# Australian PGA Seniors Championship

The Australian PGA Seniors Championship is a golf tournament in Australia.

## History

The inaugural event was held in 1986. Legendary golfer Peter Thomson referred to the tournament as "a breakthrough" for Australian senior golf. The 1986 and 1987 events were played concurrently with the Rich River Classic, a regular event on the PGA Tour of Australia. Both were won by the American Orville Moody. The regular PGA Tour of Australia event, The Rich River Classic, was discontinued in 1988 because of a clash of dates. However, the Rich River Golf Course continued to host the seniors championship until 1995. The 1988 championship was won by Jerry Stolhand. Stolhand, an American who had lived in Australia since 1969, was killed in a car accident in February 1989 and was unable to defend the title.
In 1996, star American golfer Lee Trevino played the event. It was the first event he played in Australia in a decade. He played it as a gift to his friend Bruce Devlin who designed Gold Creek Country Club, the course the event was played on. He went on to win.
In recent years the event has been held at Richmond Golf Club. In late 2020 it was announced that the course got a two-year extension to host the tournament through 2022.

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue |
| 2023 | Jason Norris | 196 | −14 | 5 strokes | Stephen Allan Peter Lonard | Richmond Golf Club |
| 2022 | Richard Green | 199 | −11 | 1 stroke | Andre Stolz | Richmond Golf Club |
| 2021 | Guy Wall | 66 | −4 | Playoff | Peter Lonard | Richmond Golf Club |
| 2020 | Andre Stolz | 201 | −9 | 4 strokes | Peter Lonard | Richmond Golf Club |
| 2019 | Peter Senior | 201 | −9 | 1 stroke | Peter Fowler Peter O'Malley | Richmond Golf Club |
| 2018 | Michael Long | 198 | −12 | 1 stroke | Peter Senior | Richmond Golf Club |
| 2017 | David McKenzie | 202 | −14 | 6 strokes | Peter Senior | Twin Waters Golf Club & Pelican Waters Golf Club |
| 2016 | Martin Pettigrew | 214 | −2 | 3 strokes | David Merriman | Mollymook Golf Club (Hilltop) |
| 2015 | Rodger Davis | 203 | −7 | Playoff | Mike Harwood Peter Senior | Richmond Golf Club |
| 2014 | Simon Owen | 208 | −2 | Playoff | Mike Harwood | Richmond Golf Club |
| 2013 | Darryl Purchase | 210 | E | 2 strokes | Kym Olsen | Richmond Golf Club |
| 2012 | Mike Harwood | 124 | −6 | 2 strokes | Mike Zilko | Gordon Golf Club |
| 2011 | Peter Fowler | 207 | −9 | 9 strokes | Mike Clayton David Hill | Killara Golf Club |
| 2010 | Lyndsay Stephen | 214 | −2 | 2 strokes | Delroy Cambridge | Killara Golf Club |
| 2009 | Peter Senior | 207 | −9 | 8 strokes | Larry Canning Mike Harwood | Byron Bay Golf Club |
| 2008 | Noel Ratcliffe | 212 | −4 | 6 strokes | John Clifford Terry Gale David Merriman Stuart Reese | Byron Bay Golf Club |
| 2007 | David Merriman | 215 | −1 | 2 strokes | Garry Merrick Craig Owen | Byron Bay Golf Club |
| 2006 | Terry Gale | 216 | E | 7 strokes | Stuart Reese | Newcastle Golf Club |
| 2005 | Tom Purtzer | 206 | −10 | 5 strokes | John Chillas | Club Pelican |
| 2004 | Mike Ferguson | 291 | +3 | Playoff | Brian Jones | Club Pelican |
| 2003 | John Clifford | 218 | +2 | 2 strokes | Geoff Parslow | Penrith Golf Club |
| 2002 | Mike Ferguson | 207 | −9 | 6 strokes | Bryan Smith | Penrith Golf Club |
| 2001 | Noel Ratcliffe | 206 | | Playoff | David Good | Penrith Golf Club |
| 2000 | Barry Vivian | 208 | −8 | 4 strokes | Ian Brander Frank Conallin | Penrith Golf Club |
| 1999 | Trevor Downing | | | | | Twin Waters Golf Club |
| 1998 | Ian Stanley | 215 | −1 | 1 stroke | Akio Toyoda | Twin Waters Golf Club |
| 1997 | Terry Gale | 216 | | Playoff | Bob Shaw | Twin Waters Golf Club |
| 1996 | Lee Trevino | 282 | −6 | 5 strokes | Terry Gale | Gold Creek Country Club |
| 1995 | Bill Dunk | 281 | | 2 strokes | Peter Headland | Rich River Golf Club |
| 1994 | Rick L'Estrange | 281 | −7 | 2 strokes | Errol Hartvigsen | Rich River Golf Club |
| 1993 | Akio Toyoda | 284 | | 7 strokes | Bill Dunk | Rich River Golf Club |
| 1992 | Akio Toyoda | 288 | | 9 strokes | Bill Dunk John Klatt | Rich River Golf Club |
| 1991 | John Davis | 293 | +5 | 1 stroke | Darrell Welch | Rich River Golf Club |
| 1990 | Mike Kelly | 291 | +3 | 6 strokes | Col Johnston | Rich River Golf Club |
| 1989 | Bill Dunk | 282 | | 12 strokes | Peter Thomson | Rich River Golf Club |
| 1988 | Jerry Stolhand | 286 | | 7 strokes | Ian Alexander | Rich River Golf Club |
| 1987 | Orville Moody | 281 | −7 | 10 strokes | Harry Berwick | Rich River Golf Club |
| 1986 | Orville Moody | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Peter Thomson | Rich River Golf Club |
* ↑ Shortened to 18 holes due to rain.
* ↑ Wall won with a birdie on the fifth playoff hole.
* ↑ The championship was incorporated into the Sunshine Coast Masters.
* ↑ Davis won with a birdie on the third playoff hole. Senior was eliminated at the first extra hole.
* ↑ Owen won with a birdie on the first playoff hole.
* ↑ Contested over 36 holes.
* ↑ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
* ↑ Radcliife won on the first extra hole.
* ↑ Gale won with a par at the first extra hole.
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