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South Australian PGA Professional Warren Symons has been awarded Life Membership of Stirling Golf Club in a ceremony to celebrate 34 years of service.
“It is a great honour to receive Life Membership of Stirling Golf Club,” Symons said.
“To be recognised in this way by the club and the Stirling community is deeply humbling.”
Symons joined Stirling as a junior in 1977 and quickly developed a love of both golf and the club that would lead him to begin his PGA Traineeship under Ted Williams from 1980.
Following his apprenticeship Symons spent seven years as the Assistant Professional at Stirling until 1990 before moving to Hahndorf Golf Club for 12 years.
When the opportunity arose to return to Stirling Golf Club in 2002 Symons jumped at the chance and never looked back. He has served as the PGA Professional in residence ever since.
“I am greatly appreciative to have had the opportunity to connect with the Stirling members and community through my roles over the years and to have mentored so many at the club,” he said.
Throughout his years of service few highlights stand out more for the PGA Professional than the way the club has grown within the community during his tenure.
Warren said his highlight has been raising the standard and profile of the club within the golfing community.
“Over the years I’ve worked hard to introduce a positive attitude to the club and a strong belief in what we can deliver for the community,” he said.
“My mantra has always been ‘we’ve got a right to be as good as any other club’ and it’s true.
“In working with the committee, our members and juniors that mantra has become engrained in our club’s fabric and it’s something I’m very proud of.”
As a PGA Professional of nearly 40 years Symons is #PGAProud to wear the PGA of Australia roundel that signifies its wearer as a leader within the community.
“Our logo commands respect within the golfing community and being part of the PGA of Australia sets who we are, the leadership we show and the mentoring we do every day.”
The PGA of Australia has launched a national advertising campaign celebrating the invaluable role of PGA Professionals in the industry.
The campaign – featuring three television commercials and outdoor media – aims to bring to prominence the vast skillset of PGA Professionals and enhance the recognition of the coveted PGA Professional accreditation badge.
“On the back of golf’s pandemic-inspired boom, we have seen thousands of new and returning golfers flood our fairways and facilities. Our multi-channel campaign is targeted to assist first-time golfers to understand who they can turn to for coaching or fitting advice and reinforce to existing golfers the important role and function of PGA Professionals,” said Gavin Kirkman, PGA of Australia’s chief executive.
“The fun, fresh and creative way in which we have promoted our PGA Professionals helps illustrate strongly that our Members are more than just good golfers. They are the heartbeat of the golf industry and are the leading experts in coaching, equipment and club fitting, retail, game development and golf club management.
“To earn the right to wear the prestigious PGA Professional badge, aspiring Professionals must undertake a three-year PGA Membership Pathway Program. Their education and training makes them golf’s most skilled person, so when you see the PGA Professional badge, you know you are getting the very best in golfing advice from a fully qualified professional in their field.”
This campaign sees the creation of a fictional character, Dale the Driving Ranger, who hilariously attempts to give advice to golfers using a series of bizarre coaching techniques. Dale adorns a child-like Sherriff’s badge with the words ‘Driving Ranger’ scrawled over it on masking tape. The ad concludes by illustrating that the only badge that should be trusted is that of a PGA Professional, and acknowledges that they are golf’s only accredited professional coaches.
The outdoor advertising encourages audiences to get a lesson and fitting by a PGA Professional and will be showcased in high traffic locations across Australia.
Some of the golf industry’s leading equipment manufacturers – Titleist, Callaway, TaylorMade, Cobra Puma Golf and Mizuno – have all assisted in widening the reach of this campaign by providing their support.
“These golf brands have been pivotal to bringing this campaign to life,” Kirkman said.
“They – like us – believe that a healthy golf industry is reliant on the success of PGA Professionals. We are proud to unite with these quality brands and thank them wholeheartedly for embracing this campaign.”
Australian golf’s 2020 boom continues at pace, with a surge in interest from young men its driving force.
In its latest report “New member demand … The impact of Covid-19”, Golf Australia confirms that more than 42,000 people have joined golf clubs in the 10 months to the end of October.
That represents a surge in new membership demand of 126 per cent nationally – despite the lengthy Covid-19 shutdown in metropolitan Melbourne – and on track for a five per cent overall annual rise, which would represent the best such number since 1989.
