Queensland PGA Championship

Queensland PGA Championship
Tournament information
LocationNudgee, Queensland, Australia
Established1926
Course(s)Nudgee Golf Club
(Kurrai Course)
Par72
Length7,046 yards (6,443 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Von Nida Tour
Australasian Development Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundA$250,000
Month playedOctober/November
Tournament record score
Aggregate254 Brad Kennedy (2013)
To par−29 Kurt Barnes (2004)
Score9 and 8 Eddie Anderson (1939)
Current champion
Australia Phoenix Campbell
Location map
Nudgee GC is located in Australia
Nudgee GC
Nudgee GC
Location in Australia
Nudgee GC is located in Queensland
Nudgee GC
Nudgee GC
Location in Queensland

The Queensland PGA Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia.[1] The tournament is currently held at Nudgee Golf Club in Nudgee.

History

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The event was founded as the Queensland Professional Championship in 1926. The inaugural championship was played at Brisbane Golf Club in late November with 12 professionals competing. There was a 36-hole stroke-play stage with the leading 4 qualifying for the match-play. The 36-hole semi-finals were played the following day with the 36-hole final on the third day.[2] Arthur Spence, the Royal Queensland professional, beat Jack Quarton, the Toowoomba professional, in the final.[3] In 1927 the number of qualifiers was increased to 8, with the quarter and semi-finals played over 18 holes on the second day.[4] From 1930 the event was extended to four days, with all matches over 36 holes.[5]

Charlie Brown was the most successful golfer before World War II, winning three times in succession from 1930 to 1932.[6] He appeared in 7 finals in a row and 9 finals in all. Ossie Walker was another three-time winner, in 1934, 1936 and 1938.[7] After the war, Reg Want dominated, winning 7 times in 9 years to 1954. He didn't play in one of the other two, losing the other at the quarter-final stage.[8] He won for an eighth time in 1962. Darrell Welch won four times in five years between 1956 and 1960. Since Want's eighth win in 1962, no player has won the event more than twice.

The championship has been a PGA Tour of Australasia event since 2009 and has been held at City Golf Club in Toowoomba during that period.

No tournament was played in 2021, but the tournament returned in 2022 with a change of venue to Nudgee Golf Club in Nudgee.[9]

Notable former winners of the event include major champions David Graham, Greg Norman and Ian Baker-Finch. In addition, 2015 PGA champion Jason Day narrowly lost out in a playoff in the 2005 event when it was part of the Von Nida Tour.[10]

