Australian PGA Championship

The Australian PGA Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia. It is the home tournament of the Australian PGA and dates back to 1905. Since 2000 it has been held in the South East Queensland region.

Australian PGA Championship

Tournament information
Location	Queensland, Australia
Established	1905
Course(s)	RACV Royal Pines Resort
Par	72
Length	7,379 yards (6,747 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia European Tour (since 2015) OneAsia Tour (2009–14)
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	A$1,500,000
Month played	December
Current champion
Adam Scott

RACV Royal Pines Resort

Location in Australia

The tournament was also part of the OneAsia Tour from 2009 to 2014. Since 2015 it has been co-sanctioned with the European Tour.

The winner receives the Joe Kirkwood Cup, given by Australian golfer Joe Kirkwood, Sr. and first presented to Rufus Stewart in 1929.[1][2]

The event was a match-play event until 1963, but in 1964 the tournament changed its format to 72-hole stroke-play. It has been played in that format to the current day, with the exception of 1973 when it reverted to match-play for a single season. Before World War II the Professional Championship was generally played as part of the Championship meeting, which also included the Open Championship and the Australian Amateur Championship, An exception was in 1926 when the Professional Championship was contested as part of the Sun-Herald Tournament.[3]

Venues

Venue	Location	First	Last	Times
Royal Melbourne Golf Club	Melbourne, Victoria	1905	1983	14
Royal Sydney Golf Club	Sydney, NSW	1906	1966	7
The Australian Golf Club	Sydney, NSW	1908	1937	5
Oakleigh Golf Club	Melbourne, Victoria	1909	1913	2
Glenelg Golf Club	Adelaide, South Australia	1910	1910	1
Concord Golf Club	Sydney, NSW	1921	1993	4
Royal Adelaide Golf Club	Adelaide, South Australia	1923	1938	5
Metropolitan Golf Club	Melbourne, Victoria	1930	1968	5
Manly Golf Club	Sydney, New South Wales	1946	1946	1
Royal Hobart Golf Club	Hobart, Tasmania	1948	1948	1
Royal Perth Golf Club	Perth, Western Australia	1949	1949	1
The Lakes Golf Club	Sydney, NSW	1950	1987	3
Roseville Golf Club	Sydney, NSW	1952	1952	1
Indooroopilly Golf Club	Brisbane, Queensland	1956	1956	1
Huntingdale Golf Club	Melbourne, Victoria	1957	1957	1
Kooyonga Golf Club	Adelaide, South Australia	1958	1958	1
New South Wales Golf Club	Sydney, NSW	1959	1998	5
Royal Fremantle Golf Club	Fremantle, Western Australia	1960	1960	1
Rossdale Golf Club	Melbourne, Victoria	1961	1962	2
Oatlands Golf Club	Sydney, NSW	1963	1963	1
Monash Country Club	Sydney, NSW	1964	1984	2
Riversdale Golf Club	Melbourne, Victoria	1965	1965	1
Royal Canberra Golf Club	Canberra, ACT	1969	1969	1
Surfers Paradise Golf Club	Gold Coast, Queensland	1970	1971	2
Bonnie Doon Golf Club	Sydney, NSW	1973	1973	1
Liverpool Golf Club	Sydney, NSW	1974	1974	1
Burleigh Heads Golf Club	Gold Coast, Queensland	1975	1975	1
Rosebud Country Club	Melbourne, Victoria	1976	1976	1
Yarra Yarra Golf Club	Melbourne, Victoria	1977	1977	1
Castle Hill Country Club	Sydney, NSW	1985	1986	2
Riverside Oaks Golf Resort	Sydney, NSW	1988	1990	3
Victoria Golf Club	Melbourne, Victoria	1999	1999	1
Royal Queensland Golf Club	Brisbane, Queensland	2000	2020	3
Palmer Coolum Resort (Hyatt Regency Coolum)	Sunshine Coast, Queensland	2002	2012	11
RACV Royal Pines Resort	Gold Coast, Queensland	2013	2019	7

