1989 PGA Tour of Australia

1989 PGA Tour of Australia season

Duration	12 January 1989 (1989-01-12) – 17 December 1989 (1989-12-17)
Number of official events	18
Most wins	Peter Senior (3)
Order of Merit	Peter Senior
Rookie of the Year	Louis Brown
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The 1989 PGA Tour of Australia was the 18th season on the PGA Tour of Australia, the main professional golf tour in Australia since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1989 season. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (A$)	Winner [a]	OWGR points	Notes
15 Jan	Daikyo Palm Meadows Cup	Queensland	600,000	Curtis Strange (n/a)	30
22 Jan	Coca-Cola Classic	Victoria	600,000	Isao Aoki (n/a)	18	New tournament
29 Jan	Asthma Foundation Victorian PGA Championship	Victoria	100,000	David Ecob (1)	8
5 Feb	Victorian Open	Victoria	100,000	Mike Clayton (3)	16
12 Feb	Mercedes-Benz Australian Match Play Championship	Victoria	150,000	Ossie Moore (3)	8
19 Feb	Australian Masters	Victoria	450,000	Greg Norman (27)	36
26 Feb	Australian Tournament Players Championship	New South Wales	500,000	Greg Norman (28)	22
12 Mar	Monro Interiors Nedlands Masters	Western Australia	100,000	Louis Brown (1)	8
19 Mar	Town and Country Joondalup Classic	Western Australia	100,000	Brad King (1)	8	New tournament
22 Oct	Tattersall's Tasmanian Open	Tasmania	100,000	Ian Stanley (8)	8
29 Oct	Air New Zealand Shell Open	New Zealand	NZ$200,000	Don Bies (n/a)	16
5 Nov	AMP New Zealand Open	New Zealand	NZ$150,000	Greg Turner (2)	16
12 Nov	Australian PGA Championship [b]	New South Wales	500,000	Peter Senior (7)	20
19 Nov	Ford New South Wales Open	New South Wales	300,000	Rodger Davis (9)	18
26 Nov	West End South Australian Open	South Australia	150,000	Nick Price (n/a)	8
3 Dec	Australian Open	Victoria	500,000	Peter Senior (8)	64
10 Dec	Johnnie Walker Australian Classic	Victoria	1,000,000	Peter Senior (9)	30
17 Dec	Mirage Queensland Open	Queensland	300,000	Brett Ogle (2)	8

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (A$)	Winner	OWGR points	Notes
15 Oct	Queensland PGA Championship	Queensland	100,000	Zoran Zorkic	n/a

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars. ^{[3] [4]}

Position	Player	Prize money (A$)
1	Peter Senior	443,196
2	Greg Norman	228,600
3	Peter Fowler	221,900
4	Rodger Davis	191,311
5	Brett Ogle	130,206

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Rookie of the Year	Louis Brown	[5]

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australia events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australia members.
2. incorporating the New South Wales PGA Championship.

References

1. Thomson, Geoff (4 May 1989). "Left-handers in the spotlight". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. p. 21. Retrieved 5 November 2023– via Trove.
2. Thomson, Geoff (9 March 1989). "Queanbeyan grabs top spot". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. p. 18. Retrieved 5 November 2023– via Trove.
3. Wilson, Mark; Viney, Laurence (1990). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1990 . Macmillan. pp. 94–96. ISBN   0333518616 . Retrieved 23 December 2023– via Archive.org.
4. "Australien-touren Penningligan" [Australian Tour Money list]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 1. January 1990. p. 85. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
5. "1993 Nike Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 21 August 2024. Louis Brown | 1989 Australian Tour Rookie of the Year, won the Nedlands Masters that season on the Australian Tour.

External links

• Official website