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South Australian PGA Championship

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The South Australian PGA Championship was a professional golf tournament played in South Australia. It was first held in 1927.

OG Roberts South Australian PGA Championship
Tournament information
LocationMount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
Established1927
Course(s)Blue Lake Golf Club
Par67
Length5,993 yards (5,480 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Von Nida Tour
Australasian Development Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundA$110,000
Month playedApril
Final year2008
Tournament record score
Aggregate248 Heath Reed (2008)
To par−20 Richard Ball (2002)
−20 Heath Reed (2008)
Score8 and 7 Rufus Stewart (1939)
Final champion
Australia Heath Reed
Location map
Blue Lake GC is located in Australia
Blue Lake GC
Blue Lake GC
Location in Australia
Blue Lake GC is located in South Australia
Blue Lake GC
Blue Lake GC
Location in South Australia

History edit

The first South Australian Professional Championship was held in 1927 and was a 72-hole stroke-play event. It was won by Rufus Stewart, four ahead of Fergus McMahon. Stewart had recently won the Australian Open.[1] McMahon won in 1928, 1929 and 1930, and as a three-time winner he permanently kept the trophy that had been presented in 1927.[2] With only a small number of professional in the state, there were only four different winners in the first 15 championships. Stewart won 6 times and McMahon 5 times, while Alf Toogood won twice, before he moved to Tasmania, and Willie Harvey also won twice, in 1938 and 1940.[3][4] The format changed to match-play in 1937, all matches being over 36 holes. In 1937 and 1938 there were just 8 entries and a straight knock-out format was used.[5][6] However, there were 9 entries in 1939 and a 36-hole qualifying stage was used to reduce the field to 8.[7] In 1940 the qualifying stage was retained but just four players advanced to the match-play stage.[8] The 1941 event was reduced to a single day, with 36 holes of stroke-play.[9]

The championship resumed in 1946, using the 1940 format with four players qualifying, and this format was retained for a number of years.[10][11] From 1946 to 1950 only 16 players qualified for the Australian PGA Championship. Each state was allocated a specific number of places and organised their own qualifying event for those places. South Australia was allocated just one place. In 1946 there was a 36-hole qualifying event but from 1947 to 1950 the winner of the South Australian Professional Championship qualified.[12][13]

In 1952 there was a dispute between the two finalists, Brian Crafter and Fred Thompson. Crafter won the match at the 38th hole but at the 35th hole he had lifted and dropped his ball away from a staked tree. Thompson objected and the matter was not fully resolved until just before the 1953 event, confirming Crafter as the winner.[14][15][16]

