1989 PGA Tour of Australia

1989 PGA Tour of Australia season
Duration12 January 1989 (1989-01-12) – 17 December 1989 (1989-12-17)
Number of official events18
Most wins Peter Senior (3)
Order of Merit Peter Senior
Rookie of the Year Louis Brown
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The 1989 PGA Tour of Australia was the 18th 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 1989 season.[1][2][3]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$) 		Winner[a] OWGR
points 		Notes
15 Jan Daikyo Palm Meadows Cup Queensland 600,000 Curtis Strange (n/a) 30
22 Jan Coca-Cola Classic Victoria 600,000 Isao Aoki (n/a) 18 New tournament
29 Jan Asthma Foundation Victorian PGA Championship Victoria 100,000 David Ecob (1) 8
5 Feb Victorian Open Victoria 100,000 Mike Clayton (3) 16
12 Feb Mercedes-Benz Australian Match Play Championship Victoria 150,000 Ossie Moore (3) 8
19 Feb Australian Masters Victoria 450,000 Greg Norman (27) 36
26 Feb Australian Tournament Players Championship New South Wales 500,000 Greg Norman (28) 22
12 Mar Monro Interiors Nedlands Masters Western Australia 100,000 Louis Brown (1) 8
19 Mar Town and Country Joondalup Classic Western Australia 100,000 Brad King (1) 8 New tournament
22 Oct Tattersall's Tasmanian Open Tasmania 100,000 Ian Stanley (8) 8
29 Oct Air New Zealand Shell Open New Zealand NZ$200,000 Don Bies (n/a) 16
5 Nov AMP New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$150,000 Greg Turner (2) 16
12 Nov Australian PGA Championship[b] New South Wales 500,000 Peter Senior (7) 20
19 Nov Ford New South Wales Open New South Wales 300,000 Rodger Davis (9) 18
26 Nov West End South Australian Open South Australia 150,000 Nick Price (n/a) 8
3 Dec Australian Open Victoria 500,000 Peter Senior (8) 64
10 Dec Johnnie Walker Australian Classic Victoria 1,000,000 Peter Senior (9) 30
17 Dec Mirage Queensland Open Queensland 300,000 Brett Ogle (2) 8

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$) 		Winner OWGR
points 		Notes
15 Oct Queensland PGA Championship Queensland 100,000 Zoran Zorkic n/a

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[3][4]

Position Player Prize money (A$)
1 Peter Senior 443,196
2 Greg Norman 228,600
3 Peter Fowler 221,900
4 Rodger Davis 191,311
5 Brett Ogle 130,206

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Rookie of the Year Louis Brown [5]

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. ^ Thomson, Geoff (4 May 1989). "Left-handers in the spotlight". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. p. 21. Retrieved 5 November 2023 – via Trove.
  2. ^ Thomson, Geoff (9 March 1989). "Queanbeyan grabs top spot". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. p. 18. Retrieved 5 November 2023 – via Trove.
  3. ^ a b Wilson, Mark; Viney, Laurence (1990). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1990. Macmillan. pp. 94–96. ISBN 0333518616. Retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
  4. ^ "Australien-touren Penningligan" [Australian Tour Money list]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 1. January 1990. p. 85. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  5. ^ "1993 Nike Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 21 August 2024. Louis Brown | 1989 Australian Tour Rookie of the Year, won the Nedlands Masters that season on the Australian Tour.
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