The New South Wales PGA Championship was a professional golf tournament played in New South Wales, Australia between 1923 and 2015.

NSW PGA Championship
Tournament information
LocationCattai, New South Wales, Australia
Established1923
Course(s)Riverside Oaks Golf Resort
Par72
Length6,823 yards (6,239 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Von Nida Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundA$110,000
Month playedDecember
Tournament record score
Aggregate259 Aaron Townsend (2009)
To par−27 Chris Downes (2003)
Score13 and 11 Tom Howard (1931)
Final champion
Australia Jarryd Felton
Location map
Riverside Oaks Golf Resort is located in Australia
Riverside Oaks Golf Resort
Riverside Oaks Golf Resort
Location in Australia
Riverside Oaks Golf Resort is located in New South Wales
Riverside Oaks Golf Resort
Riverside Oaks Golf Resort
Location in New South Wales

History

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The inaugural event was held in 1923 and was won by Fred Popplewell with a score of 311. Dan Soutar had led by two strokes after the first 36 holes at The Australian Golf Club but Popplewell took a three shot lead after a third round of 74 and held on in the final round to win by a stroke. The final 36 holes were played at Royal Sydney.[1] It was a stroke-play event again in 1924 but thereafter it was generally match-play until World War II. After the war it was a match play event in 1946 and 1950 but otherwise it was a stroke-play tournament.

From the early 1980s the event was not played as a separate event, being incorporated into other tournaments. Later it was played as a non-tour event or as part of a second-tier tour. It became a PGA Tour of Australasia event from 2009 until 2015, except for 2013 when it was not played, but has not been held since.

Kel Nagle won the event 7 times while Eric Cremin won it 5 times.[2][3]

