2023/2024 Australasian PGA Tour Order of Merit winner Kazuma Kobori.
Following the confirmation of venues for the Australian Open and the signing of a naming rights partner for the PGA Championship, the PGA Tour of Australasia has released their pre-Christmas tournament schedule.
“The Chase Is On” as they say for the professionals on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia, with 10 tournaments confirmed for the first half of the upcoming 2024/25 season.
The PNG Open in August is set to be the first event of the golfing summer, the opening event of a schedule highlighted by the national Open at Kingston Heath and Victoria Golf Club and the BMW PGA at Royal Queensland, the two Australian major championships co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour.
Following the trip north to Port Moresby, the first Australian events on the 2024/25 calendar will be the Western Australia double in October, beginning in Kalgoorlie at the CKB WA PGA Championship presented by TX Civil & Logistics.
It’s then on to the Mandurah Country Club, the new home for the Bowra & O’Dea Nexus Advisernet WA Open, on October 17 in celebrating the tournament’s 100th anniversary.
The ground-breaking Webex Players Series, featuring its format of men and women on the same course, vying for the same title, will have one event prior to the New Year with the McLaren Vale wine region once again the home of Webex Players Series South Australia hosted by Greg Blewett, while there will be another five Webex events to come in 2025, including the debut of Webex Players Series Perth hosted by Minjee and Min Woo Lee at Royal Fremantle GC in January.
The Tour then heads east to the Queensland PGA Championship, to once again be played at Nudgee Golf Club in Brisbane, before the NSW Open, offering a boosted purse of $800,000, returns to the schedule with the 2024 edition to be hosted for the first time by the Murray Downs Golf Resort as the lead-in to the majors.
The BMW Australian PGA Championship will make its fourth consecutive appearance at Royal Queensland in Brisbane (November 21-24) while the ISPS HANDA Australian Open tees off at two of Melbourne’s world renowned Sandbelt gems, Kingston Heath and Victoria (November 28-December 1).
The schedule also features a date shift for the Victorian PGA Championship and Gippsland Super 6, now to be played following the Australian Open in December.
“The Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia is gaining in momentum, mirroring what is occurring with the game of golf in all metrics across Australia,” PGA of Australia CEO Gavin Kirkman said.
“When ‘The Chase’ resumes in August, our next generation of stars will have their sights on the great opportunities and pathways that exist by being one of the leading players on our Tour.
“We experienced a fantastic 2023/24 season highlighted by Kazuma Kobori’s three victories which led him to our Order of Merit title, the return of some established names to the winner’s circle and the emergence of first-time tournament winners.
“The new season is sure to bring more spectacular golf when we kick off in PNG and then travel into five states including the return of NSW Open with a significant prizemoney boost at a new Tour venue we’re excited to visit.”
Fox Sports and Kayo will be home of the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia, with the two majors, the PGA and Open, to also be simulcast on Nine and 9Now. The NSW Open will appear on 7plus.
The post-Christmas/New Year schedule of Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia events has yet to be announced.
– Courtesy Golf Australia
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