Perth International Explained

World Super 6 Perth
Location:Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Establishment:2012
Course:Lake Karrinyup Country Club
Par:72
Yardage:7143yd
Tour:European Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Asian Tour
Org:European Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Format:Stroke play and Match play
Month Played:February
Aggregate:271 Thorbjørn Olesen (2014)
To-Par:−17 as above
Final Year:2019
Score:3 and 2 Ryan Fox (2019)
Final Champion: Ryan Fox
Map:Australia#Western Australia
Map Label:Lake Karrinyup CC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-31.8616°N 115.7853°W

The World Super 6 Perth is a golf tournament that was played for the first time in October 2012 as the ISPS Handa Perth International. It is played at Lake Karrinyup Country Club in Perth, Western Australia. It is co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia.[1] From 2016 it has also been co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour. It is one of the richest golf tournaments in Australia, with a A$1.6 million purse.[1]

Originally owned by WME-IMG, the tournament, from 2017, switched from a traditional 72-hole event to a 54-hole tournament with two cuts followed by match play.[2] [3]

Format from 2017

The format used since 2017 is similar to that used for the 2011 Surf Coast Knockout. It retains the 156-player field, with the cut being made at the top-65 and ties after 36 holes. After 54 holes, the field is cut to a fixed 24. The top eight players receive byes, with the tiebreaker being the overall third round score, then the last nine, then six, then three, and then the final hole to break ties. Ties for 24th place are determined by a sudden-death playoff.

On the final day, only six-hole match play contests are played. For matches all-square after the sixth hole, the players returned to a tee near the 18th fairway to play that one hole until a winner is determined. The first round includes the 16 players not receiving byes, randomly paired. In the second round, the eight winners play the eight players that did not play in the first round. There are then quarterfinals, semifinals and a final to determine the winner. Consolation matches are played to determine third through eighth place.

In 2017, the holes used on the final day were the 10th (par 4), 2nd (4), 8th (3), 11th (5), 12th (3), and 18th (4).

Winners

YearToursWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth
2019 3 and 2 Adrián Otaegui
2018 2 and 1 James Nitties
2017 2 and 1 Phachara Khongwatmai
ISPS Handa Perth International
2016 272 −16 1 stroke Alexander Lévy
2015: No tournament
2014 271 −17 3 strokes Victor Dubuisson
2013 278 −10 Playoff Ross Fisher
2012 272 −16 2 strokes Jason Dufner

External links

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/news/newsid=151032.html Perth International Golf Championship Set for 2012
  2. News: Australia to host revolutionary World Super 6 Perth tournament . ESPN . Australian Associated Press . 13 September 2016.
  3. Web site: ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth: FAQs . PGA European Tour . 15 February 2017.