The 101st staging of the WA Open Golf Championship has been locked in for October and will offer a record prize purse.
The Nexus Advisernet Bowra & O’Dea WA Open will take place at Mount Lawley Golf Club from October 16-19, and is once again part of the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia’s annual schedule.
Back on the hosting roster after completing major renovations, Mount Lawley will stage the WA Open for the 11th time. The championship was first hosted by the club in 1948, when it was won by New South Welshman Ossie Pickworth.
Other notable champions from WA Opens at Mount Lawley include Gary Player (1956), Terry Gale (1982) and Stephen Leaney (1997). The event was most recently staged at the club in 2018, when it was won by Victorian amateur Zach Murray.
This year’s winner is set to claim a top prize of $36,000 from a record prize purse of $200,000 – an increase of $25,000 on the 2024 championship, which was won by Elvis Smylie at Mandurah Country Club.
Gary Thomas, Chief Executive of GolfWA, believes all the elements are in place for a superb week of high-calibre golf.
“We’re delighted to be heading back to Mount Lawley in October,” he said. “It’s always a superb test of golf and we‘re excited to see how the nation’s best players tackle the revamped layout, which is truly spectacular.
“The increase in prizemoney is an important step towards supporting the aspirations of our tour professionals, and we’re very grateful to our co-naming right partners, Nexus Advisernet and Bowra & O’Dea, for their on-going support of the championship.”
2024 WA Open champion Elvis Smylie
As has become the norm, the WA Open is preceded by the WA PGA Championship in Kalgoorlie (October 9-12), while Webex Players Series Perth will return to Royal Fremantle in January 2026 – although the exact dates have yet to be confirmed.
The first half of the tour schedule is shown below, while the post-Christmas events will be announced in due course.
Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia 2025 schedule
August 14-17: PNG Open – Royal Port Moresby Golf Club
August 28-31: Tailor-made Building Services NT PGA Championship – Palmerston Golf Course
October 9-12: CKB WA PGA Championship presented by TX Civil & Logistics – Kalgoorlie Golf Course
October 16-19: Nexus Advisernet Bowra & O’Dea WA Open – Mount Lawley Golf Club
October 23-26: Webex Players Series South Australia hosted by Greg Blewett – Willunga Golf Course
November 13-16: Ford NSW Open – The Vintage Golf Club
November 20-23: Queensland PGA Championship – Nudgee Golf Club
November 27-30: BMW Australian PGA Championship – Royal Queensland Golf Club
December 4-7: Australian Open – The Royal Melbourne Golf Club
December 11-14: Victorian PGA Championship – Moonah Links Resort
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