2012 PGA Tour of Australasia

2012 PGA Tour of Australasia season

Duration	5 January 2012 (2012-01-05) – 16 December 2012 (2012-12-16)
Number of official events	13
Order of Merit	Peter Senior
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The 2012 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 39th 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 2012 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (A$)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
8 Jan	Victorian Open	Victoria	125,000	Scott Arnold (1)	6
19 Feb	Adroit Insurance Group Victorian PGA Championship	Victoria	120,000	Gareth Paddison (3)	6
26 Feb	Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship	Queensland	115,000	Andrew Tschudin (1)	6
1 Apr	New Zealand PGA Pro-Am Championship	New Zealand	NZ$450,000	Michael Hendry (1)	6
29 Sep	South Pacific Golf Open Championship	New Caledonia	120,000	Brad Shilton (1)	6
14 Oct	WA Goldfields PGA Championship	Western Australia	110,000	Peter Wilson (1)	6
21 Oct	ISPS Handa Perth International	Western Australia	US$2,000,000	Bo Van Pelt (n/a)	22	EUR	New tournament
28 Oct	John Hughes Geely/Nexus Risk Services WA Open	Western Australia	110,000	Oliver Goss (a) (1)	6
18 Nov	Talisker Masters	Victoria	1,000,000	Adam Scott (3)	20
25 Nov	BMW New Zealand Open	New Zealand	NZ$400,000	Jake Higginbottom (a) (1)	16
2 Dec	NSW PGA Championship	New South Wales	100,000	Matt Stieger (1)	6
9 Dec	Emirates Australian Open	New South Wales	1,250,000	Peter Senior (20)	32	ONE	Flagship event
16 Dec	Australian PGA Championship	Queensland	1,500,000	Daniel Popovic (1)	18	ONE

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	Peter Senior	268,292
2	Michael Hendry	249,625
3	Daniel Popovic	238,858
4	Adam Scott	199,750
5	Mark Brown	144,439

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. EUR − European Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.

References

1. "2012 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
2. "2012 Order of Merit". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
3. Court, Michael (17 December 2012). "Peter Senior qualifies for his 19th Open". Golf Grinder. Retrieved 9 August 2023. Senior will be packing his prize long-handled putter into his golf bag next July for a 19th Open Championship appearance after topping the 2012 Australasian Tour Order of Merit.

External links

• Official website