Australian Tournament Players Championship

The Australian Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament held in Australia between 1988 and 1999.[1]

ANZ Players Championship
Tournament information
LocationEagle Farm, Queensland, Australia
Established1988
Course(s)Royal Queensland Golf Club
Par73
Tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Asian Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundA$800,000
Month playedDecember
Final year1999
Tournament record score
Aggregate270 Greg Norman (1988)
270 Bradley Hughes (1996)
To par−18 Greg Norman (1988)
Final champion
Australia Brett Rumford
Location map
Royal Queensland GC is located in Australia
Royal Queensland GC
Royal Queensland GC
Location in Australia
Royal Queensland GC is located in Queensland
Royal Queensland GC
Royal Queensland GC
Location in Queensland

The events was held in 1988 and 1989 at Riverside Oaks Golf Club, Sydney with both events being won by Greg Norman. Total prize money was A$300,000 in 1988 and A$500,000 in 1989.

After a three-year gap the tournament was revived in 1993 as the Optus Players Championship. Prize money was A$300,000 in 1993, A$285,000 in 1994 and A$350,000 in 1995.

Tournament highlights

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During the 1989 tournament, Robert Emond scored 19 on the 573-yard par five 1st hole during his second round, while Adam Nance scored 11 on the 152-yard par three 14th hole during his first round.[2]

Winners

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Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
ANZ Players Championship
1999 ANZ   Brett Rumford (a) 280 −12 Playoff   Craig Spence Royal Queensland [3]
1998 ANZ   Stephen Leaney 275 −17 Playoff   Corey Pavin Royal Queensland [4]
Australasian Players Championship
1997 ANZ   Greg Chalmers 276 −12 1 stroke   Peter Lonard Royal Queensland
Australian Players Championship
1996 ANZ, ASA   Bradley Hughes 270 −14 12 strokes   Peter Lonard
  Robert Stephens
Robina Woods
Optus Players Championship
1995 ANZ   Tim Elliott 283 −5 1 stroke   Peter Fowler Kingston Heath [5]
1994 ANZ   Patrick Burke 280 −8 1 stroke   Bradley Hughes Kingston Heath [6]
1993 ANZ   Robert Allenby 274 −14 Playoff   Wayne Grady Royal Melbourne [7]
Australian Tournament Players Championship
1992 ANZ Removed from the schedule
1991 ANZ Cancelled
1990: No tournament
1989 ANZ   Greg Norman (2) 276 −12 2 strokes   Roger Mackay Riverside Oaks [8]
1988 ANZ   Greg Norman 270 −18 8 strokes   David Graham
  Peter Senior
Riverside Oaks [9]

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ 2016 Media Guide. PGA Tour of Australasia. p. 170.
  2. ^ Ward, Andrew (1999). Golf's Strangest Rounds. London: Robson Books. pp. 259–260. ISBN 1861051840.
  3. ^ "Amateur Rumford wins after playoff". Golf Today. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  4. ^ "ANZ Players Championship: Pavin Is Defeated On First Extra Hole". The New York Times. Associated Press. 30 November 1998.
  5. ^ "First Tour win for Elliott in a decade". The Canberra Times. Vol. 70, no. 21, 830. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 23 January 1995. p. 20. Retrieved 25 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Burke scrapes home after final-hole horrors". The Canberra Times. Vol. 68, no. 21, 467. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 January 1994. p. 24. Retrieved 26 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Allenby keeps his cool in play-off". The Canberra Times. Vol. 67, no. 21, 104. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 25 January 1993. p. 26. Retrieved 26 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Norman drives a big one". The Canberra Times. Vol. 63, no. 19, 501. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 27 February 1989. p. 24. Retrieved 25 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Norman slates pros for not trying". The Canberra Times. Vol. 62, no. 19, 146. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 March 1988. p. 23. Retrieved 25 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.