2005 PGA Tour of Australasia

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2005 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration3 February 2005 (2005-02-03) – 11 December 2005 (2005-12-11)
Number of official events8
Most wins Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert Allenby (3)
Order of Merit Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Scott
2004
2006

The 2005 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 33rd season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

Contents

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2005 season. [1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(A$)
Winner [a] OWGR
points
Other
tours [b]
Notes
6 Feb Heineken Classic Victoria2,000,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Parry (11)40 EUR
13 Feb Holden New Zealand Open New ZealandNZ$1,500,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Fasth (n/a)24 EUR
20 Feb Jacob's Creek Open Championship South Australia1,000,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Bowditch (1)12 NWT
27 Feb ING New Zealand PGA Championship New ZealandUS$600,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter O'Malley (4)12 NWT
24 Apr Johnnie Walker Classic China£1,250,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Scott (1)24 ASA, EUR
27 Nov MFS Australian Open Victoria1,250,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert Allenby (9)32Flagship event
4 Dec Cadbury Schweppes Centenary Australian PGA Championship Queensland1,200,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert Allenby (10)26
11 Dec MasterCard Masters Victoria1,250,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert Allenby (11)30

Unofficial events

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(A$)
Winner OWGR
points
Other
tours [b]
Notes
13 Nov HSBC Champions ChinaUS$5,000,000 Flag of England.svg David Howell 48 AFR, [c] ASA, [d] EUR New limited-field event

Order of Merit

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

PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Scott 545,429
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick O'Hern 441,200
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Parry 404,341
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Bowditch 328,481
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter O'Malley 294,109

Von Nida Tour

2005 Von Nida Tour season
Duration28 January 2005 (2005-01-28) – 20 November 2005 (2005-11-20)
Number of official events11
Most wins Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Wright (2)
Order of Merit Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Bland
2004
2006

The 2005 Von Nida Tour was the third season of the Von Nida Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour of Australasia between 2003 and 2008.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2005 season. [4]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(A$)
Winner [e] Ref.
30 Jan Mitsubishi Motors Victorian Open Victoria100,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kurt Barnes (2) [5]
5 Mar National Australia Bank Victorian PGA Championship Victoria105,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Percy (1) [6]
13 Mar Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship New South Wales110,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gavin Flint (1) [7]
20 Mar Toyota Southern Classic New South Wales100,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Wright (1) [8]
29 Apr SA PGA Championship South Australia100,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony McFadyean (1) [9]
29 May WA PGA Championship Western Australia100,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Bland (1) [10]
26 Jun Nth QLD X-Ray Services Cairns Classic Queensland105,000 Flag of New Zealand.svg Tony Christie (1) [11]
30 Oct Minniecon & Burke Queensland Masters Queensland105,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Flanagan (1) [12]
6 Nov Roadcon Group Queensland Open Queensland105,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad McIntosh (2) [13]
13 Nov Greater Building Society QLD PGA Championship Queensland105,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Gardiner (1) [14]
20 Nov Proton New South Wales Open New South Wales120,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Wright (2) [15]

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars. [16] The top 10 players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2006 PGA Tour of Australasia. [17] [18]

PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Bland 40,180
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad McIntosh 38,811
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Wright 38,122
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony McFadyean 33,331
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gavin Flint 30,954
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Andrews 30,684
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Flanagan 30,277
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leigh McKechnie 27,732
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Percy 26,214
10 Flag of New Zealand.svg Tony Christie 21,936

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 AFR − Sunshine Tour; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; NWT − Nationwide Tour.
  3. Sunshine Tour unofficial event
  4. Asian Tour unofficial event
  5. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Von Nida Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Von Nida Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour of Australasia.

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