Riversdale Cup
Encyclopedia
The Riversdale Cup is the second oldest amateur golf
tournament in Australia
. It has been played since 1896 and is organized by and played at the Riversdale Golf Club in Mount Waverley, Victoria
. It was known as the Surrey Hills Gentlemen's Championship, Gold Medal from 1896 to 1907, the Riversdale Trophy from 1909 to 1926, and the Riversdale Cup since 1928. It is a 72-hole stroke play
tournament.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It has been played since 1896 and is organized by and played at the Riversdale Golf Club in Mount Waverley, Victoria
Mount Waverley, Victoria
Mount Waverley is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Monash...
. It was known as the Surrey Hills Gentlemen's Championship, Gold Medal from 1896 to 1907, the Riversdale Trophy from 1909 to 1926, and the Riversdale Cup since 1928. It is a 72-hole stroke play
Stroke play
Stroke play, also known as medal play, is a scoring system in the sport of golf. It involves counting the total number of strokes taken on each hole during a given round, or series of rounds...
tournament.
Winners
- 2011 Nathan Holman
- 2010 Jin JeongJin JeongJeong Yeon-jin , better known as Jin Jeong, is a South Korean amateur golfer.Jeong was born in Busan and moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2006. He has enjoyed a highly successful amateur career...
- 2009 Jordan Sherratt
- 2008 Scott Arnold
- 2007 Tim StewartTim StewartTim Stewart is an Australian professional golfer. A former Australian Amateur champion, he turned professional in November 2008 and is now playing on the PGA Tour of Australasia and Asian Tour.-Personal life:...
- 2006 Steve Dartnell
- 2005 Mathew Holten
- 2004 Michael SimMichael Sim-Amateur career:Sim was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and moved to Australia when he was 5 years old. He was the top ranked amateur in the world in 2005 having won four titles during the year including the Sunnehanna Amateur, which boasts major winners Ben Crenshaw and Tommy Aaron amongst its list of...
- 2003 Kurt BarnesKurt BarnesKurt Barnes is an Australian professional golfer.Barnes was born in Muswellbrook, New South Wales. He had a successful amateur career which included victories in the 2002 Australian Amateur, the 2003 Riversdale Cup, which he won with a record 22 under par total, and the 2003 New Zealand Amateur...
- 2002 Richard Moir
- 2001 Shannon Jones
- 2000 Andrew Webster
- 1999 Aaron BaddeleyAaron BaddeleyAaron John Baddeley is an American-Australian professional golfer. He was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA and now plays on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, has joint U.S. and Australian citizenship and was raised in Australia from the age of two...
- 1998 Brendan Jones
- 1997 James McLean
- 1996 Jarrod MoseleyJarrod MoseleyJarrod James Moseley is an Australian professional golfer.Moseley was born in Mandurah, Western Australia. He turned professional in 1997. He won the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit in 1998/99, having won the European Tour co-sanctioned Heineken Classic during the season...
- 1995 Lee Eagleton
- 1994 Lester Peterson
- 1993 J Dawes
- 1992 Lester Peterson
- 1991 Robert AllenbyRobert AllenbyRobert Allenby is an Australian professional golfer.Allenby was born in Melbourne, Australia. His father was from Leeds, England and emigrated to Australia as a young man.-Professional career:...
- 1990 Robert AllenbyRobert AllenbyRobert Allenby is an Australian professional golfer.Allenby was born in Melbourne, Australia. His father was from Leeds, England and emigrated to Australia as a young man.-Professional career:...
- 1989 Paul Moloney
- 1988 David Ecob
- 1987 S P Taylor
- 1986 M C Sammels
- 1985 S P Taylor
- 1984 C Longley
- 1983 John Lindsay
- 1982 T G Henley
- 1981 Michael ClaytonMichael Clayton (golfer)Michael Andrew Clayton is an Australian professional golfer. He played on the PGA Tour of Australasia from 1981 until he turned 50 in 2007. He found success there, winning seven times between 1982 and 1994....
