2020–21 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 2020–21 PGA Tour of Australasia, titled as the 2020–21 ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia for sponsorship reasons, was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia. The main tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia are played in the southern summer, so they are split between the first and last months of the year.

2020–21 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration6 February 2020 (2020-02-06) – 28 March 2021 (2021-03-28)
Number of official events11[lower-alpha 1]
Most wins2:
Brad Kennedy
Bryden Macpherson
Order of Merit Brad Kennedy
← 2019

The season was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic with several tournaments being postponed or cancelled. In response, the tour announced that the season would be extended through to March 2021, with subsequent seasons being seasonal rather than calendar based.[1]

Schedule

The table below shows the 2020–21 schedule. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australasia events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australasia members.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)		 Winner OWGR
points		 Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		 Notes
9 Feb ISPS Handa Vic Open Victoria 1,500,000 Min Woo Lee (1) 20 EUR
16 Feb Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship Queensland 150,000 Michael Sim (2) 7
23 Feb Isuzu Queensland Open Queensland 137,500 Anthony Quayle (1) 7
1 Mar New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$1,400,000 Brad Kennedy (5) 15 ASA
27 Sep
3 May		 SP Export PNG Golf Open Papua New Guinea – Cancelled[2] –
22 Nov Victorian PGA Championship Victoria – Cancelled –
24 Jan
15 Nov		 Gippsland Super 6 Victoria 125,000 Marcus Fraser (1) 6
31 Jan TPS Victoria Victoria 150,000 Brad Kennedy (6) 7 ALPG New tournament series
Mixed event
7 Feb Victorian PGA Championship Victoria 137,500 Christopher Wood (1) 7
11 Feb Moonah Links PGA Classic Victoria 150,000 Bryden Macpherson (1) 7 New tournament
21 Feb
6 Dec		 Australian PGA Championship Queensland – Cancelled[3] – EUR
7 Mar TPS Sydney New South Wales 150,000 Andrew Martin (1) 6 ALPG Mixed event
14 Mar Isuzu Queensland Open Queensland 125,000 Andrew Evans (1) 6
28 Mar Golf Challenge NSW Open New South Wales 400,000 Bryden Macpherson (2) 7
– Emirates Australian Open Victoria – Cancelled[3] – Flagship event

Source:[4]

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 Prize fund
(A$)		 Winner OWGR
points		 Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		 Notes
10 Oct TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship Western Australia 80,000 Jarryd Felton 4
18 Oct Nexus Risk WA Open Western Australia 60,000 Hayden Hopewell (a) 4
25 Oct
23 Aug		 Tailor-made Building Services NT PGA Championship Northern Territory 70,000 Aaron Pike 4

Order of Merit
PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1 Brad Kennedy302,480
2 Min Woo Lee253,327
3 Ryan Fox168,882
4 Lucas Herbert162,841
5 Nick Flanagan116,710

Source:[5]

Notes
  1. A further four tournaments were scheduled but were cancelled.
  2. ALPG − ALPG Tour; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.

References
  1. "PGA date announced as part of reimagined Aussie schedule". Golf Australia. 10 May 2020.
  2. "Morobe and PNG Opens cancelled due to COVID-19". PGA of Australia. 17 July 2020.
  3. Ward, Roy (16 October 2020). "Golf Australia cancels Australian Opens, Australian PGA due to COVID-19". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  4. "ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia – 2020 Schedule". PGA of Australia. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  5. "2020 Order of Merit". Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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