Lakes Open

The Lakes Open was a golf tournament played at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia between 1934 and 1974.^[1]

The inaugural event was organised in connection with the visit of a group of American professionals who had earlier played in the Lakes International Cup.

It was held annually until World War II with Jim Ferrier and Norman Von Nida both winning twice. It did not restart until 1947 and was held annually until 1967, except for 1965.^[2][3] The event was revived in 1974 as the Coca-Cola Lakes Open.^[4] Ferrier won for the third time in 1948, a feat later matched by Eric Cremin, Kel Nagle and Frank Phillips.

Year	Winner	Country	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref
1934	Craig Wood	United States	283	−5	4 strokes	Paul Runyan	[5]
1935	Fred Bolger	Australia	284	−4	5 strokes	Jim Ferrier (a)	[6]
1936	Jim Ferrier (a)	Australia	281	−7	9 strokes	Billy Bolger	[7]
1937	Jim Ferrier (a)	Australia	297	+9	1 stroke	Bill Holder	[8]
1938	Norman Von Nida	Australia	277	−11	6 strokes	Jim Ferrier (a)	[9]
1939	Norman Von Nida	Australia	292	+4	Playoff	Billy Bolger	[10][11]
1940–1946: No tournament
1947	Ossie Pickworth	Australia	291	+3	2 strokes	Eric Cremin	[12]
1948	Jim Ferrier	Australia	283	−5	4 strokes	Eric Cremin	[13]
1949	Eric Cremin	Australia	287	−1	3 strokes	Norman Von Nida	[14]
1950	Eric Cremin	Australia	293	+5	4 strokes	Kel Nagle	[15]
1951	Ted Naismith	Australia	296	+8	4 strokes	Jack Barkel (a) Jim Moran	[16]
1952	Jimmy Adams	Scotland	307	+19	4 strokes	Eric Cremin Kel Nagle	[17]
1953	Eric Cremin	Australia	296	+8	3 strokes	Dan Cullen Frank Phillips	[18]
1954	Kel Nagle	Australia	282	−6	8 strokes	Ted Rigney (a)	[19]
1955	Les Wilson	Australia	296	+8	1 strokes	Mick Kelly Jim McInnes	[20]
1956	Harry Berwick (a)	Australia	305	+17	3 strokes	Billy Bolger Eric Cremin	[21]
1957	Kel Nagle	Australia	289	+1	1 stroke	Bill Holder	[22]
1958	Kel Nagle	Australia	290	+2	1 stroke	Bruce Devlin (a)	[23]
1959	Frank Phillips	Australia	290	+2	3 strokes	Kel Nagle Len Woodward	[24]
1960	Frank Phillips	Australia	291	+3	4 strokes	Alan Murray	[25]
1961	Phil Billings (a)	Australia	280	−8	8 strokes	Bill See Hoe	[26]
1962	Les Wilson	Australia	282	−6	3 strokes	Phil Billings (a)	[27]
1963	Peter Thomson	Australia	288	E	2 strokes	Bob Swinbourne	[28]
1964	Ted Ball	Australia	279	−9	2 strokes	Les Wilson	[29]
1965: No tournament
1966	Frank Phillips	Australia	280	−8	7 strokes	Alan Murray	[30]
1967	Bruce Devlin	Australia	287	−1	1 stroke	Ted Ball Jim Moran	[31]
1968–1973: No tournament
Coca-Cola Lakes Open
1974	Bob Shearer	Australia	297	+5	Playoff	Ted Ball Paul Murray	[32]

In 1939 there was an 18-hole playoff a week later. Von Nida scored to 74 to Bulger's 75. In 1974 Shearer won with a birdie at the first extra hole.