1987 PGA Tour of Australia season
Duration27 November 1986 (1986-11-27) – 30 November 1987 (1987-11-30)
Number of official events15
Most winsAustralia Peter Senior (3)
Order of MeritAustralia Peter Senior
← 1986
1988 →

The 1987 PGA Tour of Australia was the 16th season on the PGA Tour of Australia, the main professional golf tour in Australia since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1987 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points		 Notes
30 NovAir New Zealand Shell OpenNew ZealandNZ$150,000Australia Rodger Davis (6)20
7 DecNissan-Mobil New Zealand OpenNew ZealandNZ$120,000Australia Rodger Davis (7)20
26 JanU-Bix Classic[lower-alpha 2]Australian Capital Territory100,000Australia Peter Senior (4)12
1 FebFoster's Tattersall Tasmanian OpenTasmania75,000Australia Brian Jones (4)12
8 FebRobert Boyd Transport Australian Match Play ChampionshipVictoria100,000Australia Ian Baker-Finch (6)14
15 FebAustralian MastersVictoria300,000Australia Greg Norman (21)40
22 FebRobert Boyd Transport Victorian OpenVictoria110,000Australia Roger Mackay (1)22
29 FebRich River ClassicNew South Wales75,000Australia Peter Senior (5)10
11 OctKonica Queensland OpenQueensland75,000Australia David Graham (6)10
18 OctQueensland PGA ChampionshipQueensland75,000Australia Peter Senior (6)10
25 OctNational Panasonic New South Wales OpenNew South Wales150,000Australia Craig Parry (1)18
1 NovESP Australian PGA ChampionshipNew South Wales170,000Australia Roger Mackay (2)16
15 NovWest End South Australian OpenSouth Australia100,000Northern Ireland Ronan Rafferty (1)12
22 NovNational Panasonic Western Australian OpenWestern Australia80,000Australia Gerry Taylor (1)12
30 NovNational Panasonic Australian OpenVictoria300,000Australia Greg Norman (22)40

Order of Merit

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

PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1Australia Peter Senior94,492
2Australia Roger Mackay73,994
3Australia Rodger Davis70,465
4Australia Vaughan Somers57,165
5United States Mike Colandro49,731

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ incorporating the New South Wales PGA Championship.

References

  1. ↑ McCormack, Mark H. (1988). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988. Collins Willow. pp. 232–244, 447–458. ISBN 0002182831. Retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Archive.org.
  2. ↑ "Curtis Strange första stora segern | Penningligan" [Curtis Strange's first big win | Money list]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 1. January 1988. p. 71. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
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