Australian PGA Championship
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Tournament information | |
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Location | Queensland, Australia |
Established | 1905 |
Course(s) | RACV Royal Pines Resort |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,378 yards (6,746 m) |
Tour(s) |
PGA Tour of Australasia European Tour (since 2015) OneAsia Tour (2009–14) |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | A$1,500,000 |
Month played | December |
Current champion | |
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The Australian PGA Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia. It is the home tournament of the Australian PGA and dates back to 1905. Since 2000 it has been held in the South East Queensland region.
The tournament was also part of the OneAsia Tour from 2009 to 2014. Since 2015 it has been co-sanctioned with the European Tour.
The winner receives the Joe Kirkwood Cup, given by Australian golfer Joe Kirkwood, Sr. and first presented to Rufus Stewart in 1929.[1][2]
The event started as a match-play event from its inception in 1905 until 1963. Then in 1964 the tournament changed its format to 72-hole stroke-play. It has been played in that format to the current day, with the exception of 1973 when it reverted to match-play for a single season. Before World War II the Professional Championship was generally played as part of the Championship meeting, which also included the Open Championship and the Australian Amateur Championship, An exception was in 1926 when the Professional Championship was contested as part of the Sun-Herald Tournament.[3]
Venues
Winners
- PGA Tour of Australasia and European Tour (2015–)
Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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2017 | Cameron Smith | Royal Pines | 270 | −18 | Playoff | ||
2016 | Harold Varner III | Royal Pines | 269 | −19 | 2 strokes | ||
2015 | Nathan Holman | Royal Pines | 288 | E | Playoff |
- PGA Tour of Australasia (1964–2014)
Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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2014 | Greg Chalmers (2) | Royal Pines | 277 | −11 | Playoff | ||
2013 | Adam Scott | Royal Pines | 270 | −14 | 4 strokes | ||
2012 | Daniel Popovic | Palmer Coolum | 272 | −16 | 4 strokes | ||
2011 | Greg Chalmers | Hyatt Coolum | 276 | −12 | Playoff | ||
2010 | Peter Senior (3) | Hyatt Coolum | 276 | −12 | Playoff | ||
2009 | Robert Allenby (4) | Hyatt Coolum | 270 | −14 | 4 strokes | ||
2008 | Geoff Ogilvy | Hyatt Coolum | 274 | −14 | 2 strokes | ||
2007 | Peter Lonard (3) | Hyatt Coolum | 268 | −20 | 3 strokes | ||
2006 | Nick O'Hern | Hyatt Coolum | 266 | −22 | Playoff | ||
2005 | Robert Allenby (3) | Hyatt Coolum | 270 | −18 | 1 stroke | ||
2004 | Peter Lonard (2) | Hyatt Coolum | 270 | −18 | 2 strokes | ||
2003 | Peter Senior (2) | Hyatt Coolum | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | ||
2002 | Peter Lonard Jarrod Moseley | Hyatt Coolum | 271 | −17 | Playoff (Tie) | Title shared | |
2001 | Robert Allenby (2) | Royal Queensland | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | ||
2000 | Robert Allenby | Royal Queensland | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | ||
1999 | Greg Turner | Victoria | 278 | −10 | 2 strokes | ||
1998 | David Howell | New South Wales | 275 | −13 | 7 strokes | ||
1997 | Andrew Coltart (2) | New South Wales | 285 | −3 | 4 strokes | ||
1996 | Phil Tataurangi | New South Wales | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke | ||
1995 | No tournament | ||||||
1994 | Andrew Coltart | New South Wales | 281 | −7 | 2 strokes | ||
1993 | Ian Baker-Finch | Concord | 275 | −9 | Playoff | ||
1992 | Craig Parry | Concord | 269 | −15 | 3 strokes | ||
1991 | Wayne Grady (2) | Concord | 271 | −13 | 3 strokes | ||
1990 | Brett Ogle | Riverside Oaks | 273 | −11 | 5 strokes | ||
1989 | Peter Senior | Riverside Oaks | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | ||
1988 | Wayne Grady | Riverside Oaks | 275 | −13 | Playoff | ||
1987 | Roger Mackay | The Lakes | 284 | −8 | 1 stroke | ||
1986 | Mike Harwood | Castle Hill | 275 | −13 | 2 strokes | ||
1985 | Greg Norman (2) | Castle Hill | 273 | −15 | 8 strokes | ||
1984 | Greg Norman | Monash | 277 | −11 | 8 strokes | ||
1983 | Bob Shearer | Royal Melbourne | 288 | E | 2 strokes | ||
1982 | Graham Marsh | Royal Melbourne | 282 | −6 | 3 strokes | ||
1981 | Seve Ballesteros | Royal Melbourne | 282 | −6 | 3 strokes | ||
1980 | Sam Torrance | Royal Melbourne | 282 | −6 | 2 strokes | ||
1979 | Stewart Ginn | Royal Melbourne | 284 | E | 3 strokes | ||
1978 | Hale Irwin | Royal Melbourne | 278 | −6 | 8 strokes | ||
1977 | Mike Cahill | Yarra Yarra | 278 | −10 | 8 strokes | ||
1976 | Bill Dunk (5) | Rosebud | 281 | −7 | Playoff | ||
1975 | Vic Bennetts | Burleigh Heads | 287 | +3 | 3 strokes | ||
1974 | Bill Dunk (4) | Liverpool | 279 | −9 | Playoff | ||
1973 | Randall Vines (2) | Bonnie Doon | 2 & 1 | ||||
1972 | Randall Vines | The Lakes | 290 | −2 | 2 strokes | ||
1971 | Bill Dunk (3) | Surfers Paradise | 273 | −7 | 3 strokes | ||
1970 | Bruce Devlin (2) | Surfers Paradise | 275 | −5 | 3 strokes | ||
1969 | Bruce Devlin | Royal Canberra | 277 | −11 | 3 strokes | ||
1968 | Kel Nagle (6) | Metropolitan | 276 | −20 | 6 strokes | ||
1967 | Peter Thomson | Metropolitan | 282 | −14 | 1 stroke | ||
1966 | Bill Dunk (2) | Royal Sydney | 279 | −9 | 7 strokes | ||
1965 | Kel Nagle (5) | Riversdale | 276 | −16 | 1 stroke | ||
1964 | Colin Johnston (2) | Monash | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke |
In 2017 Smith won with a par at the second playoff hole. In 2015 Holman won with a par on the first playoff hole. In 2014 Chalmers won with a par at the seventh extra hole. Ormsby was eliminated by birdies on the third extra hole. In 2011 Chalmers won with a par at the first extra hole. In 2010 Senior won with a par at the second extra hole. In 2006 O'Hern won with a birdie at the fourth extra hole. In 2002 Lonard and Moseley agreed to be joint winners of the event. They had played one hole of a sudden-death playoff. Fading light meant that no further play was possible and they chose not to return the following day. In 1993 Baker-Finch won at the second extra hole. In 1988 Grady won with a par at the fourth extra hole. In 1976 Dunk beat Croker 71 to 75 in the 18-hole playoff. In 1974 Dunk beat Stanley 71 to 72 in the 18-hole playoff. In 1973 there was a stroke-play round with the leading 64 qualifying for six 18-hole rounds of match-play.
