Year: | 1997–98 |
Tour: | PGA Tour of Australasia |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 13 |
Honor1: | Order of Merit |
Honoree1: | Andrew Coltart |
Prevseason: | 1996–97 |
Nextseason: | 1998–99 |
The 1997–98 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 26th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.
The following table lists official events during the 1997–98 season.[1]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (A$) | Winner | OWGR points | Other tours | Notes | |
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14 Sep | Ericsson Asia-Pacific Masters | Indonesia | US$500,000 | Darren Cole (1) | 16 | ASA | New tournament | |
23 Nov | MasterCard Australian PGA Championship | New South Wales | 500,000 | Andrew Coltart (2) | 16 | |||
30 Nov | Holden Australian Open | Victoria | 1,000,000 | Lee Westwood (n/a) | 38 | Flagship event | ||
7 Dec | Australasian Players Championship | Queensland | 500,000 | Greg Chalmers (1) | 26 | |||
14 Dec | AMP Air New Zealand Open | New Zealand | NZ$500,000 | Greg Turner (5) | 18 | |||
21 Dec | Schweppes Coolum Classic | Queensland | 200,000 | Craig Parry (8) | 18 | |||
11 Jan | Victorian Open | Victoria | 200,000 | Brad King (1) | 16 | |||
25 Jan | Johnnie Walker Classic | Thailand | £750,000 | Tiger Woods (n/a) | 40 | EUR | ||
1 Feb | Heineken Classic | Western Australia | 1,200,000 | Thomas Bjørn (n/a) | 32 | EUR | ||
8 Feb | Greg Norman Holden International | New South Wales | 1,000,000 | Greg Norman (33) | 36 | |||
15 Feb | Ericsson Masters | Victoria | 750,000 | Bradley Hughes (4) | 30 | |||
21 Feb | Canon Challenge | New South Wales | 500,000 | Peter O'Malley (2) | 16 | |||
8 Mar | ANZ Tour Championship | Australian Capital Territory | 500,000 | Mathew Goggin (1) | 16 | New tournament Tour Championship |
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[2]
Position | Player | Prize money (A$) | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 316,107 | ||
2 | 264,534 | ||
3 | 263,926 | ||
4 | 220,417 | ||
5 | 213,234 |