2017 PGA Tour of Australasia

2017 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration1 February 2017 (2017-02-01) – 3 December 2017 (2017-12-03)
Number of official events15
Most winsAustralia Dimitrios Papadatos (2)
Order of MeritAustralia Brett Rumford
Player of the YearAustralia Dimitrios Papadatos
2016
2018

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.

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]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
4 Feb Victorian PGA Championship Victoria 100,000 Australia Damien Jordan (1) 7
12 Feb Oates Vic Open Victoria 500,000 Australia Dimitrios Papadatos (2) 16
19 Feb ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth Western Australia 1,750,000 Australia Brett Rumford (3) 23 ASA, EUR
5 Mar Lawnmaster Horizon Golf New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand NZ$125,000 Australia Jarryd Felton (2) 7
12 Mar ISPS Handa New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$1,000,000 New Zealand Michael Hendry (3) 16
19 Mar Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship Queensland 125,000 New Zealand Daniel Pearce (1) 7
7 May SP Brewery PNG Golf Open Papua New Guinea 142,000 Australia Cory Crawford (1) 6
21 May TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship Western Australia 110,000 Australia Dimitrios Papadatos (3) 6
20 Aug Fiji International Fiji 1,500,000 Australia Jason Norris (2) 15 ASA, EUR
3 Sep Northern Territory PGA Championship Northern Territory 150,000 Australia Travis Smyth (a) (1) 6
22 Oct Nexus Risk TSA Group WA Open Western Australia 100,000 Australia Stephen Leaney (8) 6
29 Oct Isuzu Queensland Open Queensland 110,000 Australia Michael Sim (1) 6
19 Nov NSW Open New South Wales 400,000 Australia Jason Scrivener (1) 16
26 Nov Emirates Australian Open New South Wales 1,250,000 Australia Cameron Davis (1) 32 Flagship event
3 Dec Australian PGA Championship Queensland 1,500,000 Australia 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]

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

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year Australia 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. ^ a b 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