Victorian PGA Championship

The Victorian PGA Championship is a golf tournament played in Victoria, Australia. It has been part of the PGA Tour of Australasia each season since 2009.^[1] It is the oldest of the state professional championships, having been first held in 1922.

Victorian PGA Championship

Tournament information
Location	Fingal, Victoria, Australia
Established	1922
Course(s)	Moonah Links (Open and Legends Courses)
Par	72 (O) 71 (L)
Length	7,370 yards (6,740 m) (O) 6,858 yards (6,271 m) (L)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia Von Nida Tour Australasian Development Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	A$250,000
Month played	December
Tournament record score
Aggregate	266 Alistair Presnell (2010)
To par	−22 as above
Score	12 and 11 Peter Thomson (1953)
Current champion
Cory Crawford
Location map
Moonah Links Location in Australia Show map of Australia Moonah Links Location in Victoria Show map of Victoria

History

The first Victorian Professional Championship was held in November 1922 and was open to any professional in Australia and New Zealand.^[2][3] It was a 72-hole stroke-play event with 36 holes played at Royal Melbourne on 6 November and 36 holes played at Victoria Golf Club two day later. It attracted a number of New South Wales players as well as the professionals from Victoria.^[4] Billy Iles and Dan Soutar, one of the NSW players, were tied on 158 after the first day's play.^[4] Soutar won after the second day with a score of 313, a stroke ahead of Tom Howard, another NSW professional, with Iles dropping back to third place.^[5]

The 1923 championship followed the same format as in 1922. Arthur Le Fevre, the Royal Melbourne professional. led by 3 strokes after the first day but, with two rounds of 74 of the second day, pulled away and won by 14 strokes. Rowley Banks and Charlie Campbell, from NSW, tied for second place.^[6] The only change in format in 1924 was the order of the courses, with the Victoria course played first. A number of NSW players were expected but none appeared.^[7] Rowley Banks won by a stroke, with a score of 310.^[8] In 1925, the first day's play was at Kingston Heath Golf Club, with the second day at Royal Melbourne. Ted Smith, from Tasmania, trailed after the first day, but with rounds of 73 and 76 at Royal Melbourne, won by 8 strokes.^[9]

From 1926 the championship was played at a single venue. Ted Smith, now a Victorian professional, won again in 1926, at Royal Melbourne, with some good scoring in difficult conditions on the second day.^[10] Smith was in the United States at the time of the 1927 championship and didn't defend his title at Metropolitan Golf Club. Horace Boorer won the title by two strokes.^[11] The 1928 championship at Kingston Heath was won by Rufus Stewart from South Australia in a close contest with Billy Bolger from New South Wales.^[12]

The championship became a match-play event in 1929. There was a 36-hole stroke-play qualifying day after which the leading 8 played 36-hole match-play. From 1933 the number of qualifiers was increased to 16, extending the event to 5 days. Defending champion, Rufus Stewart, reached final in 1929, but lost 6&5 to Reg Jupp.^[13] There were a number of two-time winners in the 1930s. George Naismith won in 1932 and 1934 beating Horace Boorer both times, Boorer losing three finals in a row.^[14] Ted Naismith won in 1935 and 1936, while Charlie Connors won in 1937 and 1938.^[15][16] Ted Naismith reached his third successive final in 1937, losing to Connors.^[17] In 1939, Connors himself reached his third final in a row, but lost to Martin Smith.^[18]

