Australian PGA Seniors Championship

The Australian PGA Seniors Championship is a golf tournament in Australia.

History

The inaugural event was held in 1986. Legendary golfer Peter Thomson referred to the tournament as "a breakthrough" for Australian senior golf.^[1] The 1986 and 1987 events were played concurrently with the Rich River Classic, a regular event on the PGA Tour of Australia. Both were won by the American Orville Moody.^[2][3][4] The regular PGA Tour of Australia event, The Rich River Classic, was discontinued in 1988 because of a clash of dates. However, the Rich River Golf Course continued to host the seniors championship until 1995.^[5] The 1988 championship was won by Jerry Stolhand.^[6] Stolhand, an American who had lived in Australia since 1969, was killed in a car accident in February 1989 and was unable to defend the title.^[7][8]

In 1996, star American golfer Lee Trevino played the event.^[9] It was the first event he played in Australia in a decade.^[10] He played it as a gift to his friend Bruce Devlin who designed Gold Creek Country Club, the course the event was played on.^[9] He went on to win.^[11]

In recent years the event has been held at Richmond Golf Club. In late 2020 it was announced that the course got a two-year extension to host the tournament through 2022.^[12]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
2023	Jason Norris	196	−14	5 strokes	Stephen Allan Peter Lonard	Richmond Golf Club	[13]
2022	Richard Green	199	−11	1 stroke	Andre Stolz	Richmond Golf Club	[14]
2021	Guy Wall	66[a]	−4	Playoff[b]	Peter Lonard	Richmond Golf Club	[15]
2020	Andre Stolz	201	−9	4 strokes	Peter Lonard	Richmond Golf Club	[16]
2019	Peter Senior	201	−9	1 stroke	Peter Fowler Peter O'Malley	Richmond Golf Club	[17][18]
2018	Michael Long	198	−12	1 stroke	Peter Senior	Richmond Golf Club	[19]
2017	David McKenzie[c]	202	−14	6 strokes	Peter Senior	Twin Waters Golf Club & Pelican Waters Golf Club	[20][21]
2016	Martin Pettigrew	214	−2	3 strokes	David Merriman	Mollymook Golf Club (Hilltop)	[22][23]
2015	Rodger Davis	203	−7	Playoff[d]	Mike Harwood Peter Senior	Richmond Golf Club	[24][25]
2014	Simon Owen	208	−2	Playoff[e]	Mike Harwood	Richmond Golf Club	[26][27]
2013	Darryl Purchase	210	E	2 strokes	Kym Olsen	Richmond Golf Club	[28][29]
2012	Mike Harwood	124[f]	−6	2 strokes	Mike Zilko	Gordon Golf Club	[30][31]
2011	Peter Fowler	207	−9	9 strokes	Mike Clayton David Hill	Killara Golf Club	[32]
2010	Lyndsay Stephen	214	−2	2 strokes	Delroy Cambridge	Killara Golf Club	[33]
2009	Peter Senior	207	−9	8 strokes	Larry Canning Mike Harwood	Byron Bay Golf Club	[34]
2008	Noel Ratcliffe	212	−4	6 strokes	John Clifford Terry Gale David Merriman Stuart Reese	Byron Bay Golf Club	[35]
2007	David Merriman	215	−1	2 strokes	Garry Merrick Craig Owen	Byron Bay Golf Club	[36]
2006	Terry Gale	216	E	7 strokes	Stuart Reese	Newcastle Golf Club	[37]
2005	Tom Purtzer	206[g]	−10	5 strokes	John Chillas	Club Pelican	[38][39]
2004	Mike Ferguson	291	+3	Playoff	Brian Jones	Club Pelican	[40]
2003	John Clifford	218	+2	2 strokes	Geoff Parslow	Penrith Golf Club	[41]
2002	Mike Ferguson	207	−9	6 strokes	Bryan Smith	Penrith Golf Club	[42][43]
2001	Noel Ratcliffe	206		Playoff[h]	David Good	Penrith Golf Club	[44]
2000	Barry Vivian	208	−8	4 strokes	Ian Brander Frank Conallin	Penrith Golf Club	[45][46]
1999	Trevor Downing					Twin Waters Golf Club
1998	Ian Stanley	215	−1	1 stroke	Akio Toyoda	Twin Waters Golf Club	[47]
1997	Terry Gale	216		Playoff[i]	Bob Shaw	Twin Waters Golf Club	[48][49]
1996	Lee Trevino	282	−6	5 strokes	Terry Gale	Gold Creek Country Club	[50][51]
1995	Bill Dunk	281		2 strokes	Peter Headland	Rich River Golf Club	[52]
1994	Rick L'Estrange	281	−7	2 strokes	Errol Hartvigsen	Rich River Golf Club	[53][54]
1993	Akio Toyoda	284		7 strokes	Bill Dunk	Rich River Golf Club	[55]
1992	Akio Toyoda	288		9 strokes	Bill Dunk John Klatt	Rich River Golf Club	[56]
1991	John Davis	293	+5	1 stroke	Darrell Welch	Rich River Golf Club	[57][58][59]
1990	Mike Kelly	291	+3	6 strokes	Col Johnston	Rich River Golf Club	[60][61]
1989	Bill Dunk	282		12 strokes	Peter Thomson	Rich River Golf Club	[62]
1988	Jerry Stolhand	286		7 strokes	Ian Alexander	Rich River Golf Club	[6]
1987	Orville Moody	281	−7	10 strokes	Harry Berwick	Rich River Golf Club	[63][4]
1986	Orville Moody	276	−12	1 stroke	Peter Thomson	Rich River Golf Club	[64][3]

1. Shortened to 18 holes due to rain.
2. Wall won with a birdie on the fifth playoff hole.
3. The championship was incorporated into the Sunshine Coast Masters.
4. Davis won with a birdie on the third playoff hole. Senior was eliminated at the first extra hole.
5. Owen won with a birdie on the first playoff hole.
6. Contested over 36 holes.
7. Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
8. Radcliife won on the first extra hole.
9. Gale won with a par at the first extra hole.

Source: ^[65]