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Australian PGA Championship
2019	Adam Scott (2)	Australia	Royal Pines	275	−13	2 strokes	Michael Hendry
2018	Cameron Smith (2)	Australia	Royal Pines	272	−16	2 strokes	Marc Leishman
2017	Cameron Smith	Australia	Royal Pines	270	−18	Playoff	Jordan Zunic
2016	Harold Varner III	United States	Royal Pines	269	−19	2 strokes	Andrew Dodt
2015	Nathan Holman	Australia	Royal Pines	288	E	Playoff	Dylan Frittelli Harold Varner III
2014	Greg Chalmers (2)	Australia	Royal Pines	277	−11	Playoff	Wade Ormsby Adam Scott
Australian PGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
2013	Adam Scott	Australia	Royal Pines	270	−14	4 strokes	Rickie Fowler
2012	Daniel Popovic	Australia	Palmer Coolum	272	−16	4 strokes	Anthony Brown Rod Pampling
Australian PGA Championship
2011	Greg Chalmers	Australia	Hyatt Coolum	276	−12	Playoff	Robert Allenby Marcus Fraser
Australian PGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
2010	Peter Senior (3)	Australia	Hyatt Coolum	276	−12	Playoff	Geoff Ogilvy
2009	Robert Allenby (4)	Australia	Hyatt Coolum	270	−14	4 strokes	John Senden Scott Strange
Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship
2008	Geoff Ogilvy	Australia	Hyatt Coolum	274	−14	2 strokes	Mathew Goggin
2007	Peter Lonard (3)	Australia	Hyatt Coolum	268	−20	3 strokes	David Smail
2006	Nick O'Hern	Australia	Hyatt Coolum	266	−22	Playoff	Peter Lonard
Cadbury Schweppes Centenary Australian PGA Championship
2005	Robert Allenby (3)	Australia	Hyatt Coolum	270	−18	1 stroke	Mathew Goggin
Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship
2004	Peter Lonard (2)	Australia	Hyatt Coolum	270	−18	2 strokes	James Nitties
Australian PGA Championship
2003	Peter Senior (2)	Australia	Hyatt Coolum	271	−17	1 stroke	Rod Pampling
2002	Peter Lonard Jarrod Moseley	Australia  Australia	Hyatt Coolum	271	−17	Playoff (Tie)	Title shared.[lower-alpha 1]
2001	Robert Allenby (2)	Australia	Royal Queensland	273	−15	1 stroke	Geoff Ogilvy
2000	Robert Allenby	Australia	Royal Queensland	275	−13	1 stroke	Steven Conran
1999	Greg Turner	New Zealand	Victoria	278	−10	2 strokes	Shane Tait
MasterCard Australian PGA Championship
1998	David Howell	England	New South Wales	275	−13	7 strokes	Stephen Ames Terry Price
1997	Andrew Coltart (2)	Scotland	New South Wales	285	−3	4 strokes	Stephen Allan Stuart Appleby
1996	Phil Tataurangi	New Zealand	New South Wales	279	−9	1 stroke	Rodger Davis Peter Lonard
1995	Cancelled due to lack of sponsorship[4]
Reebok Australian PGA Championship
1994	Andrew Coltart	Scotland	New South Wales	281	−7	2 strokes	Terry Price
