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2008 PGA Tour of Australasia

2008 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration14 February 2008 (2008-02-14) – 14 December 2008 (2008-12-14)
Number of official events6
Order of MeritNew Zealand Mark Brown
← 2007
2009 →

The 2008 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 36th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.[1]

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

Unofficial events

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The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$) 		Winner OWGR
points 		Other
tours[b] 		Notes
9 Nov HSBC Champions China US$5,000,000 Spain Sergio García 52 AFR,[c] ASA,[d] EUR Limited-field event

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[2][3]

Position Player Prize money (A$)
1 New Zealand Mark Brown 440,027
2 Australia Rod Pampling 368,300
3 Australia Geoff Ogilvy 316,500
4 Australia Scott Strange 268,644
5 Australia Greg Chalmers 204,039

Von Nida Tour

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2008 Von Nida Tour season
Duration31 January 2008 (2008-01-31) – 16 November 2008 (2008-11-16)
Number of official events5[e]
Order of MeritNew Zealand Michael Long
← 2007

The 2008 Von Nida Tour was the sixth and final season of the Von Nida Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour of Australasia between 2003 and 2008.

In October, it was announced that the Von Nida Tour events would be absorbed into the main tour from the start of 2009.[4]

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.[5]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$) 		Winner[f] Ref.
3 Feb NAB Victorian PGA Championship Victoria 110,000 Australia Marc Leishman (4) [6]
27 Apr OG Roberts South Australian PGA Championship South Australia 110,000 Australia Heath Reed (1) [7]
12 Oct QLD PGA Championship Queensland – Removed
19 Oct Queensland Open Queensland – Cancelled
26 Oct WA Open Western Australia – Removed
2 Nov Oceanique WA PGA Championship Western Australia 110,000 New Zealand Michael Long (1) [8]
9 Nov Cellarbrations NSW PGA Championship New South Wales 100,000 Australia Tim Wood (2) [9]
16 Nov NSW Open New South Wales 125,000 Australia Aaron Townsend (1) [10]

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[11][12] The top 10 players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2009 PGA Tour of Australasia.[13]

Position Player Prize money (A$)
1 New Zealand Michael Long 27,651
2 Australia Aaron Townsend 26,890
3 Australia Tim Wood 24,972
4 Australia Peter Senior 19,731
5 Australia Heath Reed 17,550
6 Australia Steven Jones 13,693
7 Australia Tristan Lambert 13,688
8 Australia Kurt Barnes 13,484
9 Australia Peter Wilson 12,640
10 Australia Ryan Hammond 10,102

Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b AFR − Sunshine Tour; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; NWT − Nationwide Tour.
  3. ^ Sunshine Tour unofficial event
  4. ^ Asian Tour unofficial event
  5. ^ A further three tournaments were scheduled but were either cancelled or otherwise removed from the schedule.
  6. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Von Nida Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Von Nida Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour of Australasia.

References

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  1. ^ "2008 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. ^ "2008 Order of Merit". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Brown claims 2008 Australasian Order of Merit Crown". ausgolf.com.au. 15 December 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Secondary events absorbed into Australasian tour". PGA of Australia. 28 October 2008. Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Von Nida Tour 2008 Tournament schedule". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  6. ^ "nab Victorian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. ^ "OG Roberts South Australian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Oceanique WA PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Cellarbrations NSW PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. ^ "NSW Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. ^ "2008 Von Nida Tour OOM". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 21 September 2009. 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. Perth based New Zealander Long clinched the 2008 Von Nida Money List Trophy by $760.00 over Townsend. The forty year old finished the year on a high with a win at the Oceanique WA PGA Championship two weeks ago and immediately backed up with a runner up finish at last week's Cellarbrations NSW PGA Championship, finishing on a total of $27,650.
  13. ^ "Felton tops 2004 Von Nida Tour". PGA Tour of Australasia. 24 November 2004. Archived from the original on 13 January 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2022. ...the Von Nida Tour provides fully-exempt Australasian Tour cards to the top 10 players on the moneylist who would not otherwise be exempt.
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