The Tradition No Longer Continues

After 30 years, the Australian Masters will no longer be held exclusively at Huntingdale Golf Course from next year.

The Australian Masters has entered into a strategic partnership with the Victorian Government to grow the event in Melbourne over the next three years.

In a series of announcements, the Australian Masters will adopt a venue rotation policy starting in 2009 to showcase the finest golf courses on the famed Melbourne sandbelt.

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Still being a co-sanctioned event with the European Tour, the organisers have also promised to attract at least three players in the worlds top 25. Assuming Geoff Ogilvy and Adam Scott play, there’s two of the three already, so it shouldn’t be too hard to get at least one more player from the top 25…

Full story at Fox Sports.

Past winners of the event are:

2007 – Aaron Baddeley (275)
2006 – Justin Rose (276)
2005 – Robert Allenby (271)
2004 – Richard Green (271)
2003 – Robert Allenby (277)
2002 – Peter Lonard (279)
2001 – Colin Montgomerie (278)
2000 – Michael Campbell (282)<
1999 – Craig Spence (276)
1998 – Bradley Hughes (268)
1997 – Peter Lonard (276)
1996 – Craig Parry (279)
1995 – Peter Senior (280)
1994 – Craig Parry (282)
1993 – Bradley Hughes (281)
1992 – Craig Parry (283)
1991 – Peter Senior (278)
1990 – Greg Norman (273)
1989 – Greg Norman (280)
1988 – Ian Baker-Finch (283)
1987 – Greg Norman (273)
1986 – Mark O’Meara (284)
1985 – Bernhard Langer (281)
1984 – Greg Norman (285)
1983 – Greg Norman (285)
1982 – Graham Marsh (289)
1981 – Greg Norman (289)
1980 – Gene Littler (288)
1979 – Barry Vivian (289)