2007 PGA Tour of Australasia

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The 2007 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia and New Zealand. 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. The tour's developmental series, known as the Von Nida Tour was played in the middle of the year.

Schedule[]

The table below shows the 2007 schedule. It only lists official money events on the main tour. For a complete table of events recognised by the PGA Tour of Australasia, including Von Nida Tour events and World Golf Championships see the official site. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australasia events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australasia members.

Date Tournament Location Prize fund
(A$) 		Winner OWGR
points[1] 		Other
tours[a] 		Notes
18 Feb Jacob's Creek Open Championship South Australia US$600,000 United States Scott Sterling (1) 16 NWT
25 Feb HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand US$600,000 United States Nicholas Thompson (n/a) 16 NWT
4 Mar Johnnie Walker Classic Thailand £1,250,000 South Africa Anton Haig (n/a) 40 ASA, EUR
11 Nov HSBC Champions China US$5,000,000 United States Phil Mickelson (n/a) 52 AFR, ASA, EUR
25 Nov MasterCard Masters Victoria 1,500,000 Australia Aaron Baddeley (4) 24 EUR
2 Dec Michael Hill New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$1,500,000 England Richard Finch (n/a) 20 EUR
9 Dec Cadbury Schweppes
Australian PGA Championship 		Queensland 1,200,000 Australia Peter Lonard (9) 32
16 Dec MFS Australian Open New South Wales 1,500,000 Australia Craig Parry (12) 34 Flagship event
  1. ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; NWT − Nationwide Tour.

Source:[2]

Leading money winners[]

Position Player Prize money (A$)
1 Australia Craig Parry 442,004
2 New Zealand David Smail 168,461
3 Australia Paul Sheehan 154,440
4 United States Scott Sterling 150,747
5 Australia Greg Chalmers 150,342
6 Australia James Nitties 142,177
7 Australia Peter O'Malley 134,439
8 Australia 133,845
9 Australia Adam Bland 117,905
10 Australia Marc Leishman 115,427

Source:[3]

Von Nida Tour[]

The Von Nida Tour consisted of 10 tournaments, all played in Australia. Prize money for each event was between A$100,000 and 115,000.[4]

Date Tournament Location Winner Ref.
28 Jan NAB Victorian PGA Championship Victoria Australia Ashley Hall (1) [5]
4 Feb Victorian Open Victoria Australia Kim Felton (5) [6]
11 Feb Riverside Oaks NSW PGA Championship New South Wales Australia Scott Draper (1) [7]
25 Mar New South Wales Australia Marc Leishman (3) [8]
22 Apr Hahn South Australian PGA Championship South Australia Australia (1) [9]
27 May Oceanique WA PGA Championship Western Australia Australia Jason Norris (1) [10]
21 Oct Queensland Australia (1) [11]
28 Oct City Pacific-Mirvac Queensland Open Queensland Australia (1) [12]
4 Nov Greater Building Society Queensland PGA Championship Queensland Australia (1) [13]
11 Nov The Vintage NSW Open New South Wales Australia Jason Norris (2) [14]

Order of Merit leaders[]

won the Order of Merit, A$158 ahead of Jason Norris.[15] The leading five are given below.[16]

Position Player Prize money (A$)
1 Australia 41,497
2 Australia Jason Norris 41,339
3 Australia Marc Leishman 36,265
4 Australia Ashley Hall 30,781
5 Australia 29,929

References[]

  1. ^ "Events – PGA Tour of Australasia – 2007". Official World Golf Ranking.
  2. ^ 2018 PGA Tour of Australasia Schedule
  3. ^ 2007 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
  4. ^ "Von Nida Tour 2007". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. ^ "nab Victorian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Victorian Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.}
  7. ^ "Riverside Oaks NSW PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Toyota Southern Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Hahn South Australian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Oceanique WA PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. ^ "North Queensland X-Ray Services Cairns Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  12. ^ "City Pacific-Mirvac Queensland Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Greater Building Society Queensland PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  14. ^ "The Vintage NSW Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Bonhomme tops Von Nida Tour Order of Merit". PGA of Australia. 12 November 2007. Archived from the original on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Final 2007 Von Nida Tour OOM". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

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