Victorian PGA Championship

Victorian PGA Championship
Tournament information
LocationFingal, Victoria, Australia
Established1922
Course(s)Moonah Links
Par72
Length7,466 yards (6,827 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Von Nida Tour
Australasian Development Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundA$250,000
Month playedNovember
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Alistair Presnell (2010)
To par−22 as above
Score12 and 11 Peter Thomson (1953)
Current champion
Australia David Micheluzzi
Location map
Moonah Links is located in Australia
Moonah Links
Moonah Links
Location in Australia
Moonah Links is located in Victoria
Moonah Links
Moonah Links
Location in Victoria

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.

History

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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

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

Notes

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  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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