1994 PGA Tour of Australasia

1994 PGA Tour of Australasia season

Duration	6 January 1994 (1994-01-06) – 18 December 1994 (1994-12-18)
Number of official events	14 [a]
Most wins	Patrick Burke (2) Mike Clayton (2)
Order of Merit	Robert Allenby
Rookie of the Year	Jack O'Keefe
← 1993 1995 →

The 1994 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 23rd 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 1994 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (A$)	Winner [b]	OWGR points	Notes
9 Jan	AMP New Zealand Open	New Zealand	NZ$300,000	Craig Jones (1)	16
23 Jan	Optus Players Championship	Victoria	285,000	Patrick Burke (1)	16
30 Jan	Heineken Classic	Western Australia	350,000	Mike Clayton (5)	24
6 Feb	Queensland PGA Championship	Queensland	–	Removed	–
20 Feb	Microsoft Australian Masters	Victoria	540,000	Craig Parry (4)	32
27 Feb	Canon Challenge	New South Wales	300,000	Peter Senior (13)	16
23 Oct	Foodlink Queensland Open	Queensland	200,000	Lucas Parsons (2)	16
30 Oct	Epson Singapore Open	Singapore	US$400,000	Kyi Hla Han (1)	16
6 Nov	Alfred Dunhill Masters	Indonesia	350,000	Jack Kay Jr. (1)	36	New tournament
13 Nov	Victorian Open	Victoria	200,000	Patrick Burke (2)	16
20 Nov	Reebok Australian PGA Championship	New South Wales	200,000	Andrew Coltart (1)	16
27 Nov	Heineken Australian Open	New South Wales	637,500	Robert Allenby (4)	32	Flagship event
4 Dec	Greg Norman's Holden Classic	Victoria	637,500	Anthony Gilligan (1)	28
11 Dec	Air New Zealand Shell Open	New Zealand	NZ$300,000	Shane Robinson (1)	16
18 Dec	Schweppes Coolum Classic	Queensland	200,000	Mike Clayton (6)	16

Order of Merit

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

Position	Player	Prize money (A$)
1	Robert Allenby	199,645
2	Craig Parry	185,920
3	Patrick Burke	182,571
4	Mike Clayton	177,663
5	Anthony Gilligan	136,327

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Rookie of the Year	Jack O'Keefe	[4] [5]

Notes

1. One further tournament was scheduled but was removed from the schedule.
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. "Amateurs keen to mix it with the pros and shoot for $70,000". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. 3 February 1994. p. 23. Retrieved 13 June 2022– via Trove.
2. Williams, Michael (1995). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1995 . Macmillan. pp. 105–106. ISBN   0333626818 . Retrieved 23 December 2023– via Archive.org.
3. "Australasian PGA Tour Final Order of Merit for 1994". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 20 December 1994. p. 20. Retrieved 13 June 2022– via Trove.
4. "1996 Nike Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. 1996. p. 105. Retrieved 21 August 2024. Jack O'Keefe | Named 1994 Rookie of the Year on the Australasian PGA Tour.
5. "Stolz no match for cool Clayton in final stages". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. 19 December 1994. p. 23. Retrieved 29 August 2024– via Trove.

External links

• Official website