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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Barwon Heads, Victoria, Australia |
| Established | 1988 |
| Course(s) | 13th Beach Golf Links(Beach and Creek Courses) |
| Par | 72 |
| Tour(s) | WPGA Tour of Australasia LPGA Tour(2019–2020) Ladies European Tour(2017–2018) |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | A$200,000 |
| Month played | February |
| Current champion | |
 Su Oh | |
| Location map | |
TheWomen's Victorian Open is an annualgolf tournament held inAustralia. It was founded in 1988 and played annually through 1992. After a 20-year hiatus it returned in 2012 as a tournament on theWPGA Tour of Australasia.[1]
This was the first time the men'sVictorian Open and women's Victorian Open were held concurrently - making it the only professional golf tournament in the world where men and women played the same courses, at the same time, for equal prize money.
In 2013, themen's and women's Victorian Opens moved to 13th Beach Golf Links inBarwon Heads, southwest ofMelbourne, near the southwest shore(Bass Strait) of theBellarine Peninsula.
When the tournament moved to 13th Beach Golf Links in 2013, the combined prize pool wasA$300,000, with $150,000 on offer for each of the men's and women's fields.
In six years, the total prize pool has increased ten-fold, with the 2019 men's and women's Victorian Open fields to be playing for a total purse of $3 million ($1.5 million each).
In 2017 and 2018, the event were co-sanctioned by theLadies European Tour and the ALPG Tour. Like its men's counterpart, it is a two-cut tournament. The field is reduced to 60 after the second round and 35 after the third round; those who fail to make the second cut earn prize money.
The event was co-sanctioned by theLPGA Tour in 2019 and 2020. It is played alongside the men'sVictorian Open. The double cut continues; 65 players will remain after the first cut, then 35 players after the Saturday cut.[2]
| Year | Tour(s)[a] | Winner | Country | Score | To par | Venue | Purse (A$) | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Open | ||||||||
| 2025 | WPGA | Su Oh | Australia | 289 | E | 13th Beach Golf Links | 200,000 | |
| 2024 | WPGA | Ashley Lau |  Malaysia | 277 | −12 | 13th Beach Golf Links | 420,000 | |
| 2023 | WPGA | Jiyai Shin |  South Korea | 275 | −14 | 13th Beach Golf Links | 420,000 | |
| 2022 | WPGA | Hannah Green | Australia | 276 | −13 | 13th Beach Golf Links | 410,000 | |
| 2021 | Tournament cancelled | |||||||
| ISPS Handa Vic Open | ||||||||
| 2020 | ALPG · LPGA | Park Hee-young | South Korea | 281PO | −8 | 13th Beach Golf Links | US$1,100,000 | [b] |
| 2019 | ALPG · LPGA | Céline Boutier |  France | 281 | −8 | 13th Beach Golf Links | US$1,100,000 | |
| Oates Vic Open | ||||||||
| 2018 | ALPG · LET | Minjee Lee(2) | Australia | 279 | −13 | 13th Beach Golf Links | 650,000 | [c] |
| 2017 | ALPG · LET | Melissa Reid |  England | 276PO | −16 | 13th Beach Golf Links | 650,000 | [d] |
| 2016 | ALPG | Georgia Hall | England | 281 | −11 | 13th Beach Golf Links | 300,000 | |
| 2015 | ALPG | Marianne Skarpnord |  Norway | 279 | −13 | 13th Beach Golf Links | 250,000 | |
| 2014 | ALPG | Minjee Lee(a) | Australia | 279 | −17 | 13th Beach Golf Links | 150,000 | |
| Women's Victorian Open | ||||||||
| 2013 | ALPG | Stacey Keating | Australia | 278 | −18 | 13th Beach Golf Links | 150,000 | |
| 2012 | ALPG | Joanna Klatten | France | 212 | −7 | Woodlands/Spring Valley | ||
| 1993–2011:No tournament | ||||||||
| Heart Health Victorian Women's Open | ||||||||
| 1992 | ALPG | Wendy Doolan | Australia | 211 | −5 | Yarra Yarra | ||
| 1991 | ALPG | Jennifer Wyatt |  Canada | 222 | E | Woodlands | ||
| Women's Victorian Open | ||||||||
| 1990 | ALPG | Dale Reid |  Scotland | 212 | −10 | Commonwealth | [3] | |
| 1989 | ALPG | Susan Tonkin | Australia | 227 | +5 | Commonwealth | ||
| 1988 | ALPG | Helen Hopkins | Australia | 219 | −3 | Commonwealth | ||
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