ANZ Championship (golf)

The ANZ Championship was a men's professional golf tournament, co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia, that was played in Australia between 2002 and 2004. The event had been played as a 72-hole stroke-play tournament on the Australasian tour from 1998 to 2001 as the ANZ Tour Championship.^[1]

ANZ Championship

Tournament information
Location	Port Stevens, Australia
Established	1998
Course(s)	Horizons Golf Resort
Par	72
Length	6,764 yards (6,185 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia European Tour
Format	Modified stableford Stroke play
Prize fund	A$1,700,000
Month played	February
Final year	2004
Tournament record score
Aggregate	269 Peter Lonard (2001)
To par	−15 Andre Stolz (2000) −15 Peter Lonard (2001)
Score	46 points Richard S. Johnson (2002)
Final champion
Brian Davis
Location map
Horizons Golf Resort Location in Australia Show map of Australia Horizons Golf Resort Location in New South Wales Show map of New South Wales

Uniquely for both tours, it was played using a modified stableford scoring system, similar to the former PGA Tour event The International. This departure from the usual stroke play format, designed to encourage more attacking play, was not received with universal approval as the perception was that it would penalise the steadier players.^[2]

In the final event in 2004, Laura Davies became the first female golfer to compete on either the Australasian or European Tour, but failed to make an impact, missing the cut and finishing in next to last place on −13 points.^[3]

Venues

The event has been played at the following venues:

• 1998–2000: Royal Canberra Golf Club
• 2001: Concord Golf Club
• 2002: The Lakes Golf Club
• 2003: New South Wales Golf Club
• 2004: Horizons Golf Resort

Winners

	PGA Tour of Australasia (Tour Championship)	1998–2001
	PGA Tour of Australasia (Regular)	2002–2004

#	Year	Tour(s)[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
ANZ Championship
7th	2004	ANZ, EUR	Brian Davis	44 points		1 point	Paul Casey	[4][5]
6th	2003	ANZ, EUR	Paul Casey	45 points		4 points	Stuart Appleby Nick O'Hern	[6][7]
5th	2002	ANZ, EUR	Richard S. Johnson	46 points		2 points	Scott Laycock Craig Parry	[8][9]
ANZ Tour Championship
4th	2001	ANZ	Peter Lonard	269	−15	1 stroke	Nathan Green
3rd	2000	ANZ	Andre Stolz	273	−15	3 strokes	Brett Rumford
2nd	1999	ANZ	Marcus Cain	276	−12	4 strokes	Paul Gow
1st	1998	ANZ	Mathew Goggin	278	−10	Playoff[b]	Brad King

Notes

1. ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour.
2. Goggin won with birdie on first extra hole