Golf Australia’s general manager of golf development David Gallichio was optimistic about the findings, compiled by Golf Business Advisory Services.
Gallichio pointed to the encouraging immediate results for Australian clubs and facilities, but highlighted the “critical” need for the industry to sustain the long-term interest.
“The numbers themselves are important right now,” Gallichio said.
“But what is paramount for the game’s future is for us to ensure the retention of the new members and players by extrapolating the data and taking those lessons to our clubs and facilities.”
The strongest growth has been among males aged 20-49 with almost 75 per cent of male membership growth from that cohort.
Male membership growth has represented 88 per cent of the total surge and it is women aged 50+ who have been responsible for more than 56 per cent of the female growth.
Gallichio said the research also pointed to the different ways new members were using their clubs.
In the corresponding six-month period in 2019, new members played 64 per cent of their golf at weekends.
“This year’s newcomers have switched that up to the point that only 56 per cent are playing across weekends,” Gallichio said.
And we’ve been excited to see a 133 per cent spike in new members in regional areas this year (to the end of October), too.
“These are just some of the lessons we have to take on as an industry to ensure that new members get the most value from their investment and continue long-term.”
Additionally, GA and the PGA have worked closely to begin development of a “membership attraction and retention” toolkit for clubs, facilities and PGA members, helping them to capitalise on this uncommon growth.
The Australian Golf Industry Council is fully invested in the initiatives with all member organisations to offer similar education packages to help their members deliver positive outcomes.
Rounds growth has also continued.
The report reveals that year-to-date October data (excluding Victoria) shows rounds eight per cent up on 2019 – and 22 per cent in the months May to October.
For this latter period, male and female rounds demand is up by 22 and 20 per cent, respectively.
In a parallel universe, Michael Sim completed his 11th Masters at Augusta National on Monday morning.
In that world Sim is a perennial major contender, has a handful of victories on the PGA TOUR and is a feted superstar whenever he returns to play on Australian shores.
That is how the Michael Sim story was supposed to go.
But at 36 years of age and with opportunities to play his way onto world tours dwindling in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sim has turned his attention instead to making other golfers better.
Possessing a swing that was admired not only for its fluidity but the results it yielded, Sim’s body began to fail him at an early age.
A stress fracture in his back that was diagnosed at just 21 restricted Sim to only middling results across two seasons on the PGA TOUR, ultimately losing his card at the end of 2008.
In 2009 he returned in emphatic fashion. He won three times on the US secondary circuit, finished top-20 playing alongside Tiger Woods at the US Open and rose to 44 in the Official World Golf Rankings by year’s end. In his second start of 2010 Sim was tied for second at the Farmers Insurance Open behind Ben Crane to rank as the 34th best golfer on the planet.
He had been invited to make his Masters debut that April but a shoulder injury forced him to withdraw a week out from the tournament and that parallel universe soon vanished into thin air.
Currently the 507th ranked golfer in the world, Sim has won the 2017 Queensland Open, 2019 WA Open and 2020 Queensland PGA Championship in recent years but the elite level of world golf to which he appeared destined to reside has remained out of reach.
A proud father and husband based on the Gold Coast, Sim still has eyes on playing in Asia or Japan but given the uncertainty that comes with life as a touring professional is within weeks of completing his PGA Bridging course and has begun to establish himself as a coach.
Splitting his time between Lakelands Golf Club and an indoor facility where he can put his Trackman certification to good use, Sim says his method to developing players is a mix of old and new thinking.
“I just teach what I know. I don’t try to teach what I don’t know,” Sim revealed.
“Obviously playing at a high level and all around the world I feel like I’ve got a lot of knowledge that I can share.
“Most of my lessons that I have with people I start with the basic fundamentals. Get them on plane, make sure they’ve got a good grip and that their alignment is good.
“It’s amazing how many people aim not where they’re supposed to and then the ball position gets adjusted because of that.
“That’s certainly a good start to at least hit a good golf shot.”
Level 1 and 2 Trackman Certified, Sim has embraced the technological advances available to coaches but admits that his passion is in sharpening up the short game.
“It’s more of a technology-based lesson with Trackman but you can also go in there and play some courses, test your wedges on Combine tests, gather club data, ball data,” Sim explained.
