1999–2000 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 1999–2000 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 28th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

1999–2000 PGA Tour of Australasia season

Duration	11 November 1999 (1999-11-11) – 5 March 2000 (2000-03-05)
Number of official events	12
Most wins	Michael Campbell (4)
Order of Merit	Michael Campbell
Player of the Year	Michael Campbell
Rookie of the Year	Brett Rumford
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1999–2000 season.^[1][2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (A$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
14 Nov	Johnnie Walker Classic	Taiwan	£800,000	Michael Campbell (3)	28	ASA, EUR
21 Nov	Ford South Australian Open	South Australia	600,000	Craig Parry (9)	16
28 Nov	Holden Australian Open	New South Wales	1,000,000	Aaron Baddeley (a) (1)	32		Flagship event
5 Dec	ANZ Players Championship	Queensland	800,000	Brett Rumford (a) (1)	16
12 Dec	Australian PGA Championship	Victoria	600,000	Greg Turner (6)	16
19 Dec	Schweppes Coolum Classic	Queensland	300,000	Nick O'Hern (1)	16
23 Jan	Crown Lager New Zealand Open	New Zealand	NZ$500,000	Michael Campbell (4)	16
30 Jan	Heineken Classic	Western Australia	1,600,000	Michael Campbell (5)	36	EUR
6 Feb	Greg Norman Holden International	New South Wales	2,000,000	Lucas Parsons (4)	34	EUR
13 Feb	Ericsson Masters	Victoria	800,000	Michael Campbell (6)	18
20 Feb	Canon Challenge	New South Wales	550,000	Paul Gow (1)	16
5 Mar	ANZ Tour Championship	Australian Capital Territory	500,000	Andre Stolz (1)	16		Tour Championship

Order of Merit

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

Position	Player	Prize money (A$)
1	Michael Campbell	936,810
2	Lucas Parsons	407,515
3	Peter Senior	367,076
4	Nick O'Hern	330,788
5	Geoff Ogilvy	291,523

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year	Michael Campbell	[4]
Rookie of the Year (Norman Von Nida Shield)	Brett Rumford	[4]

Australasian Development Tour

2000 Australasian Development Tour season

Duration	2 May 2000 (2000-05-02) – 22 October 2000 (2000-10-22)
Number of official events	10
Most wins	David Bransdon (2) Matthew Habgood (2)
Order of Merit	David Bransdon
2001 →

The 2000 Australasian Development Tour was the inaugural season of the Australasian Development Tour, the official development tour of the PGA Tour of Australasia between 2000 and 2001.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.^[5][6]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (A$)	Winner[c]	Ref.
5 May	Schweppes South Australian PGA Championship	South Australia	100,000	Chris Gray (1)	[7]
21 May	Heineken Western Australian Open	Western Australia	100,000	Paul Sheehan (1)	[8]
28 May	WA PGA Championship	Western Australia	100,000	Matthew Habgood (1)	[9]
25 Jun	Polynesian Airlines Samoa Open	Samoa	100,000	David Bransdon (1)	[10]
23 Jul	Tahiti Open	Tahiti	100,000	David Bransdon (2)	[11]
30 Jul	New Caledonia Open	New Caledonia	100,000	Matthew Laroche (1)	[12]
6 Aug	Tusker Vanuatu Open	Vanuatu	100,000	Ed Stedman (1)	[13]
7 Oct	Eastern Australia Airlines Big Sky Country Open	New South Wales	100,000	Wayne Perske (1)	[14]
15 Oct	Crown Victorian PGA Championship	Victoria	100,000	Matthew Habgood (2)	[15]
22 Oct	Toyota Southern Classic	New South Wales	100,000	Scott Hend (1)	[16]

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. ASA − Asian PGA Tour; EUR − European Tour.
3. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Australasian Development Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Australasian Development Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour of Australasia.

References

1. "1999/2000 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 15 August 2000. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
2. "1999-2000 Australasian Tour schedule". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 15 June 1999. p. 36. Retrieved 15 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "1999/2000 Order of Merit". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 15 August 2000. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
4. "Finally, Stolz finds himself in the winners circle". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 6 March 2000. p. 5 (Sport). Retrieved 15 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com. New Zealander Michael Campbell has been named player of the year at the tour's annual dinner... while the Norman Von Nida Shield for rookie of the year, went to Brett Rumford.
5. Morgan, Angus. "New Development Tour". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 1 August 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
6. "David Bransdon". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 30 March 2002. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
7. Buttigieg, Luke. "Gray the inaugural winner". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 1 August 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
8. Buttigieg, Luke. "Sheehan captures WA Open". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 1 August 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
9. Buttigieg, Luke. "Habgood wins WA PGA". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 1 August 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
10. Buttigieg, Luke. "Bransdon's Open again". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 20 May 2002. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
11. McNicol, Adam. "Bransdon does it again". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 29 April 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
12. Buttigieg, Luke. "Laroche wins in New Caledonia". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 28 May 2003. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
13. Buttigieg, Luke. "Steadman takes out Vanuatu Open". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 22 July 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
14. Buttigieg, Luke. "Perske wins down the stretch". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 7 November 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
15. Buttigieg, Luke. "Habgood salutes for second time". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 22 July 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
16. Buttigieg, Luke. "Hend storms to title". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 7 November 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

External links

• Official website