2011 PGA Tour of Australasia explained

Year:	2011
Tour:	PGA Tour of Australasia
Regular Season:	–
No Of Events:	13
Most Wins:	Greg Chalmers (2)
Honor1:	Order of Merit
Honoree1:	Greg Chalmers
Prevseason:	2010
Nextseason:	2012

The 2011 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 38th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (A$)	Winner	OWGR points	Other tours	Notes
10 Jan	Victorian Open	Victoria	120,000	Paul Sheehan (2)	n/a
16 Jan	Victorian PGA Championship	Victoria	110,000	James Nitties (1)	n/a
23 Jan	Surf Coast Knockout	Victoria	135,000	Scott Laycock (2)	n/a		New tournament
27 Jan	Cellarbrations Queensland PGA Championship	Queensland	115,000	Gareth Paddison (2)	n/a
17 Oct	South Pacific Open	New Caledonia	110,000	Matthew Griffin (1)	n/a		New tournament
23 Oct	Brunel WA PGA Championship	Western Australia	110,000	Michael Wright (1)	n/a
30 Oct	WA Open Championship	Western Australia	110,000	Rohan Blizard (1)	n/a
6 Nov	NSW PGA Championship	New South Wales	120,000	Matthew Guyatt (1)	n/a
13 Nov	Emirates Australian Open	New South Wales	1,500,000	Greg Chalmers (3)	42	ONE	Flagship event
20 Nov	NSW Open	New South Wales	135,000	Adam Crawford (1)	n/a
27 Nov	Australian PGA Championship	Queensland	1,500,000	Greg Chalmers (4)	34	ONE
4 Dec	BMW New Zealand Open	New Zealand	NZ$400,000	Brad Kennedy (2)	16
18 Dec	JBWere Masters	Victoria	1,000,000	Ian Poulter (n/a)	32

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.^[2] ^[3]

Position	Player	Prize money (A$)
1		554,285
2		229,125
3		204,285
4		141,410
5		134,833

Notes and References

Web site: 2011 Tournament schedule . PGA Tour of Australasia . 9 August 2023.
Web site: 2011 Order of Merit . PGA Tour of Australasia . 10 February 2023.
Web site: Poulter claims gold jacket . ausgolf.com . 18 December 2011 . 9 August 2023 . Greg Chalmers was officially awarded the Norman Von Nida medal today for topping the PGA Tour of Australasia’s Order of Merit. With his two wins in the Emirates Australian Open and the Australian PGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola Chalmers won $554,285 throughout the 2011 Australian summer....