2012 PGA Tour of Australasia

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2012 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration5 January 2012 (2012-01-05) – 16 December 2012 (2012-12-16)
Number of official events13
Order of MeritAustralia Peter Senior
2011
2013

The 2012 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia. The main tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia were played in the southern summer so they were split between the first and last months of the year.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
8 Jan Victorian Open Victoria 125,000 Australia Scott Arnold (1) 6
19 Feb Adroit Insurance Group Victorian PGA Championship Victoria 120,000 New Zealand Gareth Paddison (3) 6
26 Feb Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship Queensland 115,000 Australia Andrew Tschudin (1) 6
1 Apr New Zealand PGA Pro-Am Championship New Zealand NZ$450,000 New Zealand Michael Hendry (1) 6
29 Sep South Pacific Golf Open Championship New Caledonia 120,000 New Zealand Brad Shilton (1) 6
14 Oct WA Goldfields PGA Championship Western Australia 110,000 Australia Peter Wilson (1) 6
21 Oct ISPS Handa Perth International Western Australia US$2,000,000 United States Bo Van Pelt (n/a) 22 EUR New tournament
28 Oct John Hughes Geely/Nexus Risk Services WA Open Western Australia 110,000 Australia Oliver Goss (a) (1) 6
18 Nov Talisker Masters Victoria 1,000,000 Australia Adam Scott (3) 20
25 Nov BMW New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$400,000 Australia Jake Higginbottom (a) (1) 16
2 Dec NSW PGA Championship New South Wales 100,000 Australia Matt Stieger (1) 6
9 Dec Emirates Australian Open New South Wales 1,250,000 Australia Peter Senior (20) 32 ONE Flagship event
16 Dec Australian PGA Championship Queensland 1,500,000 Australia Daniel Popovic (1) 18 ONE

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[3]

Position Player Prize money (A$)
1 Australia Peter Senior 268,292
2 New Zealand Michael Hendry 249,625
3 Australia Daniel Popovic 238,858
4 Australia Adam Scott 199,750
5 New Zealand Mark Brown 144,439

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. ^ EUR − European Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.

References

  1. ^ "2012 PGA Tour of Australasia schedule". Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Events – PGA Tour of Australasia – 2012". Official World Golf Ranking.
  3. ^ "2012 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit". Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.

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