2006 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 2006 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.

2006 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration9 February 2006 (2006-02-09) – 10 December 2006 (2006-12-10)
Number of official events8
Order of Merit Nick O'Hern
← 2005
2007 →

Schedule

The table below shows the 2006 schedule. It only lists official money events on the main tour. For a complete table of events recognised by the PGA Tour of Australasia, including Von Nida Tour events and World Golf Championships see the official site.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)		 Winner OWGR
points		 Other
tours[lower-alpha 1]		 Notes
12 Feb Johnnie Walker Classic Western Australia £1,250,000 Kevin Stadler (n/a) 44 ASA, EUR
19 Feb Jacob's Creek Open Championship South Australia 1,000,000 Paul Sheehan (1) 16 NWT
26 Feb ING New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand US$600,000 Jim Rutledge (n/a) 16 NWT
12 Nov HSBC Champions China US$5,000,000 Yang Yong-eun (n/a) 52 AFR, ASA, EUR
19 Nov MFS Australian Open New South Wales 1,500,000 John Senden (1) 32 Flagship event
26 Nov MasterCard Masters Victoria 1,250,000 Justin Rose (n/a) 30 EUR
3 Dec Blue Chip New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$1,500,000 Nathan Green (2) 20 EUR
10 Dec Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship Queensland 1,200,000 Nick O'Hern (2) 34

Source:[1][2][3]

Order of Merit
PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1 Nick O'Hern583,820
2 Kevin Stadler523,098
3 Nathan Green346,108
4 Richard Green343,048
5 Paul Sheehan215,964
6 Wade Ormsby210,606
7 Brett Rumford204,828
8 Robert Allenby196,642
9 Jarrod Lyle188,429
10 Peter Lonard183,150

Source:[4]

Von Nida Tour

The Von Nida Tour consisted of 11 tournaments, all played in Australia. Prize money for each event was between A$100,000 and 125,000.[5]

Date Tournament Location Winner Ref.
29 Jan National Australia Bank Victorian PGA Championship Victoria Steven Jeffress (1) [6]
5 Feb Victorian Open Victoria David Diaz (1) [7]
12 Mar Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship New South Wales Paul Marantz (1) [8]
19 Mar Toyota Southern Classic New South Wales Marc Leishman (1) [9]
5 May South Australian PGA Championship South Australia David Diaz (2) [10]
28 May Western Australia PGA Championship Western Australia Andrew Pitt (1) [11]
15 Oct North QLD X-Ray Services Cairns Classic Queensland Marc Leishman (2) [12]
22 Oct Minniecon & Burke Queensland Masters Queensland Cameron Percy (2) [13]
29 Oct Roadcon Group Queensland Open Queensland Ricky Schmidt (1) [14]
5 Nov Greater Building Society QLD PGA Championship Queensland Cameron Percy (3) [15]
12 Nov Proton New South Wales Open New South Wales Rick Kulacz (a) (1) [16]

Order of Merit leaders

Marc Leishman won the Order of Merit, with Cameron Percy second.[17] The leading five are given below.[18]

PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1 Marc Leishman54,679
2 Cameron Percy45,612
3 David Diaz35,809
4 Tony McFadyean23,749
5 Ricky Schmidt23,453

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

References
  1. "2006 PGA Tour of Australasia Schedule". Archived from the original on 4 January 2007.
  2. 2006 PGA Tour of Australasia Schedule
  3. "Events – PGA Tour of Australasia – 2006". Official World Golf Ranking.
  4. "2006 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit". Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  5. "Von Nida Tour 2006". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. "National Australia Bank Victorian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. "Victorian Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. "Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. "Toyota Southern Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. "South Australian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. "Western Australian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  12. "North QLD X-Ray Services Cairns Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  13. "Minniecon & Burke Queensland Masters results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  14. "Roadcon Group Queensland Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  15. "Greater Building Society QLD PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  16. "Proton New South Wales Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  17. "Leishman tops Von Nida Tour Order of Merit". PGA of Australia. 13 November 2006. Archived from the original on 4 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  18. "Final Order of Merit". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 16 December 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
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