The Royal Fremantle Open was an Australian golf tournament. The event was held at

Royal Fremantle Golf Club Royal Fremantle Golf Club is a golf club in Fremantle, Western Australia. It was established in 1905. Multiple prominent golf tournaments have been hosted at the venue including the Australian PGA Championship and Royal Fremantle Open. Histor ...

Fremantle Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

History

Western Australian

Terry Gale Terry R. Gale (born 7 June 1946) is an Australian professional golfer. Professional career Gale had a successful amateur career before turning professional at a relatively advanced age in 1976. From the mid-1970s to the early 1990s he won reg ...

had much success at the event, winning it in 1979 and finishing runner-up two years later. The professional

Ray Hore Ray Hore (born 9 June 1954) is an Australian professional golfer. Early life Hore is from Camden, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney. As a youth he honed his skills at golf courses in Sydney. Golf career Hore first received media attention ...

also had much success at the event, posting one win and two runner-ups. Among the most notable performances was in 1981. Royal Fremantle amateur Glenn Carbon, playing at a 2 handicap, holed a 50 metre pitch at the last for an eagle to defeat Terry Gale by a stroke.

Winners

References

{{reflist Golf tournaments in Australia Golf in Western Australia Sport in Fremantle Recurring sporting events established in 1977 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1982 1976 establishments in Australia 1982 disestablishments in Australia