1987 PGA Tour of Australia
Golf tour season
Duration | 27 November 1986 (1986-11-27) – 30 November 1987 (1987-11-30) |
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Number of official events | 15 |
Most wins | Peter Senior (3) |
Order of Merit | Peter Senior |
← 1986 1988 → |
The 1987 PGA Tour of Australia was the 16th season on the PGA Tour of Australia, the main professional golf tour in Australia since it was formed in 1973.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 1987 season.[1]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (A$) | Winner[a] | OWGR points | Notes |
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30 Nov | Air New Zealand Shell Open | New Zealand | NZ$150,000 | Rodger Davis (6) | 20 | |
7 Dec | Nissan-Mobil New Zealand Open | New Zealand | NZ$120,000 | Rodger Davis (7) | 20 | |
26 Jan | U-Bix Classic[b] | Australian Capital Territory | 100,000 | Peter Senior (4) | 12 | |
1 Feb | Foster's Tattersall Tasmanian Open | Tasmania | 75,000 | Brian Jones (4) | 12 | |
8 Feb | Robert Boyd Transport Australian Match Play Championship | Victoria | 100,000 | Ian Baker-Finch (6) | 14 | |
15 Feb | Australian Masters | Victoria | 300,000 | Greg Norman (21) | 40 | |
22 Feb | Robert Boyd Transport Victorian Open | Victoria | 110,000 | Roger Mackay (1) | 22 | |
29 Feb | Rich River Classic | New South Wales | 75,000 | Peter Senior (5) | 10 | |
11 Oct | Konica Queensland Open | Queensland | 75,000 | David Graham (5) | 10 | |
18 Oct | Queensland PGA Championship | Queensland | 75,000 | Peter Senior (6) | 10 | |
25 Oct | National Panasonic New South Wales Open | New South Wales | 150,000 | Craig Parry (1) | 18 | |
1 Nov | ESP Australian PGA Championship | New South Wales | 170,000 | Roger Mackay (2) | 16 | |
15 Nov | West End South Australian Open | South Australia | 100,000 | Ronan Rafferty (1) | 12 | |
22 Nov | National Panasonic Western Australian Open | Western Australia | 80,000 | Gerry Taylor (1) | 12 | |
30 Nov | National Panasonic Australian Open | Victoria | 300,000 | Greg Norman (22) | 40 |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[2]
Position | Player | Prize money (A$) |
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1 | Peter Senior | 94,492 |
2 | Roger Mackay | 73,994 |
3 | Rodger Davis | 70,465 |
4 | Vaughan Somers | 57,165 |
5 | Mike Colandro | 49,731 |
Notes
- ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australia events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australia members.
- ^ incorporating the New South Wales PGA Championship.
References
- ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1988). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988. Collins Willow. pp. 232–244, 447–458. ISBN 0002182831. Retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "Curtis Strange första stora segern | Penningligan" [Curtis Strange's first big win | Money list]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 1. January 1988. p. 71. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
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