WPGA Tour of Australasia explained

The WPGA Tour of Australasia, formerly known as the ALPG Tour, is a professional golf tour for women which is based in Australia. WPGA stands for Women's Professional Golfers' Association.[1] [2]

The tour was founded as the Ladies Professional Golf Association of Australia (LPGAA) in 1972 by Alan Gillott, who also later on founded The Golfer newspaper, a free publication provided to golfers and golf clubs, Australia-wide. The LPGAA switched to ALPG Tour in 1991. The first events featured twelve competitors, and the early years were a struggle. However the long-term trend was of gradual expansion and by 2004 there were over 150 members.

The season features about a dozen tournaments, usually played over the Australian summer between November and March. The ANZ Ladies Masters and MFS Women's Australian Open have long been the leading events on the tour, with both being co-sanctioned with the more prestigious Ladies European Tour (LET) which helps attract a higher quality field. In 2010 the New Zealand Women's Open became the third tournament to be co-sanctioned by the LET. The ANZ Masters, the Australian Open and the New Zealand Open have prize funds of A$600,000, A$500,000 and A$400,000 respectively, each higher than the prize funds of all 10 remaining events combined. The New South Wales Open and the Royal Canberra Ladies Classic have purses of A$100,000 and A$125,000 respectively, and no other event has a purse of over A$25,000. Since 2012, the Women's Australian Open has also been co-sanctioned by the U.S. LPGA Tour; in its first year as an LPGA Tour event, the prize fund increased to US$1.1 million. The purse increased to US$1.2 million effective in 2013.

Australian Karrie Webb, one of the leading players in global women's golf, has a background on the tour, and continues to play in its two main events each season. However Webb and other leading members of the ALPG spend most of the year competing outside Australia, principally on the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.

In January 2012, New Zealand's Lydia Ko became the youngest person ever to win a professional golf tour event by winning the ALPG-sanctioned Bing Lee Samsung Women's NSW Open.[3]

In 2021, the ALPG Tour switched to its current name – WPGA Tour of Australasia.

2009 Schedule and results

DatesTournamentLocationWinnerNotes
Nov 21, 2008Mollymook Hilltop Golf Club Kate Little (1)
Nov 27–28, 2008St Georges Basin Country Club Rachel L. Bailey (1)
Dec 4–5, 2008Moss Vale Golf Club Stacey Tate (n/a)
Dec 8, 2008Castle Hill Country Club Angela Tatt (n/a)
Jan 12–13Kangaroo Valley Resort Karen Lunn (3)
Jan 15Royal Canberra Golf Club Sarah Kemp (5)
Jan 17–18Branxton Golf Club Rachel L. Bailey (2)
Jan 23–25Oatlands Golf Club Sarah Oh (2)
Jan 30 – Feb 1Clearwater Resort Gwladys Nocera (n/a)
Feb 5–8 Katherine Hull (4)
Feb 12–15 Laura Davies (n/a)

2010 Schedule and results

DatesTournamentLocationWinnerNotes
Dec 3–4, 2009St Georges Basin Country Club Kate Little (2)
Dec 7, 2009Castle Hill Country Club Tamara Johns (4)
Dec 8, 2009Ryde-Parramatta Golf Club Sarah Kemp (6)
Dec 12–13, 2009Branxton Golf Club Sarah Kemp (7)
Jan 21–22Moss Vale Golf Club Vicky Thomas (3)
Jan 25Kangaroo Valley Resort Laura Davies (n/a)
Jan 29–31Royal Canberra Golf Club Kristie Smith (2)
Feb 25–28Pegasus Golf Course Laura Davies (n/a)
Mar 4–7 Karrie Webb (11)
Mar 11–14 Yani Tseng (n/a)
Jul 5–7Oatlands Golf Club Sarah Oh (3)

2011 Schedule and results

DatesTournamentLocationWinnerNotes
Dec 2–3, 2010St Georges Basin Country Club Joanne Mills (7)
Jan 8–9Branxton Golf Club Rachel L. Bailey (2)
Jan 12Russell Vale Golf Club Ryann O'Toole (n/a)
Jan 13–14Moss Vale Golf Club Katherine Hull (5)
Jan 16–17Mount Broughton Golf and Country Club Katherine Hull (6)
Jan 21–23Oatlands Golf Club Caroline Hedwall (n/a)
Jan 28–30Royal Canberra Golf Club Ashley Ona (n/a)
Feb 3–6 Yani Tseng (n/a)
Feb 10–13 Yani Tseng (n/a)
Feb 17–20Pegasus Golf and Sports Club Kristie Smith (2)
Feb 24Ryde Parramatta Golf Club Sarah Kemp (8)