The 1946 and 1947 championships were played as 72-hole stroke-play events. Eric Cremin won them both, but my small margins. In 1946 he tied with another New South Wales professional, Norman Von Nida.^[19] There was an 18-hole playoff with Cremin winning by 3 strokes, 70 to 73.^[20] The following year he won by a stroke from Denis Denehey, having trailed by 3 shots after three rounds.^[21] In 1948 the event returned to its pre-war format, with 16 qualifiers on the first day, playing four days of match-play. Cremin did not compete, the event clashing with the New South Wales Close Championship.^[22] Ossie Pickworth led the qualifying by 9 strokes and won the championship, beating Sam Walsh 10&9 in the final.^[23] Cremin won his third title in 1949, beating Jack Harris in final.^[24] Harris had defeated Pickworth in the first match-play round.^[25] Harris reached the final again in 1950 beating Pickworth in the final. The match was decided at the 37th hole, the only match-play final that went to extra holes.^[26] Martin Smith won his second title in 1951, 12 years after his first.^[27] Peter Thomson won the championship in 1952 and 1953. In 1952 he beat Pickworth in a close final, but he won the 1953 final against Denis Denehey by a record score, 12 & 11.^[28][29] Pickworth had his second and third wins in 1954 and 1955, beating Harris on both occasions.^[30][31]

In 1956 the championship became a 72-hole stroke-play event. Ossie Pickworth won his third successive title and fourth in all, finishing two strokes ahead of Jack Harris.^[32] Harris won in 1957 and 1959 but was beaten by Peter Mills in 1958, who won by 6 strokes.^[33][34] For some years the prize money on offer had not attracted out-of-state professionals, but in 1960 three local businesses sponsored the event, which had prize money of £1,200, attracting a number of the leading New South Wales professionals.^[35] However, Harris retained his title and won the £400 first prize, with Kel Nagle a stroke behind in second place.^[36] Prize money dropped to £500 in 1961 but most of the leading Australians played, with the event played on the Monday and Tuesday after the Australian Open, which was played at Victoria Golf Club, finishing on the Saturday. Harris won for the fifth time, two ahead of the Australian Open winner, Frank Phillips.^[37] The prize money was maintained at £500 up to 1965. Three New South Wales professionals won this period, Kel Nagle in 1962, Bruce Devlin in 1964 and Alan Murray in 1965, with Harris winning for the sixth time in 1963.^{[38][39][40][41]}

From 1966 to 1976 the championship returned to being a largely domestic event. In 1969, Jack Harris came close to winning his seventh title. He was tied with Geoff Parslow but lost the 18-hole playoff by 8 strokes.^[42] In 1977 the championship was incorporated into the Albury-Wodonga Classic, which had prize money of A$15,000. It was won by Vaughan Somers from Queensland.^[43] In 1978 and 1979 the event was known as the Garden State Victorian PGA Championship and had prize money of A$50,000. The American Lanny Wadkins won in 1978, with Ian Stanley winning in 1979 after a playoff.^[44][45] Loss of sponsorship meant that prize money dropped to A$15,000 in 1980, below the minimum for a tour event.^[46] A full tour event was planned for 1981 but dropped because of lack of sponsorship, eventually being replaced by an event at Warrnambool, with smaller prize money.^[47][48] The 1982 event was also a non-tour event, reduced to 54 holes with prize money of A$10,000.^[49]

An event was planned at Woodlands in 1983 but was cancelled due to lack and sponsorship. The event was moved to Warrnambool, who had already secured enough prize money for a full tour event.^[50] The event, which eventually had prize money of A$40,000, was won by Vaughan Somers, his second win in the championship.^[51] The event remained at Warrnambool for a further three years. Prize money rose to A$50,000 in 1984, Wayne Riley winning after a playoff against Ian Baker-Finch.^[52] Rodger Davis won in 1985, 7 strokes ahead of the field.^[53] Prize money doubled to A$100,000 in 1986, with Wayne Smith winning by 2 strokes.^[54] The Warrnambool event was cancelled in 1987 because of the lack of TV coverage and the championship was played at the end of December, as part of the 36-hole Carpet Call pro-am.^[55] The event returned at Keysborough in January 1989 as a full tour event, with prize money of A$100,000. David Ecob won by a stroke from Peter Senior.^[56]

The event was played over 54 holes from 1991 to 1993 before returning to the 72-hole format in 1994 as part of the new second-tier Foundation Tour, Stuart Appleby winning the event after a playoff.^[57] The event later became part of the Von Nida Tour before the second-tier events were added to the main tour in 2009. Since 2000 both Gareth Paddison and Ashley Hall have won the championship twice. From 2002 to 2021 total prize money was in the range A$100,000 to A$137,500, but was increased to A$250,000 for the centenary championship in 2022.

