2021–22 PGA Tour of Australasia

2021–22 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration9 December 2021 (2021-12-09) – 8 May 2022 (2022-05-08)
Number of official events14[a]
Order of MeritAustralia Jediah Morgan
Player of the YearAustralia Dimitrios Papadatos

The 2021–22 PGA Tour of Australasia, titled as the 2021–22 ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia for sponsorship reasons, was the 48th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

European Tour strategic alliance extension

In January, it was announced by the European Tour that they had extended their strategic alliance with the PGA Tour of Australasia, which had originally been signed in 2017.[1] As part of the extension, an additional two players (three in total) from the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit were awarded European Tour status for the following season.[2]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2021–22 season.[3][4]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$) 		Winner[b] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[c] 		Notes
28 Nov Australian Open New South Wales – Cancelled[5] –
12 Dec
7 Nov 		Victorian PGA Championship Victoria 137,500 Australia Blake Windred (1) 6
19 Dec
14 Nov 		Gippsland Super 6 Victoria 137,500 Australia Jack Thompson (1) 6
16 Jan
5 Dec 		Fortinet Australian PGA Championship Queensland 1,000,000 Australia Jediah Morgan (1) 32 Flagship event
23 Jan Queensland PGA Championship Queensland 200,000 Australia Anthony Quayle (2) 6
6 Feb TPS Victoria Victoria 200,000 Australia Todd Sinnott (1) 6 WANZ Mixed event
13 Feb Vic Open Victoria 410,000 Australia Dimitrios Papadatos (4) 16
20 Feb TPS Murray River New South Wales 200,000 Australia Hannah Green (n/a) 6[d] WANZ Mixed event
6 Mar TPS Sydney New South Wales 200,000 Australia Jarryd Felton (3) 6 WANZ Mixed event
12 Mar TPS Hunter Valley New South Wales 200,000 Australia Aaron Pike (2) 6 WANZ Mixed event
19 Mar Golf Challenge NSW Open New South Wales 400,000 Australia Harrison Crowe (a) (1) 16
3 Apr
27 Feb 		New Zealand Open New Zealand – Cancelled[7] – ASA
8 Apr The National PGA Classic Victoria 200,000 United States Derek Ackerman (1) 6
10 Apr NZ PGA Championship New Zealand – Cancelled[8] –
24 Apr
28 Nov
10 Oct 		CKB WA PGA Championship Western Australia 200,000 Australia Jay Mackenzie (1) 6
1 May
5 Dec
17 Oct 		Nexus Advisernet WA Open Western Australia 150,000 Australia Braden Becker (1) 6
8 May
19 Sep
22 Aug 		Tailor-made Building Services NT PGA Championship Northern Territory 150,000 Australia Austin Bautista (1) 6

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[9][10] The top three players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2023 European Tour (DP World Tour).[11]

Position Player Prize money (A$) Status earned
1 Australia Jediah Morgan 190,409 Promoted to European Tour
2 Australia Blake Windred 125,286
3 Australia Andrew Dodt 112,731
4 Australia Dimitrios Papadatos 111,491
5 Australia Aaron Pike 100,981

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year Australia Dimitrios Papadatos [12]

Notes

  1. ^ A further three tournaments were scheduled but were cancelled.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ ASA − Asian Tour; WANZ − WPGA Tour of Australasia.
  4. ^ OWGR points at the TPS Murray River were awarded based on men's scores only. Andrew Evans and Hayden Hopewell tied for the lowest men's score and split the assigned points for first and second places, each earning 4.8 points.[6]

References

  1. ^ "European Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia announce Strategic Alliance". European Tour. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. ^ "DP World Tour and ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia announce extension to Strategic Alliance". European Tour. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  3. ^ "2021 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  4. ^ Webeck, Tony (7 September 2021). "Changes announced to PGA Tour of Australasia schedule". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Australian Open golf events cancelled". ESPN. Australian Associated Press. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  6. ^ "TPS Murray River in honour of Jarrod Lyle". Official World Golf Ranking. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  7. ^ "New Zealand Open scrapped over COVID travel restrictions". Reuters. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  8. ^ "NZ PGA Championship a Covid Casualty". New Zealand Open. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  9. ^ "2021 Order of Merit". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Morgan off to the majors after winning Australasian Order of Merit". Reuters. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  11. ^ Webeck, Tony (8 May 2022). "Dodt clinches final DP World Tour card". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Cameron Smith wins Greg Norman Medal for 2022". Australian Golf Digest. Australian Golf Media. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023. There were more winners on the night with Vic Open winner Dimitrios Papadatos honoured after a breakthrough season, named ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia Player of the Year.