2006 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 2006 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia and New Zealand. The main tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia are played in the southern summer so they are split between the first and last months of the year. The tour's developmental series, known as the Von Nida Tour was played in the middle of the year.

2006 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration9 February 2006 (2006-02-09) – 10 December 2006 (2006-12-10)
Number of official events8
Order of MeritAustralia Nick O'Hern
← 2005
2007 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2006 season.[1][2][3]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		 Notes
12 Feb Johnnie Walker Classic Western Australia £1,250,000 United States Kevin Stadler (n/a) 44 ASA, EUR
19 Feb Jacob's Creek Open Championship South Australia 1,000,000 Australia Paul Sheehan (1) 16 NWT
26 Feb ING New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand US$600,000 Canada Jim Rutledge (n/a) 16 NWT
12 Nov HSBC Champions China US$5,000,000 South Korea Yang Yong-eun (n/a) 52 AFR, ASA, EUR
19 Nov MFS Australian Open New South Wales 1,500,000 Australia John Senden (1) 32 Flagship event
26 Nov MasterCard Masters Victoria 1,250,000 England Justin Rose (n/a) 30 EUR
3 Dec Blue Chip New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$1,500,000 Australia Nathan Green (2) 20 EUR
10 Dec Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship Queensland 1,200,000 Australia Nick O'Hern (2) 34

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[4]

PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1Australia Nick O'Hern583,820
2United States Kevin Stadler523,098
3Australia Nathan Green346,108
4Australia Richard Green343,048
5Australia Paul Sheehan215,964

Von Nida Tour
2006 Von Nida Tour season
Duration26 January 2006 (2006-01-26) – 12 November 2006 (2006-11-12)
Number of official events11
Most wins2:
Australia David Diaz
Australia Marc Leishman
Australia Cameron Percy
Order of MeritAustralia Marc Leishman
← 2005
2007 →

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

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2006 season.[5]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 3] Ref.
29 Jan National Australia Bank Victorian PGA Championship Victoria 105,000 Australia Steven Jeffress (1) [6]
5 Feb Victorian Open Victoria 110,000 Australia David Diaz (1) [7]
12 Mar Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship New South Wales 110,000 Australia Paul Marantz (1) [8]
19 Mar Toyota Southern Classic New South Wales 100,000 Australia Marc Leishman (1) [9]
5 May South Australian PGA Championship South Australia 100,000 Australia David Diaz (2) [10]
28 May Western Australia PGA Championship Western Australia 100,000 Australia Andrew Pitt (1) [11]
15 Oct North QLD X-Ray Services Cairns Classic Queensland 105,000 Australia Marc Leishman (2) [12]
22 Oct Minniecon & Burke Queensland Masters Queensland 105,000 Australia Cameron Percy (2) [13]
29 Oct Roadcon Group Queensland Open Queensland 105,000 Australia Ricky Schmidt (1) [14]
5 Nov Greater Building Society QLD PGA Championship Queensland 105,000 Australia Cameron Percy (3) [15]
12 Nov Proton New South Wales Open New South Wales 125,000 Australia Rick Kulacz (a) (1) [16]

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[17][18]

PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1Australia Marc Leishman54,679
2Australia Cameron Percy45,612
3Australia David Diaz35,809
4Australia Tony McFadyean23,749
5Australia Ricky Schmidt23,453

Notes
  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. 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
  1. "2006 PGA Tour of Australasia Schedule". Archived from the original on 4 January 2007.
  2. 2006 PGA Tour of Australasia Schedule
  3. "Events – PGA Tour of Australasia – 2006". Official World Golf Ranking.
  4. "2006 Order of Merit". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. "Von Nida Tour 2006". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. "National Australia Bank Victorian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. "Victorian Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. "Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. "Toyota Southern Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. "South Australian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. "Western Australian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  12. "North QLD X-Ray Services Cairns Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  13. "Minniecon & Burke Queensland Masters results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  14. "Roadcon Group Queensland Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  15. "Greater Building Society QLD PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  16. "Proton New South Wales Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  17. "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.
  18. "Final Order of Merit". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 16 December 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
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