The Fiji Open is a professional golf tournament played in

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

. It was inaugurated in 1970 as a 54-hole

stroke play Stroke play, also known as medal play, is a scoring system in the sport of golf in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes. In stroke play, the winner is the player who has taken the fewest strokes over the ...

tournament sponsored by Air New Zealand. During the first event there were 40 players. It has been a 72-hole tournament since the second edition in 1971. In 1973, a full-field of 162 players entered the tournament. As of 1976, it was the second of five events "South Pacific circuit." Since 2015, the winner and the leading Fijian have been rewarded with entry into the Fiji International.

Winners

*1970

Bruce Rafferty The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of king Robert the Bruce (1274−1329), it has been a ...

*1971 Frank Molloy *1972 Simon Owen *1973

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*1974

Bob Tuohy Bob Tuohy (born c. August 1940) is a former Australian professional golfer and current tournament director. Amateur career At the age of 11, Tuohy became a junior member of Glenelg Golf Club. He was the youngest member at the time. He first re ...

*1975 Frank Phillips *1976

Barry Vivian Barry Vivian (born 10 May 1950) is a New Zealand professional golfer. In the 1970s, he recorded a number of wins in minor events in the Pacific Islands but was unsuccessful on the more competitive circuits. He was thinking about quitting golf but ...

*1977 George Serhan *1978 Bill Brask *1979

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(a) *1980

Stuart Reese Stuart Reese (born 16 August 1954) is a professional golfer from New Zealand. Reese was one of New Zealand's top amateur golfers in the 1970s, winning the 1975 New Zealand Amateur. Reese turned professional shortly thereafter, winning a number o ...

*1981

Alex Bonnington Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis. People Multiple *Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people *Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people *Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple peop ...

*1982 Richard Coombes *1983

*1984 Mike Harwood *1985 Greg Turner *1986 Ian Stanley *1987

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*1988

Jeff Woodland Jeff Woodland (born 28 February 1957) is an Australian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia. Professional career Woodland joined the Ben Hogan Tour in 1991 and had a very successful rookie year, winning ...

*1989 Max Stevens *1990 Jason Deep *1991 Rob Willis *1992 Darren Barnes *1993 Jeff Wagner *1994 Neil Kerry *1995

Steven Alker Steven Craig Alker (born 28 July 1971) is a professional golfer from New Zealand who plays on the PGA Tour Champions, where he has won five events. He won the season-long 2022 Charles Schwab Cup on the PGA Tour Champions. Early life and profess ...

*1996 Elliot Boult *1997 Tony Christie *1998 Mukesh Chand *1999 Neil Kerry *2000 ''No tournament'' *2001 Neil Kerry *2002 Salesh Chand *2003 Tony Christie *2004 Ryan Haywood *2005 Marika Batibasaga (a) *2006 Marika Batibasaga (a) *2007 Tony Christie *2008 Brad Shilton *2009

Matthew Griffin Matthew Griffin (born 26 July 1983) is an Australian professional golfer. He plays on the PGA Tour of Australasia where he has won three times and the OneAsia Tour where he has won twice and won the Order of Merit in 2013. On 14 July 2014, Gr ...

*2010 Michael Hendry *2011 Nick Gillespie *2012 Ryan Fox *2013 Ryan Fox *2014 Matt Ballard *2015 Ed Steadman *2016 Gareth Paddison *2017 Kieran Muir *2018 Sam Lee *2019 Sam Lee Source (1970–2008):

References

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