2004 PGA Tour of Australasia

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2004 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration15 January 2004 (2004-01-15) – 12 December 2004 (2004-12-12)
Number of official events9
Most wins2:
Australia Peter Lonard
Order of MeritAustralia Richard Green
2003
2005

The 2004 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.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[1][2][3]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
18 Jan Holden New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$700,000 Australia Terry Price (5) 16
1 Feb Johnnie Walker Classic South Australia £1,000,000 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a) 24 ASA, EUR
8 Feb Heineken Classic Victoria 2,000,000 South Africa Ernie Els (n/a) 34 EUR
15 Feb ANZ Championship New South Wales 1,750,000 England Brian Davis (n/a) 20 EUR
22 Feb Jacob's Creek Open South Australia US$700,000 Australia Euan Walters (1) 12 NWT
18 Mar New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand US$700,000 Australia Gavin Coles (2) 12 NWT
28 Nov Hillross Australian Open New South Wales 1,500,000 Australia Peter Lonard (7) 32 Flagship event
5 Dec Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship Queensland 1,000,000 Australia Peter Lonard (8) 22
12 Dec MasterCard Masters Victoria 1,250,000 Australia Richard Green (1) 26

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[4]

Position Player Prize money (A$)
1 Australia Richard Green 365,017
2 Australia Euan Walters 287,070
3 Australia Gavin Coles 248,872
4 Australia Nick O'Hern 242,274
5 Australia Adam Scott 232,097

Von Nida Tour

The following table lists Von Nida Tour events during the 2004 season.[5][6]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)
Winner Ref.
25 Jan Mitsubishi Motors Victorian Open Victoria 100,000 New Zealand Gareth Paddison (1) [7]
7 Mar Scenic Circle Hotels Dunedin Classic New Zealand 100,000 New Zealand Mahal Pearce (1) [8]
14 Mar Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship New South Wales 105,000 Australia Matthew Ecob (1) [9]
21 Mar Toyota Southern Classic New South Wales 100,000 Australia Brad McIntosh (1) [10]
2 May Schweppes SA PGA Championship South Australia 100,000 Australia Martin Doyle (2) [11]
30 May WA PGA Championship Western Australia 100,000 Australia Kim Felton (2) [12]
27 Jun Queensland Masters Queensland 105,000 Australia Kim Felton (3) [13]
4 Jul Cairns Classic Queensland 105,000 Australia Kim Felton (4) [14]
7 Nov QLD Group Queensland Open Queensland 105,000 Australia Steven Bowditch (1) [15]
14 Nov Toyota Queensland PGA Championship Queensland 105,000 Australia Kurt Barnes (1) [16]
21 Nov NSW Open New South Wales 100,000 Australia Peter Lonard (1) [17]

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[18]

Position Player Prize money (A$)
1 Australia Kim Felton 46,500
2 Australia Brad McIntosh 31,385
3 Australia Nigel Spence
4 Australia Ricky Schmidt

Notes

  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; NWT − Nationwide Tour.

References

  1. ^ 2004 PGA Tour of Australasia Schedule
  2. ^ "Tour Information Centre – 2004". PGA Tour of Australasia.
  3. ^ "Events – PGA Tour of Australasia – 2004". Official World Golf Ranking.
  4. ^ "2004 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit". Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  5. ^ "2004 Von Nida". PGA of Australia. 13 July 2004. Archived from the original on 5 August 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Von Nida Tour 2004". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 11 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Paddison cruises to Mitsubishi Motors Victorian Open Title". PGA of Australia. 25 January 2004. Archived from the original on 1 March 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Pearce punishes peers in Dunedin". PGA of Australia. 7 March 2004. Archived from the original on 20 May 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Second time lucky for Ecob". PGA of Australia. 14 March 2004. Archived from the original on 23 April 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Toyota Southern Classic - Rd4". PGA of Australia. 21 March 2004. Archived from the original on 1 April 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Doyle leads all the way". PGA of Australia. 2 May 2004. Archived from the original on 21 June 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  12. ^ "2004 WA PGA Championship". PGA of Australia. 30 May 2004. Archived from the original on 25 June 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Queensland Masters results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 28 April 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Cairns Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 28 April 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Q.L.D Group QLD Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 28 April 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Golf: Queensland PGA Championship". NZ Herald. 15 November 2004.
  17. ^ "NSW Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 28 April 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  18. ^ "Felton tops 2004 Von Nida Tour". PGA Tour of Australia. 24 November 2004. Archived from the original on 13 January 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2022.

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