Tournament information | |
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Location | Cattai, New South Wales, Australia |
Established | 1923 |
Course(s) | Riverside Oaks Golf Resort |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,823 yards (6,239 m) |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia Von Nida Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | A$110,000 |
Month played | December |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 259 Aaron Townsend (2009) |
To par | −27 Chris Downes (2003) |
Score | 13 and 11 Tom Howard (1931) |
Final champion | |
Jarryd Felton | |
Location Map | |
Location in Australia Location in New South Wales |
The New South Wales PGA Championship was a professional golf tournament played in New South Wales, Australia between 1923 and 2015.
The inaugural event was held in 1923 and was won by Fred Popplewell with a score of 311. Dan Soutar had led by two strokes after the first 36 holes at The Australian Golf Club but Popplewell took a three shot lead after a third round of 74 and held on in the final round to win by a stroke. The final 36 holes were played at Royal Sydney. [1] It was a stroke-play event again in 1924 but thereafter it was generally match-play until World War II. After the war it was a match play event in 1946 and 1950 but otherwise it was a stroke-play tournament.
From the early 1980s the event was not played as a separate event, being incorporated into other tournaments. Later it was played as a non-tour event or as part of a second-tier tour. It became a PGA Tour of Australasia event from 2009 until 2015, except for 2013 when it was not played, but has not been held since.
Kel Nagle won the event 7 times while Eric Cremin won it 5 times. [2] [3]
Year | Tour [lower-alpha 1] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref. |
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NSW PGA Championship | ||||||||
2015 | ANZ | Jarryd Felton | 275 | −13 | 2 strokes | Geoff Drakeford Rhein Gibson Matthew Millar James Nitties Anthony Summers | Riverside Oaks | [4] |
Nanshan NSW PGA Championship | ||||||||
2014 | ANZ | Lincoln Tighe | 265 | −19 | 1 stroke | Scott Arnold | Riverside Oaks | [5] |
NSW PGA Championship | ||||||||
2013: No tournament | ||||||||
2012 | ANZ | Matt Stieger | 273 | −15 | 3 strokes | Daniel Nisbet | Mount Broughton | [6] |
2011 | ANZ | Matthew Guyatt | 197 | −13 | 1 stroke | Kurt Barnes Peter O'Malley | Wollongong | [7] |
Cellarbrations NSW PGA Championship | ||||||||
2010 | ANZ | Steven Bowditch | 263 | −17 | 2 strokes | Gareth Paddison | Wollongong | [8] |
2009 | ANZ | Aaron Townsend | 259 | −21 | 3 strokes | Scott Arnold Michael Wright | Wollongong | [9] |
2008 | VNT | Tim Wood | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Michael Long | Riverside Oaks | [10] |
Riverside Oaks NSW PGA Championship | ||||||||
2007 | VNT | Scott Draper | 268 | −20 | 1 stroke | Andrew Bonhomme Aaron Townsend | Riverside Oaks | |
Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship | ||||||||
2006 | VNT | Paul Marantz | 267 | −25 | 4 strokes | Michael Sim | Tura Beach | |
2005 | VNT | Gavin Flint | 271 | −21 | 1 stroke | Robin Hodgetts Andrew Johnson | Tura Beach | |
2004 | VNT | Matthew Ecob | 270 | −22 | 1 stroke | Nathan Green Euan Walters | Tura Beach | |
2003 | VNT | Chris Downes | 265 | −27 | 8 strokes | Matthew Ecob | Pambula | |
New South Wales PGA Championship | ||||||||
2000–2002: No tournament | ||||||||
1999 | FT | Euan Walters | ||||||
1997–98: No tournament | ||||||||
1996 | FT | Brad King | 207 | 2 strokes | Paul Gow David Elliott Leith Wastle Jeff Woodland | Penrith | ||
1995: No tournament | ||||||||
1994 | FT | Jeff Wagner | 266 | 12 strokes | David Ecob Robert Willis | Cromer | ||
1991–1993: No tournament | ||||||||
1990 | Brett Ogle | incorporated into the Australian PGA Championship | [11] | |||||
1989 | Peter Senior | incorporated into the Australian PGA Championship | [11] | |||||
1988 | Wayne Grady | incorporated into the Australian PGA Championship | [11] | |||||
1987 | Peter Senior | incorporated into the U-Bix Classic | [12] | |||||
1986: No tournament | ||||||||
1985 | Wayne Riley | incorporated into the U-Bix Classic | [12] | |||||
1984 | Peter Senior | incorporated into the Honeywell Classic | [12] | |||||
ABE Holdings–Jack Newton Classic | ||||||||
1983 | Bob Shearer | 284 | −4 | 1 stroke | Wayne Grady Ossie Moore | Belmont | [13] | |
Reschs Pilsner New South Wales PGA Championship | ||||||||