2012 Schedule and results

DatesTournamentLocationWinnerNotes
Nov 24, 2011Pork Kembla Golf Club Stacey Keating (1)
Nov 25, 2011Castle Hill Country Club Bree Arthur (1)
Nov 27–28, 2011Mount Broughton Golf and Country Club Stacey Keating (2)
Nov 29, 2011 Bree Arthur (2)
Dec 3–4, 2011Branxton Golf Club Tamara Johns (5)
Jan 6–8Woodlands/Spring Valley Golf Club Joanna Klatten (1)
Jan 20–22 Karen Lunn (4)
Jan 27–29Oatlands Golf Club Lydia Ko (a, n/a)
Feb 2–5 Christel Boeljon (n/a)
Feb 9–12 Jessica Korda (n/a) Co-sanctioned with the LET and the LPGA Tour
Feb 17–19Pegasus Golf Course Lindsey Wright (2) Co-sanctioned with the LET

2013 Schedule and results

DatesTournamentLocationWinnerNotes
Jan 14–15 Stacey Keating (3)
Jan 17Antill Park Country Golf Club Emma De Groot (1)
Jan 19–20Mount Broughton Golf and Country Club Caroline Hedwall (n/a)
Jan 25–27Oatlands Golf Club Caroline Hedwall (n/a)
Feb 1–3 Karrie Webb (12)
Feb 8–10Clearwater Golf Club Lydia Ko (a, n/a)
Feb 14–17 Jiyai Shin (n/a) Co-sanctioned with the LET and the LPGA Tour
Feb 21–24Thirteenth Beach Golf Links Stacey Keating (4)

2014 Schedule and results

DatesTournamentLocationWinnerWWGR
points
Notes
Oct 31, 2013North Shore Golf Club Karen Pearce (1)
Jan 7 Joanna Klatten (2)
Jan 10Antill Park Country Golf Club Joanna Klatten (3)
Jan 13–14Moss Vale Golf Club Bree Arthur (3)
Jan 17–18Mount Broughton Golf and Country Club Daniela Holmqvist (n/a)
Jan 20Castle Hill Country Club Kylie Walker (n/a)
Jan 24–26Oatlands Golf Club Joanna Klatten (4) 15
Jan 31 – Feb 2Clearwater Golf Club Mi Hyang Lee (n/a) 16.5
Feb 6–9 Cheyenne Woods (n/a) 19
Feb 13–16 Karrie Webb (13) 43 Co-sanctioned with the LET and the LPGA Tour
Feb 20–23Thirteenth Beach Golf Club Minjee Lee (a, n/a) 15

2015 Schedule and results

DatesTournamentLocationWinnerWWGR
points
Notes
Nov 13–14, 2014 North Shore Golf Club Cherie Alison (1)
Jan 9 Nikki Garrett (2)
Jan 12–13 McLeod Country Golf Club Liv Cheng (1) (tie)
Sarah Kemp (9)
Jan 22–23 Moss Vale Golf Club Sarah Oh (4)
Jan 29 Castle Hill Country Club Marion Ricordeau (n/a)
Jan 30 Pennant Hills Golf Club Beth Allen (n/a)
Feb 5–8 13th Beach Golf Marianne Skarpnord (n/a) 15
Feb 12–15 Su-Hyun Oh (1) 15
Feb 19–22 Lydia Ko (3) 37 Co-sanctioned with the LET and LPGA Tour
Feb 27 – Mar 1 Clearwater Golf Club Lydia Ko (4) 19
Mar 6–8 Oatlands Golf Club Holly Clyburn (1) 15
Apr 17–19 Twin Creeks Golf and Country Club Pan Yan-hong (1) 6