- 1980 G W Sowden
- 1979 E G Routley
- 1978 Kevin Hartley
- 1977 Kevin Hartley
- 1976 Kevin Hartley
- 1975 T G Henley
- 1974 Bill Britten
- 1973 A J Reiter
- 1972 N W Titheridge
- 1971 Kevin Hartley
- 1970 G R Hicks
- 1969 Bill Britten
- 1968 Kevin Hartley
- 1967 Kevin Hartley
- 1966 Bill Britten
- 1965 Kevin Hartley
- 1964 Kevin Hartley
- 1963 Kevin Hartley
- 1962 Tom Crow
- 1961 Tom Crow
- 1960 J R Hood
- 1959 R L Bull
- 1958 Kevin Hartley
- 1957 B West
- 1956 P D Crow
- 1955 A V Rae
- 1954 D B Kendler
- 1953 F T Kennett
- 1952 L A Duffy
- 1951 D Cade
- 1950 D P J Doughton
- 1949 A P Launder
- 1948 W A Higgins
- 1947 W A Higgins
- 1946 L A Duffy
- 1939-45 No tournament due to World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
- 1938 A V Rae
- 1937 W A Higgins
- 1936 W A Edgar
- 1935 Mick RyanMick Ryan (golfer)Michael J. "Mick" Ryan was an Australian amateur golfer who won the Australian Open in 1932. He also played Australian rules football for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....
- 1934 Harry Williams
- 1933 Mick RyanMick Ryan (golfer)Michael J. "Mick" Ryan was an Australian amateur golfer who won the Australian Open in 1932. He also played Australian rules football for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....
- 1932 Harry Williams
- 1931 Alex Russell
- 1930 Harry Williams
- 1929 Alex Russell
- 1928 F H Lemann
- 1927 No tournament
- 1926 Ivo WhittonIvo WhittonIvo Harrington Whitton was an Australian amateur golfer, who is the only Australian to have won the Australian Open five times .Whitton was born in Moonee Ponds, Victoria...
- 1925 Ivo WhittonIvo WhittonIvo Harrington Whitton was an Australian amateur golfer, who is the only Australian to have won the Australian Open five times .Whitton was born in Moonee Ponds, Victoria...
- 1924 Bruce Pearce
- 1923 E G Schlapp
- 1922 Bruce Pearce
- 1921 Bruce Pearce
- 1920 C H Fawcett
- 1919 A W Jackson
- 1915-18 No tournament due to World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
- 1914 F G Murdoch
- 1913 Ivo WhittonIvo WhittonIvo Harrington Whitton was an Australian amateur golfer, who is the only Australian to have won the Australian Open five times .Whitton was born in Moonee Ponds, Victoria...
- 1912 Ivo WhittonIvo WhittonIvo Harrington Whitton was an Australian amateur golfer, who is the only Australian to have won the Australian Open five times .Whitton was born in Moonee Ponds, Victoria...
- 1911 A R Lempriere
- 1910 F G Murdoch
- 1909 G C Morrison
- 1908 No tournament
- 1907 F G Murdoch
- 1906 H Morrison
- 1905 Michael ScottMichael Scott (golfer)The Hon. Michael Scott OBE was an English amateur golfer, most famous for being the oldest winner of The Amateur Championship....
- 1904 H L Hyland
- 1903 Louis Whyte
- 1902 P.C. AndersonP.C. AndersonPeter Corsar Anderson was an influential educator and golfer in Western Australia.-Early life:Anderson was born on 16 February 1871, at the manse of Menmuir, Forfarshire, Scotland. He went to Madras College, St Andrews, where he won a bursary to the United College in the University of St Andrews...
- 1901 Mclntyre
- 1900 H A Howden
- 1899 P.C. AndersonP.C. AndersonPeter Corsar Anderson was an influential educator and golfer in Western Australia.-Early life:Anderson was born on 16 February 1871, at the manse of Menmuir, Forfarshire, Scotland. He went to Madras College, St Andrews, where he won a bursary to the United College in the University of St Andrews...
- 1898 P.C. AndersonP.C. AndersonPeter Corsar Anderson was an influential educator and golfer in Western Australia.-Early life:Anderson was born on 16 February 1871, at the manse of Menmuir, Forfarshire, Scotland. He went to Madras College, St Andrews, where he won a bursary to the United College in the University of St Andrews...
- 1897 T S Huggins
- 1896 M L Anderson