Winners

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Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
NSW PGA Championship
2015 ANZ   Jarryd Felton 275 −13 2 strokes   Geoff Drakeford
  Rhein Gibson
  Matthew Millar
  James Nitties
  Anthony Summers
Riverside Oaks [4]
Nanshan NSW PGA Championship
2014 ANZ   Lincoln Tighe 265 −19 1 stroke   Scott Arnold Riverside Oaks [5]
NSW PGA Championship
2013: No tournament
2012 ANZ   Matt Stieger 273 −15 3 strokes   Daniel Nisbet Mount Broughton [6]
2011 ANZ   Matthew Guyatt 197 −13 1 stroke   Kurt Barnes
  Peter O'Malley
Wollongong [7]
Cellarbrations NSW PGA Championship
2010 ANZ   Steven Bowditch 263 −17 2 strokes   Gareth Paddison Wollongong [8]
2009 ANZ   Aaron Townsend 259 −21 3 strokes   Scott Arnold
  Michael Wright
Wollongong [9]
2008 VNT   Tim Wood 272 −16 1 stroke   Michael Long Riverside Oaks [10]
Riverside Oaks NSW PGA Championship
2007 VNT   Scott Draper 268 −20 1 stroke   Andrew Bonhomme
  Aaron Townsend
Riverside Oaks
Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship
2006 VNT   Paul Marantz 267 −25 4 strokes   Michael Sim Tura Beach
2005 VNT   Gavin Flint 271 −21 1 stroke   Robin Hodgetts
  Andrew Johnson
Tura Beach
2004 VNT   Matthew Ecob 270 −22 1 stroke   Nathan Green
  Euan Walters
Tura Beach
2003 VNT   Chris Downes 265 −27 8 strokes   Matthew Ecob Pambula
New South Wales PGA Championship
2000–2002: No tournament
1999 FT   Euan Walters  
1997–98: No tournament
1996 FT   Brad King 207 2 strokes   Paul Gow
  David Elliott
  Leith Wastle
  Jeff Woodland
Penrith
1995: No tournament
1994 FT   Jeff Wagner 266 12 strokes   David Ecob
  Robert Willis
Cromer
1991–1993: No tournament
1990   Brett Ogle incorporated into the Australian PGA Championship [11]
1989   Peter Senior incorporated into the Australian PGA Championship [11]
1988   Wayne Grady incorporated into the Australian PGA Championship [11]
1987   Peter Senior incorporated into the U-Bix Classic [12]
1986: No tournament
1985   Wayne Riley incorporated into the U-Bix Classic [12]
1984   Peter Senior incorporated into the Honeywell Classic [12]
ABE Holdings–Jack Newton Classic
1983   Bob Shearer 284 −4 1 stroke   Wayne Grady
  Ossie Moore
Belmont [13]
Reschs Pilsner New South Wales PGA Championship
1982 ANZ   Frank Nobilo 279 −13 1 stroke   Lyndsay Stephen Federal [14]
National Panasonic New South Wales PGA Championship
1981 ANZ   Mike Ferguson 278 −10 2 strokes   Brian Jones Penrith [15]
1980 ANZ   Ted Ball (2) 285 −3 1 stroke   Wayne Grady
  Lyndsay Stephen
Penrith [16]
Joe Jansen New South Wales PGA Championship
1979 ANZ   Stewart Ginn 275 −13 8 strokes   Richard Coombes Penrith [17]
1978 ANZ   John Clifford 266 −2 Playoff   Ted Ball
  Mike Cahill
Leonay [18]
New South Wales PGA Championship
1977   Ted Ball 281 −7 Playoff   Paul Connell Cumberland [19]
1976 ANZ   Mark Tapper 281 −7 Playoff   Marty Bohen
  Brian Jones
Liverpool [20][21]
1972–1975: No tournament
1971   Kel Nagle (7) 287 −1 4 strokes   Vic Bennetts
  Jack Newton
Mona Vale [2]
1970   Bill Dunk (4) 278 −10 8 strokes   Jack Newton Castle Hill [22]
1969   Bill Dunk (3) 284 −4 1 stroke   John Sullivan Castle Hill [23]
1968   Bill Dunk (2) 279 −9 11 strokes   Alan Murray Castle Hill [24]
1967   Bob Stanton 276 −12 3 strokes   Alan Brookes Rugby League [25]
1966   Colin McGregor 288 −4 3 strokes   Bill Dunk Port Kembla [26]
1965   Kel Nagle (6) 283 −1 1 stroke   Bill Dunk
  Alan Murray
Ashlar [27]
1964   Les Wilson 273 −7 Playoff   Graeme Abbott Wollongong [28]
1963   Col Johnston (2) 284 E 7 strokes   Alec Mercer Bathurst [29]
1962: No tournament
New South Wales PGA Jubilee Open
1961   Alan Murray 285 −3 2 strokes   John Sullivan
  Len Woodward
New South Wales
New South Wales PGA Championship
1960   Bill Dunk 267 −17 1 stroke   Bruce Crampton
  Frank Phillips
Maitland [30]
1959   Kel Nagle (5) 280 E 2 strokes   John Sullivan Tamworth [31]
1958   Col Johnston 281 +1 4 strokes   Ian Alexander
  Les Wilson
Taree [32]
1957   Frank Phillips 294 +10 1 stroke   Mick Kelly Moss Vale [33]
1956   Kel Nagle (4) 274 +2 7 strokes   Frank Phillips Dubbo [34]
1955   Kel Nagle (3) 280 −4 3 strokes   Eric Cremin Pennant Hills [35]
1954   Eric Cremin (5) 290 +6 1 stroke   Jim McInnes Pennant Hills [3]
1953   Kel Nagle (2) 280 E 5 strokes   Sam Richardson Ryde-Parramatta [36]
1952   Kel Nagle 270 −14 11 strokes   Sam Richardson Pennant Hills [37]
1951   Norman Von Nida (4) 268 −16 14 strokes   Eric Cremin Goulburn [38]
1950   Eric Cremin (4) 5 and 3   Norman Von Nida Royal Sydney [39]
1949   Bill Holder 291 +7 2 strokes   Eric Cremin
  Kel Nagle
Bonnie Doon [40]
1948   Norman Von Nida (3) 275 −13 7 strokes   Eric Cremin Royal Sydney [41]
1947   Eric Cremin (3) 278 −6 9 strokes   Dan Cullen Waratah [42]
1946   Norman Von Nida (2) 8 and 7   Ossie Pickworth Royal Sydney [43]
1941–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1940   Billy McWilliam
1939   Billy Bolger (2) 5 and 4   Norman Von Nida Concord [44]
1938   Eric Cremin (2) 12 and 10   Norman Von Nida The Australian [45]
1937   Eric Cremin 4 and 3   Sam Richardson Manly [46]
1936   Norman Von Nida 9 and 8   William Mackenzie The Australian [47]
1935   Charlie Booth 288 4 strokes   Fred Bolger New South Wales [48]
1934   Sam Richardson (2) 289 6 strokes   Lou Kelly Bonnie Doon [49]
1933   Charlie Gray 1 up   Billy Bolger New South Wales [50]
1932   Sam Richardson 37 holes   Charlie Gray The Australian [51]
1931   Tom Howard (2) 13 and 11   Don Spence Concord [52]
1930   Billy Bolger 8 and 7   Dan Soutar Royal Sydney [53]
1929   Fred Popplewell (2) 37 holes   Frank Eyre Manly [54]
1928   Don Spence 4 and 3   Arthur Spence The Australian [55]
1927   Walter Clark 4 and 2   Harry Sinclair Royal Sydney [56]
1926   Dan Soutar 4 and 3   Tom Howard The Australian [57]
1925   Will Corry 2 and 1   Carnegie Clark Royal Sydney [58]
1924   Tom Howard 297 3 strokes   Carnegie Clark The Australian [59]
1923   Fred Popplewell 311 1 stroke   Dan Soutar The Australian
Royal Sydney
[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; FT − Foundation Tour; VNT − Von Nida Tour.

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