Australian Tournament Players Championship

ANZ Players Championship

Tournament information
Location	Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia
Established	1988
Course(s)	Royal Queensland Golf Club
Par	73
Tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia Asian Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	A$800,000
Month played	December
Final year	1999
Tournament record score
Aggregate	270 Greg Norman (1988) 270 Bradley Hughes (1996)
To par	−18 Greg Norman (1988)
Final champion
Brett Rumford
Location map
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The Australian Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament held in Australia between 1988 and 1999.^[1]

The events was held in 1988 and 1989 at Riverside Oaks Golf Club, Sydney with both events being won by Greg Norman. Total prize money was A$300,000 in 1988 and A$500,000 in 1989.

After a three-year gap the tournament was revived in 1993 as the Optus Players Championship. Prize money was A$300,000 in 1993, A$285,000 in 1994 and A$350,000 in 1995.

Tournament highlights

During the 1989 tournament, Robert Emond scored 19 on the 573-yard par five 1st hole during his second round, while Adam Nance scored 11 on the 152-yard par three 14th hole during his first round.^[2]

Winners

Year	Tour(s)[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
ANZ Players Championship
1999	ANZ	Brett Rumford (a)	280	−12	Playoff	Craig Spence	Royal Queensland	[3]
1998	ANZ	Stephen Leaney	275	−17	Playoff	Corey Pavin	Royal Queensland	[4]
Australasian Players Championship
1997	ANZ	Greg Chalmers	276	−12	1 stroke	Peter Lonard	Royal Queensland
Australian Players Championship
1996	ANZ, ASA	Bradley Hughes	270	−14	12 strokes	Peter Lonard Robert Stephens	Robina Woods
Optus Players Championship
1995	ANZ	Tim Elliott	283	−5	1 stroke	Peter Fowler	Kingston Heath	[5]
1994	ANZ	Patrick Burke	280	−8	1 stroke	Bradley Hughes	Kingston Heath	[6]
1993	ANZ	Robert Allenby	274	−14	Playoff	Wayne Grady	Royal Melbourne	[7]
Australian Tournament Players Championship
1992	ANZ	Removed from the schedule
1991	ANZ	Cancelled
1990: No tournament
1989	ANZ	Greg Norman (2)	276	−12	2 strokes	Roger Mackay	Riverside Oaks	[8]
1988	ANZ	Greg Norman	270	−18	8 strokes	David Graham Peter Senior	Riverside Oaks	[9]

Notes

1. ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour.

References

1. 2016 Media Guide. PGA Tour of Australasia. p. 170.
2. Ward, Andrew (1999). Golf's Strangest Rounds. London: Robson Books. pp. 259–260. ISBN 1861051840.
3. "Amateur Rumford wins after playoff". Golf Today. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
4. "ANZ Players Championship: Pavin Is Defeated On First Extra Hole". The New York Times. Associated Press. 30 November 1998.
5. "First Tour win for Elliott in a decade". The Canberra Times. Vol. 70, no. 21, 830. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 23 January 1995. p. 20. Retrieved 25 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "Burke scrapes home after final-hole horrors". The Canberra Times. Vol. 68, no. 21, 467. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 January 1994. p. 24. Retrieved 26 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
7. "Allenby keeps his cool in play-off". The Canberra Times. Vol. 67, no. 21, 104. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 25 January 1993. p. 26. Retrieved 26 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
8. "Norman drives a big one". The Canberra Times. Vol. 63, no. 19, 501. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 27 February 1989. p. 24. Retrieved 25 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
9. "Norman slates pros for not trying". The Canberra Times. Vol. 62, no. 19, 146. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 March 1988. p. 23. Retrieved 25 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.