1987 PGA Tour of Australia

1987 PGA Tour of Australia season
Duration27 November 1986 (1986-11-27) – 30 November 1987 (1987-11-30)
Number of official events15
Most wins Peter Senior (3)
Order of Merit Peter Senior
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The 1987 PGA Tour of Australia was the 16th 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 1987 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$) 		Winner[a] OWGR
points 		Notes
30 Nov Air New Zealand Shell Open New Zealand NZ$150,000 Rodger Davis (6) 20
7 Dec Nissan-Mobil New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$120,000 Rodger Davis (7) 20
26 Jan U-Bix Classic[b] Australian Capital Territory 100,000 Peter Senior (4) 12
1 Feb Foster's Tattersall Tasmanian Open Tasmania 75,000 Brian Jones (4) 12
8 Feb Robert Boyd Transport Australian Match Play Championship Victoria 100,000 Ian Baker-Finch (6) 14
15 Feb Australian Masters Victoria 300,000 Greg Norman (21) 40
22 Feb Robert Boyd Transport Victorian Open Victoria 110,000 Roger Mackay (1) 22
29 Feb Rich River Classic New South Wales 75,000 Peter Senior (5) 10
11 Oct Konica Queensland Open Queensland 75,000 David Graham (5) 10
18 Oct Queensland PGA Championship Queensland 75,000 Peter Senior (6) 10
25 Oct National Panasonic New South Wales Open New South Wales 150,000 Craig Parry (1) 18
1 Nov ESP Australian PGA Championship New South Wales 170,000 Roger Mackay (2) 16
15 Nov West End South Australian Open South Australia 100,000 Ronan Rafferty (1) 12
22 Nov National Panasonic Western Australian Open Western Australia 80,000 Gerry Taylor (1) 12
30 Nov National Panasonic Australian Open Victoria 300,000 Greg Norman (22) 40

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 Peter Senior 94,492
2 Roger Mackay 73,994
3 Rodger Davis 70,465
4 Vaughan Somers 57,165
5 Mike Colandro 49,731

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.
  2. ^ incorporating the New South Wales PGA Championship.

References

  1. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1988). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988. Collins Willow. pp. 232–244, 447–458. ISBN 0002182831. Retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Archive.org.
  2. ^ "Curtis Strange första stora segern | Penningligan" [Curtis Strange's first big win | Money list]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 1. January 1988. p. 71. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
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