Winners

Year	Tour[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
Victorian PGA Championship
2024	ANZ	Cory Crawford	273	−14	1 stroke	Tyler McCumber	Moonah Links
2023	ANZ	David Micheluzzi	274	−14	1 stroke	Ben Eccles	Moonah Links
2022	ANZ	Andrew Martin	279	−9	Playoff	Adam Bland Brett Coletta Lincoln Tighe	Moonah Links
2021 (Dec)	ANZ	Blake Windred	276	−12	1 stroke	Brad Kennedy	Moonah Links	[58]
2021 (Feb)	ANZ	Christopher Wood	268	−20	1 stroke	James Anstiss Michael Sim	Moonah Links	[59]
2020	ANZ	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	ANZ	Campbell Rawson	270	−10	1 stroke	Marcus Fraser	RACV Cape Schanck	[60]
2018	ANZ	Aaron Pike	270	−10	1 stroke	Ryan Chisnall	RACV Cape Schanck	[61]
2017	ANZ	Damien Jordan	272	−16	2 strokes	Aron Price	Huntingdale	[62]
Mercedes-Benz Truck and Bus Victorian PGA Championship
2016	ANZ	Ashley Hall (2)	277	−11	Playoff[b]	David McKenzie	Huntingdale	[63]
2015	ANZ	Aaron Townsend	275	−13	1 stroke	Scott Strange	Huntingdale	[64]
Lexus of Blackburn Victorian PGA Championship
2014	ANZ	Gareth Paddison (2)	272	−16	1 stroke	Michael Hendry	Heritage (St. John)	[65]
Turner Plumbing Victorian PGA Championship
2013	ANZ	David McKenzie	275	−13	2 strokes	Scott Laycock	Forest Resort Creswick	[66]
Adroit Insurance Group Victorian PGA Championship
2012	ANZ	Gareth Paddison	277	−7	1 stroke	Leighton Lyle	Forest Resort Creswick	[67]
Victorian PGA Championship
2011	ANZ	James Nitties	198	−18	1 stroke	Peter O'Malley	Sandhurst (North)	[68]
Cellarbrations Victorian PGA Championship
2010	ANZ	Alistair Presnell	266	−22	1 stroke	Kurt Barnes David Bransdon	Sandhurst (North)	[69]
2009	ANZ	Andre Stolz	271	−17	2 strokes	Stuart Bouvier	Sanctuary Lakes	[70]
NAB Victorian PGA Championship
2008	VNT	Marc Leishman	269	−19	1 stroke	Kurt Barnes Cameron Percy	Sanctuary Lakes	[71]
2007	VNT	Ashley Hall	277	−11	Playoff	Tristan Lambert	Sanctuary Lakes
National Australia Bank Victorian PGA Championship
2006	VNT	Steven Jeffress	272	−16	1 stroke	Marc Leishman Anthony Painter	Sanctuary Lakes	[72]
2005	VNT	Cameron Percy	273	−15	1 stroke	Steven Bowditch	Sanctuary Lakes	[73]
2004: No tournament
Links Group Victorian PGA Championship
2003	VNT	Martin Doyle	277	−11	2 strokes	Chris Downes	Kew	[74]
Victorian PGA Championship
2002	ANZ	Craig Carmichael	270	−10	Playoff[c]	Craig Jones	Kew	[75]
Crown Victorian PGA Championship
2001	ANZDT	Nathan Gatehouse	273	−15	1 stroke	Gavin Coles	Kew	[76]
2000	ANZDT	Matthew Habgood	274	−6	1 stroke	Malcolm Baker Michael Etherington	Albert Park	[77]
Victorian PGA Championship
1999		Chris Gaunt	202	−8	1 stroke	Aaron Baddeley (a)	Albert Park
1998		Kevin Booker	203	−7	3 strokes	David Bransdon	Albert Park
1997		Jason Dawes					Keysborough
1996	FT	Mike Harwood	208	−11	4 strokes	Mark Allen	Keysborough
