2004 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 2004 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia and New Zealand. The main tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia are played in the southern summer so they are split between the first and last months of the year. The tour's developmental series, known as the Von Nida Tour was played in the middle of the year.

2004 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration15 January 2004 (2004-01-15) – 12 December 2004 (2004-12-12)
Number of official events9
Most wins2:
Peter Lonard
Order of Merit Richard Green
← 2003
2005 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[1][2][3]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		 Notes
18 Jan Holden New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$700,000 Terry Price (5) 16
1 Feb Johnnie Walker Classic South Australia £1,000,000 Miguel Ángel Jiménez (n/a) 24 ASA, EUR
8 Feb Heineken Classic Victoria 2,000,000 Ernie Els (n/a) 34 EUR
15 Feb ANZ Championship New South Wales 1,750,000 Brian Davis (n/a) 20 EUR
22 Feb Jacob's Creek Open South Australia US$700,000 Euan Walters (1) 12 NWT
18 Mar New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand US$700,000 Gavin Coles (2) 12 NWT
28 Nov Hillross Australian Open New South Wales 1,500,000 Peter Lonard (7) 32 Flagship event
5 Dec Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship Queensland 1,000,000 Peter Lonard (8) 22
12 Dec MasterCard Masters Victoria 1,250,000 Richard Green (1) 26

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[4]

PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1 Richard Green365,017
2 Euan Walters287,070
3 Gavin Coles248,872
4 Nick O'Hern242,274
5 Adam Scott232,097

Von Nida Tour
2004 Von Nida Tour season
Duration23 January 2004 (2004-01-23) – 21 November 2004 (2004-11-21)
Number of official events11
Most wins3:
Kim Felton
Order of Merit Kim Felton
← 2003
2005 →

The 2004 Von Nida Tour was the second season of the Von Nida Tour, the official development tour of the PGA Tour of Australasia between 2003 and 2008.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[5][6]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 3] Ref.
25 Jan Mitsubishi Motors Victorian Open Victoria 100,000 Gareth Paddison (1) [7]
7 Mar Scenic Circle Hotels Dunedin Classic New Zealand 100,000 Mahal Pearce (1) [8]
14 Mar Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship New South Wales 105,000 Matthew Ecob (1) [9]
21 Mar Toyota Southern Classic New South Wales 100,000 Brad McIntosh (1) [10]
2 May Schweppes SA PGA Championship South Australia 100,000 Martin Doyle (2) [11]
30 May WA PGA Championship Western Australia 100,000 Kim Felton (2) [12]
27 Jun Queensland Masters Queensland 105,000 Kim Felton (3) [13]
4 Jul Cairns Classic Queensland 105,000 Kim Felton (4) [14]
7 Nov QLD Group Queensland Open Queensland 105,000 Steven Bowditch (1) [15]
14 Nov Toyota Queensland PGA Championship Queensland 105,000 Kurt Barnes (1) [16]
21 Nov NSW Open New South Wales 100,000 Peter Lonard (1) [17]

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[18]

PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1 Kim Felton46,500
2 Brad McIntosh31,385
3 Nigel Spence
4 Ricky Schmidt

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; NWT − Nationwide Tour.
  3. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Von Nida Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Von Nida Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour of Australasia.

References
  1. 2004 PGA Tour of Australasia Schedule
  2. "Tour Information Centre – 2004". PGA Tour of Australasia.
  3. "Events – PGA Tour of Australasia – 2004". Official World Golf Ranking.
  4. "2004 Order of Merit". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. "2004 Von Nida". PGA of Australia. 13 July 2004. Archived from the original on 5 August 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. "Von Nida Tour 2004". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 11 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. "Paddison cruises to Mitsubishi Motors Victorian Open Title". PGA of Australia. 25 January 2004. Archived from the original on 1 March 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. "Pearce punishes peers in Dunedin". PGA of Australia. 7 March 2004. Archived from the original on 20 May 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. "Second time lucky for Ecob". PGA of Australia. 14 March 2004. Archived from the original on 23 April 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. "Toyota Southern Classic - Rd4". PGA of Australia. 21 March 2004. Archived from the original on 1 April 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. "Doyle leads all the way". PGA of Australia. 2 May 2004. Archived from the original on 21 June 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  12. "2004 WA PGA Championship". PGA of Australia. 30 May 2004. Archived from the original on 25 June 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  13. "Queensland Masters results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 28 April 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  14. "Cairns Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 28 April 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  15. "Q.L.D Group QLD Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 28 April 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  16. "Golf: Queensland PGA Championship". NZ Herald. 15 November 2004.
  17. "NSW Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 28 April 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  18. "Felton tops 2004 Von Nida Tour". PGA Tour of Australia. 24 November 2004. Archived from the original on 13 January 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
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