2007 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 2007 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.

2007 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration15 February 2007 (2007-02-15) – 16 December 2007 (2007-12-16)
Number of official events8
Order of Merit Craig Parry
← 2006
2008 →

Schedule

The table below shows the 2007 schedule. It only lists official money events on the main tour. For a complete table of events recognised by the PGA Tour of Australasia, including Von Nida Tour events and World Golf Championships see the official site. 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 1]		 Notes
18 Feb Jacob's Creek Open Championship South Australia US$600,000 Scott Sterling (1) 16 NWT
25 Feb HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand US$600,000 Nicholas Thompson (n/a) 16 NWT
4 Mar Johnnie Walker Classic Thailand £1,250,000 Anton Haig (n/a) 40 ASA, EUR
11 Nov HSBC Champions China US$5,000,000 Phil Mickelson (n/a) 52 AFR, ASA, EUR
25 Nov MasterCard Masters Victoria 1,500,000 Aaron Baddeley (4) 24 EUR
2 Dec Michael Hill New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$1,500,000 Richard Finch (n/a) 20 EUR
9 Dec Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship Queensland 1,200,000 Peter Lonard (9) 32
16 Dec MFS Australian Open New South Wales 1,500,000 Craig Parry (12) 34 Flagship event

Sources:[1][2]

Order of Merit
PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1 Craig Parry442,004
2 David Smail168,461
3 Paul Sheehan154,440
4 Scott Sterling150,747
5 Greg Chalmers150,342
6 James Nitties142,177
7 Peter O'Malley134,439
8 Won Joon Lee133,845
9 Adam Bland117,905
10 Marc Leishman115,427

Source:[3]

Von Nida Tour

The Von Nida Tour consisted of 10 tournaments, all played in Australia. Prize money for each event was between A$100,000 and 115,000.[4]

Date Tournament Location Winner Ref.
28 Jan NAB Victorian PGA Championship Victoria Ashley Hall (1) [5]
4 Feb Victorian Open Victoria Kim Felton (5) [6]
11 Feb Riverside Oaks NSW PGA Championship New South Wales Scott Draper (1) [7]
25 Mar Toyota Southern Classic New South Wales Marc Leishman (3) [8]
22 Apr Hahn South Australian PGA Championship South Australia Tim Wise (1) [9]
27 May Oceanique WA PGA Championship Western Australia Jason Norris (1) [10]
21 Oct North Queensland X-Ray Services Cairns Classic Queensland Paul Donahoo (1) [11]
28 Oct City Pacific-Mirvac Queensland Open Queensland Ryan Haller (1) [12]
4 Nov Greater Building Society Queensland PGA Championship Queensland Andrew Bonhomme (1) [13]
11 Nov The Vintage NSW Open New South Wales Jason Norris (2) [14]

Order of Merit leaders

Andrew Bonhomme won the Order of Merit, A$158 ahead of Jason Norris.[15] The leading five are given below.[16]

PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1 Andrew Bonhomme41,497
2 Jason Norris41,339
3 Marc Leishman36,265
4 Ashley Hall30,781
5 Ryan Haller29,929

Notes
  1. AFR − Sunshine Tour; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; NWT − Nationwide Tour.

References
  1. 2018 PGA Tour of Australasia Schedule
  2. "Events – PGA Tour of Australasia – 2007". Official World Golf Ranking.
  3. 2007 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
  4. "Von Nida Tour 2007". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. "nab Victorian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. "Victorian Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.}
  7. "Riverside Oaks NSW PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. "Toyota Southern Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. "Hahn South Australian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. "Oceanique WA PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. "North Queensland X-Ray Services Cairns Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  12. "City Pacific-Mirvac Queensland Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  13. "Greater Building Society Queensland PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  14. "The Vintage NSW Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  15. "Bonhomme tops Von Nida Tour Order of Merit". PGA of Australia. 12 November 2007. Archived from the original on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  16. "Final 2007 Von Nida Tour OOM". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
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