2012 PGA Tour of Australasia
| Duration | 5 January 2012 – 16 December 2012 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 13 |
| Order of Merit | Peter Senior |
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The 2012 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 39th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (A$) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jan | Victorian Open | Victoria | 125,000 | Scott Arnold (1) | 6 | ||
| 19 Feb | Adroit Insurance Group Victorian PGA Championship | Victoria | 120,000 | Gareth Paddison (3) | 6 | ||
| 26 Feb | Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship | Queensland | 115,000 | Andrew Tschudin (1) | 6 | ||
| 1 Apr | New Zealand PGA Pro-Am Championship | New Zealand | NZ$450,000 | Michael Hendry (1) | 6 | ||
| 29 Sep | South Pacific Golf Open Championship | New Caledonia | 120,000 | Brad Shilton (1) | 6 | ||
| 14 Oct | WA Goldfields PGA Championship | Western Australia | 110,000 | Peter Wilson (1) | 6 | ||
| 21 Oct | ISPS Handa Perth International | Western Australia | US$2,000,000 | Bo Van Pelt (n/a) | 22 | EUR | New tournament |
| 28 Oct | John Hughes Geely/Nexus Risk Services WA Open | Western Australia | 110,000 | Oliver Goss (a) (1) | 6 | ||
| 18 Nov | Talisker Masters | Victoria | 1,000,000 | Adam Scott (3) | 20 | ||
| 25 Nov | BMW New Zealand Open | New Zealand | NZ$400,000 | Jake Higginbottom (a) (1) | 16 | ||
| 2 Dec | NSW PGA Championship | New South Wales | 100,000 | Matt Stieger (1) | 6 | ||
| 9 Dec | Emirates Australian Open | New South Wales | 1,250,000 | Peter Senior (20) | 32 | ONE | Flagship event |
| 16 Dec | Australian PGA Championship | Queensland | 1,500,000 | Daniel Popovic (1) | 18 | ONE |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[2][3]
| Position | Player | Prize money (A$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Senior | 268,292 |
| 2 | Michael Hendry | 249,625 |
| 3 | Daniel Popovic | 238,858 |
| 4 | Adam Scott | 199,750 |
| 5 | Mark Brown | 144,439 |
Notes
- ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australasia events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australasia members.
- ^ EUR − European Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
References
- ^ "2012 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "2012 Order of Merit". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ Court, Michael (17 December 2012). "Peter Senior qualifies for his 19th Open". Golf Grinder. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
Senior will be packing his prize long-handled putter into his golf bag next July for a 19th Open Championship appearance after topping the 2012 Australasian Tour Order of Merit.