“It’s a different lesson to being outdoors and doing short game and seeing the actual ball flight rather than hitting against a screen.
“I started with David Milne at a young age and we did a lot of chipping and putting and pitching and that’s certainly one of the strengths of my game.
“I certainly enjoy teaching that area as well. There are always amateurs out there who you can help save shots around the green, whether that’s from a three-putt or don’t get the ball up-and-down or sometimes don’t even chip the ball onto the green.
“I played with a guy in a pro-am recently who had a really long backswing with his putting stroke and then completely stopped on it. He’d hit it short, hit the next one long and it was like that the whole day.
“I gave him a little tip to shorten his backswing and then accelerate through and he holed two putts in the last four holes from 20 feet.
“I’ve always enjoyed going to the chipping green for three or four hours and hitting different types of shots rather than hitting balls on the range in the same spot. I’ve always liked moving around, hitting bunker shots, lob shots, chip-and-runs; it’s so much more enjoyable.
“It’s nice to have the two different styles of teaching available for me.”
Sim has by no means closed the door on returning to life on tour – the Japan Golf Tour is his favoured path back – yet he remains realistic about the chances available to not only himself but the young Aussies hoping to transition into professional golf.
“It’s not just us professionals but the elite amateurs are in the same boat,” Sim said.
“I played with Nathan Barbieri at the NT PGA and he’s a really good player but he might not get to a Q School until 2022 perhaps.
“We can’t just sit around and wait for events with this COVID pandemic.
“Q Schools now with quarantines in place, it’s certainly a world of the unknown for the professional golfer.”
To book a lesson with Michael e-mail him at [email protected] or direct message @michaelsimgolf on Instagram.
In 15 years of playing pro-ams throughout the country PGA Professional Paul Williamson saw all manner of faults among amateur golfers.
Poor decision-making, succumbing to pressure and weird and wonderful swings that often defied the laws of physics gave him a grounding on what the vast of majority of golfers need to play better.
High performance coaches such as Matt Ballard have told Williamson that the thought of coaching those who can’t break 90 is akin to torture. Yet for the Emerald Lakes Golf Club-based PGA Professional it is his personal experience that makes him the perfect option for such golfers.
The concept of ‘building a brand’ among individuals sounds to many like a lesson in developing an inflated ego but Williamson has come to learn that a PGA Professional’s personal brand need not be anything more than the story behind why they are the coach that they are.
“Why do I coach the way I coach and what do I truly believe about what people need?” says Williamson, who has become a mentor with the RGX Coaching Training system.
“That then resonates with a certain amount of people. It also helps me to identify that the person standing in front of me who just wants to cure their slice is probably not my ideal client.
“Become very clear on your core beliefs about why you coach the way you do. Some coaches like to use technology and know the numbers and there are a ton of golfers out there who are exactly like that and respond best to that.
“Understanding your why, your story and how you are different to everyone else. From there it’s about creating an understanding amongst people that you might be someone they would like to be involved with.
“The brand – my story – has helped to create the tribe that is bringing more people in who are in turn telling the story for me.”
The combination of a clear personal brand with the internationally recognised symbol of the PGA of Australia is a powerful one.
The PGA brand is synonymous with golf excellence and expertise across the globe and should be used in conjunction with a PGA Professional’s own personal identity.
“When our PGA Professionals combine a strong personal brand with the recognition of the PGA brand, they present an excellent image to golfers – skills, knowledge, experience and strength,” says PGA of Australia GM of Membership and Education, Geoff Stewart.
“I encourage all of our PGA Members to consider their personal brand and ensuring the recognition of the PGA brand is incorporated.
“Our most successful PGA Members in a range of roles ensure the PGA brand is a component of their overall, effective personal brand.
“Don’t rely solely on external brands for career success. Your long-term career success is primarily determined by your personal brand – your knowledge, skills and experience and how you convey this to new and existing golfers.”
It was a focus on new golfers and the lack of lessons being undertaken by the existing membership at Rosebud Country Club that shaped Matt Bolton’s career trajectory.
In addition to the establishment of Bolton Performance Golf with club-fitting capabilities and the latest in technology, Bolton developed a program that enticed new golfers into the club and fostered an environment that has converted many into Rosebud members.
“One of the things that I have worked out over my time is that people don’t want to look stupid,” offers Bolton.
