2019 PGA Tour of Australasia

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2019 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration7 February 2019 (2019-02-07) – 22 December 2019 (2019-12-22)
Number of official events13
Order of Merit Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan Fox
Player of the Year Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan Fox
2018
2020–21

The 2019 PGA Tour of Australasia, titled as the 2019 ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia for sponsorship reasons, was the 46th 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 2019 season. [1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(A$)
Winner [a] OWGR
points
Other
tours [b]
Notes
10 Feb ISPS Handa Vic Open Victoria1,500,000 Flag of Scotland.svg David Law (n/a)20 EUR
17 Feb ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth Western Australia1,600,000 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan Fox (3)20 ASA, EUR
24 Feb Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship Queensland150,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Nisbet (3)6
3 Mar New Zealand Open New ZealandNZ$1,250,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zach Murray (2)15 ASA
10 Mar SEC NZ PGA Championship New ZealandNZ$125,000 Flag of New Zealand.svg Kazuma Kobori (a) (1)7
12 May SP PNG Golf Open Papua New Guinea150,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Cooke (1)6
25 Aug Tailor-made Building Services NT PGA Championship Northern Territory150,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Rankin (1)6
13 Oct TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship Western Australia137,500 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Darren Beck (1)6
27 Oct Victorian PGA Championship Victoria125,000 Flag of New Zealand.svg Campbell Rawson (1)6
10 Nov Gippsland Super 6 Victoria125,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Power Horan (1)6
1 Dec AVJennings NSW Open New South Wales400,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Josh Younger (1)16
8 Dec Emirates Australian Open New South Wales1,500,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Jones (2)32Flagship event
22 Dec Australian PGA Championship Queensland1,500,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Scott (6)20 EUR

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars. [2] [3] The leading player on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2020 European Tour. [4]

PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)Status earned
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan Fox 307,926Already exempt [c]
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zach Murray 230,773Promoted to European Tour
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Kennedy 221,771
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wade Ormsby 215,825Already exempt [d]
5 Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Hendry 176,045

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan Fox [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. Fox was already exempt due to being a tournament winner on the 2019 European Tour. [5]
  4. Orsmby was already exempt due to finishing inside the Top 115 of the 2019 Race to Dubai. [6]

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References

  1. "2019 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. "2019 Order of Merit". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. "Ryan Fox Wins Australasian PGA Tour Order of Merit". New Zealand Golf Magazine. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  4. Wenzel, Murray (23 December 2019). "Lucky loser Murray earns Euro Tour card". 7 News. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  5. "World Super 6: Ryan Fox takes first European Tour title". Sky Sports. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  6. "2019 Race to Dubai". European Tour. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  7. "Hannah Green wins Greg Norman Medal". PGA of Australia. 19 December 2019. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023. 2019 ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia Player of the Year: Ryan Fox, NZ