Queensland PGA Championship

The Queensland PGA Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia.[1] The tournament is currently held at City Golf Club in Toowoomba.

History

The event was founded as the Queensland Professional Championship in 1926. The inaugural championahip was played at Brisbane Golf Club in late November with 12 professionals competing. There was a 36-hole stroke-play stage with the leading 4 qualifying for the match-play. The 36-hole semi-finals were played the following day with the 36-hole final on the third day.[2] Arthur Spence, the Royal Queensland professional, beat Jack Quarton, the Toowoomba professional, in the final.[3] In 1927 the number of qualifiers was increased to 8, with the quarter and semi-finals played over 18 holes on the second day.[4] From 1930 the event was extended to four days, with all matches over 36 holes.[5]

Charlie Brown was the most successful golfer before World War II, winning three times in succession from 1930 to 1932.[6] He appeared in 7 finals in a row and 9 finals in all. Ossie Walker was another three-time winner, in 1934, 1936 and 1938.[7] After the war, Reg Want dominated, winning 7 times in 9 years to 1954. He didn't play in one of the other two, losing the other at the quarter-final stage.[8] He won for an eighth time in 1962. Darrell Welch won four times in five years between 1956 and 1960. Since Want's eighth win in 1962, no player has won the event more than twice.

The championship has been a PGA Tour of Australasia event since 2009 and has been held at City Golf Club in Toowoomba during that period.

Winners

Year	Tour[lower-alpha 1]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref
Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship presented by Toowoomba Regional Council
2020	ANZ	Michael Sim	268	−12	Playoff	Scott Arnold	City	[9]
2019	ANZ	Daniel Nisbet	256	−24	6 strokes	Harrison Endycott Deyen Lawson	City	[10]
Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship presented by Wippells Volkswagen
2018	ANZ	Daniel Fox	262	−18	1 stroke	Steven Jeffress Matthew Millar	City	[11]
Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship
2017	ANZ	Daniel Pearce	261	−19	Playoff	Matthew Millar	City	[12]
2016	ANZ	David Klein	265	−15	Playoff	Tim Hart	City	[13]
2015	ANZ	Ryan Fox	263	−17	1 stroke	Matthew Millar Cameron Smith	City	[14]
2014	ANZ	Anthony Summers	256	−24	3 strokes	Ryan Fox	City	[15]
2013	ANZ	Brad Kennedy	254	−18	2 strokes	Michael Hendry	City	[16]
2012	ANZ	Andrew Tschudin	199[lower-alpha 2]	−11	1 stroke	Andrew Martin Brody Ninyette	City	[17]
Cellarbrations Queensland PGA Championship
2011	ANZ	Gareth Paddison	262	−18	2 strokes	Terry Pilkadaris Kieran Pratt	City	[18]
Queensland PGA Championship
2010		Peter Senior (2)	incorporated into the Australian PGA Championship				Hyatt Coolum	[19]
Cellarbrations Queensland PGA Championship
2009	ANZ	Steven Bowditch	260	−20	6 strokes	Clint Rice	City	[20]
Queensland PGA Championship
2008		Darren Beck	incorporated into the Hi-Lite Pro-Am

• 2007 Andrew Bonhomme
• 2006 Cameron Percy
• 2005 Scott Gardiner
• 2004 Kurt Barnes
• 2003 David Diaz
• 2002 Andre Stolz
• 2001 Anthony Painter
• 2000 Nathan Green
• 1999 Jon Riley
• 1998 Lucas Parsons (2)
• 1997 Lucas Parsons
• 1996 David Ecob
• 1995 Tod Power
• 1994 Rob Stephens
• 1993 Chris Taylor
• 1992 Ossie Moore (2)
• 1991 Wayne Case
• 1990 Terry Price (2)
• 1989 Zoran Zorkic
• 1988 Terry Price
• 1987 Peter Senior
• 1986 Ossie Moore
• 1985 Peter Fowler
• 1984 Ian Baker-Finch
• 1983 Peter McWhinney
• 1982 Paul Foley
• 1981 Mike Ferguson
• 1980 John Victorsen
• 1979 Greg Norman
• 1978 Allan Cooper
• 1977 Bryan Smith
• 1976 Randall Vines (2)
• 1975 Errol Hartvigsen (2)
• 1974 John Klatt (2)
• 1973 Randall Vines
• 1972 Peter Barry
• 1971 Errol Hartvigsen
• 1970 John Klatt
• 1969 Bobby Gibson (2)
• 1968 Ted Ball
• 1967 David Graham
• 1966 Les Wilson
• 1965 Bobby Gibson
• 1964 John Collins (2)
• 1963 Jack Brown (2)
• 1962 Reg Want (8)
• 1961 Len Thomas[21]
• 1960 Darrell Welch (4)[22]
• 1959 Darrell Welch (3)
• 1958 Darrell Welch (2)
• 1957 John Collins
• 1956 Darrell Welch
• 1955 Doug Katterns

