| John Hughes/Nexus Risk Services WA Open | |||||||||
| 2014 | 265 | −23 | 6 strokes | Cottesloe | [15] | ||||
| 2013 | 273 | −15 | 5 strokes | Mount Lawley | [16] | ||||
| John Hughes Geely/Nexus Risk Services WA Open | |||||||||
| 2012 | Oliver Goss (a) | 272 | −16 | Playoff | Brady Watt (a) | [17] | |||
| WA Open Championship | |||||||||
| 2011 | 278 | −10 | 2 strokes | [18] | |||||
| John Hughes Geely Nexus Risk Services WA Open | |||||||||
| 2010 | 270 | −10 | 1 stroke | Western Australian | [19] | ||||
| John Hughes Geely WA Open | |||||||||
| 2009 | 272 | −16 | 4 strokes | Cottesloe | [20] | ||||
| Aspen Group WA Open Championship | |||||||||
| 2008 | 135 | −9 | 2 strokes | Michael Dennis (a) | Cottesloe | [21] | |||
| DJ Carmichael WA Open Championship | |||||||||
| 2007 | 142 | −2 | 1 stroke | Michael Foster (a) Brady Watt (a) | Cottesloe | [22] | |||
| Western Australian Open | |||||||||
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| 2001 | 263 | −17 | Playoff | Western Australian | [23] [24] | ||||
| Heineken Western Australian Open | |||||||||
| 2000 | 283 | −5 | 5 strokes | ||||||
| Western Australian Open | |||||||||
| 1999 | FT | Brad King (2) | 284 | −4 | 2 strokes | ||||
| 1998 | 278 | 4 strokes | |||||||
| 1997 | Stephen Leaney (3) | 273 | 3 strokes | Mount Lawley | |||||
| 1996 | FT | 276 | −12 | 2 strokes | |||||
| 1995 | FT | 270 | Playoff | Meadow Springs | |||||
| 1994 | FT | Stephen Leaney (2) | 276 | 2 strokes | Meadow Springs | [25] | |||
| 1993 | 269 | 3 strokes | Meadow Springs | ||||||
| 1992 | 274 | 8 strokes | Meadow Springs | ||||||
| 1991 | Stephen Leaney (a) | 271 | 2 strokes | Meadow Springs | |||||
| 1990 | Terry Gale (6) | 208 | 5 strokes | Brad Park (a) | Meadow Springs | ||||
| 1989 | Ross Metherell (2) | 145 | 1 stroke | Stephen Leaney (a) | Meadow Springs | ||||
| Town and Country Western Australian Open | |||||||||
| 1988 | 284 | −4 | 1 stroke | [26] [27] | |||||
| National Panasonic Western Australian Open | |||||||||
| 1987 | 290 | +2 | Playoff | Joondalup | [28] | ||||
| 1986 | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | [29] | |||||
| 1985 | ANZ | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | [30] | ||||
| Town and Country WA-RAC Western Australian Open | |||||||||
| 1984 | ANZ | 272 | −16 | 4 strokes | [31] [32] | ||||
| Town and Country Western Australian Open | |||||||||
| 1983 | ANZ | Terry Gale (5) | 280 | −8 | Playoff | [33] | |||
| 1982 | ANZ | Terry Gale (4) | 275 | −13 | Playoff | Mount Lawley | [34] | ||
| Western Australian Open | |||||||||
| 1981 | Glenn Carbon (a) | 146 | 1 stroke | Melville Glades | |||||
| 1980 | ANZ | Terry Gale (3) | 286 | −2 | 3 strokes | [35] | |||
| 1979 | ANZ | 279 | −9 | 5 strokes | [36] | ||||
| 1978 | 279 | −9 | 3 strokes | Mount Lawley | [37] | ||||
| 1977 | 281 | −7 | 3 strokes | Mount Lawley | [38] | ||||
| 1976 | Graham Marsh (2) | 274 | 10 strokes | ||||||
| 1975 | Terry Gale (a) (2) | 288 | 1 stroke | Western Australian | |||||
| 1974 | 285 | 4 strokes | Terry Gale (a) | Gosnells | |||||
| 1973 | 300 | 1 stroke | |||||||
| 1972 | Terry Gale (a) | 289 | 4 strokes | ||||||
| 1971 | John Muller (a) | 295 | 2 strokes | Cottesloe | |||||
