The New South Wales PGA Championship was a professional

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tournament played in

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, Australia between 1923 and 2015.

History

The inaugural event was held in 1923 and was won by

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with a score of 311.

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had led by two strokes after the first 36 holes at

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but Popplewell took a three shot lead after a third round of 74 and held on in the final round to win by a stroke. The final 36 holes were played at Royal Sydney. It was a stroke-play event again in 1924 but thereafter it was generally match-play until

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. After the war it was a match play event in 1946 and 1950 but otherwise it was a stroke-play tournament. From the early 1980s the event was not played as a separate event, being incorporated into other tournaments. Later it was played as a non-tour event or as part of a second-tier tour. It became a

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event from 2009 until 2015, except for 2013 when it was not played, but has not been held since.

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won the event 7 times while

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won it 5 times.

Winners

Notes

References

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External links

Coverage on the PGA Tour of Australasia's official siteList of winners
Former PGA Tour of Australasia events Golf tournaments in Australia Golf in New South Wales Recurring sporting events established in 1923 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2015