ANZ Championship (golf)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Port Stevens, Australia |
| Established | 1998 |
| Course | Horizons Golf Resort |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,764 yards (6,185 m) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia European Tour |
| Format | Modified stableford Stroke play |
| Prize fund | A$1,700,000 |
| Month played | February |
| Final year | 2004 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 269 Peter Lonard (2001) |
| To par | −15 Andre Stolz (2000) −15 Peter Lonard (2001) |
| Score | 46 points Richard S. Johnson (2002) |
| Final champion | |
| England Brian Davis | |
| Location map | |
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The ANZ Championship was a men's professional golf tournament, co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia, that was played in Australia between 2002 and 2004. The event had been played as a 72-hole stroke-play tournament on the Australasian tour from 1998 to 2001 as the ANZ Tour Championship.[1]
Uniquely for both tours, it was played using a modified stableford scoring system, similar to the former PGA Tour event The International. This departure from the usual stroke play format, designed to encourage more attacking play, was not received with universal approval as the perception was that it would penalise the steadier players.[2]
In the final event in 2004, Laura Davies became the first female golfer to compete on either the Australasian or European Tour, but failed to make an impact, missing the cut and finishing in next to last place on −13 points.[3]
Venues
[edit | edit source]The event has been played at the following venues:
- 1998–2000: Royal Canberra Golf Club
- 2001: Concord Golf Club
- 2002: The Lakes Golf Club
- 2003: New South Wales Golf Club
- 2004: Horizons Golf Resort
Winners
[edit | edit source]| PGA Tour of Australasia (Tour Championship) | 1998–2001 | |
| PGA Tour of Australasia (Regular) | 2002–2004 |
| # | Year | Tour(s)[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANZ Championship | |||||||||
| 7th | 2004 | ANZ, EUR | England Brian Davis | 44 points | 1 point | England Paul Casey | [4][5] | ||
| 6th | 2003 | ANZ, EUR | England Paul Casey | 45 points | 4 points | Australia Stuart Appleby Australia Nick O'Hern |
[6][7] | ||
| 5th | 2002 | ANZ, EUR | Sweden Richard S. Johnson | 46 points | 2 points | Australia Scott Laycock Australia Craig Parry |
[8][9] | ||
| ANZ Tour Championship | |||||||||
| 4th | 2001 | ANZ | Australia Peter Lonard | 269 | −15 | 1 stroke | Australia Nathan Green | ||
| 3rd | 2000 | ANZ | Australia Andre Stolz | 273 | −15 | 3 strokes | Australia Brett Rumford | ||
| 2nd | 1999 | ANZ | Australia Marcus Cain | 276 | −12 | 4 strokes | Australia Paul Gow | ||
| 1st | 1998 | ANZ | Australia Mathew Goggin | 278 | −10 | Playoff[b] | Australia Brad King | ||
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour.
- ^ Goggin won with birdie on first extra hole
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Former PGA Tour of Australasia events
- Former European Tour events
- Golf tournaments in Australia
- Recurring sporting events established in 1998
- Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2004
- 1998 establishments in Australia
- 2004 disestablishments in Australia
- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group
- Golf tournament stubs