Ford Australian PGA Championship
1993	Ian Baker-Finch	Australia	Concord	275	−9	Playoff	Peter Fowler Grant Waite
1992	Craig Parry	Australia	Concord	269	−15	3 strokes	Peter McWhinney
1991	Wayne Grady (2)	Australia	Concord	271	−13	3 strokes	Brett Ogle
Australian PGA Championship
1990	Brett Ogle	Australia	Riverside Oaks	273	−11	5 strokes	Rodger Davis Wayne Grady
1989	Peter Senior	Australia	Riverside Oaks	274	−14	1 stroke	Jim Benepe
1988	Wayne Grady	Australia	Riverside Oaks	275	−13	Playoff	Greg Norman
ESP Australian PGA Championship
1987	Roger Mackay	Australia	The Lakes	284	−8	1 stroke	Mike Colandro
Toshiba Australian PGA Championship
1986	Mike Harwood	Australia	Castle Hill	275	−13	2 strokes	Greg Norman
1985	Greg Norman (2)	Australia	Castle Hill	273	−15	8 strokes	Magnus Persson
1984	Greg Norman	Australia	Monash	277	−11	8 strokes	Rodger Davis
Yakka Australian PGA Championship
1983	Bob Shearer	Australia	Royal Melbourne	288	E	2 strokes	Ossie Moore
Mayne Nickless Australian PGA Championship
1982	Graham Marsh	Australia	Royal Melbourne	282	−6	3 strokes	John Clifford Ben Crenshaw Bob Shearer
1981	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	Royal Melbourne	282	−6	3 strokes	Bill Dunk
1980	Sam Torrance	Scotland	Royal Melbourne	282	−6	2 strokes	Seve Ballesteros
1979	Stewart Ginn	Australia	Royal Melbourne	284	E	3 strokes	Bob Charles Bob Shearer
1978	Hale Irwin	United States	Royal Melbourne	278	−6	8 strokes	Graham Marsh
Telecom Australian PGA Championship
1977	Mike Cahill	Australia	Yarra Yarra	278	−10	8 strokes	Mike Ferguson
Australian PGA Championship
1976	Bill Dunk (5)	Australia	Rosebud	281	−7	Playoff	Peter Croker
1975	Vic Bennetts	Australia	Burleigh Heads	287	+3	3 strokes	Brian Moran Kel Nagle Robert Taylor
1974	Bill Dunk (4)	Australia	Liverpool	279	−9	Playoff	Ian Stanley
1973	Randall Vines (2)	Australia	Bonnie Doon	2 & 1			Stewart Ginn
1972	Randall Vines	Australia	The Lakes	290	−2	2 strokes	Bill Dunk
1971	Bill Dunk (3)	Australia	Surfers Paradise	273	−7	3 strokes	Graham Marsh Bob Shaw
1970	Bruce Devlin (2)	Australia	Surfers Paradise	275	−5	3 strokes	John Dyer Peter Harvey Tim Woolbank
1969	Bruce Devlin	Australia	Royal Canberra	277	−11	3 strokes	Takashi Murakami
1968	Kel Nagle (6)	Australia	Metropolitan	276	−20	6 strokes	Jack Nicklaus
1967	Peter Thomson	Australia	Metropolitan	282	−14	1 stroke	Col Johnston Frank Phillips
1966	Bill Dunk (2)	Australia	Royal Sydney	279	−9	7 strokes	Peter Thomson
1965	Kel Nagle (5)	Australia	Riversdale	276	−16	1 stroke	Frank Phillips
1964	Col Johnston (2)	Australia	Monash	275	−13	1 stroke	Bruce Devlin