1995	FT	David Armstrong (2)	281	−11	Playoff[d]	Paul Gow	Keysborough	[78]
1994	FT	Stuart Appleby	281	−11	Playoff[e]	Anthony Edwards	Keysborough	[57]
1993	FT	Michael Barry	210	−9	1 stroke	Stuart Appleby Paul Moloney	Keysborough	[79]
1992		David Armstrong	213	−6	3 strokes	Darren Cole	Keysborough	[80]
1991		Andrew Labrooy	219	E	1 stroke	David McKenzie	Keysborough	[81]
1990: No tournament
Asthma Foundation Victorian PGA Championship
1989	ANZ	David Ecob	279	−13	1 stroke	Peter Senior	Keysborough	[56]
1988: No tournament
Carpet Call PGA Championship
1987		Peter Senior	126	−10	Playoff[f]	Glenn Joyner	Ivanhoe	[82]
Black Magic Victorian PGA Championship
1986	ANZ	Wayne Smith	275	−13	2 strokes	Terry Gale	Warrnambool	[54]
Victorian PGA Championship
1985	ANZ	Rodger Davis	270	−18	7 strokes	Ossie Moore	Warrnambool	[53]
1984	ANZ	Wayne Riley	274	−14	Playoff[g]	Ian Baker-Finch	Warrnambool	[52]
1983	ANZ	Vaughan Somers (2)	280	−8	1 stroke	John Lister	Warrnambool	[51]
1982		Trevor McDonald	211	−5	5 strokes	Ian Stanley	Yarrawonga and Border	[83]
Nescafe Victorian PGA Championship
1981		Alex Bonnington	282	−6	1 stroke	Pat Mateer Glen McCully	Warrnambool	[84]
Victorian PGA Championship
1980		Bill Britten	280	−4	1 stroke	Mike Cahill	Rosebud	[46]
Garden State Victorian PGA Championship
1979	ANZ	Ian Stanley	286	−2	Playoff[h]	Stewart Ginn	Woodlands	[45]
1978	ANZ	Lanny Wadkins	281	−7	3 strokes	Bob Shearer	Woodlands	[44]
Albury-Wodonga Classic
1977	ANZ	Vaughan Somers	273	−11	1 stroke	Chris Witcher	Wodonga	[43]
Victorian PGA Championship
1976		Glenn McCully	279	−9	4 strokes	Bill Britten	Donnington Park	[85]
1975		Guy Wolstenholme	286	+2	3 strokes	Rob McNaughton	Long Island	[86]
1974		Stewart Ginn	285	+2	6 strokes	John Davis	Long Island	[87]
1973		Bruce Green (2)	291	+7	Playoff[i]	Rob McNaughton	Long Island	[88][89]
1972		John Davis	297	+13	4 strokes	Charlie Oliver	Long Island	[90]
1971		Peter Mills (2)	288	+4	3 strokes	Bob Jennings	Long Island	[91]
1970		Bob Jennings
1969		Geoff Parslow	292	+4	Playoff[j]	Jack Harris	Waverley	[42]
1968		Alan Heil	282	−6	7 strokes	Jack Harris	Waverley	[92]
1967		Bruce Green	284	E	1 stroke	Alan Heil	Waverley	[93]
1966		Geoff Flanagan	289	−11	4 strokes	Brian Huxtable	Huntingdale	[94]
1965		Alan Murray	293		2 strokes	Jack Harris Peter Mills	Woodlands	[41]
1964		Bruce Devlin	277	−11	7 strokes	Ted Ball	Latrobe	[40]
1963		Jack Harris (6)	273	−19	4 strokes	Ron Howell	Long Island	[39]
1962		Kel Nagle	286	−10	1 stroke	Frank Phillips Bob Tuohy	Patterson River	[38]
1961		Jack Harris (5)	276	−16	2 strokes	Frank Phillips	Keysborough	[37]
1960		Jack Harris (4)	283		1 stroke	Kel Nagle	Cranbourne	[36]
1959		Jack Harris (3)	285	+1	5 strokes	Bob Brown	Medway	[34]
1958		Peter Mills	280	−4	6 strokes	Jack Harris	Latrobe	[33]
