Daikyo Palm Meadows Cup

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Daikyo Palm Meadows Cup
Tournament information
LocationCarrara, Queensland, Australia
Established1988
Course(s)
Tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
FormatStroke play
Final year1992
Tournament record score
Aggregate271 Rodger Davis (1990)
271 Curtis Strange (1990)
271 Greg Turner (1991)
To par−17 as above
Final champion
Northern Ireland Ronan Rafferty

The Daikyo Palm Meadows Cup was a golf tournament held in Australia from 1988 to 1992 at the Palm Meadows Golf Course, Carrara, Queensland. Prize money was A$500,000 in 1988, A$600,000 in 1989, A$800,000 in 1990, A$1,200,000 in 1991 and A$1,400,000 in 1992.

Winners[]

Year Winner Country Score To par Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (A$)
Ref
1992 Ronan Rafferty  Northern Ireland 278 −10 2 strokes Australia Bradley Hughes
Australia Brett Ogle
252,000 [1]
1991 Greg Turner  New Zealand 271 −17 4 strokes Australia Greg Norman 216,000 [2]
1990 Rodger Davis  Australia 271 −17 Playoff1 United States Curtis Strange 144,000 [3]
1989 Curtis Strange  United States 280 −8 2 strokes United States Raymond Floyd 108,000 [4]
1988 Greg Norman  Australia 272 −16 1 stroke Japan Tateo Ozaki 90,000 [5]

1 Davis beat Strange at the second playoff hole.

References[]

  1. ^ "Cup a belated birthday prize for Rafferty". The Canberra Times. Vol. 66, no. 20, 735. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 20 January 1992. p. 20. Retrieved 29 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Turner clears debts, fears". The Canberra Times. Vol. 65, no. 20, 365. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 January 1991. p. 16. Retrieved 29 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Norman stole Davis limelight". The Canberra Times. Vol. 64, no. 20, 001. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 January 1990. p. 22. Retrieved 29 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Strange makes it a Gold Coast double". The Canberra Times. Vol. 63, no. 19, 459. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 January 1989. p. 20. Retrieved 29 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Norman shows some class". The Canberra Times. Vol. 62, no. 19, 111. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 1 February 1988. p. 18. Retrieved 29 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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