Heritage Classic (PGA Tour of Australasia) explained

Heritage Classic
Location:Chirnside Park, Melbourne, Australia
Establishment:2013
Course:The Heritage Golf and Country Club
Par:72
Yardage:7272yd
Tour:PGA Tour of Australasia
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:January
Aggregate:264 Matthew Griffin (2024)
To-Par:−24 as above
Current Champion: Matthew Griffin
Coordinates:-37.719°N 145.298°W
Map:Australia#Victoria
Map Label:Heritage G&CC
Map Relief:yes

The Heritage Classic is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia, played at The Heritage Golf and Country Club in Chirnside Park, Melbourne, Australia.

The inaugural event was formed in 2013 as the Lexus of Blackburn Heritage Classic. David Bransdon, Lucas Herbert and Max McCardle tied on 274, but Bransdon won the playoff with a birdie at the first extra hole.[1]

Between 2014 and 2023, the tournament was not played, however returned in January 2024 as part of the 2023–24 PGA Tour of Australasia season.[2]

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runners-up
Heritage Classic
264 −24 6 strokes Jak Carter
Quinnton Croker
2014–2023: No tournament
Lexus of Blackburn Heritage Classic
274 −14 Playoff Lucas Herbert (a)
Max McCardle

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bransdon wins Heritage Classic, Herbert second . 28 January 2013 . Golf Australia . 2017-05-01 . 2019-05-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190505154726/https://www.golf.org.au/newsdisplay/bransdon-wins-heritage-classic-herbert-second/75713 . dead.
  2. Web site: Heritage Classic returns to PGA Tour of Australasia on three-year deal . PGA of Australia . 29 June 2023 . 14 August 2023.