1994 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration6 January 1994 (1994-01-06) – 18 December 1994 (1994-12-18)
Number of official events14[lower-alpha 1]
Most winsUnited States Patrick Burke (2)
Australia Mike Clayton (2)
Order of MeritAustralia Robert Allenby
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1995 →

The 1994 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 23rd season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1994 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 2] OWGR
points		 Notes
9 Jan AMP New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$300,000 Australia Craig Jones (1) 16
23 Jan Optus Players Championship Victoria 285,000 United States Patrick Burke (1) 16
30 Jan Heineken Classic Western Australia 350,000 Australia Mike Clayton (5) 24
6 Feb Queensland PGA Championship Queensland – Removed –
20 Feb Microsoft Australian Masters Victoria 540,000 Australia Craig Parry (4) 32
27 Feb Canon Challenge New South Wales 300,000 Australia Peter Senior (13) 16
23 Oct Foodlink Queensland Open Queensland 200,000 Australia Lucas Parsons (2) 16
30 Oct Epson Singapore Open Singapore US$400,000 Myanmar Kyi Hla Han (1) 16
6 Nov Alfred Dunhill Masters Indonesia 350,000 Canada Jack Kay Jr. (1) 36 New tournament
13 Nov Victorian Open Victoria 200,000 United States Patrick Burke (2) 16
20 Nov Reebok Australian PGA Championship New South Wales 200,000 Scotland Andrew Coltart (1) 16
27 Nov Heineken Australian Open New South Wales 637,500 Australia Robert Allenby (4) 32 Flagship event
4 Dec Greg Norman's Holden Classic Victoria 637,500 Australia Anthony Gilligan (1) 28
11 Dec Air New Zealand Shell Open New Zealand NZ$300,000 Australia Shane Robinson (1) 16
18 Dec Schweppes Coolum Classic Queensland 200,000 Australia Mike Clayton (6) 16

Order of Merit

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

PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1Australia Robert Allenby199,645
2Australia Craig Parry185,920
3United States Patrick Burke182,571
4Australia Mike Clayton177,663
5Australia Anthony Gilligan136,327

Notes

  1. ↑ A further one tournament was scheduled but was removed from the schedule.
  2. ↑ 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Amateurs keen to mix it with the pros and shoot for $70,000". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. 3 February 1994. p. 23. Retrieved 13 June 2022 – via Trove.
  2. 1 2 Williams, Michael (1995). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1995. Macmillan. pp. 105–106. ISBN 0333626818. Retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ↑ "Australasian PGA Tour Final Order of Merit for 1994". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 20 December 1994. p. 20. Retrieved 13 June 2022 – via Trove.
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