2007 PGA Tour of Australasia

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The 2007 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia and New Zealand. The main tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia are played in the southern summer so they are split between the first and last months of the year. The tour's developmental series, known as the Von Nida Tour was played in the middle of the year.

Main tournament results

The table below shows the 2007 schedule. It only lists official money events on the main tour. For a complete table of events recognised by the PGA Tour of Australasia, including Von Nida Tour events and World Golf Championships see the official site. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australasia events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australasia members.

Dates Tournament State / Country Prize fund Winner OWGR
points
Notes
15-18 Feb Jacob's Creek Open Championship South Australia US$600,000 United States Scott Sterling (1) 16 Co-sanctioned by the Nationwide Tour
22-25 Feb HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand US$600,000 United States Nicholas Thompson (n/a) 16 Co-sanctioned by the Nationwide Tour
1-4 Mar Johnnie Walker Classic Thailand £1,250,000 South Africa Anton Haig (n/a) 40 Co-sanctioned by the Asian and European Tours
8–11 Nov HSBC Champions Tournament China US$5,000,000 United States Phil Mickelson (n/a) 52 Co-sanctioned by the Asian, European and Sunshine Tours
22-25 Nov MasterCard Masters Australia A$1,500,000 Australia Aaron Baddeley (4) 24 Co-sanctioned by The European Tour
29 Nov - 2 Dec Blue Chip New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$1,500,000 England Richard Finch (n/a) 20 Co-sanctioned by The European Tour
6-9 Dec Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship Australia A$1,200,000 Australia Peter Lonard (9) 32
13-16 Dec MFS Australian Open Australia A$1,500,000 Australia Craig Parry (14) 34
Source: [1]

Leading money winners

Position Player Country (State if Australian) Prize money (A$)
1 Craig Parry Australia New South Wales 442,004
2 David Smail  New Zealand 168,461
3 Paul Sheehan Australia New South Wales 154,440
4 Scott Sterling  United States 150,747
5 Greg Chalmers Australia West Australia 150,342
6 James Nitties Australia New South Wales 142,177
7 Peter O'Malley Australia New South Wales 134,439
8 Won Joon Lee Australia New South Wales 133,845
9 Adam Bland Australia South Australia 117,905
10 Marc Leishman Australia Victoria 115,427

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