1998–99 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 1998–99 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia and New Zealand. The events were played during the calendar years of 1998 and 1999.

1998–99 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration22 October 1998 (1998-10-22) – 6 March 1999 (1999-03-06)
Number of official events12
Order of Merit Jarrod Moseley
Player of the Year Jarrod Moseley
Rookie of the Year Geoff Ogilvy

Schedule

The table below shows the 1998–99 schedule. It only lists official money events on the main tour.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)
Winner OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 1]
Notes
25 Oct Ford South Australian Open South Australia 500,000 Stuart Bouvier (1) 16
22 Nov MasterCard Australian PGA Championship New South Wales 600,000 David Howell (n/a) 16
29 Nov ANZ Players Championship Queensland 500,000 Stephen Leaney (3) 20
6 Dec Holden Australian Open South Australia 640,000 Greg Chalmers (2) 34 Flagship event
13 Dec New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$300,000 Matthew Lane (1) 16
20 Dec Schweppes Coolum Classic Queensland 200,000 Stuart Appleby (1) 16
10 Jan Victorian Open Victoria 200,000 Kenny Druce (1) 16
31 Jan Heineken Classic Western Australia 800,000 Jarrod Moseley (1) 30 EUR
7 Feb Greg Norman Holden International New South Wales 1,000,000 Michael Long (2) 22
14 Feb Ericsson Masters Victoria 640,000 Craig Spence (1) 16
21 Feb Canon Challenge New South Wales 350,000 Rod Pampling (1) 16
7 Mar ANZ Tour Championship Australian Capital Territory 500,000 Marcus Cain (1) 16 Tour Championship

Sources:[1][2]

Order of Merit

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

PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1 Jarrod Moseley330,798
2 Rod Pampling287,907
3 Craig Spence277,160
4 Peter Lonard223,574
5 Michael Long221,780

Source:[3]

Awards

AwardWinner
Player of the Year Jarrod Moseley
Best overseas performer Stephen Leaney
Most consistent performer Rod Pampling
Rookie of the Year Geoff Ogilvy

Source:[3]

Notes

  1. EUR − European Tour.

References

  1. "Events – PGA Tour of Australasia – 1998". Official World Golf Ranking.
  2. "Events – PGA Tour of Australasia – 1999". Official World Golf Ranking.
  3. Stone, Peter (8 March 1999). "Cain in the dark but sees the light". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. p. 30. Retrieved 17 July 2020 via Newspapers.com.
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