1992 PGA Tour of Australasia

1992 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration9 January 1992 (1992-01-09) – 13 December 1992 (1992-12-13)
Number of official events15[a]
Most winsAustralia Robert Allenby (2)
Australia Rodger Davis (2)
Australia Craig Parry (2)
Order of MeritAustralia Robert Allenby
Player of the YearAustralia Robert Allenby
Rookie of the YearAustralia Robert Allenby
← 1991
1993 →

The 1992 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 21st season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1992 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$) 		Winner[b] OWGR
points 		Notes
12 Jan SxL Sanctuary Cove Classic Queensland 700,000 Australia Rodger Davis (13) 28
19 Jan Daikyo Palm Meadows Cup Queensland 1,400,000 Northern Ireland Ronan Rafferty (5) 38
26 Jan Vines Classic Western Australia 800,000 Australia Ian Baker-Finch (9) 24
2 Feb Club Cape Schanck Cup Victoria – Cancelled – New tournament
9 Feb Mercedes-Benz Australian Match Play Championship Victoria 200,000 Australia Mike Clayton (4) 16
23 Feb Australian Tournament Players Championship Victoria – Removed –
23 Feb AMP New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$250,000 New Zealand Grant Waite (1) 18
1 Mar CIG New South Wales Open New South Wales 150,000 Australia Craig Parry (2) 16
18 Oct Perak Masters Malaysia 200,000 Australia Robert Allenby (1) 16
25 Oct Dunhill Malaysian Masters Malaysia 430,000 Australia Terry Price (1) 16
1 Nov Pioneer Singapore PGA Championship Singapore 150,000 Australia Terry Gale (16) 12
8 Nov Air New Zealand Shell Open New Zealand NZ$300,000 Zimbabwe Nick Price (n/a) 18
15 Nov Eagle Blue Open South Australia 150,000 Australia Brett Ogle (5) 16
22 Nov Ford Australian PGA Championship New South Wales 300,000 Australia Craig Parry (3) 20
29 Nov Australian Open New South Wales 800,000 Australia Steve Elkington (1) 36 Flagship event
6 Dec Johnnie Walker Australian Classic Victoria 700,000 Australia Robert Allenby (2) 28
13 Dec Coolum Classic Queensland 200,000 Australia Rodger Davis (14) 16

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$) 		Winner OWGR
points 		Notes
16 Feb Pyramid Australian Masters Victoria 700,000 Australia Craig Parry 36
1 Nov Victorian Open Victoria 155,000 Australia Ian Stanley n/a

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 Robert Allenby 309,063
2 Australia Rodger Davis 276,529
3 Australia Craig Parry 230,839
4 Australia Bradley Hughes 196,526
5 Australia Ian Baker-Finch 174,132

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year Australia Robert Allenby [4][5][6]
Rookie of the Year Australia Robert Allenby [4][5][6]

Notes

  1. ^ A further two tournaments were scheduled but were either cancelled or removed from the schedule.
  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.

References

  1. ^ "Coolum Classic off the calendar". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. 24 October 1991. p. 29. Retrieved 16 June 2022 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "Asian, NZ events make up for loss of sponsors". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. 27 August 1992. p. 27. Retrieved 16 June 2022 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "Australientouren" [Australian Tour]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 2. February 1993. p. 60. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Ogle tops winners' list after solid win". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. 20 January 1994. p. 19. Retrieved 13 August 2023 – via Trove.
  5. ^ a b Tresidder, Phil (17 January 1993). "Allenby primed for TPC". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. p. 60 (61 in paper). Retrieved 20 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b Stone, Peter (26 February 2001). "Eagle-eyed Lonard finishes in style, longs for a bigger stage". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. p. 22. Retrieved 15 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com. He became the first player since Robert Allenby in 1992, to win both rookie of the year and player of the year...