The ESP Open was a golf tournament held in Australia in February 1988 at the Royal Canberra Golf Club, Canberra. The tournament was originally intended to run for an initial three years, but this was changed to a year-by-year arrangement after title sponsors ESP Pty Ltd agreed to also sponsor the Australian PGA Championship in 1987. This arrangement also resulted in a reduction in prize money for the ESP Open, which was halved from A$500,000 to A$250,000.[1]

ESP Open
Tournament information
LocationCanberra, Australia
Established1988
Course(s)Royal Canberra Golf Club
Par72
Tour(s)PGA Tour of Australia
FormatStroke play
Month playedFebruary
Final year1988
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 Greg Norman (1988)
To par−19 as above
Final champion
Australia Greg Norman
Location map
Royal Canberra GC is located in Australia
Royal Canberra GC
Royal Canberra GC
Location in Australia
Royal Canberra GC is located in Australian Capital Territory
Royal Canberra GC
Royal Canberra GC

The ESP Open was scheduled to be played for the second time in January 1989 but was cancelled because of a clash of dates with the inaugural Coca-Cola Classic.[2] Ultimately, the tournament was not held again.

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up Winner's
share (A$)
Ref.
1988   Greg Norman 269 −19 7 strokes   Bernhard Langer 45,000 [3]

References

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  1. ^ Hourigan, John (3 December 1987). "Money halved for ESP Open". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. p. 26. Retrieved 13 February 2020 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "Canberra's ESP Open suspended". The Canberra Times. Vol. 63, no. 19349. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 27 September 1988. p. 22. Retrieved 29 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Moloney, Brendan (29 February 1988). "Norman by a yawning gap". The Age. p. 33.