2008 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 2008 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.

2008 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration14 February 2008 (2008-02-14) – 14 December 2008 (2008-12-14)
Number of official events7
Order of Merit Mark Brown
← 2007
2009 →

Schedule

The table below shows the 2008 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. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australasia events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australasia members.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)		 Winner OWGR
points		 Other
tours[lower-alpha 1]		 Notes
17 Feb HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand US$650,000 Darron Stiles (1) 12 NWT
24 Feb Moonah Classic Victoria US$750,000 Ewan Porter (1) 16 NWT
2 Mar Johnnie Walker Classic India £1,250,000 Mark Brown (1) 38 ASA, EUR
9 Nov HSBC Champions China US$5,000,000 Sergio García (n/a) 52 AFR, ASA, EUR
30 Nov Sportsbet Australian Masters Victoria 1,500,000 Rod Pampling (2) 22 EUR
7 Dec Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship Queensland 1,500,000 Geoff Ogilvy (1) 26
14 Dec Australian Open New South Wales 1,500,000 Tim Clark (n/a) 32 Flagship event

Sources:[1][2]

Order of Merit
PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1 Mark Brown440,027
2 Rod Pampling368,300
3 Geoff Ogilvy316,500
4 Scott Strange268,644
5 Greg Chalmers204,039
6 Robert Allenby194,300
7 Marcus Fraser190,196
8 Ewan Porter185,823
9 David Smail150,741
10 Darron Stiles145,157

Source:[3]

Von Nida Tour

The Von Nida Tour consisted of 5 tournaments, all played in Australia. Prize money for each event was between A$100,000 and 125,000.[4] Three other events were planned but were either cancelled or dropped from the schedule.[5] In October 2008 it was announced that the Von Nida Tour events would be absorbed into the main tour from the start of 2009.[6]

Date Tournament Location Winner Ref.
3 FebNAB Victorian PGA ChampionshipVictoria Marc Leishman (4) [7]
27 AprOG Roberts South Australian PGA ChampionshipSouth Australia Heath Reed (1) [8]
2 NovOceanique WA PGA ChampionshipWestern Australia Michael Long (1) [9]
9 NovCellarbrations NSW PGA ChampionshipNew South Wales Tim Wood (2) [10]
16 NovNSW OpenNew South Wales Aaron Townsend (1) [11]

Order of Merit leaders

Michael Long won the Order of Merit, A$760 ahead of Aaron Townsend.[12] The leading five are given below.[13]

PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1 Michael Long27,650
2 Aaron Townsend26,890
3 Tim Wood24,972
4 Peter Senior19,731
5 Heath Reed17,550

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

References
  1. 2008 PGA Tour of Australasia Schedule
  2. "Events – PGA Tour of Australasia – 2008". Official World Golf Ranking.
  3. "2008 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit". Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. "Von Nida Tour 2008". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. "2008 Von Nida Tour". Aussiesportsinfo.com. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. "Secondary events absorbed into Australasian tour". PGA of Australia. 28 October 2008. Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. "nab Victorian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. "OG Roberts South Australian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. "Oceanique WA PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. "Cellarbrations NSW PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. "NSW Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  12. "Townsend wins NSW Open". PGA of Australia. 17 November 2008. Archived from the original on 21 September 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  13. "2008 Von Nida Tour OOM". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 21 September 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
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