“We try to create an environment that isn’t like that. It’s welcoming, it’s an environment where people want to come and they don’t feel like they’re being watched.
“We developed a program called Learn to Golf. It is a six-month program and teaches them everything from rules and etiquette to basic technique and how to score for the regular formats that we play.
“The whole idea was to get those students to a point where they could join as a nine-hole member at the end of the six months.
“My pitch to the Board was that if we have these people here for six months they’re not going to go anywhere else; you’ve got a captive audience.
“Before COVID-19 we had two groups of 20 participants and we signed up 18 as members.
“If you work out the recurring spend over five years on just those 18 new members there is a lot of revenue there for golf clubs.”
Williamson’s way of differentiating himself from other golf coaches was to offer a guarantee of improvement.
‘Get Good at Golf’ guarantees that those currently shooting scores of 90 and above that they will improve by 10 shots per round if they follow Williamson’s instruction for a 10-week period.
It speaks to those Williamson knows he can help in a way that resonates with all golfers who want to get better.
“The people who sign up and accept those conditions know that I am going to keep coaching them for free until they get to their 10-shot target,” Williamson explains.
“That guarantee is something that entices a lot of people in.
“Is that for everyone? No, not even close. But it is for those who are fed up with whatever’s not been working.
“I’m getting the right people and there’s not one person on my books right now that I don’t really enjoy coaching. I’m really excited to get up in the morning and help every one of them.
“By understanding my ‘why’ I’ve created my own tribe who enjoy what I’m doing.
“And it means that I’m not getting lost in the crowd.”
Jake Higginbottom has won the Gunnedah Golf Club, Stripes Engineering & Komatsu Pro-Am at Gunnedah Pro-Am by three strokes.
Facing a tricky crosswind that whipped across the course all day, Higginbottom took advantage of the two par-5s on the course to move up leaderboard at the PGA Pro-Am Series event.
An eagle on the par-5 fourth hole, following by a birdie on the par-5 sixth went a long way to helping the Asian Tour player take victory with a round of 5-under 65.
“I’ve never had the chance to play here before but from talking to the boys the course has come a long way in the last 12 months,” said Higginbottom.
“It’s great to have something to play in after the year we’ve had so I’d like to thank Gunnedah Golf Club for hosting us today.”
Matthew Jones and Jordan Widdicombe tied for second place at 2-under the card, ahead of Justin Warren, Aaron Townsend and Martin Dive at 1-under.
The NSW swing of the PGA Pro-Am Series now moves to the Coffs Harbour Golf Club for the North Coast Open in early December.
View the final Gunnedah Golf Club, Stripes Engineering & Komatsu Pro-Am leaderboard at pga.org.au.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners’ commitment to 100 per cent recycled packaging is a good news story that PGA Professionals should share with golfers.
What’s a bottle of water worth to your business? $2? $3?
What if the perceived value of that bottle of water to the consumer stretched into a positive environmental message and a feeling of increased goodwill toward their golf club?
The commitment by Coca-Cola Europacific Partners to reduce packaging waste and achieve ‘packaging neutrality’ by 2030 is one that should be celebrated within the golf industry.
Recent studies have shown the positive impacts that golf courses have on the environment and as a valued partner of the PGA of Australia, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is opening the door to an important conversation and an initiative that every golfer can get behind.
Point to the packaging on bottles of Mount Franklin that display the 100% Recycled Plastic branding. Advise golfers of the recycling programs in place at your club and where they can return empty bottles at the end of their round. Make each consumer feel good about the choices they are making when they grab a drink from the fridge.
“We’ve heard the community message loud and clear that packaging waste is unacceptable,” says Peter West, Managing Director of Australian Beverages at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.
All Coca-Cola soft drink brands (600ml and below) and all water brands (600ml and below) in Australia are now being produced in 100 per cent recycled plastic bottles. This includes Mount Franklin spring water and Powerade as well as Coca-Cola, Sprite and Fanta.
“Our 600ml still spring Mount Franklin bottle and our 600ml soft drink bottles now feature a message encouraging Australians to recycle in the right way so they can be made into bottles again,” says Ben Thiele, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners’ National Business Manager for Golf.
“We believe that this is a great conversation for PGA Professionals to have with all golfers and a positive message for those clubs who stock Coca-Cola Europacific Partners products.”