Winners edit

Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
OG Roberts South Australian PGA Championship
2008 VNT   Heath Reed 248 −20 2 strokes   Tristan Lambert
  Peter Senior
  Aaron Townsend		 Blue Lake
Hahn South Australian PGA Championship
2007 VNT   Tim Wise 266 −14 Playoff   Ashley Hall Blue Lake
South Australian PGA Championship
2006 VNT   David Diaz 279 −9 1 stroke   Dean Alaban Tanunda Pines
SA PGA Championship
2005 VNT   Tony McFadyean 273 −15 1 stroke   Andrew Duffin The Grange
Schweppes SA PGA Championship
2004 VNT   Martin Doyle 282 −6 5 strokes   Brad Lamb The Grange [17]
2003 VNT   Stuart Bouvier (2) 268 −16 1 stroke   Scott Hend The Vines
2002 ANZ   Richard Ball 264 −20 5 strokes   Adrian Percey The Vines
2001 ANZDT   Tony Carolan 282 −10 Playoff   Chris Gray Tea Tree Gully [18][19]
Schweppes South Australian PGA Championship
2000 ANZDT   Chris Gray 279 −9 2 strokes   Craig Carmichael Glenelg
South Australian PGA Championship
1998–1999: No information known
1997   David Capaldo 205 −11 2 strokes   Shane Robinson McCracken [20]
1996 FT   Lyndsay Stephen 278 −10 Playoff   Craig Spence McCracken [21]
1995 FT   Stuart Bouvier 206 −10 Playoff   David Bransdon McCracken [22]
Lasseters SA and NT PGA Championship
1994 FT   Stuart Appleby 201 −15 11 strokes   Michael Barry Alice Springs [23][24]
South Australian PGA Championship
1993   Mark Officer 202 2 strokes   Mike Colandro Wirrina Cove [25]
1990–1992: No information known
1989   Roger Stephens 142 −2 1 stroke   Peter Lonard Wirrina [26]
1978–1988: No information known
1977   David Galloway   Flagstaff Hill [27]
1976   Bob Tuohy 285 −3 1 stroke   Frank Phillips Flagstaff Hill [28]
1975   Vaughan Somers 287 2 strokes   Vic Bennetts
  Frank Phillips		 [29]
1974   John Sheargold 288 1 stroke   Stan Peach [30]
1973 ANZ   Stan Peach   [31]
1972: No information known
1971   Vic Bennetts 9 strokes   Barry Coxon
  Bill Dunk
  Jerry Stolhand		 [32]
1970   Glen McCully 290 3 strokes   Murray Crafter
  Dennis Ingram
  Stan Peach		 Kooyonga [33]
1962–1969: No information known
1961   John Sullivan 2 and 1   Murray Crafter [34]
1960   Murray Crafter (7) 6 and 5   John Sullivan Royal Adelaide [35]
1959: No information known
1958   Murray Crafter (6) 3 and 2   Brian Crafter Royal Adelaide [36]
1957   Murray Crafter (5)  
1956   Murray Crafter (4)  
1955   Murray Crafter (3)  
1954   Bruce Auld (3) 1 up   Murray Crafter Royal Adelaide [37]
1953   Fred Thompson 2 up   Murray Crafter Royal Adelaide [38]
1952   Brian Crafter 38 holes   Fred Thompson Kooyonga [14]
1951   Murray Crafter (2) 6 and 5   Brian Crafter Royal Adelaide [39]
1950   Murray Crafter 5 and 4   Gordon Westthorp Kooyonga [13]
1949   Bruce Auld (2) 37 holes   Willie Harvey Royal Adelaide [40]
1948   Gordon Westthorp 2 up   Denis Denehey Kooyonga [41]
1947   Denis Denehey 6 and 5   Willie Harvey Royal Adelaide [42]
1946   Bruce Auld 4 and 3   Willie Harvey Kooyonga [43]
1942–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1941   Rufus Stewart (6) 159 4 strokes   Sam Walsh Kooyonga [44]
1940   Willie Harvey (2) 2 up   Fergus McMahon Kooyonga [4]
1939   Rufus Stewart (5) 8 and 7   Bill Robertson Royal Adelaide [45]
1938   Willie Harvey 5 and 3   Bruce Auld Kooyonga [46]
1937   Fergus McMahon (5) 5 and 4   Rufus Stewart Royal Adelaide [47]
1936   Rufus Stewart (4) 301 4 strokes   Fergus McMahon Royal Adelaide [48]
1935   Rufus Stewart (3) 294 4 strokes   Fergus McMahon Royal Adelaide [49]
1934   Fergus McMahon (4) 297 14 strokes   Alf Toogood Kooyonga [50]
1933   Alf Toogood (2) 296 2 strokes   Fergus McMahon Royal Adelaide [3]
1932   Alf Toogood 302 2 strokes   Rufus Stewart Royal Adelaide [51]
1931   Rufus Stewart (2) 303 5 strokes   Willie Harvey Royal Adelaide [52]
1930   Fergus McMahon (3) 307 Playoff   Alf Toogood Royal Adelaide [2][53]
1929   Fergus McMahon (2) 296 4 strokes   Rufus Stewart Royal Adelaide [54]
1928   Fergus McMahon 297 4 strokes   Rufus Stewart Royal Adelaide [55]
1927   Rufus Stewart 299 5 strokes   Fergus McMahon Royal Adelaide [1]
  1. ^ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ANZDT − Australasian Development Tour; FT − Foundation Tour; VNT − Von Nida Tour.

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