In 2017 Smith won with a par at the second playoff hole. In 2015 Holman won with a par on the first playoff hole. In 2014 Chalmers won with a par at the seventh extra hole. Ormsby was eliminated by birdies on the third extra hole. In 2011 Chalmers won with a par at the first extra hole. In 2010 Senior won with a par at the second extra hole. In 2006 O'Hern won with a birdie at the fourth extra hole. In 2002 Lonard and Moseley agreed to be joint winners of the event. They had played one hole of a sudden-death playoff. Fading light meant that no further play was possible and they chose not to return the following day. In 1993 Baker-Finch won at the second extra hole. In 1988 Grady won with a par at the fourth extra hole. In 1976 Dunk beat Croker 71 to 75 in the 18-hole playoff. In 1974 Dunk beat Stanley 71 to 72 in the 18-hole playoff. In 1973 there was a stroke-play round with the leading 64 qualifying for six 18-hole rounds of match-play.

Match play era winners

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Margin	Runner-up	Ref
1963	Col Johnston	Australia	Oatlands	3 & 2	Ron Howell	[5]
1962	Bill Dunk	Australia	Rossdale	8 & 7	Eric Cremin	[6]
1961	Alan Murray	Australia	Rossdale	2 & 1	Frank Phillips	[7]
1960	John Sullivan	Australia	Royal Fremantle	2 up	Norman Von Nida	[8]
1959	Kel Nagle (4)	Australia	New South Wales	5 & 3	Peter Thomson	[9]
1958	Kel Nagle (3)	Australia	Kooyonga	6 & 5	Eric Cremin	[10]
1957	Gary Player	South Africa	Huntingdale	2 up	Peter Thomson	[11]
1956	Les Wilson	Australia	St Michael's	4 & 2	Len Woodward	[12]
1955	Ossie Pickworth (3)	Australia	Indooroopilly	8 & 7	Frank Phillips	[13]
1954	Kel Nagle (2)	Australia	Royal Sydney	1 up	Jim McInnes	[14]
1953	Ossie Pickworth (2)	Australia	Royal Melbourne	1 up	Peter Thomson	[15]
1952	Bill Holder	Australia	Roseville	2 & 1	Eric Cremin	[16]
1951	Norman Von Nida (4)	Australia	Metropolitan	6 & 5	Ossie Pickworth	[17]
1950	Norman Von Nida (3)	Australia	The Lakes	6 & 5	Eric Cremin	[18]
1949	Kel Nagle	Australia	Royal Perth	7 & 5	Ted Naismith	[19]
1948	Norman Von Nida (2)	Australia	Royal Hobart	2 & 1	Eric Cremin	[20]
1947	Ossie Pickworth	Australia	Royal Melbourne	2 & 1	Eric Cremin	[21]
1946	Norman Von Nida	Australia	Manly	1 up	Eric Cremin	[22]
1940–45: No tournament due to World War II
1939	Ted Naismith	Australia	Royal Melbourne	7 & 5	George Naismith	[23]
1938	Eric Cremin (2)	Australia	Royal Adelaide	2 & 1	Charlie Booth	[24]
1937	Eric Cremin	Australia	The Australian	4 & 2	Sam Richardson	[25]
1936	Bill Clifford	Australia	Metropolitan	4 & 2	Ron Harris	[26]
1935	Sam Richardson (2)	Australia	Royal Adelaide	2 & 1	Horace Boorer	[27]
1934	Lou Kelly	Australia	Royal Sydney	2 & 1	Billy Bolger	[28]
1933	Sam Richardson	Australia	Royal Melbourne	9 & 7	Arthur Spence	[29]
1932	Fergus McMahon	Scotland	Royal Adelaide	7 & 6	George Naismith	[30]
1931	Don Spence	Australia	The Australian	2 & 1	Billy Bolger	[31]
1930	Jock Robertson	Australia	Metropolitan	2 & 1	Rufus Stewart	[32]
1929	Rufus Stewart	Scotland	Royal Adelaide	8 & 7	Ernie Bissett	[33]
1928	Harry Sinclair (2)	Australia	Royal Sydney	1 up	Vic James	[34]
1927	Harry Sinclair	Australia	Royal Melbourne	4 & 3	Alf Toogood	[35]
1926	Frank Eyre	Australia	The Australian	6 & 5	Arthur Le Fevre	[3]
1925	Tom Howard (2)	Australia	The Australian	3 & 1	Fred Popplewell	[36]
1924	Tom Howard	Australia	Royal Melbourne	4 & 2	Arthur Le Fevre	[37]
1923	Fred Popplewell	Australia	Royal Adelaide	2 & 1	Rufus Stewart	[38]
1922	Charlie Campbell (2)	Australia	Royal Sydney	1 up	Tom Howard	[39]
1921	Arthur Le Fevre	Australia	Concord
1920	Unknown
1914–19: No tournament due to World War I
1913	Carnegie Clark (3)	Australia	Oakleigh
1912	Unknown
1911	Charlie Campbell	Australia	Royal Sydney	154	Carnegie Clark Reg Clark Dan Soutar Wille Thomson	[40]
1910	Dan Soutar (4)	Scotland	Glenelg	150
1909	Carnegie Clark (2)	Australia	Oakleigh
1908	Carnegie Clark	Australia	The Australian	4 & 3	Victor East	[41]
1907	Dan Soutar (3)	Scotland	Royal Melbourne	4 & 3	Alex McLaren	[42]
1906	Dan Soutar (2)	Scotland	Royal Sydney	5 & 3	Fred Hood	[43]
1905	Dan Soutar	Scotland	Royal Melbourne	4 & 3	Gilbert Martin	[44]

1. Lonard and Moseley remained tied after one hole of a sudden-death playoff before darkness fell.

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James Scott won an unofficial tournament in 1897

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External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the PGA Tour of Australasia's official site
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site