| 1970 | Barry Jones (a) | 284 | 1 stroke | Terry Gale (a) | |||||
| 1969 | 286 | 4 strokes | John Ewing (a) | ||||||
| 1968 | 286 | 4 strokes | John Muller (a) | Western Australian | |||||
| 1967 | Len Tidy (a) | 295 | 1 stroke | Mount Lawley | |||||
| 1966 | Dennis Bell (a) (3) | 279 | 6 strokes | Harold Digney (a) Graham Marsh (a) | Cottesloe | ||||
| 1965 | Len Thomas (3) | 287 | 5 strokes | Dennis Bell (a) | Western Australian | ||||
| 1964 | Len Thomas (2) | 287 | 5 strokes | Dennis Bell (a) | |||||
| 1963 | Dennis Bell (a) (2) | 284 | 6 strokes | ||||||
| 1962 | 295 | Playoff | Brian Grey (a) | Cottesloe | |||||
| 1961 | Dennis Bell (a) | 282 | 4 strokes | Harold Digney (a) Justin Seward (a) | |||||
| 1960 | 291 | 1 stroke | Mount Lawley | ||||||
| 1959 | 290 | 9 strokes | Bill McPherson (a) | ||||||
| 1958 | Bill McPherson (a) (2) | 292 | 1 stroke | Les Nicholls Justin Seward (a) | Western Australian | ||||
| 1957 | Bill McPherson (a) | 290 | 5 strokes | Bob Stevens (a) | |||||
| 1956 | 289 | 5 strokes | Len Thomas (a) | Mount Lawley | [39] | ||||
| 1955 | Ted Taylor (a) | 300 | 1 stroke | Justin Seward (a) | |||||
| 1954 | Eric Cremin (2) | 292 | 3 strokes | ||||||
| 1953 | Kelly Rogers (a) | 282 | 10 strokes | Cottesloe | |||||
| 1952 | Kel Nagle (3) | 286 | 6 strokes | Larry Harke (a) | |||||
| 1951 | Kel Nagle (2) | 286 | 11 strokes | ||||||
| 1950 | 283 | 6 strokes | Western Australian | ||||||
| 1949 | 291 | 2 strokes | Kelly Rogers (a) | ||||||
| 1948 | 282 | 4 strokes | Mount Lawley | ||||||
| 1947 | 304 | 6 strokes | Cottesloe | ||||||
| 1946 | Keith Pix (a) | 314 | 1 stroke | ||||||
| 1940–1945: No tournament due to World War II | |||||||||
| 1939 | 299 | 3 strokes | |||||||
| 1938 | Dan Cullen (2) | 298 | 1 stroke | ||||||
| 1937 | 295 | Playoff | |||||||
| 1936 | Tom Cassidy (4) | 307 | Playoff | Keith Pix (a) | Western Australian | ||||
| 1935 | Harry Godden (2) | 296 | 2 strokes | Perth | |||||
| 1934 | 300 | 5 strokes | Geoff Hill (a) | ||||||
| 1933 | Tom Cassidy (3) | 295 | 1 stroke | ||||||
| 1932 | 299 | 4 strokes | Perth | ||||||
| 1931 | 311 | 1 stroke | |||||||
| 1930 | Harry Godden (a) | 329 | 2 strokes | Reg Forbes (a) | |||||
| 1929 | Tom Cassidy (a) (2) | 309 | 1 stroke | J. J. O'Hara (a) | Perth | ||||
| 1928 | Tom Cassidy (a) | 312 | 5 strokes | Eddie Cassidy (a) | Fremantle | ||||
| 1927 | Eddie Cassidy (a) (5) | 311 | 1 stroke | Fremantle | |||||
| 1926 | Eddie Cassidy (a) (4) | 310 | 5 strokes | Reg Forbes (a) Bill Rees (a) | Fremantle | ||||
| 1925 | Eddie Cassidy (a) (3) | 315 | 5 strokes | Fremantle | |||||
| 1924 | Eddie Cassidy (a) (2) | 317 | 5 strokes | Reg Forbes (a) | Fremantle | [40] | |||
| 1923 | Eddie Cassidy (a) | 156 | 5 strokes | Reg Forbes (a) Arthur Geere (a) | Fremantle | [41] | |||
| 1922 | 161 | 1 stroke | Arthur Geere (a) | Fremantle | [42] | ||||
| 1921 | Reg Forbes (a) | 160 | 1 stroke | Arthur Geere (a) Percy Maunder John Walker (a) | Fremantle | [43] | |||
| 1915–1920: No tournament due to World War I | |||||||||
| 1914 | Norman Fowlie (a) | 157 | 3 strokes | Clyde Pearce (a) | Fremantle | [44] | |||
| 1913 | Clyde Pearce (a) | 155 | 3 strokes | Norman Fowlie (a) | Fremantle | [45] | |||