2016 Schedule and results

DatesTournamentLocationWinnerWWGR
points
Notes
Nov 12–13, 2015 North Shore Golf Club, Auckland, New Zealand Stacey Keating (5)
Dec 4–6, 2015 Miyoshi Country Club (West Course), Aichi, Japan Unofficial team event
Jan 7–8 Moss Vale Golf Club Miriam Nagl (1)
Jan 9–10 Mount Broughton Golf and Country Club Felicity Johnson (n/a)
Jan 14–15 Oatlands Golf Club Stacey Keating (6)
Jan 19–19 Castle Hill Golf and Country Club Cathryn Bristow (2)
Jan 21–22 Pennant Hills Golf Club Laura Jansone (1)
Jan 25 Long Reef Golf Club Cathryn Bristow (3)
Feb 4–7 13th Beach Golf Links Georgia Hall (n/a) 8
Feb 11–14 Clearwater Golf Club, Christchurch Lydia Ko (5) 16 Co-sanctioned with the LET
Feb 18–21 The Grange Golf Club (West Course) Haru Nomura (n/a) 26 Co-sanctioned with the LET and LPGA Tour
Feb 25–28 Jiyai Shin (n/a) 17.5 co-sanctioned with the LET
Mar 1–2 McLeod Country Golf Club Stacey Keating (7)
Mar 4 Katelyn Must (1)

2017 Schedule and results

DatesTournamentLocationWinnerWWGR
points
Notes
Sep 21–23, 2016 Panya Indra Golf Club, Bangkok, Thailand Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras (n/a) Co-sanctioned with the Thai LPGA Tour
Nov 17–18, 2016 North Shore Golf Club, Auckland, New Zealand Jenna Hunter (1)
Dec 2–4, 2016 Miyoshi Country Club (West Course), Aichi, Japan Unofficial team event
Jan 17 Castle Hill Country Club, NSW Emily McLennan (1)
Jan 19–20 Pennant Hills Golf Club, NSW
Jan 23–24 Oatlands Golf Club, NSW Gemma Dryburgh (1)
Jan 30 Links Hope Island, Queensland
Feb 2–4 RACV Royal Pines Resort, Queensland 6
Feb 9–12 13th Beach Golf Links, Victoria Melissa Reid (n/a) 16
Feb 16–19 Royal Adelaide Golf Club, South Australia Jang Ha-na (n/a) 34 Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
Feb 21–22 McLeod Country Golf Club, Queensland Ellen Davies-Graham (1)
Feb 24 Yamba Golf and Country Club, NSW Sarah Kemp (10)

2018 Schedule and results

DatesTournamentLocationWinnerWWGR
points
Notes
Sep 13–15, 2017 Panya Indra Golf Club, Bangkok, Thailand Saranporn Langkulgasettrin (n/a) 2 Co-sanctioned with the China LPGA Tour and Thai LPGA Tour
Sep 21–22, 2017 North Shore Golf Club, Auckland, New Zealand Sarah Kemp (11)
Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2017 Windross Farm Golf Course, Auckland, New Zealand Brooke Henderson (n/a) 19 Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
Dec 1–3, 2017 Miyoshi Country Club (West Course), Aichi, Japan Unofficial team event
Jan 28 Ballarat Golf Club, Ballarat, Victoria Lin Xiyu (n/a)
Feb 1–4 13th Beach Golf Links, Victoria Minjee Lee (n/a) 15
Feb 9–11 Royal Canberra Golf Club, ACT Jiyai Shin (n/a) 16.5
Feb 15–18 Kooyonga Golf Club, South Australia Ko Jin-young (n/a) 34 Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
Feb 22–25 Bonville Golf Resort, NSW Céline Boutier (n/a) 8
Mar 1–4 Coffs Harbour Golf Club, NSW Meghan MacLaren (n/a) 6 Co-sanctioned with the LET
Mar 6 Yamba Golf and Country Club, NSW Kyla Inaba (1)
Mar 8–9 McLeod Country Golf Club, Queensland Felicity Johnson (2)
Mar 12–13 Links Hope Island, Queensland Breanna Gill (1)
May 23–24 Sheraton Deva Resort and Spa, New Caledonia Breanna Gill (2)

