Australian PGA Seniors Championship

The Australian PGA Seniors Championship is a golf tournament in Australia.

History

The inaugural event was held in 1986. Legendary golfer Peter Thomson referred to the tournament as "a breakthrough" for Australian senior golf.[1] The 1986 and 1987 events were played concurrently with the Rich River Classic, a regular event on the PGA Tour of Australia. Both were won by the American Orville Moody.[2][3][4] The regular PGA Tour of Australia event, The Rich River Classic, was discontinued in 1988 because of a clash of dates. However, the Rich River Golf Course continued to host the seniors championship until 1995.[5] The 1988 championship was won by Jerry Stolhand.[6] Stolhand, an American who had lived in Australia since 1969, was killed in a car accident in February 1989 and was unable to defend the title.[7][8]

In 1996, star American golfer Lee Trevino played the event.[9] It was the first event he played in Australia in a decade.[10] He played it as a gift to his friend Bruce Devlin who designed Gold Creek Country Club, the course the event was played on.[9] He went on to win.[11]

In recent years the event has been held at Richmond Golf Club. In late 2020 it was announced that the course got a two-year extension to host the tournament through 2022.[12]

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
2023 Australia Jason Norris 196 −14 5 strokes Australia Stephen Allan
Australia Peter Lonard 		Richmond Golf Club [13]
2022 Australia Richard Green 199 −11 1 stroke Australia Andre Stolz Richmond Golf Club [14]
2021 Australia Guy Wall 66[a] −4 Playoff[b] Australia Peter Lonard Richmond Golf Club [15]
2020 Australia Andre Stolz 201 −9 4 strokes Australia Peter Lonard Richmond Golf Club [16]
2019 Australia Peter Senior 201 −9 1 stroke Australia Peter Fowler
Australia Peter O'Malley 		Richmond Golf Club [17][18]
2018 New Zealand Michael Long 198 −12 1 stroke Australia Peter Senior Richmond Golf Club [19]
2017 Australia David McKenzie[c] 202 −14 6 strokes Australia Peter Senior Twin Waters Golf Club &
Pelican Waters Golf Club 		[20][21]
2016 New Zealand Martin Pettigrew 214 −2 3 strokes Australia David Merriman Mollymook Golf Club (Hilltop) [22][23]
2015 Australia Rodger Davis 203 −7 Playoff[d] Australia Mike Harwood
Australia Peter Senior 		Richmond Golf Club [24][25]
2014 New Zealand Simon Owen 208 −2 Playoff[e] Australia Mike Harwood Richmond Golf Club [26][27]
2013 Australia Darryl Purchase 210 E 2 strokes Australia Kym Olsen Richmond Golf Club [28][29]
2012 Australia Mike Harwood 124[f] −6 2 strokes Australia Mike Zilko Gordon Golf Club [30][31]
2011 Australia Peter Fowler 207 −9 9 strokes Australia Mike Clayton
Australia David Hill 		Killara Golf Club [32]
2010 Australia Lyndsay Stephen 214 −2 2 strokes Jamaica Delroy Cambridge Killara Golf Club [33]
2009 Australia Peter Senior 207 −9 8 strokes Australia Larry Canning
Australia Mike Harwood 		Byron Bay Golf Club [34]
2008 Australia Noel Ratcliffe 212 −4 6 strokes Australia John Clifford
Australia Terry Gale
Australia David Merriman
New Zealand Stuart Reese 		Byron Bay Golf Club [35]
2007 Australia David Merriman 215 −1 2 strokes Australia Garry Merrick
New Zealand Craig Owen 		Byron Bay Golf Club [36]
2006 Australia Terry Gale 216 E 7 strokes New Zealand Stuart Reese Newcastle Golf Club [37]
2005 United States Tom Purtzer 206[g] −10 5 strokes Scotland John Chillas Club Pelican [38][39]
2004 Australia Mike Ferguson 291 +3 Playoff Australia Brian Jones Club Pelican [40]
2003 Australia John Clifford 218 +2 2 strokes Australia Geoff Parslow Penrith Golf Club [41]
2002 Australia Mike Ferguson 207 −9 6 strokes Australia Bryan Smith Penrith Golf Club [42][43]
2001 Australia Noel Ratcliffe 206 Playoff[h] Australia David Good Penrith Golf Club [44]
2000 New Zealand Barry Vivian 208 −8 4 strokes Australia Ian Brander
Australia Frank Conallin 		Penrith Golf Club [45][46]
1999 Australia Trevor Downing Twin Waters Golf Club
1998 Australia Ian Stanley 215 −1 1 stroke Japan Akio Toyoda Twin Waters Golf Club [47]
1997 Australia Terry Gale 216 Playoff[i] Australia Bob Shaw Twin Waters Golf Club [48][49]
1996 United States Lee Trevino 282 −6 5 strokes Australia Terry Gale Gold Creek Country Club [50][51]
1995 Australia Bill Dunk 281 2 strokes Australia Peter Headland Rich River Golf Club [52]
1994 Australia Rick L'Estrange 281 −7 2 strokes Australia Errol Hartvigsen Rich River Golf Club [53][54]
1993 Japan Akio Toyoda 284 7 strokes Australia Bill Dunk Rich River Golf Club [55]
1992 Japan Akio Toyoda 288 9 strokes Australia Bill Dunk
Australia John Klatt 		Rich River Golf Club [56]
1991 Australia John Davis 293 +5 1 stroke Australia Darrell Welch Rich River Golf Club [57][58][59]
1990 Australia Mike Kelly 291 +3 6 strokes Australia Col Johnston Rich River Golf Club [60][61]
1989 Australia Bill Dunk 282 12 strokes Australia Peter Thomson Rich River Golf Club [62]
1988 United States Jerry Stolhand 286 7 strokes Australia Ian Alexander Rich River Golf Club [6]
1987 United States Orville Moody 281 −7 10 strokes Australia Harry Berwick Rich River Golf Club [63][4]
1986 United States Orville Moody 276 −12 1 stroke Australia Peter Thomson Rich River Golf Club [64][3]
  1. ^ Shortened to 18 holes due to rain.
  2. ^ Wall won with a birdie on the fifth playoff hole.
  3. ^ The championship was incorporated into the Sunshine Coast Masters.
  4. ^ Davis won with a birdie on the third playoff hole. Senior was eliminated at the first extra hole.
  5. ^ Owen won with a birdie on the first playoff hole.
  6. ^ Contested over 36 holes.
  7. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
  8. ^ Radcliife won on the first extra hole.
  9. ^ Gale won with a par at the first extra hole.

Source: [65]

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