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2019 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration7 February 2019 (2019-02-07) – 22 December 2019 (2019-12-22)
Number of official events13
Order of MeritNew Zealand Ryan Fox
Player of the YearNew Zealand Ryan Fox
← 2018

The 2019 PGA Tour of Australasia, titled as the 2019 ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia for sponsorship reasons, was the 46th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$) 		Winner[a] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[b] 		Notes
10 Feb ISPS Handa Vic Open Victoria 1,500,000 Scotland David Law (n/a) 20 EUR
17 Feb ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth Western Australia 1,600,000 New Zealand Ryan Fox (3) 20 ASA, EUR
24 Feb Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship Queensland 150,000 Australia Daniel Nisbet (3) 6
3 Mar New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$1,250,000 Australia Zach Murray (2) 15 ASA
10 Mar SEC NZ PGA Championship New Zealand NZ$125,000 New Zealand Kazuma Kobori (a) (1) 7
12 May SP PNG Golf Open Papua New Guinea 150,000 Australia Peter Cooke (1) 6
25 Aug Tailor-made Building Services NT PGA Championship Northern Territory 150,000 Australia Brett Rankin (1) 6
13 Oct TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship Western Australia 137,500 Australia Darren Beck (1) 6
27 Oct Victorian PGA Championship Victoria 125,000 New Zealand Campbell Rawson (1) 6
10 Nov Gippsland Super 6 Victoria 125,000 Australia Tom Power Horan (1) 6
1 Dec AVJennings NSW Open New South Wales 400,000 Australia Josh Younger (1) 16
8 Dec Emirates Australian Open New South Wales 1,500,000 Australia Matt Jones (2) 32 Flagship event
22 Dec Australian PGA Championship Queensland 1,500,000 Australia Adam Scott (6) 20 EUR

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[2][3] The leading player on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2020 European Tour.[4]

Position Player Prize money (A$) Status earned
1 New Zealand Ryan Fox 307,926 Already exempt[c]
2 Australia Zach Murray 230,773 Promoted to European Tour
3 Australia Brad Kennedy 221,771
4 Australia Wade Ormsby 215,825 Already exempt[d]
5 New Zealand Michael Hendry 176,045

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year New Zealand Ryan Fox [7]

Notes

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  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. ^ ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  3. ^ Fox was already exempt due to being a tournament winner on the 2019 European Tour.[5]
  4. ^ Orsmby was already exempt due to finishing inside the Top 115 of the 2019 Race to Dubai.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "2019 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. ^ "2019 Order of Merit". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Ryan Fox Wins Australasian PGA Tour Order of Merit". New Zealand Golf Magazine. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  4. ^ Wenzel, Murray (23 December 2019). "Lucky loser Murray earns Euro Tour card". 7 News. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  5. ^ "World Super 6: Ryan Fox takes first European Tour title". Sky Sports. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  6. ^ "2019 Race to Dubai". European Tour. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Hannah Green wins Greg Norman Medal". PGA of Australia. 19 December 2019. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023. 2019 ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia Player of the Year: Ryan Fox, NZ
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