2021–22 PGA Tour of Australasia
The 2021–22 PGA Tour of Australasia, titled as the 2021–22 ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia for sponsorship reasons, was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia. 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.
Duration | 9 December 2021 – 8 May 2022 |
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Number of official events | 14[lower-alpha 1] |
Order of Merit | ![]() |
Player of the Year | ![]() |
← 2020–21 2022–23 → |
European Tour strategic alliance extension
In January, it was announced by the European Tour that they had extended their strategic alliance with the PGA Tour of Australasia, which had originally been signed in 2017.[1] As part of the extension, an additional two players (three in total) from the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit were awarded European Tour status for the following season.[2]
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2021–22 season.[3][4]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (A$) |
Winner[lower-alpha 2] | OWGR points |
Other tours[lower-alpha 3] |
Notes |
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Australian Open | New South Wales | – | Cancelled | – | |||
12 Dec |
Victorian PGA Championship | Victoria | 137,500 | ![]() |
6 | ||
19 Dec |
Gippsland Super 6 | Victoria | 137,500 | ![]() |
6 | ||
16 Jan |
Fortinet Australian PGA Championship | Queensland | 1,000,000 | ![]() |
32 | Flagship event | |
23 Jan | Queensland PGA Championship | Queensland | 200,000 | ![]() |
6 | ||
6 Feb | TPS Victoria | Victoria | 200,000 | ![]() |
6 | WANZ | Mixed event |
13 Feb | Vic Open | Victoria | 410,000 | ![]() |
16 | ||
20 Feb | TPS Murray River | New South Wales | 200,000 | ![]() |
6[lower-alpha 4] | WANZ | Mixed event |
6 Mar | TPS Sydney | New South Wales | 200,000 | ![]() |
6 | WANZ | Mixed event |
12 Mar | TPS Hunter Valley | New South Wales | 200,000 | ![]() |
6 | WANZ | Mixed event |
19 Mar | Golf Challenge NSW Open | New South Wales | 400,000 | ![]() |
16 | ||
New Zealand Open | New Zealand | – | Cancelled[6] | – | ASA | ||
8 Apr | The National PGA Classic | Victoria | 200,000 | ![]() |
6 | ||
NZ PGA Championship | New Zealand | – | Cancelled[7] | – | |||
24 Apr |
CKB WA PGA Championship | Western Australia | 200,000 | ![]() |
6 | ||
1 May |
Nexus Advisernet WA Open | Western Australia | 150,000 | ![]() |
6 | ||
8 May |
Tailor-made Building Services NT PGA Championship | Northern Territory | 150,000 | ![]() |
6 |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[8][9] The top three players on the tour (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2023 European Tour.[10]
Position | Player | Prize money (A$) | Status earned |
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1 | ![]() | 190,409 | Promoted to European Tour |
2 | ![]() | 125,286 | |
3 | ![]() | 112,731 | |
4 | ![]() | 111,491 | |
5 | ![]() | 100,981 |
Awards
Award | Winner | Ref. |
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Player of the Year | ![]() | [11] |
Notes
- A further three tournaments were scheduled but were cancelled.
- 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.
- ASA − Asian Tour; WANZ − WPGA Tour of Australasia.
- OWGR points at the TPS Murray River were awarded based on men's scores only. Andrew Evans and Hayden Hopewell tied for the lowest men's score and split the assigned points for first and second places, each earning 4.8 points.[5]
References
- "European Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia announce Strategic Alliance". European Tour. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- "DP World Tour and ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia announce extension to Strategic Alliance". European Tour. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- "ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia – 2021 Schedule". PGA of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- "Changes announced to PGA Tour of Australasia schedule". PGA of Australia. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- "TPS Murray River in honour of Jarrod Lyle". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- "New Zealand Open scrapped over COVID travel restrictions". Reuters. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- "NZ PGA Championship a Covid Casualty". New Zealand Open. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- "2021 Order of Merit". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- "Morgan off to the majors after winning Australasian Order of Merit". Reuters. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- "Dodt clinches final DP World Tour card". PGA of Australia. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- "Cameron Smith wins Greg Norman Medal for 2022". Australian Golf Digest. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.