New South Wales PGA Championship

The New South Wales PGA Championship was a professional golf tournament played in New South Wales, Australia between 1923 and 2015.

NSW PGA Championship

Tournament information
Location	Cattai, New South Wales, Australia
Established	1923
Course(s)	Riverside Oaks Golf Resort
Par	72
Length	6,823 yards (6,239 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia Von Nida Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	A$110,000
Month played	December
Tournament record score
Aggregate	259 Aaron Townsend (2009)
To par	−27 Chris Downes (2003)
Score	13 and 11 Tom Howard (1931)
Final champion
Jarryd Felton
Location map
Riverside Oaks Golf Resort Location in Australia Show map of Australia Riverside Oaks Golf Resort Location in New South Wales Show map of New South Wales

History

The inaugural event was held in 1923 and was won by Fred Popplewell with a score of 311. Dan Soutar had led by two strokes after the first 36 holes at The Australian Golf Club but Popplewell took a three shot lead after a third round of 74 and held on in the final round to win by a stroke. The final 36 holes were played at Royal Sydney.^[1] It was a stroke-play event again in 1924 but thereafter it was generally match-play until World War II. After the war it was a match play event in 1946 and 1950 but otherwise it was a stroke-play tournament.

From the early 1980s the event was not played as a separate event, being incorporated into other tournaments. Later it was played as a non-tour event or as part of a second-tier tour. It became a PGA Tour of Australasia event from 2009 until 2015, except for 2013 when it was not played, but has not been held since.

Kel Nagle won the event 7 times while Eric Cremin won it 5 times.^[2][3]

