Open Heart Open
About
Initiated by Commonwealth Golf Club member, Con Davie and the late Don Lawrence, a Victoria Golf Club member and renowned golf writer for many years with the Melbourne Herald newspaper. the Open Heart Open was first played at Royal Melbourne and Victoria Golf Clubs in 1989 . Lawrence and Davie approached the VGA in 1988 with the suggestion to start an event for both men and women players who had undertaken various forms of heart surgery after becoming aware of a similar concept in the United States.
The Open Heart Open is an event run in partnership between WGV and the VGA.