1989 PGA Tour of Australia
| Duration | 12 January 1989 – 17 December 1989 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 18 |
| Most wins |  Peter Senior (3) |
| Order of Merit | Peter Senior |
| Rookie of the Year |  Louis Brown |
← 1988 1990 → | |
The 1989 PGA Tour of Australia was the 18th season on the PGA Tour of Australia, the main professional golf tour in Australia since it was formed in 1973.
Schedule
[edit]The following table lists official events during the 1989 season.[1][2][3]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (A$) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jan | Daikyo Palm Meadows Cup | Queensland | 600,000 | Curtis Strange (n/a) |
30 | |
| 22 Jan | Coca-Cola Classic | Victoria | 600,000 |  Isao Aoki (n/a) |
18 | New tournament |
| 29 Jan | Asthma Foundation Victorian PGA Championship | Victoria | 100,000 | David Ecob (1) |
8 | |
| 5 Feb | Victorian Open | Victoria | 100,000 | Mike Clayton (3) |
16 | |
| 12 Feb | Mercedes-Benz Australian Match Play Championship | Victoria | 150,000 | Ossie Moore (3) |
8 | |
| 19 Feb | Australian Masters | Victoria | 450,000 | Greg Norman (27) |
36 | |
| 26 Feb | Australian Tournament Players Championship | New South Wales | 500,000 | Greg Norman (28) |
22 | |
| 12 Mar | Monro Interiors Nedlands Masters | Western Australia | 100,000 | Louis Brown (1) |
8 | |
| 19 Mar | Town and Country Joondalup Classic | Western Australia | 100,000 | Brad King (1) |
8 | New tournament |
| 22 Oct | Tattersall's Tasmanian Open | Tasmania | 100,000 | Ian Stanley (8) |
8 | |
| 29 Oct | Air New Zealand Shell Open | New Zealand | NZ$200,000 | Don Bies (n/a) |
16 | |
| 5 Nov | AMP New Zealand Open | New Zealand | NZ$150,000 |  Greg Turner (2) |
16 | |
| 12 Nov | Australian PGA Championship[b] | New South Wales | 500,000 | Peter Senior (7) |
20 | |
| 19 Nov | Ford New South Wales Open | New South Wales | 300,000 | Rodger Davis (9) |
18 | |
| 26 Nov | West End South Australian Open | South Australia | 150,000 |  Nick Price (n/a) |
8 | |
| 3 Dec | Australian Open | Victoria | 500,000 | Peter Senior (8) |
64 | |
| 10 Dec | Johnnie Walker Australian Classic | Victoria | 1,000,000 | Peter Senior (9) |
30 | |
| 17 Dec | Mirage Queensland Open | Queensland | 300,000 | Brett Ogle (2) |
8 |
Unofficial events
[edit]The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (A$) |
Winner | OWGR points |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct | Queensland PGA Championship | Queensland | 100,000 | Zoran Zorkic |
n/a |
Order of Merit
[edit]The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[3][4]
| Position | Player | Prize money (A$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Senior |
443,196 |
| 2 | Greg Norman |
228,600 |
| 3 | Peter Fowler |
221,900 |
| 4 | Rodger Davis |
191,311 |
| 5 | Brett Ogle |
130,206 |
Awards
[edit]| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Rookie of the Year | Louis Brown |
[5] |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australia events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australia members.
- ^ incorporating the New South Wales PGA Championship.
References
[edit]- ^ Thomson, Geoff (4 May 1989). "Left-handers in the spotlight". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. p. 21. Retrieved 5 November 2023 – via Trove.
- ^ Thomson, Geoff (9 March 1989). "Queanbeyan grabs top spot". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. p. 18. Retrieved 5 November 2023 – via Trove.
- ^ a b Wilson, Mark; Viney, Laurence (1990). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1990. Macmillan. pp. 94–96. ISBN 0333518616. Retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "Australien-touren Penningligan" [Australian Tour Money list]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 1. January 1990. p. 85. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "1993 Nike Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
Louis Brown | 1989 Australian Tour Rookie of the Year, won the Nedlands Masters that season on the Australian Tour.