Wills Masters

This article is about the Australian golf tournament. For the New Zealand golf tournament, see New Zealand Wills Masters.

The Wills Masters was a golf tournament held in Australia and played annually from 1963 to 1975. The Wills Classic had been held in Australia from 1960 and 1962. Total prize money from 1963 to 1965 was A£4,000. In 1966 and 1967 it was A$8,000 increasing to A$10,000 in 1968, A$20,000 from 1969 to 1971, A$25,000 in 1972 and A$35,000 from 1973 to 1975. The sponsor was W.D. & H.O. Wills, a cigarette manufacturer.

Wills Masters

Tournament information
Location	Australia
Established	1963
Final year	1975
Final champion
David Graham

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share	Ref
1963	Arnold Palmer	United States	The Lakes Golf Club	285	2 strokes	Jack Nicklaus	A£1,000	[1]
1964	Cobie Legrange	South Africa	Victoria Golf Club	277	3 strokes	Bruce Devlin Jack Nicklaus		[2]
1965	Bruce Devlin	Australia	The Australian Golf Club	286	1 stroke	Peter Thomson		[3]
1966	Kel Nagle	Australia	Victoria Golf Club	278	2 strokes	Roberto De Vicenzo	A$2,000	[4]
1967	Alan Murray	Australia	The Australian Golf Club	290	Playoff	Roberto De Vicenzo		[5]
1968	Gary Player	South Africa	Manly Golf Club	277	Playoff	Peter Townsend		[6]
1969	George Knudson	Canada	Victoria Golf Club	279	2 strokes	Bob Stanton Peter Thomson		[7]
1970	Brian Barnes	Scotland	The Australian Golf Club	288	1 stroke	Wally Gale George Knudson Guy Wolstenholme	A$3,300	[8]
1971	Bruce Crampton	Australia	Victoria Golf Club	281	3 strokes	Maurice Bembridge		[9]
1972	Bob Murphy	United States	The Australian Golf Club	278	3 strokes	Sukree Onsham	A$3,800	[10]
1973	Ted Ball	Australia	Victoria Golf Club	282	2 strokes	Jerry Heard	A$7,000	[11]
1974	Ted Ball (2)	Australia	The Australian Golf Club	281	2 strokes	Gary Player Ian Stanley	A$7,000	[12]
1975	David Graham	Australia	Victoria Golf Club	282	2 strokes	Rob McNaughton	A$7,000	[13]

In 1967 Murray won at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. In 1968 Player won at the second extra hole.