Papua New Guinea Open
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Tournament information | |
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Location | Port Moresby, PNG |
Established | 1977 |
Course(s) | |
Par | 72 |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | A$150,000 |
Month played | May |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 265 (2018) |
To par | −23 as above |
Current champion | |
Location Map | |
Royal Port Moresby GC Location in Papua New Guinea |
The Papua New Guinea Open is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia. The event is held at Royal Port Moresby Golf Club, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It has been a tour event since 2016. It is a Tier 2 event on the tour. Total prize money was A$140,000 in 2016, rising to $142,000 in 2017, $145,000 in 2018 and $150,000 in 2019. The 2019 winner was who won by 2 strokes.
In 1978, Papua New Guinea joined the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation with the intention of adding the Papua New Guinea Open to the Asia Golf Circuit,[1] but attempts were ultimately aborted.[2][3] That year, the PNG Open had a field of 144 competitors, including 40 professionals, 37 of whom were from Australia.[4]
Winners[]
- PGA Tour of Australasia event
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (A$) | |
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SP PNG Golf Open | |||||||
2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[5] | ||||||
2019 | 270 | −18 | 2 strokes | 22,500 | |||
2018 | 265 | −23 | 9 strokes | Tim Stewart |
21,750 | ||
SP Brewery PNG Golf Open | |||||||
2017 | 278 | −10 | Playoff | 21,300 | |||
South Pacific Export Radler PNG Open | |||||||
2016 | 277 | −11 | Playoff | (a) |
21,000 |
- Prior to PGA Tour of Australasia sanctioning
This list is incomplete
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013 Pieter Zwart
- 2012
- 2011 Matthew Ballard
- 2010 Leigh Deagan
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006 Pat Giles
- 2005 Eddie Barr
- 2004 Troy Kennedy
- 2003 Dean Alaban
- 2002 Chris Downes
- 2001 David Grenfell
- 2000 Kyle Woodbine
- 1999 Eddie Barr
- 1998 Lucas Bimbo
- 1997 Anthony Musgrave
- 1996 Neal Kerry
- 1995 Dale Walsh
- 1994 Mark Officer
- 1979 Gerard Taylor[6]
- 1978 Mike Ferguson[7]
- 1977 Ted Ball[8]
References[]
- ^ "Asian circuit expands". The Straits Times. Singapore. 20 March 1978. p. 22. Retrieved 20 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "PNG golfers enter big league". Papua New Guinea Post-courier. Papua New Guinea. 12 April 1978. p. 40. Retrieved 20 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "PNG pull out from circuit". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 October 1980. p. 37. Retrieved 20 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "40 professionals enter PNG Open". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier (Port Moresby : 1969 - 1981). 1978-09-13. p. 38. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- ^ "Morobe and PNG Opens cancelled due to COVID-19". PGA of Australia. 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Consistency gives Taylor golf victory". Papua New Guinea Post-courier. Papua New Guinea. 21 September 1979. p. 62. Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Six-stroke victory". Papua New Guinea Post-courier. Papua New Guinea. 18 September 1978. p. 35. Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Ball fights off pain to win first PNG Open". Papua New Guinea Post-courier. Papua New Guinea. 15 June 1977. p. 31. Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via Trove.
External links[]
Categories:
- PGA Tour of Australasia events
- Golf tournaments in Papua New Guinea