| 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.
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.
Winners
| Year | Tour(s) | 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 | ||
| 1998 | ANZ | Stephen Leaney |
275 | −17 | Playoff |  Corey Pavin |
Royal Queensland | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1994 | ANZ | Patrick Burke |
280 | −8 | 1 stroke | Bradley Hughes |
Kingston Heath | ||
| 1993 | ANZ | Robert Allenby |
274 | −14 | Playoff | Wayne Grady |
Royal Melbourne | ||
| 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 | ||
| 1988 | ANZ | Greg Norman |
270 | −18 | 8 strokes | David Graham Peter Senior |
Riverside Oaks | ||
Notes
- ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour.
References
- 2016 Media Guide. PGA Tour of Australasia. p. 170.
- Ward, Andrew (1999). Golf's Strangest Rounds. London: Robson Books. pp. 259–260. ISBN 1861051840.
- "Amateur Rumford wins after playoff". Golf Today. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- "ANZ Players Championship: Pavin Is Defeated On First Extra Hole". The New York Times. Associated Press. 30 November 1998.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.