The first event was held at Manly Golf Club and, after 72 holes played over two days, resulted in a tie between three professionals Charlie Gray, Tom Howard and Sam Richardson.

[1] Gray won the title after a 36-hole playoff scoring 147 to Howard's 148.

Norman Von Nida won in 1939 and then again from 1946 to 1948, to repeat Ferrier record of four successive wins.

In 1951 a New South Wales Jubilee Open was organised, the state's first open championship, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Federation of Australia.

Greg Norman won three times in the decade and the 1989 event had prize money of A$300,000.