The Australian PGA Seniors Championship is a golf tournament in Australia.
The inaugural event was held in 1986. Legendary golfer Peter Thomson referred to the tournament as "a breakthrough" for Australian senior golf.[1] The 1986 and 1987 events were played concurrently with the Rich River Classic, a regular event on the PGA Tour of Australia. Both were won by the American Orville Moody.[2][3][4] The regular PGA Tour of Australia event, The Rich River Classic, was discontinued in 1988 because of a clash of dates. However, the Rich River Golf Course continued to host the seniors championship until 1995.[5] The 1988 championship was won by Jerry Stolhand.[6] Stolhand, an American who had lived in Australia since 1969, was killed in a car accident in February 1989 and was unable to defend the title.[7][8]
In 1996, star American golfer Lee Trevino played the event.[9] It was the first event he played in Australia in a decade.[10] He played it as a gift to his friend Bruce Devlin who designed Gold Creek Country Club, the course the event was played on.[9] He went on to win.[11]
In recent years the event has been held at Richmond Golf Club. In late 2020 it was announced that the course got a two-year extension to host the tournament through 2022.[12]
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref. |
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2023 | Jason Norris | 196 | −14 | 5 strokes | Stephen Allan Peter Lonard |
Richmond Golf Club | [13] |
2022 | Richard Green | 199 | −11 | 1 stroke | Andre Stolz | Richmond Golf Club | [14] |
2021 | Guy Wall | 66[a] | −4 | Playoff[b] | Peter Lonard | Richmond Golf Club | [15] |
2020 | Andre Stolz | 201 | −9 | 4 strokes | Peter Lonard | Richmond Golf Club | [16] |
2019 | Peter Senior | 201 | −9 | 1 stroke | Peter Fowler Peter O'Malley |
Richmond Golf Club | [17][18] |
2018 | Michael Long | 198 | −12 | 1 stroke | Peter Senior | Richmond Golf Club | [19] |
2017 | David McKenzie[c] | 202 | −14 | 6 strokes | Peter Senior | Twin Waters Golf Club & Pelican Waters Golf Club |
[20][21] |
2016 | Martin Pettigrew | 214 | −2 | 3 strokes | David Merriman | Mollymook Golf Club (Hilltop) | [22][23] |
2015 | Rodger Davis | 203 | −7 | Playoff[d] | Mike Harwood Peter Senior |
Richmond Golf Club | [24][25] |
2014 | Simon Owen | 208 | −2 | Playoff[e] | Mike Harwood | Richmond Golf Club | [26][27] |
2013 | Darryl Purchase | 210 | E | 2 strokes | Kym Olsen | Richmond Golf Club | [28][29] |
2012 | Mike Harwood | 124[f] | −6 | 2 strokes | Mike Zilko | Gordon Golf Club | [30][31] |
2011 | Peter Fowler | 207 | −9 | 9 strokes | Mike Clayton David Hill |
Killara Golf Club | [32] |
2010 | Lyndsay Stephen | 214 | −2 | 2 strokes | Delroy Cambridge | Killara Golf Club | [33] |
2009 | Peter Senior | 207 | −9 | 8 strokes | Larry Canning Mike Harwood |
Byron Bay Golf Club | [34] |
2008 | Noel Ratcliffe | 212 | −4 | 6 strokes | John Clifford Terry Gale David Merriman Stuart Reese |
Byron Bay Golf Club | [35] |
2007 | David Merriman | 215 | −1 | 2 strokes | Garry Merrick Craig Owen |
Byron Bay Golf Club | [36] |
2006 | Terry Gale | 216 | E | 7 strokes | Stuart Reese | Newcastle Golf Club | [37] |
2005 | Tom Purtzer | 206[g] | −10 | 5 strokes | John Chillas | Club Pelican | [38][39] |
2004 | Mike Ferguson | 291 | +3 | Playoff | Brian Jones | Club Pelican | [40] |
2003 | John Clifford | 218 | +2 | 2 strokes | Geoff Parslow | Penrith Golf Club | [41] |
2002 | Mike Ferguson | 207 | −9 | 6 strokes | Bryan Smith | Penrith Golf Club | [42][43] |
2001 | Noel Ratcliffe | 206 | Playoff[h] | David Good | Penrith Golf Club | [44] | |
2000 | Barry Vivian | 208 | −8 | 4 strokes | Ian Brander Frank Conallin |
Penrith Golf Club | [45][46] |
1999 | Trevor Downing | Twin Waters Golf Club | |||||
1998 | Ian Stanley | 215 | −1 | 1 stroke | Akio Toyoda | Twin Waters Golf Club | [47] |
1997 | Terry Gale | 216 | Playoff[i] | Bob Shaw | Twin Waters Golf Club | [48][49] | |
1996 | Lee Trevino | 282 | −6 | 5 strokes | Terry Gale | Gold Creek Country Club | [50][51] |
1995 | Bill Dunk | 281 | 2 strokes | Peter Headland | Rich River Golf Club | [52] | |
1994 | Rick L'Estrange | 281 | −7 | 2 strokes | Errol Hartvigsen | Rich River Golf Club | [53][54] |
1993 | Akio Toyoda | 284 | 7 strokes | Bill Dunk | Rich River Golf Club | [55] | |
1992 | Akio Toyoda | 288 | 9 strokes | Bill Dunk John Klatt |
Rich River Golf Club | [56] | |
1991 | John Davis | 293 | +5 | 1 stroke | Darrell Welch | Rich River Golf Club | [57][58][59] |
1990 | Mike Kelly | 291 | +3 | 6 strokes | Col Johnston | Rich River Golf Club | [60][61] |
1989 | Bill Dunk | 282 | 12 strokes | Peter Thomson | Rich River Golf Club | [62] | |
1988 | Jerry Stolhand | 286 | 7 strokes | Ian Alexander | Rich River Golf Club | [6] | |
1987 | Orville Moody | 281 | −7 | 10 strokes | Harry Berwick | Rich River Golf Club | [63][4] |
1986 | Orville Moody | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Peter Thomson | Rich River Golf Club | [64][3] |
Source: [65]