2017 PGA Tour of Australasia

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2017 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration1 February 2017 (2017-02-01) – 3 December 2017 (2017-12-03)
Number of official events15
Most wins Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dimitrios Papadatos (2)
Order of Merit Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Rumford
Player of the Year Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dimitrios Papadatos
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The 2017 PGA Tour of Australasia, titled as the 2017 ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia for sponsorship reasons, was the 44th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

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European Tour strategic alliance

In February, it was announced by the European Tour that they had entered into a strategic alliance with the PGA Tour of Australasia. As part of the alliance, it saw the leading player (not otherwise exempt) on the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit gain European Tour status for the following season. [1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2019 season. [2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(A$)		Winner [a] OWGR
points		Other
tours [b] 		Notes
4 Feb Victorian PGA Championship Victoria100,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damien Jordan (1)7
12 Feb Oates Vic Open Victoria500,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dimitrios Papadatos (2)16
19 Feb ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth Western Australia1,750,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Rumford (3)23 ASA, EUR
5 Mar Lawnmaster Horizon Golf New Zealand PGA Championship New ZealandNZ$125,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jarryd Felton (2)7
12 Mar ISPS Handa New Zealand Open New ZealandNZ$1,000,000 Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Hendry (3)16
19 Mar Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship Queensland125,000 Flag of New Zealand.svg Daniel Pearce (1)7
7 May SP Brewery PNG Golf Open Papua New Guinea142,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cory Crawford (1)6
21 May TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship Western Australia110,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dimitrios Papadatos (3)6
20 Aug Fiji International Fiji1,500,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Norris (2)15 ASA, EUR
3 Sep Northern Territory PGA Championship Northern Territory150,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Travis Smyth (a) (1)6
22 Oct Nexus Risk TSA Group WA Open Western Australia100,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stephen Leaney (8)6
29 Oct Isuzu Queensland Open Queensland110,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Sim (1)6
19 Nov NSW Open New South Wales400,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Scrivener (1)16
26 Nov Emirates Australian Open New South Wales1,250,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Davis (1)32Flagship event
3 Dec Australian PGA Championship Queensland1,500,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Smith (1)23 EUR

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars. [3] The leading player on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2018 European Tour. [4]

PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)Status earned
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Rumford 313,094Already exempt [c]
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Bland 292,571Promoted to European Tour
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Norris 273,306Already exempt [c]
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Davis 225,000
5 Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Hendry 201,916

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dimitrios Papadatos [7]

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. ↑ ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  3. 1 2 Rumford and Norris were already exempt due to being tournament winners on the 2017 European Tour. [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ "European Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia announce Strategic Alliance". European Tour. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "2017 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "2017 Order of Merit". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Bland's card quest on track". PGA of Australia. 29 August 2018. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023. His high finish on the 2017 ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit earned Adam Bland a ticket to the European Tour...
  5. ↑ "Rumford wins World Super 6 title, regains European Tour card". Fox Sports. Associated Press. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Jason Norris bags first European Tour win in Fiji". RTÉ. 20 August 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "Leishman honoured with Greg Norman Medal". PGA of Australia. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023. ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia Player of the Year: Dimitrios Papadatos, New South Wales
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