| Duration | 4 May 2023 – 17 March 2024 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 18 |
← 2022–23 2024–25 → | |
The 2023–24 PGA Tour of Australasia, titled as the 2023–24 Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia for sponsorship reasons, is the 50th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.
Changes for 2023–24
The season marked the return of the PNG Open, being played for the first time since 2019.[1] The Heritage Classic also returned to the schedule, having not been played since 2013.[2]
Challenger title sponsorship
In October 2023, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Australian investment firm Challenger, being renamed as the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia.[3]
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2023–24 season.[4][5]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (A$) |
Winner[lower-alpha 1] | OWGR points |
Other tours[lower-alpha 2] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May | PNG Open | Papua New Guinea | 180,000 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Lachlan Barker (1) | 0.39 | ||
| 20 Aug | Tailor-made Building Services NT PGA Championship | Northern Territory | 200,000 | Daniel Gale (2) | 1.07 | ||
| 8 Oct | Nexus Advisernet/Bowra & O'Dea WA Open | Western Australia | 175,000 | Simon Hawkes (2) | 1.14 | ||
| 15 Oct | CKB WA PGA Championship | Western Australia | 250,000 | Ben Eccles (2) | 1.30 | ||
| 22 Oct | Webex Players Series SA | South Australia | 200,000 | Austin Bautista (2) | 1.50 | WANZ | Mixed event |
| 5 Nov | Queensland PGA Championship | Queensland | 250,000 | Phoenix Campbell (a) (1) | 1.69 | ||
| 12 Nov | Gippsland Super 6 | Victoria | 200,000 |  Kerry Mountcastle (1) | 1.12 | ||
| 19 Nov | Victorian PGA Championship | Victoria | 250,000 | David Micheluzzi (4) | 1.53 | ||
| 26 Nov | Fortinet Australian PGA Championship | Queensland | 2,000,000 | Min Woo Lee (2) | 13.51 | EUR | |
| 3 Dec | ISPS Handa Australian Open | New South Wales | 1,700,000 |  Joaquín Niemann (n/a) | 14.80 | EUR | |
| 14 Jan | Heritage Classic | Victoria | 200,000 |  | 1.89 | ||
| 21 Jan | Webex Players Series Murray River | Victoria | 250,000 | | WANZ | Mixed event | |
| 28 Jan | Webex Players Series Victoria | Victoria | 250,000 | | WANZ | Mixed event | |
| 4 Feb | Vic Open | Victoria | 420,000 | | |||
| 11 Feb | Webex Players Series Sydney | New South Wales | 250,000 | | WANZ | Mixed event | |
| 18 Feb | Webex Players Series Hunter Valley | New South Wales | 250,000 | | WANZ | Mixed event | |
| 3 Mar | New Zealand Open | New Zealand | NZ$1,900,000 | | ASA | ||
| 17 Mar | The National Tournament | Victoria | |
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (A$) |
Winner | OWGR points |
Other tours[lower-alpha 2] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Dec | Cathedral Invitational | Victoria | 300,000 | Adam Scott |
n/a | Limited-field event |
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; WANZ − WPGA Tour of Australasia.
References
- ↑ "PNG Open returns to kick off 2023 season". PGA of Australia. Australian Golf Media. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ↑ "Heritage Classic returns to PGA Tour of Australasia on three-year deal". PGA of Australia. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ↑ Campbell, Hayden (5 October 2023). "Challenger Investment Firm Secures Exclusive Title Sponsorship Of PGA Tour Australasia". Ministry of Sport. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ↑ "ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia 2023 Schedule". PGA of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ↑ "Min Woo Lee locked in as date set for Fortinet Australian PGA Championship". Australian Golf Digest. Australian Golf Media. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.