Year	Tour	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref
1954		Reg Want (7)	3 & 2			Jack Brown	Keperra	[8]
1953		Jack Brown	2 & 1			Fred Anderson	Gailes	[23]
1952		Reg Want (6)	2 & 1			Murray Crafter	Royal Queensland	[24]
1951		Reg Want (5)	3 & 2			Jack Brown	Indooroopilly	[25]
1950		Jim McInnes	4 & 3			Jack Downs	Brisbane	[26]
1949		Reg Want (4)	1 up			Ossie Walker	Indooroopilly	[27]
1948		Reg Want (3)	4 & 3			Ossie Walker	Toowoomba	[28]
1947		Reg Want (2)	4 & 3			Ossie Walker	Brisbane	[29]
1946		Reg Want	3 & 1			Eddie Anderson	Peninsula	[30]
1940–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1939		Eddie Anderson (2)	9 & 8			Charlie Brown	Brisbane	[31]
1938		Ossie Walker (3)	9 & 7			Eddie Anderson	Royal Queensland	[7]
1937		Eddie Anderson	4 & 2			Ossie Walker	Gailes	[32]
1936		Ossie Walker (2)	6 & 4			Charlie Brown	Victoria Park	[33]
1935		Arthur Gazzard (2)	4 & 2			Eddie Anderson	Indooroopilly	[34]
1934		Ossie Walker	7 & 5			Charlie Brown	Brisbane	[35]
1933		Arthur Gazzard	2 & 1			Charlie Brown	Royal Queensland	[36]
1932		Charlie Brown (3)	1 up			Jack Quarton	Brisbane	[6]
1931		Charlie Brown (2)	1 up			Joe Cohen	Royal Queensland	[37]
1930		Charlie Brown	2 & 1			Tom Southcombe	Brisbane	[5]
1929		Jack Quarton	4 & 3			Charlie Brown	Royal Queensland	[38]
1928		Alex Denholm	2 & 1			Charlie Brown	Brisbane	[39]
1927		Dick Carr	4 & 3			Arthur Spence	Royal Queensland	[4]
1926		Arthur Spence	2 & 1			Jack Quarton	Brisbane	[3]

1. ANZ – PGA Tour of Australasia
2. Reduced to 54 holes by bad weather.

Multiple winners

Sixteen players have won this tournament more than once through 2020.

• 8 wins
  • Reg Want: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1962
• 4 wins
  • Darrell Welch: 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960
• 3 wins
  • Charlie Brown: 1930, 1931, 1932
  • Ossie Walker: 1934, 1936, 1938
• 2 wins
  • Arthur Gazzard: 1933, 1935
  • Eddie Anderson: 1937, 1939
  • Jack Brown: 1953, 1963
  • John Collins: 1957, 1964
  • Bobby Gibson: 1965, 1969
  • John Klatt: 1970, 1974
  • Errol Hartvigsen: 1971, 1975
  • Randall Vines: 1973, 1976
  • Terry Price: 1988, 1990
  • Ossie Moore: 1986, 1992
  • Lucas Parsons: 1997, 1998
  • Peter Senior: 1987, 2010

References

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External links

• Coverage on PGA Tour of Australasia's official site