Moonah Classic
Encyclopedia
The Moonah Classic is a golf
tournament co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia
and the Nationwide Tour
. It was played for the first time from 21-24 February 2008 at Moonah Links on the Mornington Peninsula
, Victoria
, Australia
. The 2010 purse was US$700,000.
The tournament replaced the Jacob's Creek Open Championship
.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia
PGA Tour of Australasia
The PGA Tour of Australasia is a professional golf tour for men. Official events on the tour count for World Golf Ranking points. The tour was formed in 1973 as the PGA Tour of Australia and adopted its current name in 1991....
and the Nationwide Tour
Nationwide Tour
The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...
. It was played for the first time from 21-24 February 2008 at Moonah Links on the Mornington Peninsula
Mornington Peninsula
The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is surrounded by Port Phillip to the west, Western Port to the east and Bass Strait to the south, and is connected to the mainland in the north. Geographically, the peninsula begins its protrusion...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The 2010 purse was US$700,000.
The tournament replaced the Jacob's Creek Open Championship
Jacob's Creek Open Championship
The Jacob's Creek Open Championship was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia, and was co-sanctioned by the United States based Nationwide Tour from 2002. It was played annually in Adelaide, South Australia...
.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Country | Score | Winning margin | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Jim Herman Jim Herman James Robert Herman is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.Herman was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He played golf at St. Xavier High School and graduated in 1996. Herman played college golf at the University of Cincinnati. He turned professional in 2000.Herman played on the... |
277 (-11) | Playoff (1st hole) | Chris Kirk Chris Kirk Chris Kirk is an American professional golfer.Kirk was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, but subsequently lived in Woodstock, Georgia. He played college golf at the University of Georgia and was a member of their 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship team along with Kevin Kisner, Richard Scott... |
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| 2009 | Alistair Presnell Alistair Presnell Alistair Presnell is an Australian professional golfer.Presnell was born in Melbourne, Victoria. Having won three amateur titles during 2003, he turned professional at the start of 2004 and joined both the PGA Tour of Australasia and Asian TourPresnell finished tied for 5th at the 2004 Australian... |
279 (-9) | 1 stroke | Peter O'Malley Peter O'Malley Peter O'Malley is the former president and owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers of American Major League Baseball.-Biography:... |
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| 2008 | Ewan Porter Ewan Porter Ewan Porter is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.Porter was born in Sydney. He turned professional in 2002 and played on the PGA Tour of Australasia. He played on the Nationwide Tour in 2005 and 2008... |
275 (-13) | 7 strokes | D. J. Brigman D. J. Brigman David Franklin "D. J." Brigman, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.... , Tee McCabe |