The 2011 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 38th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.
| Duration | 7 January 2011 – 18 December 2011 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 13 |
| Most wins |  Greg Chalmers (2) |
| Order of Merit | Greg Chalmers |
← 2010 2012 → | |
Schedule edit
The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (A$) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jan | Victorian Open | Victoria | 120,000 | Paul Sheehan (2)
|
n/a | ||
| 16 Jan | Victorian PGA Championship | Victoria | 110,000 | James Nitties (1)
|
n/a | ||
| 23 Jan | Surf Coast Knockout | Victoria | 135,000 | Scott Laycock (2)
|
n/a | New tournament | |
| 27 Jan | Cellarbrations Queensland PGA Championship | Queensland | 115,000 |  Gareth Paddison (2)
|
n/a | ||
| 17 Oct | South Pacific Open | New Caledonia | 110,000 | Matthew Griffin (1)
|
n/a | New tournament | |
| 23 Oct | Brunel WA PGA Championship | Western Australia | 110,000 | Michael Wright (1)
|
n/a | ||
| 30 Oct | WA Open Championship | Western Australia | 110,000 | Rohan Blizard (1)
|
n/a | ||
| 6 Nov | NSW PGA Championship | New South Wales | 120,000 | Matthew Guyatt (1)
|
n/a | ||
| 13 Nov | Emirates Australian Open | New South Wales | 1,500,000 | Greg Chalmers (3)
|
42 | ONE | Flagship event |
| 20 Nov | NSW Open | New South Wales | 135,000 | Adam Crawford (1)
|
n/a | ||
| 27 Nov | Australian PGA Championship | Queensland | 1,500,000 | Greg Chalmers (4)
|
34 | ONE | |
| 4 Dec | BMW New Zealand Open | New Zealand | NZ$400,000 | Brad Kennedy (2)
|
16 | ||
| 18 Dec | JBWere Masters | Victoria | 1,000,000 |  Ian Poulter (n/a)
|
32 |
Order of Merit edit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[2][3]
| Position | Player | Prize money (A$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Chalmers |
554,285 |
| 2 | Marcus Fraser |
229,125 |
| 3 | John Senden |
204,285 |
| 4 | Robert Allenby |
141,410 |
| 5 | Brad Kennedy |
134,833 |
Notes edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ ONE − OneAsia Tour.
References edit
- ^ "2011 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "2011 Order of Merit". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "Poulter claims gold jacket". ausgolf.com. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
Greg Chalmers was officially awarded the Norman Von Nida medal today for topping the PGA Tour of Australasia's Order of Merit. With his two wins in the Emirates Australian Open and the Australian PGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola Chalmers won $554,285 throughout the 2011 Australian summer...