Papua New Guinea Open

The Papua New Guinea Open is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia. The event is held at Royal Port Moresby Golf Club, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It has been a tour event since 2016. Total prize money was A$140,000 in 2016, rising to $142,000 in 2017, $145,000 in 2018 and $150,000 in 2019. The 2019 winner was Peter Cooke who won by 2 strokes.

PNG Open

Tournament information
Location	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Established	1977
Course(s)	Royal Port Moresby Golf Club
Par	72
Length	6,947 yards (6,352 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	A$200,000
Month played	August
Tournament record score
Aggregate	265 Daniel Gale (2018)
To par	−23 as above
Current champion
William Bruyeres
Location map
Royal Port Moresby GC Location in Papua New Guinea

History

In 1978, Papua New Guinea joined the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation with the intention of adding the Papua New Guinea Open to the Asia Golf Circuit,^[1] but attempts were ultimately aborted.^[2][3] That year, the PNG Open had a field of 144 competitors, including 40 professionals, 37 of whom were from Australia.^[4]

After a three-year hiatus from 2020 to 2022, the tournament returned in 2023, featuring as the season-opening event on the 2023–24 PGA Tour of Australasia season.^[5]

Tournament conditions

In September 2024, an article was released by Monday Q Info, outlining the extremities of the conditions that the players have participated in Papua New Guinea during the PNG Open. It had been noted that the course had been fenced off and guarded by corrupt security guards, as well as caddies being paid $20 a day; with reports suggesting that many players experienced theft of personal items from some caddies during tournaments.^[6]

The tournament in recent years has also invited the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, James Marape to participate in the tournament.^[7]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
PNG Open
2024	William Bruyeres	271	−17	2 strokes	James Conran
2023	Lachlan Barker	274	−14	4 strokes	Jack Murdoch
2021–22: No tournament
SP Export PNG Golf Open
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[8]
SP PNG Golf Open
2019	Peter Cooke	270	−18	2 strokes	Jack Wilson
2018	Daniel Gale	265	−23	9 strokes	Braden Becker Tim Stewart
SP Brewery PNG Golf Open
2017	Cory Crawford	278	−10	Playoff	Brett Rankin
South Pacific Export Radler PNG Open
2016	Brad Moules	277	−11	Playoff	Anthony Quayle (a) Aaron Wilkin

Prior to PGA Tour of Australasia sanctioning

This list is incomplete

• 2015 Josh Cabban
• 2014 Kalem Richardson
• 2013 Pieter Zwart
• 2012 Paul Spargo
• 2011 Matthew Ballard
• 2010 Leigh Deagan
• 2009 Michael Wright
• 2008 Joshua Carmichael
• 2007 Andrew Bonhomme
• 2006 Pat Giles
• 2005 Eddie Barr
• 2004 Troy Kennedy
• 2003 Dean Alaban
• 2002 Chris Downes
• 2001 David Grenfell
• 2000 Kyle Woodbine
• 1999 Eddie Barr
• 1998 Lucas Bimbo
• 1997 Anthony Musgrave
• 1996 Neal Kerry
• 1995 Dale Walsh
• 1994 Mark Officer
• 1979 Gerard Taylor^[9]
• 1978 Mike Ferguson^[10]
• 1977 Ted Ball^[11]

See also

• Open golf tournament