Winners

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Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
Queensland PGA Championship
2024 ANZ Australia Phoenix Campbell (2) 277 −11 Playoff Australia Jak Carter Nudgee
2023 ANZ Australia Phoenix Campbell (a) 279 −9 1 stroke Australia Harrison Crowe
Australia Lawry Flynn
Australia Deyen Lawson
Australia David Micheluzzi
Australia Jack Pountney
Australia Blake Proverbs
New Zealand Nick Voke
Nudgee
QLD PGA Championship
2022
(Nov)
ANZ Australia Aaron Wilkin 284 −4 Playoff Australia Justin Warren Nudgee [11]
Queensland PGA Championship
2022
(Jan)
ANZ Australia Anthony Quayle 276 −12 2 strokes Australia Daniel Gale Nudgee [12]
2021: No tournament
Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship
2020 ANZ Australia Michael Sim 268 −12 Playoff Australia Scott Arnold City [13]
2019 ANZ Australia Daniel Nisbet 256 −24 6 strokes Australia Harrison Endycott
Australia Deyen Lawson
City [14]
2018 ANZ Australia Daniel Fox 262 −18 1 stroke Australia Steven Jeffress
Australia Matthew Millar
City [15]
2017 ANZ New Zealand Daniel Pearce 261 −19 Playoff Australia Matthew Millar City [16]
2016 ANZ Germany David Klein 265 −15 Playoff Australia Tim Hart City [17]
2015 ANZ New Zealand Ryan Fox 263 −17 1 stroke Australia Matthew Millar
Australia Cameron Smith
City [18]
2014 ANZ Australia Anthony Summers 256 −24 3 strokes New Zealand Ryan Fox City [19]
2013 ANZ Australia Brad Kennedy 254 −18 2 strokes New Zealand Michael Hendry City [20]
2012 ANZ Australia Andrew Tschudin 199[b] −11 1 stroke Australia Andrew Martin
Australia Brody Ninyette
City [21]
Cellarbrations Queensland PGA Championship
2011 ANZ New Zealand Gareth Paddison 262 −18 2 strokes Australia Terry Pilkadaris
Australia Kieran Pratt
City [22]
Queensland PGA Championship
2010 Australia Peter Senior incorporated into the Australian PGA Championship [23]
Cellarbrations Queensland PGA Championship
2009 ANZ Australia Steven Bowditch 260 −20 6 strokes Australia Clint Rice City [24]
Queensland PGA Championship
2008 VNT Australia Darren Beck incorporated into the Callaway Hi-Lite Pro-Am [25]
Greater Building Society Queensland PGA Championship
2007 VNT Australia Andrew Bonhomme 261 −23 2 strokes Australia Darren Beck
Australia Michael Curtain
Emerald Lakes [26][27]
Greater Building Society QLD PGA Championship
2006 VNT Australia Cameron Percy 264 −20 2 strokes Australia Michael Brennan
Australia Aaron Townsend
Emerald Lakes [28]
2005 VNT Australia Scott Gardiner 261 −23 Playoff Australia Jason Day (a) Emerald Lakes [10]
Toyota Queensland PGA Championship
2004 VNT Australia Kurt Barnes 259 −29 1 stroke Australia Gary Simpson Emerald Lakes [29]
Queensland PGA Championship
2003 VNT Australia David Diaz 266 −22 Playoff Australia Aaron Townsend Emerald Lakes [30]
2002 ANZ Australia Andre Stolz 266 −22 2 strokes Australia Paul Sheehan Gold Coast [31]
2001 ANZDT Australia Anthony Painter 268 −20 5 strokes Australia Scott Gardiner Gold Coast [32]
2000 Australia Nathan Green
1999 FT Australia Jon Riley 267 −21 Playoff Australia Craig Jones Gold Coast [33][34]
1998 FT Australia Lucas Parsons (2) 273 −15 3 strokes Australia Terry Price Gold Coast [35]
1997 FT Australia Lucas Parsons 276 −12 Playoff Australia Brad Andrews
Australia John Senden
Gold Coast [36][34]
1996 FT Australia David Ecob 210 −6 1 stroke New Zealand Elliot Boult
Australia Darren Cole
Australia Anthony Summers
Gold Coast [37]
1995 FT Australia Tod Power 281 −7 2 strokes Australia Tony Carolan
England Matthew King
Australia Lucien Tinkler
Gold Coast [37]
1994 ANZ, FT Australia Robert Stephens 273 −15 4 strokes Australia Lucien Tinkler McLeod [38]
1993 FT Australia Chris Taylor 285 1 stroke Australia Anthony Painter Paradise Springs [37]
1992 Australia Ossie Moore (2) 271 −17 3 strokes Australia Terry Price Gainsborough Greens [39]
1991 United States Wayne Case 282 −6 2 strokes Australia Mike Sprengel Gainsborough Greens [40]
1990 Australia Terry Price (2) 275 −13 4 strokes United States Mike Colandro Gainsborough Greens [41]
1989 Australia Zoran Zorkic 277 −11 1 stroke Australia Terry Price Howeston [42]
