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Fiji Open
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The Fiji Open is a professional golf tournament played in Fiji. It was inaugurated in 1970 as a 54-hole stroke play tournament sponsored by Air New Zealand.[1] During the first event there were 40 players.[2] It has been a 72-hole tournament since the second edition in 1971.[1] In 1973, a full-field of 162 players entered the tournament.[2] As of 1976, it was the second of five events "South Pacific circuit."[3]
Since 2015, the winner and the leading Fijian have been rewarded with entry into the Fiji International.[4][5]
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Winners
- 1970 Bruce Rafferty
- 1971 Frank Molloy
- 1972 Simon Owen
- 1973 Paul Shadlock[6]
- 1974 Bob Tuohy[7]
- 1975 Frank Phillips[8][9]
- 1976 Barry Vivian
- 1977 George Serhan[10]
- 1978 Bill Brask[11]
- 1979 Peter Creighton (a)[12]
- 1980 Stuart Reese
- 1981 Alex Bonnington[13]
- 1982 Richard Coombes
- 1983 Stuart Reese[14]
- 1984 Mike Harwood[15]
- 1985 Greg Turner[16]
- 1986 Ian Stanley[17][15]
- 1987 Brett Officer[18][19]
- 1988 Jeff Woodland[20]
- 1989 Max Stevens
- 1990 Jason Deep[21]
- 1991 Rob Willis[22]
- 1992 Darren Barnes[23]
- 1993 Jeff Wagner[24]
- 1994 Neil Kerry[24][25]
- 1995 Steven Alker
- 1996 Elliot Boult
- 1997 Tony Christie
- 1998 Mukesh Chand
- 1999 Neil Kerry[25]
- 2000 No tournament
- 2001 Neil Kerry[25]
- 2002 Salesh Chand
- 2003 Tony Christie
- 2004 Ryan Haywood
- 2005 Marika Batibasaga (a)
- 2006 Marika Batibasaga (a)
- 2007 Tony Christie[26]
- 2008 Brad Shilton[26]
- 2009 Matthew Griffin[27]
- 2010 Michael Hendry[27]
- 2011 Nick Gillespie[28]
- 2012 Ryan Fox[29]
- 2013 Ryan Fox[30]
- 2014 Matt Ballard[31]
- 2015 Ed Steadman[32]
- 2016 Gareth Paddison[33]
- 2017 Kieran Muir[4]
- 2018 Sam Lee[34]
- 2019 Sam Lee[35]
Source (1970–2008):[1]
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References
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