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1999–2000 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration11 November 1999 (1999-11-11) – 5 March 2000 (2000-03-05)
Number of official events12
Most winsNew Zealand Michael Campbell (4)
Order of MeritNew Zealand Michael Campbell
Player of the YearNew Zealand Michael Campbell
Rookie of the YearAustralia Brett Rumford

The 1999–2000 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 28th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1999–2000 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$) 		Winner[a] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[b] 		Notes
14 Nov Johnnie Walker Classic Taiwan £800,000 New Zealand Michael Campbell (3) 28 ASA, EUR
21 Nov Ford South Australian Open South Australia 600,000 Australia Craig Parry (9) 16
28 Nov Holden Australian Open New South Wales 1,000,000 Australia Aaron Baddeley (a) (1) 32 Flagship event
5 Dec ANZ Players Championship Queensland 800,000 Australia Brett Rumford (a) (1) 16
12 Dec Australian PGA Championship Victoria 600,000 New Zealand Greg Turner (6) 16
19 Dec Schweppes Coolum Classic Queensland 300,000 Australia Nick O'Hern (1) 16
23 Jan Crown Lager New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$500,000 New Zealand Michael Campbell (4) 16
30 Jan Heineken Classic Western Australia 1,600,000 New Zealand Michael Campbell (5) 36 EUR
6 Feb Greg Norman Holden International New South Wales 2,000,000 Australia Lucas Parsons (4) 34 EUR
13 Feb Ericsson Masters Victoria 800,000 New Zealand Michael Campbell (6) 18
20 Feb Canon Challenge New South Wales 550,000 Australia Paul Gow (1) 16
5 Mar ANZ Tour Championship Australian Capital Territory 500,000 Australia Andre Stolz (1) 16 Tour Championship

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[3]

Position Player Prize money (A$)
1 New Zealand Michael Campbell 936,810
2 Australia Lucas Parsons 407,515
3 Australia Peter Senior 367,076
4 Australia Nick O'Hern 330,788
5 Australia Geoff Ogilvy 291,523

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year New Zealand Michael Campbell [4]
Rookie of the Year (Norman Von Nida Shield) Australia Brett Rumford [4]

Australasian Development Tour

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2000 Australasian Development Tour season
Duration2 May 2000 (2000-05-02) – 22 October 2000 (2000-10-22)
Number of official events10
Most winsAustralia David Bransdon (2)
Australia Matthew Habgood (2)
Order of MeritAustralia David Bransdon
2001 →

The 2000 Australasian Development Tour was the inaugural season of the Australasian Development Tour, the official development tour of the PGA Tour of Australasia between 2000 and 2001.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.[5][6]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$) 		Winner[c] Ref.
5 May Schweppes South Australian PGA Championship South Australia 100,000 Australia Chris Gray (1) [7]
21 May Heineken Western Australian Open Western Australia 100,000 Australia Paul Sheehan (1) [8]
28 May WA PGA Championship Western Australia 100,000 Australia Matthew Habgood (1) [9]
25 Jun Polynesian Airlines Samoa Open Samoa 100,000 Australia David Bransdon (1) [10]
23 Jul Tahiti Open Tahiti 100,000 Australia David Bransdon (2) [11]
30 Jul New Caledonia Open New Caledonia 100,000 New Zealand Matthew Laroche (1) [12]
6 Aug Tusker Vanuatu Open Vanuatu 100,000 Australia Ed Stedman (1) [13]
7 Oct Eastern Australia Airlines Big Sky Country Open New South Wales 100,000 Australia Wayne Perske (1) [14]
15 Oct Crown Victorian PGA Championship Victoria 100,000 Australia Matthew Habgood (2) [15]
22 Oct Toyota Southern Classic New South Wales 100,000 Australia Scott Hend (1) [16]

Notes

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  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. ^ ASA − Asian PGA Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  3. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Australasian Development Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Australasian Development Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour of Australasia.

References

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  1. ^ "1999/2000 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 15 August 2000. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  2. ^ "1999-2000 Australasian Tour schedule". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 15 June 1999. p. 36. Retrieved 15 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1999/2000 Order of Merit". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 15 August 2000. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Finally, Stolz finds himself in the winners circle". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 6 March 2000. p. 5 (Sport). Retrieved 15 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com. New Zealander Michael Campbell has been named player of the year at the tour's annual dinner... while the Norman Von Nida Shield for rookie of the year, went to Brett Rumford.
  5. ^ Morgan, Angus. "New Development Tour". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 1 August 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  6. ^ "David Bransdon". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 30 March 2002. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  7. ^ Buttigieg, Luke. "Gray the inaugural winner". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 1 August 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  8. ^ Buttigieg, Luke. "Sheehan captures WA Open". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 1 August 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  9. ^ Buttigieg, Luke. "Habgood wins WA PGA". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 1 August 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  10. ^ Buttigieg, Luke. "Bransdon's Open again". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 20 May 2002. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  11. ^ McNicol, Adam. "Bransdon does it again". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 29 April 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  12. ^ Buttigieg, Luke. "Laroche wins in New Caledonia". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 28 May 2003. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  13. ^ Buttigieg, Luke. "Steadman takes out Vanuatu Open". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 22 July 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  14. ^ Buttigieg, Luke. "Perske wins down the stretch". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 7 November 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  15. ^ Buttigieg, Luke. "Habgood salutes for second time". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 22 July 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  16. ^ Buttigieg, Luke. "Hend storms to title". PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original on 7 November 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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