ISPS Handa Vic Open Winners and History

The ISPS Handa Vic Open is the latest incarnation of the venerable Victorian Open. First played in 1957, the Victorian Open has since 2012 been played concurrently with the Victorian Open. It is the only professional golf tournament where the men and women play on the same course at the same time for an equally distributed purse.

The ISPS Handa Vic Open, jointly sanctioned by the LPGA Tour, the ALPG, the European Tour and the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia, will see 156 women and 156 men take to the Beach and Creek Courses at 13th Beach Golf Links. While this is the first time the ISPS Handa Vic Open is an official LPGA Tour event, the tournament has been conducted jointly with the men’s competition since 2012.

ISPS Handa Vic Open Tournament Setup

The ISPS Handa Vic Open will be played over 72-holes stroke play (four rounds of 18 holes) for both men and women. A field of 156 men and 156 women will play one round on each of the first two days across both Beach and Creek Courses.

After round 2, the leading 65 professional players plus ties plus amateurs tying on the same score for both men & women shall qualify to play the round 3.

A further cut will be made after round 3 for the leading 35 players plus ties (pros and amateurs inclusive) for both men & women shall qualify to play round 4.

13th Beach Golf Links Course Information

The ISPS Handa Vic Open is played at the 13th Beach Golf Links, which consists of the Creek and Beach courses.

The Beach course was designed by Tony Cashmore in 2001. The Creek Course was designed by Sir Nick Faldo and Tony Cashmore in 2004.

Yardages and holes for the men and women follow:

Men’s Beach Course:

HOLE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	OUT
METRES	361	483	153	314	534	350	104	407	386	3092
YARDS	395	528	167	343	584	383	114	445	422	3381
PAR	4	5	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	36
HOLE	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	IN	TOTAL
METRES	321	501	158	405	409	280	381	180	487	3122	6214
YARDS	351	548	173	443	447	306	417	197	533	3414	6796
PAR	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	36	72

Men’s Creek Course:

HOLE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	OUT
METRES	342	504	165	419	431	129	479	362	290	3121
YARDS	374	551	180	458	471	141	524	396	317	3412
PAR	4	5	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	36
HOLE	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	IN	TOTAL
METRES	526	411	145	341	316	179	406	478	423	3225	6346
YARDS	575	449	159	373	346	196	444	523	463	3528	6940
PAR	5	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	36	72

Women’s Beach Course:

HOLE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	OUT
METRES	361	470	153	314	440	350	104	370	386	2948
YARDS	395	514	167	343	481	383	114	405	422	3224
PAR	4	5	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	36
HOLE	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	IN	TOTAL
METRES	321	501	140	375	368	280	381	163	448	2977	5925
YARDS	351	548	153	410	402	306	417	178	490	3256	6480
PAR	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	36	72

Women’s Creek Course:

HOLE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	OUT
METRES	342	458	165	372	389	129	475	362	290	2982
YARDS	374	501	180	407	425	141	519	396	317	3260
PAR	4	5	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	36
HOLE	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	IN	TOTAL
METRES	457	378	145	341	316	138	370	460	423	3028	6010
YARDS	500	413	159	373	346	151	405	503	463	3313	6573
PAR	5	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	5	37	73

Notes: Beach Course Routing for the championship will differ from the normal course layout as follows:

Normal back nine will be tournament front nine.
Normal holes 5-9 will be tournament 10-14.
Normal holes 1-4 will be tournament 15-18.

About ISPS Handa

ISPS Handa is the International Sports Promotion Society, founded and funded by Japanese philanthropist Dr. Haruhisa Handa in 2006. Its goal is to support charitable causes throughout the sporting world and has fostered partnerships with golf governing bodies worldwide to help develop the game at every level and promote blind and disabled golf.

Dr. Handa is an interesting character. Born in 1951, he operates more than a dozen companies in Japan, Australia and the United Kingdom. He has degrees in economics, vocal music, creative arts and a literature. As you might expect, he is an author, who has written more than 220 books that have been translated into seven languages. Some of the best sellers include “Secrets for running a Small Business”, “Understanding Japan” and “Lucky Fortune” – of which more than a million copies have been sold.