2021–22 PGA Tour of Australasia
Golf tour season
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The 2021–22 PGA Tour of Australasia, titled as the 2021–22 ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia for sponsorship reasons, was the 48th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.
Jediah Morgan Dimitrios Papadatos| Duration | 9 December 2021 – 8 May 2022 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 14[a] |
| Order of Merit | Jediah Morgan |
| Player of the Year | Dimitrios Papadatos |
← 2020–21 2022–23 → | |
European Tour strategic alliance extension
In January, it was announced by the European Tour that they had extended their strategic alliance with the PGA Tour of Australasia, which had originally been signed in 2017.[1] As part of the extension, an additional two players (three in total) from the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit were awarded European Tour status for the following season.[2]
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2021–22 season.[3][4]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (A$) |
Winner[b] | OWGR points |
Other tours[c] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | New South Wales | – | Cancelled[5] | – | |||
| 12 Dec |
Victorian PGA Championship | Victoria | 137,500 | Blake Windred (1) |
6 | ||
| 19 Dec |
Gippsland Super 6 | Victoria | 137,500 | Jack Thompson (1) |
6 | ||
| 16 Jan |
Fortinet Australian PGA Championship | Queensland | 1,000,000 | Jediah Morgan (1) |
32 | Flagship event | |
| 23 Jan | Queensland PGA Championship | Queensland | 200,000 | Anthony Quayle (2) |
6 | ||
| 6 Feb | TPS Victoria | Victoria | 200,000 | Todd Sinnott (1) |
6 | WANZ | Mixed event |
| 13 Feb | Vic Open | Victoria | 410,000 | Dimitrios Papadatos (4) |
16 | ||
| 20 Feb | TPS Murray River | New South Wales | 200,000 | Hannah Green (n/a) |
6[d] | WANZ | Mixed event |
| 6 Mar | TPS Sydney | New South Wales | 200,000 | Jarryd Felton (3) |
6 | WANZ | Mixed event |
| 12 Mar | TPS Hunter Valley | New South Wales | 200,000 | Aaron Pike (2) |
6 | WANZ | Mixed event |
| 19 Mar | Golf Challenge NSW Open | New South Wales | 400,000 | Harrison Crowe (a) (1) |
16 | ||
| New Zealand Open | New Zealand | – | Cancelled[7] | – | ASA | ||
| 8 Apr | The National PGA Classic | Victoria | 200,000 |  Derek Ackerman (1) |
6 | ||
| NZ PGA Championship | New Zealand | – | Cancelled[8] | – | |||
| 24 Apr |
CKB WA PGA Championship | Western Australia | 200,000 | Jay Mackenzie (1) |
6 | ||
| 1 May |
Nexus Advisernet WA Open | Western Australia | 150,000 | Braden Becker (1) |
6 | ||
| 8 May |
Tailor-made Building Services NT PGA Championship | Northern Territory | 150,000 | Austin Bautista (1) |
6 |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[9][10] The top three players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2023 European Tour (DP World Tour).[11]
| Position | Player | Prize money (A$) | Status earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jediah Morgan | 190,409 | Promoted to European Tour |
| 2 | Blake Windred | 125,286 | |
| 3 | Andrew Dodt | 112,731 | |
| 4 | Dimitrios Papadatos | 111,491 | |
| 5 | Aaron Pike | 100,981 |
Awards
| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Year | Dimitrios Papadatos | [12] |
Notes
- A further three tournaments were scheduled but were cancelled.
- The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australasia events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australasia members.
- ASA − Asian Tour; WANZ − WPGA Tour of Australasia.