2017 PGA Tour of Australasia
{{Short description|Golf tour season}}
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{{Infobox golf season
| year = 2017
| tour = PGA Tour of Australasia
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| regular_season = {{start date|2017|2|1|df=y}} – {{end date|2017|12|3|df=y}}
| no_of_events = 15
| most_wins = {{flagicon|AUS}} Dimitrios Papadatos (2)
| honor1 = Order of Merit
| honoree1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Brett Rumford
| honor2 = Player of the Year
| honoree2 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Dimitrios Papadatos
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| prevseason = 2016
| nextseason = 2018
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The 2017 PGA Tour of Australasia, titled as the 2017 ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia for sponsorship reasons, was the 44th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.
European Tour strategic alliance
In February, it was announced by the European Tour that they had entered into a strategic alliance with the PGA Tour of Australasia. As part of the alliance, it saw the leading player (not otherwise exempt) on the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit gain European Tour status for the following season.{{cite web |title=European Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia announce Strategic Alliance |url=https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/news/articles/detail/european-tour-and-pga-tour-of-australasia-announce-strategic-alliance/ |date=18 February 2017 |access-date=22 February 2023 |publisher=European Tour}}
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.{{cite web |url=https://pga-tic.com/tic/tmtic.cgi?ticformat=4~archives=y~season=2017~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ |title=2017 Tournament schedule |publisher=PGA Tour of Australasia |access-date=9 August 2023}}
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!Date !Tournament !Location !Purse !Winner{{efn|name=totals|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.}} !OWGR !Other !Notes |
| 4 Feb
|Victoria |align=right|100,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Damien Jordan (1) |align=center|7 | | |
| 12 Feb
|Victoria |align=right|500,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Dimitrios Papadatos (2) |align=center|16 | | |
| 19 Feb
|ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth |Western Australia |align=right|1,750,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Brett Rumford (3) |align=center|23 | |
| 5 Mar
|Lawnmaster Horizon Golf New Zealand PGA Championship |New Zealand |align=right|NZ$125,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Jarryd Felton (2) |align=center|7 | | |
| 12 Mar
|New Zealand |align=right|NZ$1,000,000 |{{flagicon|NZL}} Michael Hendry (3) |align=center|16 | | |
| 19 Mar
|Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship |Queensland |align=right|125,000 |{{flagicon|NZL}} Daniel Pearce (1) |align=center|7 | | |
| 7 May
|Papua New Guinea |align=right|142,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Cory Crawford (1) |align=center|6 | | |
| 21 May
|TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship |Western Australia |align=right|110,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Dimitrios Papadatos (3) |align=center|6 | | |
| 20 Aug
|Fiji |align=right|1,500,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Norris (2) |align=center|15 | |
| 3 Sep
|Northern Territory PGA Championship |Northern Territory |align=right|150,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Travis Smyth (a) (1) |align=center|6 | | |
| 22 Oct
|Western Australia |align=right|100,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Stephen Leaney (8) |align=center|6 | | |
| 29 Oct
|Queensland |align=right|110,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Sim (1) |align=center|6 | | |
| 19 Nov
|New South Wales |align=right|400,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Scrivener (1) |align=center|16 | | |
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|26 Nov |New South Wales |align=right|1,250,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Cameron Davis (1) |align=center|32 | |Flagship event |
| 3 Dec
|Queensland |align=right|1,500,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Cameron Smith (1) |align=center|23 |EUR | |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.{{cite web |url=https://pga-tic.com/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=99~imp=n~lspos=n~dc=N~bdlink=Y~season=2017~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=N~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ |title=2017 Order of Merit |publisher=PGA Tour of Australasia |access-date=10 February 2023}} The leading player on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2018 European Tour.{{cite web |url=https://pga.org.au/news/blands-card-quest-on-track/ |title=Bland's card quest on track |publisher=PGA of Australia |date=29 August 2018 |access-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222202738/https://pga.org.au/news/blands-card-quest-on-track/ |archive-date=22 February 2023 |quote=His high finish on the 2017 ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit earned Adam Bland a ticket to the European Tour...}}
Awards
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{official site|http://www.pga.org.au}}
{{PGA Tour of Australasia seasons}}