2008 PGA Tour of Australasia

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The 2008 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 2008 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
17 Feb HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand US$650,000 United States Darron Stiles (1) 12 NWT
24 Feb Moonah Classic Victoria 850,000 Australia Ewan Porter (1) 16 NWT
2 Mar Johnnie Walker Classic India £1,250,000 New Zealand Mark Brown (1) 38 ASA, EUR
9 Nov HSBC Champions China US$5,000,000 Spain Sergio García (n/a) 52 AFR, ASA, EUR
30 Nov Sportsbet Australian Masters Victoria 1,500,000 Australia Rod Pampling (2) 22 EUR
7 Dec Cadbury Schweppes
Australian PGA Championship 		Queensland 1,500,000 Australia Geoff Ogilvy (1) 26
14 Dec Australian Open New South Wales 1,500,000 South Africa Tim Clark (n/a) 32 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 New Zealand Mark Brown 440,027
2 Australia Rod Pampling 368,300
3 Australia Geoff Ogilvy 316,500
4 Australia Scott Strange 268,644
5 Australia Greg Chalmers 204,039
6 Australia Robert Allenby 194,300
7 Australia Marcus Fraser 190,196
8 Australia Ewan Porter 185,823
9 New Zealand David Smail 150,741
10 United States Darron Stiles 145,157

Source:[3]

Von Nida Tour[]

The Von Nida Tour consisted of 5 tournaments, all played in Australia. Prize money for each event was between A$100,000 and 125,000.[4] Three other events were planned but were either cancelled or dropped from the schedule.[5] In October 2008 it was announced that the Von Nida Tour events would be absorbed into the main tour from the start of 2009.[6]

Date Tournament Location Winner Ref.
3 Feb NAB Victorian PGA Championship Victoria Australia Marc Leishman (4) [7]
27 Apr OG Roberts South Australian PGA Championship South Australia Australia (1) [8]
2 Nov Oceanique WA PGA Championship Western Australia New Zealand Michael Long (1) [9]
9 Nov Cellarbrations NSW PGA Championship New South Wales Australia (2) [10]
16 Nov NSW Open New South Wales Australia Aaron Townsend (1) [11]

Order of Merit leaders[]

Michael Long won the Order of Merit, A$760 ahead of Aaron Townsend.[12] The leading five are given below.[13]

Position Player Prize money (A$)
1 New Zealand Michael Long 27,650
2 Australia Aaron Townsend 26,890
3 Australia 24,972
4 Australia Peter Senior 19,731
5 Australia 17,550

References[]

  1. ^ "Events – PGA Tour of Australasia – 2008". Official World Golf Ranking.
  2. ^ 2008 PGA Tour of Australasia Schedule
  3. ^ "2008 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit". Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Von Nida Tour 2008". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. ^ "2008 Von Nida Tour". Aussiesportsinfo.com. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Secondary events absorbed into Australasian tour". PGA of Australia. 28 October 2008. Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. ^ "nab Victorian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. ^ "OG Roberts South Australian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Oceanique WA PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Cellarbrations NSW PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. ^ "NSW Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Townsend wins NSW Open". PGA of Australia. 17 November 2008. Archived from the original on 21 September 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  13. ^ "2008 Von Nida Tour OOM". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 21 September 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

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