2005 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 2005 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia and New Zealand. 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. The tour's developmental series, known as the Von Nida Tour was played in the middle of the year.

2005 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration3 February 2005 (2005-02-03) – 11 December 2005 (2005-12-11)
Number of official events9
Most wins3:
Robert Allenby
Order of Merit Adam Scott
← 2004
2006 →

Schedule

The table below shows the 2005 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
6 Feb Heineken Classic Victoria 2,000,000 Craig Parry (11) 40 EUR
13 Feb Holden New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$1,500,000 Niclas Fasth (n/a) 24 EUR
20 Feb Jacob's Creek Open Championship South Australia 1,000,000 Steven Bowditch (1) 12 NWT
27 Feb ING New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand US$600,000 Peter O'Malley (4) 12 NWT
24 Apr Johnnie Walker Classic China £1,250,000 Adam Scott (1) 24 ASA, EUR
12 Nov HSBC Champions China US$5,000,000 David Howell (n/a) 48 AFR, ASA, EUR New tournament
27 Nov MFS Australian Open Victoria 1,250,000 Robert Allenby (9) 32 Flagship event
4 Dec Cadbury Schweppes Centenary Australian PGA Championship Queensland 1,200,000 Robert Allenby (10) 26
11 Dec MasterCard Masters Victoria 1,250,000 Robert Allenby (11) 30

Sources:[1][2][3]

Order of Merit
PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1 Adam Scott545,429
2 Nick O'Hern441,200
3 Craig Parry404,340
4 Steven Bowditch328,480
5 Peter O'Malley294,109
6 Mathew Goggin209,454
7 Michael Campbell179,080
8 Nathan Green178,176
9 Brett Rumford158,067
10 Paul Sheehan152,760
n/a[lower-alpha 2] Robert Allenby660,000
Niclas Fasth254,840
John Senden191,425
Ernie Els171,440

Source:[2][4]

Von Nida Tour

The Von Nida Tour consisted of 11 tournaments, all played in Australia. Prize money for each event was between A$100,000 and 120,000.[5]

Date Tournament Location Winner Ref.
30 Jan Mitsubishi Motors Victorian Open Victoria Kurt Barnes (2) [6]
5 Mar National Australia Bank Victorian PGA Championship Victoria Cameron Percy (1) [7]
13 Mar Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship New South Wales Gavin Flint (1) [8]
20 Mar Toyota Southern Classic New South Wales Michael Wright (1) [9]
29 Apr SA PGA Championship South Australia Tony McFadyean (1) [10]
29 May WA PGA Championship Western Australia Adam Bland (1) [11]
26 Jun Nth QLD X-Ray Services Cairns Classic Queensland Tony Christie (1) [12]
30 Oct Minniecon & Burke Queensland Masters Queensland Nick Flanagan (1) [13]
6 Nov Roadcon Group Queensland Open Queensland Brad McIntosh (2) [14]
13 Nov Greater Building Society QLD PGA Championship Queensland Scott Gardiner (1) [15]
20 Nov Proton New South Wales Open New South Wales Michael Wright (2) [16]

Order of Merit leaders

Adam Bland won the Order of Merit, with Brad Mcintosh second.[17] The leading five are given below.[18]

PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1 Adam Bland40,179
2 Brad McIntosh38,810
3 Michael Wright38,122
4 Tony McFadyean33,330
5 Gavin Flint30,953

Notes
  1. AFR − Sunshine Tour; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; NWT − Nationwide Tour.
  2. Allenby, Els, Fasth and Senden were either non-members or did not play the minimum number of tournaments required to qualify for the Order of Merit.

References
  1. 2005 PGA Tour of Australasia Schedule
  2. 2006 Media Guide. PGA Tour of Australasia. pp. 30–163.
  3. "Events – PGA Tour of Australasia – 2005". Official World Golf Ranking.
  4. "2005 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit". Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  5. "Von Nida Tour 2005". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. "Mitsubishi Motors Victorian Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. "National Australia Bank Victorian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. "Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. "Toyota Southern Golf Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. "SA PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. "WA PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  12. "Nth QLD X-Ray Services Cairns Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  13. "Minniecon & Burke Qld Masters results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  14. "Roadcon Group Qld Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  15. "Greater Building Society QLD PGA Championship Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  16. "Proton New South Wales Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 August 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.
  18. "Final 2005 Von Nida Tour OOM". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 January 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
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