1999–2000 PGA Tour of Australasia
Golf tour season
The 1999–2000 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 28th 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 1999–2000 season.[ 1] [ 2]
Date
Tournament
Location
Purse (A$ )
Winner[ a]
OWGR points
Other tours[ b]
Notes
14 Nov
Johnnie Walker Classic
Taiwan
£800,000
Michael Campbell (3)
28
ASA , EUR
21 Nov
Ford South Australian Open
South Australia
600,000
Craig Parry (9)
16
28 Nov
Holden Australian Open
New South Wales
1,000,000
Aaron Baddeley (a) (1)
32
Flagship event
5 Dec
ANZ Players Championship
Queensland
800,000
Brett Rumford (a) (1)
16
12 Dec
Australian PGA Championship
Victoria
600,000
Greg Turner (6)
16
19 Dec
Schweppes Coolum Classic
Queensland
300,000
Nick O'Hern (1)
16
23 Jan
Crown Lager New Zealand Open
New Zealand
NZ$500,000
Michael Campbell (4)
16
30 Jan
Heineken Classic
Western Australia
1,600,000
Michael Campbell (5)
36
EUR
6 Feb
Greg Norman Holden International
New South Wales
2,000,000
Lucas Parsons (4)
34
EUR
13 Feb
Ericsson Masters
Victoria
800,000
Michael Campbell (6)
18
20 Feb
Canon Challenge
New South Wales
550,000
Paul Gow (1)
16
5 Mar
ANZ Tour Championship
Australian Capital Territory
500,000
Andre Stolz (1)
16
Tour Championship
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars .[ 3]
Awards
Australasian Development Tour
The 2000 Australasian Development Tour was the inaugural season of the Australasian Development Tour , the official development tour of the PGA Tour of Australasia between 2000 and 2001.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.[ 5] [ 6]
Date
Tournament
Location
Purse (A$ )
Winner[ c]
Ref.
5 May
Schweppes South Australian PGA Championship
South Australia
100,000
Chris Gray (1)
[ 7]
21 May
Heineken Western Australian Open
Western Australia
100,000
Paul Sheehan (1)
[ 8]
28 May
WA PGA Championship
Western Australia
100,000
Matthew Habgood (1)
[ 9]
25 Jun
Polynesian Airlines Samoa Open
Samoa
100,000
David Bransdon (1)
[ 10]
23 Jul
Tahiti Open
Tahiti
100,000
David Bransdon (2)
[ 11]
30 Jul
New Caledonia Open
New Caledonia
100,000
Matthew Laroche (1)
[ 12]
6 Aug
Tusker Vanuatu Open
Vanuatu
100,000
Ed Stedman (1)
[ 13]
7 Oct
Eastern Australia Airlines Big Sky Country Open
New South Wales
100,000
Wayne Perske (1)
[ 14]
15 Oct
Crown Victorian PGA Championship
Victoria
100,000
Matthew Habgood (2)
[ 15]
22 Oct
Toyota Southern Classic
New South Wales
100,000
Scott Hend (1)
[ 16]
Notes
^ 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.
^ ASA − Asian PGA Tour ; EUR − European Tour .
^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Australasian Development Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Australasian Development Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour of Australasia .
References
^ "1999/2000 Tournament schedule" . PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 15 August 2000. Retrieved 12 August 2023 .
^ "1999-2000 Australasian Tour schedule" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 15 June 1999. p. 36. Retrieved 15 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1999/2000 Order of Merit" . PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 15 August 2000. Retrieved 12 August 2023 .
^ a b "Finally, Stolz finds himself in the winners circle" . The Age . Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 6 March 2000. p. 5 (Sport). Retrieved 15 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com. New Zealander Michael Campbell has been named player of the year at the tour's annual dinner... while the Norman Von Nida Shield for rookie of the year, went to Brett Rumford.
^ Morgan, Angus. "New Development Tour" . PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 1 August 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021 .
^ "David Bransdon" . PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 30 March 2002. Retrieved 27 December 2021 .
^ Buttigieg, Luke. "Gray the inaugural winner" . PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 1 August 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021 .
^ Buttigieg, Luke. "Sheehan captures WA Open" . PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 1 August 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021 .
^ Buttigieg, Luke. "Habgood wins WA PGA" . PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 1 August 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021 .
^ Buttigieg, Luke. "Bransdon's Open again" . PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 20 May 2002. Retrieved 27 December 2021 .
^ McNicol, Adam. "Bransdon does it again" . PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 29 April 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021 .
^ Buttigieg, Luke. "Laroche wins in New Caledonia" . PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 28 May 2003. Retrieved 27 December 2021 .
^ Buttigieg, Luke. "Steadman takes out Vanuatu Open" . PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 22 July 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021 .
^ Buttigieg, Luke. "Perske wins down the stretch" . PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 7 November 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021 .
^ Buttigieg, Luke. "Habgood salutes for second time" . PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 22 July 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021 .
^ Buttigieg, Luke. "Hend storms to title" . PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 7 November 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021 .
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