The Victorian Close Championship was an annual golf tournament held in Victoria, Australia.
It was superseded by the Victorian Open which was first held in 1957, but was reintroduced the following year and continued until about 1978.
[1][2][3] The Victorian Golf Association revived the idea in 1947 as a 36-hole "open scratch event", open to amateurs and professionals resident in Victoria, played on a single day at Victoria Golf Club.
[4] Professional George Naismith and amateur Bill Higgins tied with scores of 149.
[5] The first Close Championship was played at Huntingdale in 1948 and was won by Ossie Pickworth who finished 12 strokes ahead of the field.