Australian Masters

Australian Masters
Tournament information
Location Melbourne, Australia
Established 1979
Course(s) 2015 - Huntingdale Golf Club
Organized by IMG
Tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
European Tour (2006–09)
Format Stroke play
Prize fund A$750,000
Month played November
Tournament record score
Aggregate 268 Bradley Hughes (1998)
To par −24 (as above)
Final champion
Australia Peter Senior
Huntingdale GC
Location in Australia

The Australian Masters was an annual golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia held in Victoria, Australia from 1979 to 2015.

The tournament was co-sanctioned by the European Tour from 2006 to 2009, with a significant 20% increase in the prize fund. Because the tournament is played late in the calendar year, in November or December, it formed part of the following year's European Tour schedule from 2006 through 2008. With the European Tour's decision to realign its schedule with the calendar year for 2010, the 2009 event was the first to be part of the current calendar year's tour schedule. The co-sanctioning with the European Tour was dropped after the 2009 event.

Until 2008, the Australian Masters was always held at the Huntingdale Golf Club in South Oakleigh. From 2009, a rotation system was introduced and the event was staged at different courses in the Melbourne area.[1]

Home golfers have dominated the event, with former world number one Greg Norman having the most success, winning the Gold Jacket on six occasions. Two other Australians have also won three times – Craig Parry and Peter Senior. Overseas players to have taken the title include European Ryder Cup stars, Bernhard Langer and Colin Montgomerie.

Since 2007, the Official World Golf Ranking awarded at least 20 points to Australian Masters winners. Some editions have had top American and European players, which increased the points to 32 in 2011, 30 in 2010 and 28 in 2009.

On 18 March 2009 the Victorian State Government announced a major coup, confirming that then World Number 1 Tiger Woods would play in the 2009 event at its new venue, Kingston Heath.[2] The announcement caused a minor public backlash due to 50% of Woods' A$3 million appearance fee being paid by taxpayer funds. Woods' appearance was tipped to generate close to A$20 million for the Victorian economy via tourism and other related areas.[3]

The event is owned by IMG.[4]

The event was not played in 2016 and its future is reported to be in doubt.[5]

Winners

[6][7]

PGA Tour of Australasia event (2010–2015)
YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-up
Uniqlo Masters
2015Peter Senior (3) AustraliaHuntingdale276−82 strokesUnited States Bryson DeChambeau (a)
Australia Andrew Evans
Australia John Senden
BetEasy Masters
2014Nick Cullen AustraliaMetropolitan279−91 strokeAustralia James Nitties
Australia Adam Scott
Australia Josh Younger
Talisker Masters
2013Adam Scott (2) AustraliaRoyal Melbourne270−142 strokesUnited States Matt Kuchar
2012Adam Scott AustraliaKingston Heath271−174 strokesEngland Ian Poulter
JBWere Masters
2011Ian Poulter EnglandVictoria269−153 strokesAustralia Marcus Fraser
2010Stuart Appleby AustraliaVictoria274−101 strokeAustralia Adam Bland
PGA Tour of Australasia and European Tour event (2006–2009)
YearEuropean
season		WinnerCountryVenueScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-up
JBWere Masters
20092009Tiger Woods United StatesKingston Heath274−142 strokesAustralia Greg Chalmers
Sportsbet Australian Masters
20082009Rod Pampling AustraliaHuntingdale276−12PlayoffAustralia Marcus Fraser
MasterCard Masters
20072008Aaron Baddeley AustraliaHuntingdale275−13PlayoffSweden Daniel Chopra
20062007Justin Rose EnglandHuntingdale276−122 strokesAustralia Greg Chalmers
Australia Richard Green
PGA Tour of Australasia event (1979–2005)
YearWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-up
MasterCard Masters
2005Robert Allenby (2) Australia271−17PlayoffUnited States Bubba Watson
2004Richard Green Australia271−17PlayoffAustralia Greg Chalmers
Australia David McKenzie
2003Robert Allenby Australia277−11PlayoffAustralia Jarrod Moseley
Australia Craig Parry
Australia Adam Scott
2002Peter Lonard (2) Australia279−9PlayoffAustralia Gavin Coles
Australia Adam Scott
Ericsson Masters
2001Colin Montgomerie Scotland278−101 strokeAustralia Nathan Green
2000Michael Campbell New Zealand282−104 strokesAustralia Brett Rumford
1999Craig Spence Australia276−161 strokeAustralia Greg Norman
1998Bradley Hughes (2) Australia268−245 strokesAustralia Mathew Goggin
1997Peter Lonard Australia276−16PlayoffAustralia Peter O'Malley
1996Craig Parry (3) Australia279−132 strokesAustralia Bradley Hughes
Australian Masters
1995Peter Senior (2) Australia280−121 strokeAustralia Wayne Grady
Australia Lucas Parsons
United States Tom Watson
Microsoft Australian Masters
1994Craig Parry (2) Australia282−103 strokesSouth Africa Ernie Els
1993Bradley Hughes Australia281−11PlayoffAustralia Peter Senior
Pyramid Australian Masters
1992Craig Parry Australia283−93 strokesAustralia Greg Norman
1991Peter Senior Australia278−141 strokeAustralia Greg Norman
Australian Masters
1990Greg Norman (6) Australia273−192 strokesAustralia Michael Clayton
England Nick Faldo
United States John Morse
1989Greg Norman (5) Australia280−125 strokesEngland Russell Claydon (a)
1988Ian Baker-Finch Australia283−9PlayoffAustralia Roger Mackay
Australia Craig Parry
1987Greg Norman (4) Australia273−199 strokesAustralia Peter Senior
1986Mark O'Meara United States284−81 strokeAustralia David Graham
1985Bernhard Langer West Germany281−113 strokesEngland Nick Faldo
Australia Greg Norman
1984Greg Norman (3) Australia285−73 strokesAustralia David Graham
West Germany Bernhard Langer
1983Greg Norman (2) Australia285−74 strokesWest Germany Bernhard Langer
1982Graham Marsh Australia289−31 strokeAustralia Stewart Ginn
1981Greg Norman Australia289−37 strokesAustralia Terry Gale
Japan Norio Suzuki
1980Gene Littler United States288−4PlayoffAustralia Rodger Davis
1979Barry Vivian New Zealand289−31 strokeAustralia Bob Shearer

Note: all editions until 2009 were played at Huntingdale Golf Club.

References

  1. ↑ "Huntingdale's hold on Australian Masters at an end". The Australian. 23 October 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2008.
  2. ↑ Linden, Julian (19 March 2009). "Woods to play in Australia for first time in over a decade". Reuters. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "Tiger Woods comes to Melbourne, costing taxpayers $1.5m". Herald Sun. 19 March 2009. Archived from the original on 22 March 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  4. ↑ Connolly, Eoin (6 April 2010). "IMG ties JBWere to Australian Masters extension". SportsPro.
  5. ↑ Gould, Russell (30 March 2016). "Australian Masters 2016 called off and the future of the event remains unclear". Herald Sun.
  6. ↑ "AUSTRALIAN MASTERS". users.tpg.com.au. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  7. ↑ https://www.where2golf.com/golf-tournament/australian-masters.asp

Coordinates: 37°55′S 145°06′E / 37.92°S 145.10°E / -37.92; 145.10

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