2005 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 2005 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 33rd season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

2005 PGA Tour of Australasia season

Duration	3 February 2005 (2005-02-03) – 11 December 2005 (2005-12-11)
Number of official events	8
Most wins	Robert Allenby (3)
Order of Merit	Adam Scott
← 2004 2006 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2005 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (A$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
6 Feb	Heineken Classic	Victoria	2,000,000	Craig Parry (11)	40	EUR
13 Feb	Holden New Zealand Open	New Zealand	NZ$1,500,000	Niclas Fasth (n/a)	24	EUR
20 Feb	Jacob's Creek Open Championship	South Australia	1,000,000	Steven Bowditch (1)	12	NWT
27 Feb	ING New Zealand PGA Championship	New Zealand	US$600,000	Peter O'Malley (4)	12	NWT
24 Apr	Johnnie Walker Classic	China	£1,250,000	Adam Scott (1)	24	ASA, EUR
27 Nov	MFS Australian Open	Victoria	1,250,000	Robert Allenby (9)	32		Flagship event
4 Dec	Cadbury Schweppes Centenary Australian PGA Championship	Queensland	1,200,000	Robert Allenby (10)	26
11 Dec	MasterCard Masters	Victoria	1,250,000	Robert Allenby (11)	30

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[b]	Notes
13 Nov	HSBC Champions	China	US$5,000,000	David Howell	48	AFR,[c] ASA,[d] EUR	New limited-field event

Order of Merit

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

Position	Player	Prize money (A$)
1	Adam Scott	545,429
2	Nick O'Hern	441,200
3	Craig Parry	404,341
4	Steven Bowditch	328,481
5	Peter O'Malley	294,109

Von Nida Tour

2005 Von Nida Tour season

Duration	28 January 2005 (2005-01-28) – 20 November 2005 (2005-11-20)
Number of official events	11
Most wins	Michael Wright (2)
Order of Merit	Adam Bland
← 2004 2006 →

The 2005 Von Nida Tour was the third season of the Von Nida Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour of Australasia between 2003 and 2008.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2005 season.^[4]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (A$)	Winner[e]	Ref.
30 Jan	Mitsubishi Motors Victorian Open	Victoria	100,000	Kurt Barnes (2)	[5]
5 Mar	National Australia Bank Victorian PGA Championship	Victoria	105,000	Cameron Percy (1)	[6]
13 Mar	Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship	New South Wales	110,000	Gavin Flint (1)	[7]
20 Mar	Toyota Southern Classic	New South Wales	100,000	Michael Wright (1)	[8]
29 Apr	SA PGA Championship	South Australia	100,000	Tony McFadyean (1)	[9]
29 May	WA PGA Championship	Western Australia	100,000	Adam Bland (1)	[10]
26 Jun	Nth QLD X-Ray Services Cairns Classic	Queensland	105,000	Tony Christie (1)	[11]
30 Oct	Minniecon & Burke Queensland Masters	Queensland	105,000	Nick Flanagan (1)	[12]
6 Nov	Roadcon Group Queensland Open	Queensland	105,000	Brad McIntosh (2)	[13]
13 Nov	Greater Building Society QLD PGA Championship	Queensland	105,000	Scott Gardiner (1)	[14]
20 Nov	Proton New South Wales Open	New South Wales	120,000	Michael Wright (2)	[15]

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.^[16] The top 10 players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2006 PGA Tour of Australasia.^[17][18]

Position	Player	Prize money (A$)
1	Adam Bland	40,180
2	Brad McIntosh	38,811
3	Michael Wright	38,122
4	Tony McFadyean	33,331
5	Gavin Flint	30,954
6	Brad Andrews	30,684
7	Nick Flanagan	30,277
8	Leigh McKechnie	27,732
9	Cameron Percy	26,214
10	Tony Christie	21,936

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. Sunshine Tour unofficial event
4. Asian Tour unofficial event
5. 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. "2005 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
2. "2005 Order of Merit". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
3. "Great Scott finishes No.1". PGA Tour of Australasia. 15 December 2005. Archived from the original on 31 August 2006. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
4. "Von Nida Tour 2005 Tournament schedule". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
5. "Mitsubishi Motors Victorian Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
6. "National Australia Bank Victorian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
7. "Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
8. "Toyota Southern Golf Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
9. "SA PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
10. "WA PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
11. "Nth QLD X-Ray Services Cairns Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
12. "Minniecon & Burke Qld Masters results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
13. "Roadcon Group Qld Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
14. "Greater Building Society QLD PGA Championship Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
15. "Proton New South Wales Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
16. "2005 Von Nida Tour OOM". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 January 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
17. "Bland tops Von Nida Tour Order of Merit". PGA of Australia. 21 November 2005. Archived from the original on 26 August 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2021. In winning the Von Nida Tour Order of Merit, Bland will be afforded a variety of exemptions to the Australasian PGA Tour in 2006...
18. "Felton tops 2004 Von Nida Tour". PGA Tour of Australasia. 24 November 2004. Archived from the original on 13 January 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2022. ...the Von Nida Tour provides fully-exempt Australasian Tour cards to the top 10 players on the moneylist who would not otherwise be exempt.

External links

• Official website