2004 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 2004 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia and New Zealand. The main tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia are played in the southern summer so they are split between the first and last months of the year. The tour's developmental series, known as the Von Nida Tour was played in the middle of the year.

2004 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration15 January 2004 (2004-01-15) – 12 December 2004 (2004-12-12)
Number of official events9
Most wins2:
Peter Lonard
Order of Merit Richard Green
← 2003
2005 →

Schedule

The table below shows the 2004 schedule. It only lists official money events on the main tour.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)		 Winner OWGR
points		 Other
tours[lower-alpha 1]		 Notes
18 Jan Holden New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$700,000 Terry Price (5) 16
1 Feb Johnnie Walker Classic South Australia £1,000,000 Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a) 24 ASA, EUR
8 Feb Heineken Classic Victoria 2,000,000 Ernie Els (n/a) 34 EUR
15 Feb ANZ Championship New South Wales 1,750,000 Brian Davis (n/a) 20 EUR
22 Feb Jacob's Creek Open South Australia US$700,000 Euan Walters (1) 12 NWT
18 Mar New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand US$700,000 Gavin Coles (2) 12 NWT
28 Nov Hillross Australian Open New South Wales 1,500,000 Peter Lonard (7) 32 Flagship event
5 Dec Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship Queensland 1,000,000 Peter Lonard (8) 22
12 Dec MasterCard Masters Victoria 1,250,000 Richard Green (1) 26

Sources:[1][2][3]

Order of Merit
PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1 Richard Green365,017
2 Euan Walters287,070
3 Gavin Coles248,872
4 Nick O'Hern242,274
5 Adam Scott232,097
6 Peter Fowler228,352
7 Peter Senior210,860
8 Bradley Hughes210,747
9 Scott Gardiner198,930
10 Brendan Jones173,421

Source:[4]

Von Nida Tour

The Von Nida Tour consisted of 11 tournaments, 10 in Australia and one in New Zealand. Prize money for each event was between A$100,000 and 105,000. The Victorian PGA Championship was not played and was moved to early 2005.[5][6]

Date Location State Winner Ref.
25 Jan Mitsubishi Motors Victorian Open Victoria Gareth Paddison (1) [7]
7 Mar Scenic Circle Hotels Dunedin Classic New Zealand Mahal Pearce (1) [8]
14 Mar Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship New South Wales Matthew Ecob (1) [9]
21 Mar Toyota Southern Classic New South Wales Brad McIntosh (1) [10]
2 May Schweppes SA PGA Championship South Australia Martin Doyle (2) [11]
30 May WA PGA Championship Western Australia Kim Felton (2) [12]
27 Jun Queensland Masters Queensland Kim Felton (3) [13]
4 Jul Cairns Classic Queensland Kim Felton (4) [14]
7 Nov QLD Group Queensland Open Queensland Steven Bowditch (1) [15]
14 Nov Toyota Queensland PGA Championship Queensland Kurt Barnes (1) [16]
21 Nov NSW Open New South Wales Peter Lonard (1) [17]

Notes
  1. ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; NWT − Nationwide Tour.

References
  1. 2004 PGA Tour of Australasia Schedule
  2. "Tour Information Centre – 2004". PGA Tour of Australasia.
  3. "Events – PGA Tour of Australasia – 2004". Official World Golf Ranking.
  4. "2004 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit". Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  5. "2004 Von Nida". PGA of Australia. 13 July 2004. Archived from the original on 5 August 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. "Von Nida Tour 2004". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 11 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. "Paddison cruises to Mitsubishi Motors Victorian Open Title". PGA of Australia. 25 January 2004. Archived from the original on 1 March 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. "Pearce punishes peers in Dunedin". PGA of Australia. 7 March 2004. Archived from the original on 20 May 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. "Second time lucky for Ecob". PGA of Australia. 14 March 2004. Archived from the original on 23 April 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. "Toyota Southern Classic - Rd4". PGA of Australia. 21 March 2004. Archived from the original on 1 April 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. "Doyle leads all the way". PGA of Australia. 2 May 2004. Archived from the original on 21 June 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  12. "2004 WA PGA Championship". PGA of Australia. 30 May 2004. Archived from the original on 25 June 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  13. "Queensland Masters results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 28 April 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  14. "Cairns Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 28 April 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  15. "Q.L.D Group QLD Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 28 April 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  16. "Golf: Queensland PGA Championship". NZ Herald. 15 November 2004.
  17. "NSW Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 28 April 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
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