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2007 Von Nida Tour season
Duration	25 January 2007 – 11 November 2007
Number of official events	10
Most wins	Jason Norris (2)
Order of Merit	Andrew Bonhomme
	← 2006 2008 →

2007 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration	15 February 2007 – 16 December 2007
Number of official events	7
Order of Merit	Craig Parry
	← 2006 2008 →

The 2007 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 35th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2007 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (A$)	Winner^[a]	OWGR points	Other tours^[b]	Notes
18 Feb	Jacob's Creek Open Championship	South Australia	US$600,000	Scott Sterling (1)	16	NWT
25 Feb	HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship	New Zealand	US$600,000	Nicholas Thompson (n/a)	16	NWT
4 Mar	Johnnie Walker Classic	Thailand	£1,250,000	Anton Haig (n/a)	40	ASA, EUR
25 Nov	MasterCard Masters	Victoria	1,500,000	Aaron Baddeley (4)	24	EUR
2 Dec	Michael Hill New Zealand Open	New Zealand	NZ$1,500,000	Richard Finch (n/a)	20	EUR
9 Dec	Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship	Queensland	1,200,000	Peter Lonard (9)	32
16 Dec	MFS Australian Open	New South Wales	1,750,000	Craig Parry (12)	34		Flagship event

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (A$)	Winner	OWGR points	Other tours^[b]	Notes
11 Nov	HSBC Champions	China	US$5,000,000	Phil Mickelson	52	AFR,^[c] ASA,^[d] EUR	Limited-field event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.^[2]^[3]

Position	Player	Prize money (A$)
1	Craig Parry	442,004
2	David Smail	168,461
3	Paul Sheehan	154,440
4	Scott Sterling	150,747
5	Greg Chalmers	150,342

Von Nida Tour

The 2007 Von Nida Tour was the fifth season of the Von Nida Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour of Australasia between 2003 and 2008.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2007 season.^[4]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (A$)	Winner^[e]	Ref.
28 Jan	NAB Victorian PGA Championship	Victoria	105,000	Ashley Hall (1)	^[5]
4 Feb	Victorian Open	Victoria	110,000	Kim Felton (5)	^[6]
11 Feb	Riverside Oaks NSW PGA Championship	New South Wales	110,000	Scott Draper (1)	^[7]
25 Mar	Toyota Southern Classic	New South Wales	100,000	Marc Leishman (3)	^[8]
22 Apr	Hahn South Australian PGA Championship	South Australia	105,000	Tim Wise (1)	^[9]
27 May	Oceanique WA PGA Championship	Western Australia	105,000	Jason Norris (1)	^[10]
21 Oct	North Queensland X-Ray Services Cairns Classic	Queensland	105,000	Paul Donahoo (1)	^[11]
28 Oct	City Pacific-Mirvac Queensland Open	Queensland	105,000	Ryan Haller (1)	^[12]
4 Nov	Greater Building Society Queensland PGA Championship	Queensland	105,000	Andrew Bonhomme (1)	^[13]
11 Nov	Vintage NSW Open	New South Wales	115,000	Jason Norris (2)	^[14]

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.^[15] The top 10 players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2008 PGA Tour of Australasia.^[16]^[17]

Position	Player	Prize money (A$)
1	Andrew Bonhomme	41,497
2	Jason Norris	41,339
3	Marc Leishman	36,265
4	Ashley Hall	30,781
5	Ryan Haller	29,929
6	Tim Wise	26,605
7	Ed Stedman	25,821
8	Aaron Townsend	23,955
9	Paul Donahoo	22,943
10	Kim Felton	20,988

Notes

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b AFR − Sunshine Tour; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; NWT − Nationwide Tour.
^ Sunshine Tour unofficial event
^ Asian Tour unofficial event
^ 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

^ "2007 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
^ "2007 Order of Merit" (PDF). PGA Tour of Australasia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
^ "Parry is champion at 24th attempt". CNN. 16 December 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2023. But he has now earned himself a start in next year's British Open and also claimed his third PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit crown, having previously won the title in 1995 and 2002.
^ "Von Nida Tour 2007 Tournament schedule". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
^ "nab Victorian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
^ "Victorian Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
^ "Riverside Oaks NSW PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
^ "Toyota Southern Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
^ "Hahn South Australian PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
^ "Oceanique WA PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
^ "North Queensland X-Ray Services Cairns Classic results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
^ "City Pacific-Mirvac Queensland Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
^ "Greater Building Society Queensland PGA Championship results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
^ "The Vintage NSW Open results". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
^ "2007 Von Nida Tour OOM". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
^ "Bonhomme tops Von Nida Tour Order of Merit". PGA of Australia. 12 November 2007. Archived from the original on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021. In winning the Von Nida Tour Order of Merit, Bonhomme will be afforded a variety of exemptions to the Australasian PGA Tour for the remainder of 2007 and 2008.
^ "Felton tops 2004 Von Nida Tour". PGA Tour of Australasia. 24 November 2004. Archived from the original on 13 January 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2022. ...the Von Nida Tour provides fully-exempt Australasian Tour cards to the top 10 players on the moneylist who would not otherwise be exempt.