2019 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 2019 PGA Tour of Australasia, titled as the 2019 ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia for sponsorship reasons, was the 46th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

2019 PGA Tour of Australasia season

Duration	7 February 2019 (2019-02-07) – 22 December 2019 (2019-12-22)
Number of official events	13
Order of Merit	Ryan Fox
Player of the Year	Ryan Fox
← 2018 2020–21 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (A$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
10 Feb	ISPS Handa Vic Open	Victoria	1,500,000	David Law (n/a)	20	EUR
17 Feb	ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth	Western Australia	1,600,000	Ryan Fox (3)	20	ASA, EUR
24 Feb	Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship	Queensland	150,000	Daniel Nisbet (3)	6
3 Mar	New Zealand Open	New Zealand	NZ$1,250,000	Zach Murray (2)	15	ASA
10 Mar	SEC NZ PGA Championship	New Zealand	NZ$125,000	Kazuma Kobori (a) (1)	7
12 May	SP PNG Golf Open	Papua New Guinea	150,000	Peter Cooke (1)	6
25 Aug	Tailor-made Building Services NT PGA Championship	Northern Territory	150,000	Brett Rankin (1)	6
13 Oct	TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship	Western Australia	137,500	Darren Beck (1)	6
27 Oct	Victorian PGA Championship	Victoria	125,000	Campbell Rawson (1)	6
10 Nov	Gippsland Super 6	Victoria	125,000	Tom Power Horan (1)	6
1 Dec	AVJennings NSW Open	New South Wales	400,000	Josh Younger (1)	16
8 Dec	Emirates Australian Open	New South Wales	1,500,000	Matt Jones (2)	32		Flagship event
22 Dec	Australian PGA Championship	Queensland	1,500,000	Adam Scott (6)	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 (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2020 European Tour.^[4]

Position	Player	Prize money (A$)	Status earned
1	Ryan Fox	307,926	Already exempt[c]
2	Zach Murray	230,773	Promoted to European Tour
3	Brad Kennedy	221,771
4	Wade Ormsby	215,825	Already exempt[d]
5	Michael Hendry	176,045

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year	Ryan Fox	[7]

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.
3. Fox was already exempt due to being a tournament winner on the 2019 European Tour.^[5]
4. Orsmby was already exempt due to finishing inside the Top 115 of the 2019 Race to Dubai.^[6]