1993 PGA Tour of Australasia

1993 PGA Tour of Australasia season

Duration	21 January 1993 (1993-01-21) – 19 December 1993 (1993-12-19)
Number of official events	14 [a]
Order of Merit	Peter Senior
Player of the Year	Peter Senior
Rookie of the Year	Michael Campbell
← 1992 1994 →

The 1993 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 22nd season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1993 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (A$)	Winner [b]	OWGR points	Notes
24 Jan	Optus Players Championship	Victoria	300,000	Robert Allenby (3)	18
31 Jan	Heineken Classic	Western Australia	300,000	Peter Senior (12)	24
14 Feb	New South Wales Open	New South Wales	–	Cancelled	–
14 Feb 28 Feb	AMP New Zealand Open	New Zealand	NZ$300,000	Peter Fowler (4)	16
21 Feb	Microsoft Australian Masters	Victoria	700,000	Bradley Hughes (2)	36
28 Feb	Australian Match Play Championship	Victoria	–	Cancelled	–
28 Feb	Canon Challenge	New South Wales	250,000	Michael Campbell (1)	16	New tournament
7 Mar	Epson Singapore Open	Singapore	US$400,000	Paul Moloney (1)	36	New to PGA Tour of Australasia
3 Oct	Sabah Masters	Malaysia	–	Cancelled	–	New to PGA Tour of Australasia
10 Oct	Penang Masters	Malaysia	–	Cancelled	–	New tournament
17 Oct	Singapore PGA Championship	Singapore	–	Cancelled	–
24 Oct	Meru Valley Perak Masters	Malaysia	175,000	Anthony Painter (1)	16
31 Oct	Dunhill Malaysian Masters	Malaysia	–	Cancelled	–
7 Nov	Victorian Open	Victoria	200,000	Lucas Parsons (1)	16
14 Nov	Eagle Blue Open	South Australia	200,000	Wayne Smith (2)	16
21 Nov	Ford Australian PGA Championship	New South Wales	350,000	Ian Baker-Finch (10)	16
28 Nov	Heineken Australian Open	Victoria	850,000	Brad Faxon (n/a)	32	Flagship event
5 Dec	Greg Norman's Holden Classic	New South Wales	700,000	Curtis Strange (n/a)	36	New tournament
11 Dec	Air New Zealand Shell Open	New Zealand	NZ$300,000	Terry Price (2)	16
19 Dec	Coolum Classic	Queensland	200,000	David Diaz (1)	16

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Position	Player	Prize money (A$)
1	Peter Senior	243,504
2	Bradley Hughes	190,147
3	Robert Allenby	171,083
4	Paul Moloney	134,694
5	Mike Clayton	131,034

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year	Peter Senior	[5]
Rookie of the Year	Michael Campbell	[5]

Notes

1. A further six tournaments were scheduled but were cancelled.
2. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australasia events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australasia members.

References

1. "Hectic Australasian professional golf tour approaching". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. 16 September 1993. p. 23. Retrieved 15 June 2022– via Trove.
2. Williams, Michael (1994). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1994 . pp. 94–95. ISBN   0333609441 . Retrieved 23 December 2023– via Archive.org.
3. "Australientouren Penningligan" [Australian Tour Money list]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 2. February 1994. p. 55. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
4. "Low-handicap players set for some ratings relief". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. 23 December 1993. p. 19. Retrieved 15 June 2022– via Trove.
5. "Ogle tops winners' list after solid win". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. 20 January 1994. p. 19. Retrieved 13 August 2023– via Trove.

External links

• Official website