PETER THOMSON WINS FIRST AUSTRALIAN OPEN TITLE OCTOBER 6, 1951
Sep 16, 2020
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– Brendan James
PETER Thomson fired a pair of final day 70s to win his first Australian Open title at Melbourne’s Metropolitan Golf Club, four strokes ahead of Norman von Nida.
In victory, Thomson, then 22, became the first Australian to hold both the New Zealand and Australian Open titles.
It was Thomson’s fourth attempt to
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