1986 PGA Tour of Australia

1986 PGA Tour of Australia season
Duration28 November 1985 (1985-11-28) – 23 November 1986 (1986-11-23)
Number of official events17
Most wins Greg Norman (4)
Order of Merit Greg Norman
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The 1986 PGA Tour of Australia was the 15th season on the PGA Tour of Australia, the main professional golf tour in Australia since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1986 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$) 		Winner[a] OWGR
points 		Notes
1 Dec Air New Zealand Shell Open New Zealand NZ$140,000 D. A. Weibring (n/a) n/a
8 Dec New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$100,000 Corey Pavin (n/a) n/a
31 Dec Nissan-Mobil New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand NZ$75,000 Frank Nobilo (2) n/a
2 Feb Foster's Tasmanian Open Tasmania 50,000 Stewart Ginn (8) 10
9 Feb Robert Boyd Transport Victorian Open Victoria 100,000 Ossie Moore (9) 20
16 Feb Robert Boyd Transport Australian Match Play Championship Victoria 60,000 Peter Fowler (3) 10 New tournament
23 Feb Australian Masters Victoria 275,000 Mark O'Meara (n/a) 26
2 Mar Rich River Classic New South Wales 70,000 Bob Shearer (16) 10 New tournament
18 May Halls Head Estates-Nissan Nedlands Masters Western Australia 50,000 Lyndsay Stephen (2) 10
5 Oct Fourex Queensland PGA Championship Queensland 100,000 Ossie Moore (2) 10
12 Oct Stefan Queensland Open Queensland 100,000 Greg Norman (17) 12
19 Oct National Panasonic New South Wales Open New South Wales 125,000 Greg Norman (18) 20
25 Oct West End Jubilee South Australian Open South Australia 100,000 Greg Norman (19) 12
2 Nov Toshiba Australian PGA Championship New South Wales 180,000 Mike Harwood (1) 20
9 Nov Black Magic Victorian PGA Championship Victoria 100,000 Wayne Smith (1) 10
16 Nov National Panasonic Australian Open Victoria 275,000 Rodger Davis (5) 40
23 Nov National Panasonic Western Australian Open Western Australia 100,000 Greg Norman (20) 16

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[2]

Position Player Prize money (A$)
1 Greg Norman 111,211
2 Rodger Davis 84,036
3 Ossie Moore 61,059
4 Bob Shearer 58,935
5 Ian Baker-Finch 58,346

Notes

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australia events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australia members.

References

  1. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1987). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1987. Collins Willow. pp. 240–254, 454–467. ISBN 0002182572. Retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Archive.org.
  2. ^ "Smith pips Meikle in state order of merit". The Age. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 16 December 1986. p. 49 (47 in paper). Retrieved 5 November 2023 – via Google News Archive.
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