Winners

Year	Tour[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
NSW PGA Championship
2015	ANZ	Jarryd Felton	275	−13	2 strokes	Geoff Drakeford Rhein Gibson Matthew Millar James Nitties Anthony Summers	Riverside Oaks	[4]
Nanshan NSW PGA Championship
2014	ANZ	Lincoln Tighe	265	−19	1 stroke	Scott Arnold	Riverside Oaks	[5]
NSW PGA Championship
2013: No tournament
2012	ANZ	Matt Stieger	273	−15	3 strokes	Daniel Nisbet	Mount Broughton	[6]
2011	ANZ	Matthew Guyatt	197	−13	1 stroke	Kurt Barnes Peter O'Malley	Wollongong	[7]
Cellarbrations NSW PGA Championship
2010	ANZ	Steven Bowditch	263	−17	2 strokes	Gareth Paddison	Wollongong	[8]
2009	ANZ	Aaron Townsend	259	−21	3 strokes	Scott Arnold Michael Wright	Wollongong	[9]
2008	VNT	Tim Wood	272	−16	1 stroke	Michael Long	Riverside Oaks	[10]
Riverside Oaks NSW PGA Championship
2007	VNT	Scott Draper	268	−20	1 stroke	Andrew Bonhomme Aaron Townsend	Riverside Oaks
Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship
2006	VNT	Paul Marantz	267	−25	4 strokes	Michael Sim	Tura Beach
2005	VNT	Gavin Flint	271	−21	1 stroke	Robin Hodgetts Andrew Johnson	Tura Beach
2004	VNT	Matthew Ecob	270	−22	1 stroke	Nathan Green Euan Walters	Tura Beach
2003	VNT	Chris Downes	265	−27	8 strokes	Matthew Ecob	Pambula
New South Wales PGA Championship
2000–2002: No tournament
1999	FT	Euan Walters
1997–98: No tournament
1996	FT	Brad King	207		2 strokes	Paul Gow David Elliott Leith Wastle Jeff Woodland	Penrith
1995: No tournament
1994	FT	Jeff Wagner	266		12 strokes	David Ecob Robert Willis	Cromer
1991–1993: No tournament
1990		Brett Ogle	incorporated into the Australian PGA Championship					[11]
1989		Peter Senior	incorporated into the Australian PGA Championship					[11]
1988		Wayne Grady	incorporated into the Australian PGA Championship					[11]
1987		Peter Senior	incorporated into the U-Bix Classic					[12]
1986: No tournament
1985		Wayne Riley	incorporated into the U-Bix Classic					[12]
1984		Peter Senior	incorporated into the Honeywell Classic					[12]
ABE Holdings–Jack Newton Classic
1983		Bob Shearer	284	−4	1 stroke	Wayne Grady Ossie Moore	Belmont	[13]
Reschs Pilsner New South Wales PGA Championship
1982	ANZ	Frank Nobilo	279	−13	1 stroke	Lyndsay Stephen	Federal	[14]
National Panasonic New South Wales PGA Championship
1981	ANZ	Mike Ferguson	278	−10	2 strokes	Brian Jones	Penrith	[15]
1980	ANZ	Ted Ball (2)	285	−3	1 stroke	Wayne Grady Lyndsay Stephen	Penrith	[16]
Joe Jansen New South Wales PGA Championship
1979	ANZ	Stewart Ginn	275	−13	8 strokes	Richard Coombes	Penrith	[17]
1978	ANZ	John Clifford	266	−2	Playoff	Ted Ball Mike Cahill	Leonay	[18]
New South Wales PGA Championship
1977		Ted Ball	281	−7	Playoff	Paul Connell	Cumberland	[19]
1976	ANZ	Mark Tapper	281	−7	Playoff	Marty Bohen Brian Jones	Liverpool	[20][21]
1972–1975: No tournament
1971		Kel Nagle (7)	287	−1	4 strokes	Vic Bennetts Jack Newton	Mona Vale	[2]
1970		Bill Dunk (4)	278	−10	8 strokes	Jack Newton	Castle Hill	[22]
1969		Bill Dunk (3)	284	−4	1 stroke	John Sullivan	Castle Hill	[23]
1968		Bill Dunk (2)	279	−9	11 strokes	Alan Murray	Castle Hill	[24]
1967		Bob Stanton	276	−12	3 strokes	Alan Brookes	Rugby League	[25]
1966		Colin McGregor	288	−4	3 strokes	Bill Dunk	Port Kembla	[26]
1965		Kel Nagle (6)	283	−1	1 stroke	Bill Dunk Alan Murray	Ashlar	[27]
1964		Les Wilson	273	−7	Playoff	Graeme Abbott	Wollongong	[28]
1963		Col Johnston (2)	284	E	7 strokes	Alec Mercer	Bathurst	[29]
1962: No tournament
New South Wales PGA Jubilee Open
1961		Alan Murray	285	−3	2 strokes	John Sullivan Len Woodward	New South Wales
New South Wales PGA Championship
1960		Bill Dunk	267	−17	1 stroke	Bruce Crampton Frank Phillips	Maitland	[30]
1959		Kel Nagle (5)	280	E	2 strokes	John Sullivan	Tamworth	[31]
1958		Col Johnston	281	+1	4 strokes	Ian Alexander Les Wilson	Taree	[32]
1957		Frank Phillips	294	+10	1 stroke	Mick Kelly	Moss Vale	[33]
1956		Kel Nagle (4)	274	+2	7 strokes	Frank Phillips	Dubbo	[34]
1955		Kel Nagle (3)	280	−4	3 strokes	Eric Cremin	Pennant Hills	[35]
1954		Eric Cremin (5)	290	+6	1 stroke	Jim McInnes	Pennant Hills	[3]
1953		Kel Nagle (2)	280	E	5 strokes	Sam Richardson	Ryde-Parramatta	[36]
1952		Kel Nagle	270	−14	11 strokes	Sam Richardson	Pennant Hills	[37]
1951		Norman Von Nida (4)	268	−16	14 strokes	Eric Cremin	Goulburn	[38]
1950		Eric Cremin (4)	5 and 3			Norman Von Nida	Royal Sydney	[39]
1949		Bill Holder	291	+7	2 strokes	Eric Cremin Kel Nagle	Bonnie Doon	[40]
1948		Norman Von Nida (3)	275	−13	7 strokes	Eric Cremin	Royal Sydney	[41]
1947		Eric Cremin (3)	278	−6	9 strokes	Dan Cullen	Waratah	[42]
1946		Norman Von Nida (2)	8 and 7			Ossie Pickworth	Royal Sydney	[43]
1941–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1940		Billy McWilliam
1939		Billy Bolger (2)	5 and 4			Norman Von Nida	Concord	[44]
1938		Eric Cremin (2)	12 and 10			Norman Von Nida	The Australian	[45]
1937		Eric Cremin	4 and 3			Sam Richardson	Manly	[46]
1936		Norman Von Nida	9 and 8			William Mackenzie	The Australian	[47]
1935		Charlie Booth	288		4 strokes	Fred Bolger	New South Wales	[48]
1934		Sam Richardson (2)	289		6 strokes	Lou Kelly	Bonnie Doon	[49]
1933		Charlie Gray	1 up			Billy Bolger	New South Wales	[50]
1932		Sam Richardson	37 holes			Charlie Gray	The Australian	[51]
1931		Tom Howard (2)	13 and 11			Don Spence	Concord	[52]
1930		Billy Bolger	8 and 7			Dan Soutar	Royal Sydney	[53]
1929		Fred Popplewell (2)	37 holes			Frank Eyre	Manly	[54]
1928		Don Spence	4 and 3			Arthur Spence	The Australian	[55]
1927		Walter Clark	4 and 2			Harry Sinclair	Royal Sydney	[56]
1926		Dan Soutar	4 and 3			Tom Howard	The Australian	[57]
1925		Will Corry	2 and 1			Carnegie Clark	Royal Sydney	[58]
1924		Tom Howard	297		3 strokes	Carnegie Clark	The Australian	[59]
1923		Fred Popplewell	311		1 stroke	Dan Soutar	The Australian Royal Sydney	[1]

Notes

1. ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; FT − Foundation Tour; VNT − Von Nida Tour.

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External links

• Coverage on the PGA Tour of Australasia's official site
• List of winners