New South Wales PGA Championship

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

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

PGA Tour of Australasia event

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref
New South Wales PGA Championship
2015	Jarryd Felton	275	−13	2 strokes	Geoff Drakeford Rhein Gibson Matthew Millar James Nitties Anthony Summers	Riverside Oaks	[4]
Nanshan New South Wales PGA Championship
2014	Lincoln Tighe	265	−19	1 stroke	Scott Arnold	Riverside Oaks	[5]
New South Wales PGA Championship
2013	No tournament
2012	Matt Stieger	273	−15	3 strokes	Daniel Nisbet	Mount Broughton	[6]
2011	Matthew Guyatt	197	−13	1 stroke	Kurt Barnes Peter O'Malley	Wollongong	[7]
Cellarbrations New South Wales PGA Championship
2010	Steven Bowditch	263	−17	2 strokes	Gareth Paddison	Wollongong	[8]
2009	Aaron Townsend	259	−21	3 strokes	Scott Arnold Michael Wright	Wollongong	[9]

Von Nida Tour event

• 2008 Tim Wood[10]
• 2007 Scott Draper
• 2006 Paul Marantz
• 2005 Gavin Flint
• 2004 Matthew Ecob
• 2003 Chris Downes

Earlier events

• 2000–2002 No tournament
• 1999 Euan Walters
• 1997–1998 No tournament
• 1996 Brad King
• 1995 No tournament
• 1994 Jeff Wagner (Foundation Tour event)
• 1991–1993 No tournament
• 1990 Brett Ogle (incorporated into the Australian PGA Championship[11])
• 1989 Peter Senior (3) (incorporated into the Australian PGA Championship[11])
• 1988 Wayne Grady (incorporated into the Australian PGA Championship[11])
• 1987 Peter Senior (2) (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])

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref
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	Frank Nobilo	279	−13	1 stroke	Lyndsay Stephen	Federal	[14]
National Panasonic New South Wales PGA Championship
1981	Mike Ferguson	278	−10	2 strokes	Brian Jones	Penrith	[15]
1980	Ted Ball (2)	285	−3	1 stroke	Wayne Grady Lyndsay Stephen	Penrith	[16]
Joe Jansen New South Wales PGA Championship
1979	Stewart Ginn	275	−13	8 strokes	Richard Coombes	Penrith	[17]
1978	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	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 & 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 & 7			Ossie Pickworth	Royal Sydney	[43]
1941–1945 No tournament due to World War II
1940	Billy McWilliam
1939	Billy Bolger (2)	5 & 4			Norman Von Nida	Concord	[44]
1938	Eric Cremin (2)	12 & 10			Norman Von Nida	The Australian	[45]
1937	Eric Cremin	4 & 3			Sam Richardson	Manly	[46]
1936	Norman Von Nida	9 & 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 & 11			Don Spence	Concord	[52]
1930	Billy Bolger	8 & 7			Dan Soutar	Royal Sydney	[53]
1929	Fred Popplewell (2)	37 holes			Frank Eyre	Manly	[54]
1928	Don Spence	4 & 3			Arthur Spence	The Australian	[55]
1927	Walter Clark	4 & 2			Harry Sinclair	Royal Sydney	[56]
1926	Dan Soutar	4 & 3			Tom Howard	The Australian	[57]
1925	Will Corry	2 & 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]

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External links

• Coverage on the PGA Tour of Australasia's official site
• List of winners