1957		Jack Harris (2)	278	−2	7 strokes	Bob Brown	Croydon	[95]
1956		Ossie Pickworth (4)	288		2 strokes	Jack Harris	Long Island	[32]
1955		Ossie Pickworth (3)	2 and 1			Jack Harris	Amstel	[31]
1954		Ossie Pickworth (2)	5 and 4			Jack Harris	Rossdale	[30]
1953		Peter Thomson (2)	12 and 11			Denis Denehey	Commonwealth	[29]
1952		Peter Thomson	2 and 1			Ossie Pickworth	Victoria	[28]
1951		Martin Smith (2)	7 and 5			Jack Boorer	Southern (New Brighton)	[27]
1950		Jack Harris	37 holes			Ossie Pickworth	Kingston Heath	[26]
1949		Eric Cremin (3)	5 and 4			Jack Harris	Yarra Yarra	[24]
1948		Ossie Pickworth	10 and 9			Sam Walsh	Commonwealth	[23]
1947		Eric Cremin (2)	290		1 stroke	Denis Denehey	Riversdale	[21]
1946		Eric Cremin	289		Playoff[k]	Norman Von Nida	Victoria	[19][20]
1940–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1939		Martin Smith	5 and 4			Charlie Connors	Commonwealth	[18]
1938		Charlie Connors (2)	8 and 7			Ron Harris	Metropolitan	[16]
1937		Charlie Connors	5 and 4			Ted Naismith	Victoria	[17]
1936		Ted Naismith (2)	5 and 3			Bert Ferguson	Metropolitan	[15]
1935		Ted Naismith	5 and 4			Bill Fowler	Riversdale	[96]
1934		George Naismith (2)	9 and 8			Horace Boorer	Kingston Heath	[14]
1933		Bert Ferguson	2 and 1			Horace Boorer	Commonwealth	[97]
1932		George Naismith	5 and 4			Horace Boorer	Royal Melbourne	[98]
1931		Bill Fowler	2 up			Reg Jupp	Victoria	[99]
1930		Don Thomson	4 and 3			Arthur Le Fevre	Kingston Heath	[100]
1929		Reg Jupp	6 and 5			Rufus Stewart	Royal Melbourne	[13]
1928		Rufus Stewart	314		2 strokes	Billy Bolger	Kingston Heath	[12]
1927		Horace Boorer	302		2 strokes	Arthur Le Fevre	Metropolitan	[11]
1926		Ted Smith (2)	311		8 strokes	Arthur Le Fevre Rufus Stewart	Royal Melbourne	[10]
1925		Ted Smith	305		8 strokes	John Young	Kingston Heath/ Royal Melbourne	[9]
1924		Rowley Banks	310		1 stroke	John Young	Victoria/ Royal Melbourne	[8]
1923		Arthur Le Fevre	304		14 strokes	Rowley Banks Charlie Campbell	Royal Melbourne/ Victoria	[6]
1922		Dan Soutar	313		1 stroke	Tom Howard	Royal Melbourne/ Victoria	[5]

Notes

1. ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ANZDT − Australasian Development Tour; FT − Foundation Tour; VNT − Von Nida Tour.
2. Hall won at the first extra hole
3. Carmichael won with birdie on first extra hole
4. Armstrong won at the fourth extra hole
5. Appleby won at the first extra hole
6. Senior won at the first extra hole
7. Riley won at the second extra hole
8. Stanley won at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff
9. Green won the 18-hole playoff by 9 strokes
10. Parslow won the 18-hole playoff by 8 strokes
11. Cremin won the 18-hole playoff by 3 strokes

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