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The 2005 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 33rd 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 2005 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$) 		Winner[a] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[b] 		Notes
6 Feb Heineken Classic Victoria 2,000,000 Australia Craig Parry (11) 40 EUR
13 Feb Holden New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$1,500,000 Sweden Niclas Fasth (n/a) 24 EUR
20 Feb Jacob's Creek Open Championship South Australia 1,000,000 Australia Steven Bowditch (1) 12 NWT
27 Feb ING New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand US$600,000 Australia Peter O'Malley (4) 12 NWT
24 Apr Johnnie Walker Classic China £1,250,000 Australia Adam Scott (1) 24 ASA, EUR
27 Nov MFS Australian Open Victoria 1,250,000 Australia Robert Allenby (9) 32 Flagship event
4 Dec Cadbury Schweppes Centenary Australian PGA Championship Queensland 1,200,000 Australia Robert Allenby (10) 26
11 Dec MasterCard Masters Victoria 1,250,000 Australia Robert Allenby (11) 30

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 		Other
tours[b] 		Notes
13 Nov HSBC Champions China US$5,000,000 England David Howell 48 AFR, ASA, EUR New tournament
Limited-field event

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 Australia Adam Scott 545,429
2 Australia Nick O'Hern 441,200
3 Australia Craig Parry 404,341
4 Australia Steven Bowditch 328,481
5 Australia Peter O'Malley 294,109

Von Nida Tour

The 2005 Von Nida Tour was the third season of the Von Nida Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour of Australasia between 2003 and 2008.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2005 season.[4]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$) 		Winner[c] Ref.
30 Jan Mitsubishi Motors Victorian Open Victoria 100,000 Australia Kurt Barnes (2) [5]
5 Mar National Australia Bank Victorian PGA Championship Victoria 105,000 Australia Cameron Percy (1) [6]
13 Mar Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship New South Wales 110,000 Australia Gavin Flint (1) [7]
20 Mar Toyota Southern Classic New South Wales 100,000 Australia Michael Wright (1) [8]
29 Apr SA PGA Championship South Australia 100,000 Australia Tony McFadyean (1) [9]
29 May WA PGA Championship Western Australia 100,000 Australia Adam Bland (1) [10]
26 Jun Nth QLD X-Ray Services Cairns Classic Queensland 105,000 New Zealand Tony Christie (1) [11]
30 Oct Minniecon & Burke Queensland Masters Queensland 105,000 Australia Nick Flanagan (1) [12]
6 Nov Roadcon Group Queensland Open Queensland 105,000 Australia Brad McIntosh (2) [13]
13 Nov Greater Building Society QLD PGA Championship Queensland 105,000 Australia Scott Gardiner (1) [14]
20 Nov Proton New South Wales Open New South Wales 120,000 Australia Michael Wright (2) [15]

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[16] The top 10 players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2006 PGA Tour of Australasia.[17][18]

Position Player Prize money (A$)
1 Australia Adam Bland 40,180
2 Australia Brad McIntosh 38,811
3 Australia Michael Wright 38,122
4 Australia Tony McFadyean 33,331
5 Australia Gavin Flint 30,954
6 Australia Brad Andrews 30,684
7 Australia Nick Flanagan 30,277
8 Australia Leigh McKechnie 27,732
9 Australia Cameron Percy 26,214
10 New Zealand Tony Christie 21,936

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b AFR − Sunshine Tour; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; NWT − Nationwide Tour.
  3. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Von Nida Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Von Nida Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour of Australasia.

References

  1. ^ "2005 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  2. ^ "2005 Order of Merit". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Great Scott finishes No.1". PGA Tour of Australasia. 15 December 2005. Archived from the original on 31 August 2006. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Von Nida Tour 2005 Tournament schedule". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Mitsubishi Motors Victorian Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. ^ "National Australia Bank Victorian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Toyota Southern Golf Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. ^ "SA PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. ^ "WA PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Nth QLD X-Ray Services Cairns Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Minniecon & Burke Qld Masters results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Roadcon Group Qld Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Greater Building Society QLD PGA Championship Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Proton New South Wales Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  16. ^ "2005 Von Nida Tour OOM". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 January 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  17. ^ "Bland tops Von Nida Tour Order of Merit". PGA of Australia. 21 November 2005. Archived from the original on 26 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021. In winning the Von Nida Tour Order of Merit, Bland will be afforded a variety of exemptions to the Australasian PGA Tour in 2006...
  18. ^ "Felton tops 2004 Von Nida Tour". PGA Tour of Australasia. 24 November 2004. Archived from the original on 13 January 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2022. ...the Von Nida Tour provides fully-exempt Australasian Tour cards to the top 10 players on the moneylist who would not otherwise be exempt.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Von_Nida_Tour