1982 | ANZ | Frank Nobilo | 279 | −13 | 1 stroke | Lyndsay Stephen | Federal | [14] |
National Panasonic New South Wales PGA Championship | ||||||||
1981 | ANZ | Mike Ferguson | 278 | −10 | 2 strokes | Brian Jones | Penrith | [15] |
1980 | ANZ | Ted Ball (2) | 285 | −3 | 1 stroke | Wayne Grady Lyndsay Stephen | Penrith | [16] |
Joe Jansen New South Wales PGA Championship | ||||||||
1979 | ANZ | Stewart Ginn | 275 | −13 | 8 strokes | Richard Coombes | Penrith | [17] |
1978 | ANZ | John Clifford | 266 | −2 | Playoff | Ted Ball Mike Cahill | Leonay | [18] |
New South Wales PGA Championship | ||||||||
1977 | Ted Ball | 281 | −7 | Playoff | Paul Connell | Cumberland | [19] | |
1976 | ANZ | Mark Tapper | 281 | −7 | Playoff | Marty Bohen Brian Jones | Liverpool | [20] [21] |
1972–1975: No tournament | ||||||||
1971 | Kel Nagle (7) | 287 | −1 | 4 strokes | Vic Bennetts Jack Newton | Mona Vale | [2] | |
1970 | Bill Dunk (4) | 278 | −10 | 8 strokes | Jack Newton | Castle Hill | [22] | |
1969 | Bill Dunk (3) | 284 | −4 | 1 stroke | John Sullivan | Castle Hill | [23] | |
1968 | Bill Dunk (2) | 279 | −9 | 11 strokes | Alan Murray | Castle Hill | [24] | |
1967 | Bob Stanton | 276 | −12 | 3 strokes | Alan Brookes | Rugby League | [25] | |
1966 | Colin McGregor | 288 | −4 | 3 strokes | Bill Dunk | Port Kembla | [26] | |
1965 | Kel Nagle (6) | 283 | −1 | 1 stroke | Bill Dunk Alan Murray | Ashlar | [27] | |
1964 | Les Wilson | 273 | −7 | Playoff | Graeme Abbott | Wollongong | [28] | |
1963 | Col Johnston (2) | 284 | E | 7 strokes | Alec Mercer | Bathurst | [29] | |
1962: No tournament | ||||||||
New South Wales PGA Jubilee Open | ||||||||
1961 | Alan Murray | 285 | −3 | 2 strokes | John Sullivan Len Woodward | New South Wales | ||
New South Wales PGA Championship | ||||||||
1960 | Bill Dunk | 267 | −17 | 1 stroke | Bruce Crampton Frank Phillips | Maitland | [30] | |
1959 | Kel Nagle (5) | 280 | E | 2 strokes | John Sullivan | Tamworth | [31] | |
1958 | Col Johnston | 281 | +1 | 4 strokes | Ian Alexander Les Wilson | Taree | [32] | |
1957 | Frank Phillips | 294 | +10 | 1 stroke | Mick Kelly | Moss Vale | [33] | |
1956 | Kel Nagle (4) | 274 | +2 | 7 strokes | Frank Phillips | Dubbo | [34] | |
1955 | Kel Nagle (3) | 280 | −4 | 3 strokes | Eric Cremin | Pennant Hills | [35] | |
1954 | Eric Cremin (5) | 290 | +6 | 1 stroke | Jim McInnes | Pennant Hills | [3] | |
1953 | Kel Nagle (2) | 280 | E | 5 strokes | Sam Richardson | Ryde-Parramatta | [36] | |
1952 | Kel Nagle | 270 | −14 | 11 strokes | Sam Richardson | Pennant Hills | [37] | |
1951 | Norman Von Nida (4) | 268 | −16 | 14 strokes | Eric Cremin | Goulburn | [38] | |
1950 | Eric Cremin (4) | 5 and 3 | Norman Von Nida | Royal Sydney | [39] | |||
1949 | Bill Holder | 291 | +7 | 2 strokes | Eric Cremin Kel Nagle | Bonnie Doon | [40] | |
1948 | Norman Von Nida (3) | 275 | −13 | 7 strokes | Eric Cremin | Royal Sydney | [41] | |
1947 | Eric Cremin (3) | 278 | −6 | 9 strokes | Dan Cullen | Waratah | [42] | |
1946 | Norman Von Nida (2) | 8 and 7 | Ossie Pickworth | Royal Sydney | [43] | |||
1941–1945: No tournament due to World War II | ||||||||
1940 | Billy McWilliam | |||||||
1939 | Billy Bolger (2) | 5 and 4 | Norman Von Nida | Concord | [44] | |||
1938 | Eric Cremin (2) | 12 and 10 | Norman Von Nida | The Australian | [45] | |||
1937 | Eric Cremin | 4 and 3 | Sam Richardson | Manly | [46] | |||
1936 | Norman Von Nida | 9 and 8 | William Mackenzie | The Australian | [47] | |||
1935 | Charlie Booth | 288 | 4 strokes | Fred Bolger | New South Wales | [48] | ||
1934 | Sam Richardson (2) | 289 | 6 strokes | Lou Kelly | Bonnie Doon | [49] | ||
1933 | Charlie Gray | 1 up | Billy Bolger | New South Wales | [50] | |||
1932 | Sam Richardson | 37 holes | Charlie Gray | The Australian | [51] | |||
1931 | Tom Howard (2) | 13 and 11 | Don Spence | Concord | [52] | |||
1930 | Billy Bolger | 8 and 7 | Dan Soutar | Royal Sydney | [53] | |||
1929 | Fred Popplewell (2) | 37 holes | Frank Eyre | Manly | [54] | |||
1928 | Don Spence | 4 and 3 | Arthur Spence | The Australian | [55] | |||
1927 | Walter Clark | 4 and 2 | Harry Sinclair | Royal Sydney | [56] | |||
1926 | Dan Soutar | 4 and 3 | Tom Howard | The Australian | [57] | |||
1925 | Will Corry | 2 and 1 | Carnegie Clark | Royal Sydney | [58] | |||
1924 | Tom Howard | 297 | 3 strokes | Carnegie Clark | The Australian | [59] | ||
1923 | Fred Popplewell | 311 | 1 stroke | Dan Soutar | The Australian Royal Sydney | [1] |
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