2007 PGA Tour of Australasia

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2007 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration15 February 2007 (2007-02-15) – 16 December 2007 (2007-12-16)
Number of official events7
Order of Merit Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Parry
← 2006
2008 →

The 2007 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 35th 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 2007 season. [1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(A$)		Winner [lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points		Other
tours [lower-alpha 2] 		Notes
18 Feb Jacob's Creek Open Championship South AustraliaUS$600,000 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sterling (1)16 NWT
25 Feb HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship New ZealandUS$600,000 Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Thompson (n/a)16 NWT
4 Mar Johnnie Walker Classic Thailand£1,250,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Anton Haig (n/a)40 ASA, EUR
25 Nov MasterCard Masters Victoria1,500,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron Baddeley (4)24 EUR
2 Dec Michael Hill New Zealand Open New ZealandNZ$1,500,000 Flag of England.svg Richard Finch (n/a)20 EUR
9 Dec Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship Queensland1,200,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Lonard (9)32
16 Dec MFS Australian Open New South Wales1,750,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Parry (12)34Flagship event

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 [lower-alpha 2] 		Notes
11 Nov HSBC Champions ChinaUS$5,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Phil Mickelson 52 AFR, ASA, EUR 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 Craig Parry 442,004
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg David Smail 168,461
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Sheehan 154,440
4 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sterling 150,747
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Chalmers 150,342

Von Nida Tour

2007 Von Nida Tour season
Duration25 January 2007 (2007-01-25) – 11 November 2007 (2007-11-11)
Number of official events10
Most wins Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Norris (2)
Order of Merit Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Bonhomme
← 2006
2008 →

The 2007 Von Nida Tour was the fifth 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 2007 season. [4]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(A$)		Winner [lower-alpha 3] Ref.
28 Jan NAB Victorian PGA Championship Victoria105,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashley Hall (1) [5]
4 Feb Victorian Open Victoria110,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kim Felton (5) [6]
11 Feb Riverside Oaks NSW PGA Championship New South Wales110,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Draper (1) [7]
25 Mar Toyota Southern Classic New South Wales100,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marc Leishman (3) [8]
22 Apr Hahn South Australian PGA Championship South Australia105,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Wise (1) [9]
27 May Oceanique WA PGA Championship Western Australia105,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Norris (1) [10]
21 Oct North Queensland X-Ray Services Cairns Classic Queensland105,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Donahoo (1) [11]
28 Oct City Pacific-Mirvac Queensland Open Queensland105,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Haller (1) [12]
4 Nov Greater Building Society Queensland PGA Championship Queensland105,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Bonhomme (1) [13]
11 Nov Vintage NSW Open New South Wales115,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Norris (2) [14]

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars. [15] The top 10 players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2008 PGA Tour of Australasia. [16] [17]

PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Bonhomme 41,497
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Norris 41,339
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marc Leishman 36,265
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashley Hall 30,781
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Haller 29,929
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Wise 26,605
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ed Stedman 25,821
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron Townsend 23,955
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Donahoo 22,943
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kim Felton 20,988

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. ↑ 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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References

  1. ↑ "2007 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "2007 Order of Merit" (PDF). PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Parry is champion at 24th attempt". CNN. 16 December 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2023. But he has now earned himself a start in next year's British Open and also claimed his third PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit crown, having previously won the title in 1995 and 2002.
  4. ↑ "Von Nida Tour 2007 Tournament schedule". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "nab Victorian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Victorian Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Riverside Oaks NSW PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Toyota Southern Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Hahn South Australian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. ↑ "Oceanique WA PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "North Queensland X-Ray Services Cairns Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  12. ↑ "City Pacific-Mirvac Queensland Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  13. ↑ "Greater Building Society Queensland PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  14. ↑ "The Vintage NSW Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  15. ↑ "2007 Von Nida Tour OOM". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  16. ↑ "Bonhomme tops Von Nida Tour Order of Merit". PGA of Australia. 12 November 2007. Archived from the original on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021. In winning the Von Nida Tour Order of Merit, Bonhomme will be afforded a variety of exemptions to the Australasian PGA Tour for the remainder of 2007 and 2008.
  17. ↑ "Felton tops 2004 Von Nida Tour". PGA Tour of Australasia. 24 November 2004. Archived from the original on 13 January 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2022. ...the Von Nida Tour provides fully-exempt Australasian Tour cards to the top 10 players on the moneylist who would not otherwise be exempt.
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