The Papua New Guinea Open is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia. The event is held at Royal Port Moresby Golf Club, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It has been a tour event since 2016. Total prize money was A$140,000 in 2016, rising to $142,000 in 2017, $145,000 in 2018 and $150,000 in 2019. The 2019 winner was Peter Cooke who won by 2 strokes.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| Established | 1977 |
| Course(s) | Royal Port Moresby Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,854 yards (6,267 m) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | A$180,000 |
| Month played | May |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 265 Daniel Gale (2018) |
| To par | −23 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Lachlan Barker | |
| Location map | |
  Royal Port Moresby GC Location in Papua New Guinea | |
In 1978, Papua New Guinea joined the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation with the intention of adding the Papua New Guinea Open to the Asia Golf Circuit,[1] but attempts were ultimately aborted.[2][3] That year, the PNG Open had a field of 144 competitors, including 40 professionals, 37 of whom were from Australia.[4]
After a three-year hiatus from 2020 to 2022, the tournament returned in 2023, featuring as the season-opening event on the 2023–24 PGA Tour of Australasia season.[5]
Winners edit
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNG Open | ||||||
| 2023 | Lachlan Barker |
274 | −14 | 4 strokes | Jack Murdoch
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| 2021–22: No tournament | ||||||
| SP Export PNG Golf Open | ||||||
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[6] | |||||
| SP PNG Golf Open | ||||||
| 2019 | Peter Cooke |
270 | −18 | 2 strokes | Jack Wilson
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| 2018 | Daniel Gale |
265 | −23 | 9 strokes | Braden Becker Tim Stewart
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| SP Brewery PNG Golf Open | ||||||
| 2017 | Cory Crawford |
278 | −10 | Playoff | Brett Rankin
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| South Pacific Export Radler PNG Open | ||||||
| 2016 | Brad Moules |
277 | −11 | Playoff | Anthony Quayle (a) Aaron Wilkin
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- Prior to PGA Tour of Australasia sanctioning
This list is incomplete
- 2015 Josh Cabban
- 2014 Kalem Richardson
- 2013 Pieter Zwart
- 2012 Paul Spargo
- 2011 Matthew Ballard
- 2010 Leigh Deagan
- 2009 Michael Wright
- 2008 Joshua Carmichael
- 2007 Andrew Bonhomme
- 2006 Pat Giles
- 2005 Eddie Barr
- 2004 Troy Kennedy
- 2003 Dean Alaban
- 2002 Chris Downes
- 2001 David Grenfell
- 2000 Kyle Woodbine
- 1999 Eddie Barr
- 1998 Lucas Bimbo
- 1997 Anthony Musgrave
- 1996 Neal Kerry
- 1995 Dale Walsh
- 1994 Mark Officer
- 1979 Gerard Taylor[7]
- 1978 Mike Ferguson[8]
- 1977 Ted Ball[9]
References edit
- ^ "Asian circuit expands". The Straits Times. Singapore. 20 March 1978. p. 22. Retrieved 20 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "PNG golfers enter big league". Papua New Guinea Post-courier. Papua New Guinea. 12 April 1978. p. 40. Retrieved 20 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "PNG pull out from circuit". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 October 1980. p. 37. Retrieved 20 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
- ^ "40 professionals enter PNG Open". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier (Port Moresby : 1969 - 1981). 13 September 1978. p. 38. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ^ "PNG Open returns to kick off 2023 season". PGA of Australia. Australian Golf Media. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ "Morobe and PNG Opens cancelled due to COVID-19". PGA of Australia. 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Consistency gives Taylor golf victory". Papua New Guinea Post-courier. Papua New Guinea. 21 September 1979. p. 62. Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Six-stroke victory". Papua New Guinea Post-courier. Papua New Guinea. 18 September 1978. p. 35. Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Ball fights off pain to win first PNG Open". Papua New Guinea Post-courier. Papua New Guinea. 15 June 1977. p. 31. Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via Trove.