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1998–99 PGA Tour of Australasia

1998–99 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration22 October 1998 (1998-10-22) – 6 March 1999 (1999-03-06)
Number of official events12
Order of MeritAustralia Jarrod Moseley
Player of the YearAustralia Jarrod Moseley
Rookie of the YearAustralia Geoff Ogilvy

The 1998–99 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 27th 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 1998–99 season.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$) 		Winner[a] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[b] 		Notes
25 Oct Ford South Australian Open South Australia 500,000 Australia Stuart Bouvier (1) 16
22 Nov MasterCard Australian PGA Championship New South Wales 600,000 England David Howell (n/a) 16
29 Nov ANZ Players Championship Queensland 500,000 Australia Stephen Leaney (3) 20
6 Dec Holden Australian Open South Australia 640,000 Australia Greg Chalmers (2) 34 Flagship event
13 Dec New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$300,000 New Zealand Matthew Lane (1) 16
20 Dec Schweppes Coolum Classic Queensland 200,000 Australia Stuart Appleby (1) 16
10 Jan Victorian Open Victoria 200,000 Australia Kenny Druce (1) 16
31 Jan Heineken Classic Western Australia 800,000 Australia Jarrod Moseley (1) 30 EUR
7 Feb Greg Norman Holden International New South Wales 1,000,000 New Zealand Michael Long (2) 22
14 Feb Ericsson Masters Victoria 640,000 Australia Craig Spence (1) 16
21 Feb Canon Challenge New South Wales 350,000 Australia Rod Pampling (1) 16
7 Mar ANZ Tour Championship Australian Capital Territory 500,000 Australia Marcus Cain (1) 16 Tour Championship

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[1][2]

Position Player Prize money (A$)
1 Australia Jarrod Moseley 330,798
2 Australia Rod Pampling 287,907
3 Australia Craig Spence 277,160
4 Australia Peter Lonard 223,574
5 New Zealand Michael Long 221,780

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year Australia Jarrod Moseley [2]
Rookie of the Year Australia Geoff Ogilvy [2]

Notes

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australasia events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australasia members.
  2. ^ EUR − European Tour.

References

  1. ^ "1998-99 Order of Merit". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 9 March 1999. p. 46. Retrieved 12 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c Stone, Peter (8 March 1999). "Cain in the dark but sees the light". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. p. 30. Retrieved 17 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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