The Western Australian Ten Thousand
was a golf tournament in Australia held in October 1968. The event was held at Cottesloe Golf Club in
Cottesloe, Western Australia.
The tournament was won by England's
Peter Townsend.
The event was held a week before the
Australian Open which was also held in Western Australia.
This helped attract top Australian golfers like
Kel Nagle and
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In the second round, England's
Peter Townsend broke Cottelsoe's course record with a 66 (−6) to take the lead.
He received "only token resistance" thereafter and defeated Australian
by two shots at 282 (−6).
Nagle and Japan's
Takashi Murakami
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finished a further shot back (−3, 285) in joint third.
Winners
References
Golf tournaments in Australia
Golf in Western Australia
Cottesloe, Western Australia
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