1988 Australia Terry Price 275 Playoff Australia Robert Stephens Toowoomba [43]
1987 ANZ Australia Peter Senior 278 −10 Playoff Australia Jeff Woodland Pacific [44]
Fourex Queensland PGA Championship
1986 ANZ Australia Ossie Moore 277 −11 10 strokes Australia Brett Ogle
Australia Peter Senior
Indooroopilly [45]
Queensland PGA Championship
1985 ANZ Australia Peter Fowler 277 −7 1 stroke United States Keith Parker
Australia Wayne Riley
Brisbane [46]
Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship
1984 ANZ Australia Ian Baker-Finch 285 −3 1 stroke Australia Ossie Moore Royal Queensland [47]
Queensland PGA Championship
1983 ANZ Australia Peter McWhinney 283 −5 2 strokes Australia Ossie Moore Royal Queensland [48]
1982 ANZ Australia Paul Foley 288 E Playoff Australia Peter Fowler Royal Queensland [49]
1981 Australia Mike Ferguson 285 −3 3 strokes Australia Bob Shaw Royal Queensland [50]
1980 Australia John Victorsen 288 E 1 stroke Australia Bryan Smith Royal Queensland [51]
1979 ANZ Australia Greg Norman 285 −7 8 strokes Royal Queensland [52]
1978 Australia Allan Cooper
1977 Australia Bryan Smith
1976 Australia Randall Vines (2)
1975 Australia Errol Hartvigsen (2) 284 E 9 strokes Australia John Dyer Brisbane [53]
1974 Australia John Klatt (2)
1973 Australia Randall Vines
1972 Australia Peter Barry
1971 Australia Errol Hartvigsen
1970 Australia John Klatt
1969 Australia Bobby Gibson (2)
1968 Australia Ted Ball
1967 Australia David Graham
1966 Australia Les Wilson
1965 Australia Bobby Gibson
1964 Australia John Collins (2)
1963 Australia Jack Brown (2)
1962 Australia Reg Want (8)
1961 Australia Len Thomas [54]
1960 Australia Darrell Welch (4) [55]
1959 Australia Darrell Welch (3)
1958 Australia Darrell Welch (2)
1957 Australia John Collins
1956 Australia Darrell Welch
1955 Australia Doug Katterns 5 and 4 Australia Reg Want [56]
1954 Australia Reg Want (7) 3 and 2 Australia Jack Brown Keperra [8]
1953 Australia Jack Brown 2 and 1 Australia Fred Anderson Gailes [57]
1952 Australia Reg Want (6) 2 and 1 Australia Murray Crafter Royal Queensland [58]
1951 Australia Reg Want (5) 3 and 2 Australia Jack Brown Indooroopilly [59]
1950 Australia Jim McInnes 4 and 3 Australia Jack Downs Brisbane [60]
1949 Australia Reg Want (4) 1 up Australia Ossie Walker Indooroopilly [61]
1948 Australia Reg Want (3) 4 and 3 Australia Ossie Walker Toowoomba [62]
1947 Australia Reg Want (2) 4 and 3 Australia Ossie Walker Brisbane [63]
1946 Australia Reg Want 3 and 1 Australia Eddie Anderson Peninsula [64]
1940–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1939 Australia Eddie Anderson (2) 9 and 8 Australia Charlie Brown Brisbane [65]
1938 Australia Ossie Walker (3) 9 and 7 Australia Eddie Anderson Royal Queensland [7]
1937 Australia Eddie Anderson 4 and 2 Australia Ossie Walker Gailes [66]
1936 Australia Ossie Walker (2) 6 and 4 Australia Charlie Brown Victoria Park [67]
1935 Australia Arthur Gazzard (2) 4 and 2 Australia Eddie Anderson Indooroopilly [68]
1934 Australia Ossie Walker 7 and 5 Australia Charlie Brown Brisbane [69]
1933 Australia Arthur Gazzard 2 and 1 Australia Charlie Brown Royal Queensland [70]
1932 Australia Charlie Brown (3) 1 up Australia Jack Quarton Brisbane [6]
1931 Australia Charlie Brown (2) 1 up Australia Joe Cohen Royal Queensland [71]
1930 Australia Charlie Brown 2 and 1 Australia Tom Southcombe Brisbane [5]
1929 Australia Jack Quarton 4 and 3 Australia Charlie Brown Royal Queensland [72]
1928 Australia Alex Denholm 2 and 1 Australia Charlie Brown Brisbane [73]
1927 Australia Dick Carr 4 and 3 Australia Arthur Spence Royal Queensland [4]
1926 Australia Arthur Spence 2 and 1 Australia Jack Quarton Brisbane [3]

Multiple winners

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Sixteen players have won this tournament more than once through 2020.

Notes

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  1. ^ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ANZDT − Australasian Development Tour; FT − Foundation Tour; VNT − Von Nida Tour.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

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