Australian Open: Dates, course, previous winners, odds & more

The Australian Open is a golf tournament which takes place towards the end of each year and is the oldest event on the PGA Tour of Australasia, having taken place for the first time back in 1904.

The Australian Open is a golf tournament which takes place towards the end of each year and is the oldest tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia, having taken place for the first time back in 1904.

It is referred to as one of two majors played Down Under, along with the Australian PGA Championship, which takes place a week before the Australian Open.

It is a ground-breaking tournament in that it features a men's and women's event played on the same courses at the same time, with a total of up to 240 players involved.

Australian Open dates

The 2024 Australian Open takes place between Thursday November 28th and Sunday December 1st.

Australian Open venue

Two courses will jointly stage the 2024 Australian Open, with the Victoria Golf Club in Cheltenham, Melbourne is use across the first two days of play.

Kingston Heath Golf Club is the main venue, with play taking place there on all four days, with it being the sole course in use for the final two days of competition, following the 36-hole cut.

Fifteen other courses have hosted the Australian Open over the years.

Australian Open how to watch

The 2024 Australian Open will be available to watch in Australia on Channel 9 and Fox Sports, while it will also be available via Foxtel and Kayo.

Australian Open prize money

The overall prize money on offer at the Australian Open is $A3.4million, with $A1.7million on offer in both the men's and women's events.

The winner of both competitions takes home $A289,000, with the event now co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia and the DP World Tour and several qualifying spots for the Open Championship up for grabs.

Australian Open previous winners

The 2024 Australian Open will be the 107th staging of the event, with the first tournament having taken place back in 1904 and been won by Englishman Michael Scott.

South African great Gary Player is a record seven-time winner of the event, with American legend Jack Nicklaus having six titles to his name.

Ivo Whitton and Greg Norman are the most successful home golfers with five victories each, while the most recent Aussie success came in 2019 when Matt Jones won his second Australian Open.

In the women's event Aussie great Karrie Webb is a five-time champion, while South African Ashleigh Buhai took the honours in both 2022 and 2023.

The defending men's champion is Chilean Joaquin Niemann, while Pole Adrian Meronk triumphed in 2022 after the tournament took an enforced two-year hiatus.

Australian Open odds

No odds are yet available for the Australian Open and they will be released closer to the start of the event.

Any odds displayed were correct at the time of writing and are subject to fluctuation.