1991 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration10 January 1991 (1991-01-10) – 15 December 1991 (1991-12-15)
Number of official events15[lower-alpha 1]
Most winsAustralia Rodger Davis (2)
Australia Peter Senior (2)
Order of MeritAustralia Rodger Davis
← 1990
1992 →

The 1991 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 20th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1991 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 2] OWGR
points		 Notes
13 Jan Daikyo Palm Meadows Cup Queensland 1,200,000 New Zealand Greg Turner (4) 36
20 Jan SxL Sanctuary Cove Classic Queensland 700,000 Australia Rodger Davis (11) 22
27 Jan Vines Classic Western Australia 700,000 United States Blaine McCallister (n/a) 24
10 Feb Mercedes-Benz Australian Match Play Championship Victoria 200,000 United States Chris Patton (1) 12
17 Feb Pyramid Australian Masters Victoria 500,000 Australia Peter Senior (10) 32
24 Feb Australian Tournament Players Championship Victoria – Cancelled –
24 Feb
17 Mar		 Tattersall's Tasmanian Open Tasmania 150,000 Australia Chris Gray (1) 12
10 Mar AMP New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$250,000 Australia Rodger Davis (12) 12
6 Oct Rothmans Malaysian Masters Malaysia 325,000 Australia Stewart Ginn (10) 8 New to PGA Tour of Australasia
13 Oct Perak Masters Malaysia 150,000 Australia Todd Power (1) 8 New tournament
20 Oct Pioneer Singapore PGA Championship Singapore 150,000 United States Peter Teravainen (n/a) 8 New to PGA Tour of Australasia
10 Nov Air New Zealand Shell Open New Zealand NZ$300,000 United States John Morse (3) 12
17 Nov West End South Australian Open South Australia 200,000 Australia Brett Ogle (4) 12
24 Nov Ford Australian PGA Championship New South Wales 250,000 Australia Wayne Grady (3) 12
1 Dec Australian Open Victoria 700,000 Australia Wayne Riley (4) 36
8 Dec Johnnie Walker Australian Classic New South Wales 1,000,000 Australia Peter Senior (11) 34
15 Dec Coolum Classic Queensland – Cancelled –

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)		 Winner OWGR
points		 Notes
3 Nov Victorian Open Victoria 50,000 Australia Robert Allenby (a) n/a

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[3][2]

PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1Australia Rodger Davis343,277
2New Zealand Greg Turner305,004
3Australia Peter Senior293,285
4New Zealand Frank Nobilo224,796
5Australia Wayne Grady163,593

Notes

  1. ↑ A further two tournaments were scheduled but were cancelled.
  2. ↑ 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Coolum Classic off the calendar". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. 24 October 1991. p. 29. Retrieved 16 June 2022 – via Trove.
  2. 1 2 Wilson, Mark (1992). The Royal & Ancient Golfer's Handbook 1992. Macmillan. pp. 85–86. ISBN 0333573765. Retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
  3. ↑ "Australientouren Penningligan" [Australian Tour Money list]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 2. February 1992. p. 76. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
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