A special commemorative poster has been released to promote the 100th staging of the Australian Open later this year.

There have been some golden eras for the Australian Open, perhaps most noticeably when across two decades the Stonehaven Cup was basically shared between Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Peter Thomson.

And most of the great champions of golf have won the Australian Open.

Apart from those three immortal names, there’s Greg Norman, Bobby Locke, Gene Sarazen, Tom Watson, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player– it’s effectively the who’s who of golf.

More recently there’s Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth in the past two years, along with current Aussie superstars Adam Scott and Geoff Ogilvy, both of whom are also major champions.

In fact, there have been 15 people who’ve held aloft the Stonehaven Cup who have won major championships during their careers.

In short, the global recognition of the Australian Open – past and present – is incredible, especially with new world No.1 Spieth back to defend and Scott already committed to the field.

The Australian Open will be contested from 26th to 29th November, 2015 at The Australian Club in Sydney.