2018 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 2018 PGA Tour of Australasia, titled as the 2018 ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia for sponsorship reasons, was the 45th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

2018 PGA Tour of Australasia season

Duration	11 January 2018 (2018-01-11) – 2 December 2018 (2018-12-02)
Number of official events	16
Most wins	Daniel Nisbet (2)
Order of Merit	Jake McLeod
Player of the Year	Matthew Millar
← 2017 2019 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (A$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
14 Jan	Rebel Sport Masters	New Zealand	100,000	Matthew Millar (2)	7		New tournament
4 Feb	Oates Vic Open	Victoria	650,000	Simon Hawkes (1)	16
11 Feb	ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth	Western Australia	1,750,000	Kiradech Aphibarnrat (n/a)	23	ASA, EUR
18 Feb	Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship	Queensland	125,000	Daniel Fox (2)	7
25 Feb	Horizon Golf New Zealand PGA Championship	New Zealand	NZ$125,000	Ben Campbell (1)	7
4 Mar	ISPS Handa New Zealand Open	New Zealand	NZ$1,150,000	Daniel Nisbet (1)	15	ASA
29 Apr	SP PNG Golf Open	Papua New Guinea	145,000	Daniel Gale (1)	6
13 May	TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship	Western Australia	125,000	Michael Long (4)	6
5 Aug	Fiji International	Fiji	1,250,000	Gaganjeet Bhullar (n/a)	15	ASA, EUR
19 Aug	MMC Northern Territory PGA Championship	Northern Territory	150,000	Daniel Nisbet (2)	6
14 Oct	Victorian PGA Championship	Victoria	100,000	Aaron Pike (1)	6
28 Oct	Nexus Risk TSA Group WA Open	Western Australia	100,000	Zach Murray (a) (1)	6
4 Nov	Isuzu Queensland Open	Queensland	110,000	Jordan Zunic (3)	6
11 Nov	AVJennings NSW Open	New South Wales	400,000	Jake McLeod (1)	16
18 Nov	Emirates Australian Open	New South Wales	1,250,000	Abraham Ancer (n/a)	32		Flagship event
2 Dec	Australian PGA Championship	Queensland	1,500,000	Cameron Smith (2)	20	EUR

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.^[2][3] The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2019 European Tour.^[4]

Position	Player	Prize money (A$)	Status earned
1	Jake McLeod	255,327	Promoted to European Tour
2	Matthew Millar	236,241
3	Daniel Nisbet	225,982
4	Anthony Quayle	202,620
5	Dimitrios Papadatos	197,796

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year	Matthew Millar	[5]

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. ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.