2017 PGA Tour of Australasia

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2017 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration 1 February 2017 (2017-02-01) – 3 December 2017 (2017-12-03)
Number of official events 15
Most wins 2:
Australia Dimitrios Papadatos
Order of Merit Australia Brett Rumford
Player of the Year Australia 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 a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia. The main tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia are played in the southern summer, so they are split between the first and last months of the year.

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][3]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		 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.[4] The leading player on the tour (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2018 European Tour.[5]

Position Player Prize money (A$) Status earned
1 Australia Brett Rumford 313,094 Won on 2017 European Tour
2 Australia Adam Bland 292,571 Promoted to European Tour
3 Australia Jason Norris 273,306 Won on 2017 European Tour
4 Australia Cameron Davis 225,000
5 New Zealand Michael Hendry 201,916

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year Australia Dimitrios Papadatos [6]

Notes

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External links

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