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2006 PGA Tour of Australasia

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The 2006 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 34th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

2006 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration9 February 2006 (2006-02-09) – 10 December 2006 (2006-12-10)
Number of official events7
Order of MeritAustralia Nick O'Hern
← 2005
2007 →

Schedule edit

The following table lists official events during the 2006 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$) 		Winner[a] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[b] 		Notes
12 Feb Johnnie Walker Classic Western Australia £1,250,000   Kevin Stadler (n/a) 44 ASA, EUR
19 Feb Jacob's Creek Open Championship South Australia 1,000,000   Paul Sheehan (1) 16 NWT
26 Feb ING New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand US$600,000   Jim Rutledge (n/a) 16 NWT
19 Nov MFS Australian Open New South Wales 1,500,000   John Senden (1) 32 Flagship event
26 Nov MasterCard Masters Victoria 1,250,000   Justin Rose (n/a) 30 EUR
3 Dec Blue Chip New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$1,500,000   Nathan Green (2) 20 EUR
10 Dec Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship Queensland 1,200,000   Nick O'Hern (2) 34

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 		Other
tours[b] 		Notes
12 Nov HSBC Champions China US$5,000,000   Yang Yong-eun 52 AFR, ASA, EUR Limited-field event

Order of Merit edit

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   Nick O'Hern 583,820
2   Kevin Stadler 523,098
3   Nathan Green 346,108
4   Richard Green 343,048
5   Paul Sheehan 215,964

Von Nida Tour edit

2006 Von Nida Tour season
Duration26 January 2006 (2006-01-26) – 12 November 2006 (2006-11-12)
Number of official events11
Most wins  David Diaz (2)
  Marc Leishman (2)
  Cameron Percy (2)
Order of Merit  Marc Leishman
← 2005
2007 →

The 2006 Von Nida Tour was the fourth season of the Von Nida Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour of Australasia between 2003 and 2008.

Schedule edit

The following table lists official events during the 2006 season.[4]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$) 		Winner[c] Ref.
29 Jan National Australia Bank Victorian PGA Championship Victoria 105,000   Steven Jeffress (1) [5]
5 Feb Victorian Open Victoria 110,000   David Diaz (1) [6]
12 Mar Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship New South Wales 110,000   Paul Marantz (1) [7]
19 Mar Toyota Southern Classic New South Wales 100,000   Marc Leishman (1) [8]
5 May South Australian PGA Championship South Australia 100,000   David Diaz (2) [9]
28 May Western Australia PGA Championship Western Australia 100,000   Andrew Pitt (1) [10]
15 Oct North QLD X-Ray Services Cairns Classic Queensland 105,000   Marc Leishman (2) [11]
22 Oct Minniecon & Burke Queensland Masters Queensland 105,000   Cameron Percy (2) [12]
29 Oct Roadcon Group Queensland Open Queensland 105,000   Ricky Schmidt (1) [13]
5 Nov Greater Building Society QLD PGA Championship Queensland 105,000   Cameron Percy (3) [14]
12 Nov Proton New South Wales Open New South Wales 125,000   Rick Kulacz (a) (1) [15]

Order of Merit edit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[16] The top 10 players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2007 PGA Tour of Australasia.[16][17]

Position Player Prize money (A$)
1   Marc Leishman 54,679
2   Cameron Percy 45,613
3   David Diaz 35,810
4   Tony McFadyean 23,749
5   Ricky Schmidt 23,454

Notes edit

  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. ^ 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 edit

  1. ^ "2006 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. ^ "2006 Order of Merit". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ^ "O'Hern ends long wait for victory". BBC Sport. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 9 August 2023. The win also secured the Australasian order of merit title for the 35-year-old O'Hern.
  4. ^ "Von Nida Tour 2006 Tournament schedule". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. ^ "National Australia Bank Victorian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Victorian Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Toyota Southern Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. ^ "South Australian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Western Australian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. ^ "North QLD X-Ray Services Cairns Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Minniecon & Burke Queensland Masters results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Roadcon Group Queensland Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Greater Building Society QLD PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Proton New South Wales Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  16. ^ a b "Leishman tops Von Nida Tour Order of Merit". PGA of Australia. 13 November 2006. Archived from the original on 4 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021. In winning the Von Nida Tour Order of Merit, Leishman will be afforded a variety of exemptions to the Australasian PGA Tour in 2007...
  17. ^ "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.

External links edit

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