1998–99 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 1998–99 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 27th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

1998–99 PGA Tour of Australasia season

Duration	22 October 1998 (1998-10-22) – 6 March 1999 (1999-03-06)
Number of official events	12
Order of Merit	Jarrod Moseley
Player of the Year	Jarrod Moseley
Rookie of the Year	Geoff Ogilvy
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1998–99 season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (A$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
25 Oct	Ford South Australian Open	South Australia	500,000	Stuart Bouvier (1)	16
22 Nov	MasterCard Australian PGA Championship	New South Wales	600,000	David Howell (n/a)	16
29 Nov	ANZ Players Championship	Queensland	500,000	Stephen Leaney (3)	20
6 Dec	Holden Australian Open	South Australia	640,000	Greg Chalmers (2)	34		Flagship event
13 Dec	New Zealand Open	New Zealand	NZ$300,000	Matthew Lane (1)	16
20 Dec	Schweppes Coolum Classic	Queensland	200,000	Stuart Appleby (1)	16
10 Jan	Victorian Open	Victoria	200,000	Kenny Druce (1)	16
31 Jan	Heineken Classic	Western Australia	800,000	Jarrod Moseley (1)	30	EUR
7 Feb	Greg Norman Holden International	New South Wales	1,000,000	Michael Long (2)	22
14 Feb	Ericsson Masters	Victoria	640,000	Craig Spence (1)	16
21 Feb	Canon Challenge	New South Wales	350,000	Rod Pampling (1)	16
7 Mar	ANZ Tour Championship	Australian Capital Territory	500,000	Marcus Cain (1)	16		Tour Championship

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.^[1][2]

Position	Player	Prize money (A$)
1	Jarrod Moseley	330,798
2	Rod Pampling	287,907
3	Craig Spence	277,160
4	Peter Lonard	223,574
5	Michael Long	221,780

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year	Jarrod Moseley	[2]
Rookie of the Year	Geoff Ogilvy	[2]

Notes

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. EUR − European Tour.