2019 Schedule and results

DatesTournamentLocationWinnerWWGR
points
Notes
Sep 19–21, 2018 Panya Indra Golf Club, Bangkok, Thailand Parinda Phokan (n/a) 4 Co-sanctioned with the China LPGA Tour and Thai LPGA Tour
Oct 14–15, 2018 Remuera Golf Club, Auckland, New Zealand Hanee Song (1)
Jan 4 Curlewis Golf Club, Victoria Montana Strauss (1)
Feb 2–3 Ballarat Golf Club, Victoria Marianne Skarpnord (2)
Feb 7–10 13th Beach Golf Links, Victoria Céline Boutier (n/a) 20.5 Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
Feb 14–17 The Grange Golf Club, South Australia Nelly Korda (n/a) 37 Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
Feb 21–24 Bonville Golf Resort, NSW Marianne Skarpnord (n/a) 10 Co-sanctioned with the LET
Mar 1–3 Royal Canberra Golf Club, ACT Anne van Dam (n/a) 10 Co-sanctioned with the LET
Mar 5 Moss Vale Golf Club, NSW Sarah Kemp (12) (tie)
Tahnia Ravnjak (1)
Mar 7–10 Queanbeyan Golf Club, NSW Meghan MacLaren (n/a) 6 Co-sanctioned with the LET
Mar 14–15 Sheraton Deva Resort and Spa, New Caledonia Brooke Baker (1)
Mar 18–19 McLeod Country Golf Club, Queensland Whitney Hillier (1)
Mar 22 Yamba Golf and Country Club, NSW Tahnia Ravnjak (2)

2020 Schedule and results

DatesTournamentLocationWinnerWWGR
points
Notes
Sep 4–6, 2019 Panya Indra Golf Club, Bangkok, Thailand Zhang Weiwei (n/a) 4 Co-sanctioned with the China LPGA Tour and Thai LPGA Tour
Oct 13–14, 2019 Remuera Golf Club, Auckland, New Zealand Breanna Gill (3)
Jan 22 Windaroo Lakes Golf Club, Queensland Laura Fuenfstueck (n/a)
Jan 24 Yamba Golf and Country Club, NSW Holly Clyburn (2)
Jan 28–29 Moss Vale Golf Club, NSW Manon De Roey (1)
Feb 1–2 Ballarat Golf Club, Victoria Dottie Ardina (1)
Feb 6–9 13th Beach Golf Links, Victoria Park Hee-young (n/a) 20.5 Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
Feb 13–16 Royal Adelaide Golf Club, South Australia Inbee Park (n/a) 37 Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
Feb 20–23 Bonville Golf Resort, NSW Stephanie Kyriacou (a, n/a) 10 Co-sanctioned with the LET
Feb 27 – Mar 1 Dubbo Golf Club, NSW Julia Engström (n/a) 6 Co-sanctioned with the LET

2021 Schedule and results

DatesTournamentLocationWinnerWWGR
points
Notes
Jan 28–31 Rosebud Golf Club, Victoria Su-Hyun Oh (n/a) 3 Mixed event with PGA Tour of Australasia
Feb 20–21 Coolangatta & Tweed Heads Golf Club, NSW Kristalle Blum (n/a)
Mar 4–7 Bonnie Doon Golf Club, NSW Grace Kim (a, n/a) 3 Mixed event with PGA Tour of Australasia

2022 Schedule and results

DatesTournamentLocationWinnerWWGR
points
Notes
Jan 13–16 Royal Queensland Golf Club, Queensland Su-Hyun Oh (n/a) 4
Jan 24–25 Latrobe Golf Club, Victoria Karis Davidson (n/a)
Feb 3–6 Rosebud Golf Club, Victoria Lydia Hall (n/a) 4 Mixed event with PGA Tour of Australasia
Feb 10–13 13th Beach Golf Links, Victoria Hannah Green (3) 5 Played concurrently with Victorian Open
Feb 17–20 Barooga, NSW Hannah Green (4) 4
Feb 26–27 Sandringham Links Golf Club, Victoria Kirsten Rudgeley (a, n/a)
Mar 3–6 Bonnie Doon Golf Club, NSW Grace Kim (n/a) 4
Mar 10–13 Oaks Cypress Lakes Resort, NSW Momoka Kobori (n/a) 4
Apr 21–24 Bonville Golf Resort, NSW Meghan MacLaren (n/a) 5 Co-sanctioned with the LET
Apr 28 – May 1 Coolangatta & Tweed Heads Golf Club, NSW Maja Stark (n/a) 5 Co-sanctioned with the LET
Dec 1–4 Victoria Golf Club & Kingston Heath Golf Club, Melbourne Ashleigh Buhai (n/a) 16.5 Played concurrently with Australian Open