Match play era winners
Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Margin | Runner-up | Ref |
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1963 | Colin Johnston | Oatlands | 3 & 2 | [4] | ||
1962 | Bill Dunk | Rossdale | 8 & 7 | [5] | ||
1961 | Alan Murray | Rossdale | 2 & 1 | [6] | ||
1960 | John Sullivan | Royal Fremantle | 2 up | [7] | ||
1959 | Kel Nagle (4) | New South Wales | 5 & 3 | [8] | ||
1958 | Kel Nagle (3) | Kooyonga | 6 & 5 | [9] | ||
1957 | Gary Player | Huntingdale | 2 up | [10] | ||
1956 | Les Wilson | St Michael's | 4 & 2 | [11] | ||
1955 | Ossie Pickworth (3) | Indooroopilly | 8 & 7 | [12] | ||
1954 | Kel Nagle (2) | Royal Sydney | 1 up | [13] | ||
1953 | Ossie Pickworth (2) | Royal Melbourne | 1 up | [14] | ||
1952 | Bill Holder | Roseville | 2 & 1 | [15] | ||
1951 | Norman Von Nida (4) | Metropolitan | 6 & 5 | [16] | ||
1950 | Norman Von Nida (3) | The Lakes | 6 & 5 | [17] | ||
1949 | Kel Nagle | Royal Perth | 7 & 5 | [18] | ||
1948 | Norman Von Nida (2) | Royal Hobart | 2 & 1 | [19] | ||
1947 | Ossie Pickworth | Royal Melbourne | 2 & 1 | [20] | ||
1946 | Norman Von Nida | Manly | 1 up | [21] | ||
1940–45: No tournament due to World War II | ||||||
1939 | Ted Naismith | Royal Melbourne | 7 & 5 | [22] | ||
1938 | Eric Cremin (2) | Royal Adelaide | 2 & 1 | [23] | ||
1937 | Eric Cremin | The Australian | 4 & 2 | [24] | ||
1936 | Bill Clifford | Metropolitan | 4 & 2 | [25] | ||
1935 | Sam Richardson (2) | Royal Adelaide | 2 & 1 | [26] | ||
1934 | Lou Kelly | Royal Sydney | 2 & 1 | [27] | ||
1933 | Sam Richardson | Royal Melbourne | 9 & 7 | [28] | ||
1932 | Fergus McMahon | Royal Adelaide | 7 & 6 | [29] | ||
1931 | Don Spence | The Australian | 2 & 1 | [30] | ||
1930 | Jock Robertson | Metropolitan | 2 & 1 | [31] | ||
1929 | Rufus Stewart | Royal Adelaide | 8 & 7 | [32] | ||
1928 | Harry Sinclair (2) | Royal Sydney | 1 up | [33] | ||
1927 | Harry Sinclair | Royal Melbourne | 4 & 3 | [34] | ||
1926 | Frank Eyre | The Australian | 6 & 5 | [3] | ||
1925 | Tom Howard (2) | The Australian | 3 & 1 | [35] | ||
1924 | Tom Howard | Royal Melbourne | 4 & 2 | [36] | ||
1923 | Fred Popplewell | Royal Adelaide | 2 & 1 | [37] | ||
1922 | Charlie Campbell (2) | Royal Sydney | 1 up | [38] | ||
1921 | Arthur Le Fevre | Concord | ||||
1920 | Unknown | |||||
1914–19: No tournament due to World War I | ||||||
1913 | Carnegie Clark (3) | Oakleigh | ||||
1912 | Unknown | |||||
1911 | Charlie Campbell | Royal Sydney | 154 | |||
1910 | Dan Soutar (4) | Glenelg | 150 | |||
1909 | Carnegie Clark (2) | Oakleigh | ||||
1908 | Carnegie Clark | The Australian | 4 & 3 | [39] | ||
1907 | Dan Soutar (3) | Royal Melbourne | 4 & 3 | [40] | ||
1906 | Dan Soutar (2) | Royal Sydney | 5 & 3 | [41] | ||
1905 | Dan Soutar | Royal Melbourne | 4 & 3 |
James Scott won an unofficial tournament in 1897
References
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- ↑ http://users.tpg.com.au/users/robmoski/Australian%20PGA.html
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