2023 Schedule and results

DatesTournamentLocationWinnerWWGR
points
Purse ($)Notes
Jan 20–22 Latrobe Golf Club, Victoria Cassie Porter (1) 50,000
Jan 26–29 Rosebud Country Club, Victoria Yoon Min-a (1) 4 200,000 Mixed event with PGA Tour of Australasia
Feb 2–5 Cobram Barooga Golf Club, Victoria Sarah Jane Smith (1) 4 200,000 Mixed event with PGA Tour of Australasia
Feb 9–12 13th Beach Golf Links, Victoria Jiyai Shin (n/a) 4 420,000 Played concurrently with Victorian Open
Feb 16–19 Bonnie Doon Golf Club, NSW Sarah Kemp (n/a) 4 200,000 Mixed event with PGA Tour of Australasia
Feb 23–26 Oaks Cypress Lakes Resort, NSW Yuna Takagi (n/a) 4 200,000 Mixed event with PGA Tour of Australasia
Mar 4–5 Sandringham Links Golf Club, Victoria Grace Lennon (1) 50,000
Mar 7 Moss Vale Golf Club, NSW Karen Pearce (5) 20,000
Mar 9–10 Wagga Wagga Country Club, NSW Jordan O'Brien (1) 50,000
Mar 13 Southport Golf Club, Queensland Cancelled
Mar 24–26 Tuncurry Golf Club, NSW Momoka Kobori (2) 150,000
Mar 31–Apr 2 Bonville Golf Resort, Queensland Breanna Gill (1) 4 150,000
May 11–14 Thailand Mixed Cup #1 St.Andrews 2000 Golf Course, Rayong, Thailand Aunchisa Utama (n/a) 150,000 Mixed event with TrustGolf Tour
May 16–19 Thailand Mixed Stableford Challenge #2 St.Andrews 2000 Golf Course, Rayong, Thailand Peerada Piddon (n/a) 150,000 Mixed event with TrustGolf Tour
Jun 15–18 Thailand Mixed Cup #3 Gassan Khuntan Golf & Resort, Thailand Charng-Tai Sudsom (n/a) 150,000 Mixed event with TrustGolf Tour
Jun 21–24 Thailand Mixed Stableford Challenge #4 Gassan Khuntan Golf & Resort, Thailand Suteepat Prateepteinchai (n/a) 150,000 Mixed event with TrustGolf Tour
Sep 21–24 Thailand Mixed Final #5 Lakeview Golf and Country Club, Thailand Newport Laparojkit (n/a) 220,000 Mixed event with TrustGolf Tour
Oct 16–22 Willunga, South Australia Robyn Choi (n/a) 4 200,000 Mixed event with PGA Tour of Australasia
Nov 30 – Dec 3 17 1,700,000 Played concurrently with Australian Open

2024 Schedule and results

DatesTournamentLocationWinner(s)WWGR
points
Purse ($)Notes
Jan 13–14 Latrobe Golf Club, Victoria Emma Ash (n/a) 50,000Unofficial event
Jan 18–21 Cobram Barooga Golf Club, Victoria Shannon Tan (n/a) 4 250,000
Jan 25–28 Rosebud Country Club, Victoria Ashley Lau (n/a) 4 250,000 Mixed event with PGA Tour of Australasia
Feb 1–4 13th Beach Golf Links, Victoria Ashley Lau (1) 5 420,000
Feb 8–11 Pagewood Golf Club, NSW Jenny Shin (n/a) 4 250,000Mixed event with PGA Tour of Australasia
Feb 15–18 Oaks Cypress Lakes Resort, NSW Justice Bosio (a, n/a)
Kotono Fukaya (n/a)
4 250,000Mixed event with PGA Tour of Australasia
Feb 24–25 Peninsula Kingswood GC, Victoria Kelsey Bennett (1) 50,000
Feb 29–Mar 1 Wagga Wagga Country Club, NSW Cho Jeong-min (1) 50,000
Mar 29–31 Magenta Shores Golf Club, NSW Mariajo Uribe (n/a) 12 €300,000Co-sanctioned with the LET
Apr 5–7 Bonville Golf Resort, Queensland Nicole Broch Estrup (n/a)
Tsai Pei-ying (n/a)
Jess Whitting (n/a)
€300,000Co-sanctioned with the LET
Unofficial event
Apr 10–11 Walcha Golf Club, NSW Lydia Hall (2) 140,000

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WPGA Tour Australasia - About Us . WPGA Tour Australasia . 21 February 2022.
  2. Web site: Blake . Martin . ALPG renames itself to add 'women' . 21 February 2022 . Golf Australia . 24 November 2020.
  3. Web site: Ko plays her way into golfing history . Stuff.co.nz . 29 January 2012.