The extent of the positive impacts that Coca-Cola Europacific Partners’ responsible packing commitment are many and varied, upholding lofty company targets and leading the way in government campaigns such as Australia’s 2025 National Packaging Targets.
In addition to ensuring that each bottle has more than one life through its manufacturing process, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is reducing its carbon footprint in the way it sources and bottles the water in each of its Mount Franklin bottles.
The water is sustainably sourced from Australian springs, bottled and transported within Australia, the end-to-end value chain including the manufacturing processes, packaging formats, delivery fleet, refrigeration
equipment and ingredient sourcing resulting in a 25 per cent reduction in carbon footprint.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners’ commitment to using recycled plastic builds on sustainable packaging initiatives to reduce or replace plastic across the whole portfolio. This includes 7 out of 10 plastic bottles in Australia now being made entirely from recycled plastic, removing plastic straws from sale, light-weighting (making plastic bottles less heavy so the production and distribution process is more efficient) and forming partnerships with
environmental organisations to clean up waste in the environment.
In June last year Coca-Cola Europacific Partners began rolling out recycled plastic packaging for their carbonated beverage line for the first time in Australia; another way in which they are helping to keep our golf courses beautiful.
“Such initiatives are the perfect example of why Coca-Cola Europacific Partners are such a valued partner of the PGA of Australia,” said PGA of Australia CEO Gavin Kirkman.
“Knowing that the drinks they sell in their pro shops are being produced and sourced in a sustainable manner should act as an extra selling point for our PGA Members.”
The PGA of Australia will launch a national campaign from next week celebrating the invaluable role of PGA Professionals in the industry.
The campaign – featuring three television commercials and outdoor media – aims to bring to prominence the vast skillset of PGA Professionals and enhance the recognition of the coveted PGA Professional accreditation badge.
“On the back of golf’s pandemic-inspired boom, we have seen thousands of new and returning golfers flood our fairways and facilities. Our multi-channel campaign is targeted to assist first-time golfers to understand who they can turn to for coaching or fitting advice and reinforce to existing golfers the important role and function of PGA Professionals,” said Gavin Kirkman, PGA of Australia’s chief executive.
“The fun, fresh and creative way in which we have promoted our PGA Professionals helps illustrate strongly that our Members are more than just good golfers. They are the heartbeat of the golf industry and are the leading experts in coaching, equipment and club fitting, retail, game development and golf club management.
“To earn the right to wear the prestigious PGA Professional badge, aspiring Professionals must undertake a three-year PGA Membership Pathway Program. Their education and training makes them golf’s most skilled person, so when you see the PGA Professional badge, you know you are getting the very best in golfing advice from a fully qualified professional in their field.”
This campaign sees the creation of a fictional character, Dale the Driving Ranger, who hilariously attempts to give advice to golfers using a series of bizarre coaching techniques. Dale adorns a child-like Sherriff’s badge with the words ‘Driving Ranger’ scrawled over it on masking tape. The ad concludes by illustrating that the only badge that should be trusted is that of a PGA Professional, and acknowledges that they are golf’s only accredited professional coaches.
The outdoor advertising encourages audiences to get a lesson and fitting by a PGA Professional and will be showcased in high traffic locations across Australia.
Some of the golf industry’s leading equipment manufacturers – Titleist, Callaway, TaylorMade, Cobra Puma Golf and Mizuno – have all assisted in widening the reach of this campaign by providing their support.
“These golf brands have been pivotal to bringing this campaign to life,” Kirkman said.
“They – like us – believe that a healthy golf industry is reliant on the success of PGA Professionals. We are proud to unite with these quality brands and thank them wholeheartedly for embracing this campaign.”
The PGA Professional campaign goes live later this month.
Currently the Singapore Golf Association National Coach, PGA Professional Matt Ballard is renowned for his short game expertise. In 2017 he helped to prepare Adam Scott for The Masters where he finished tied for ninth. Here he shares the challenge posed by Augusta National’s green complexes and the drills he used to sharpen Scott’s short game.
To the right of the par-4 11th. Over the back of both the par-5 13th and 15th holes.
At some stage over the course of 72 holes the winner of The Masters at Augusta National Golf Club will be required to display some short-game wizardry that keeps their name at the top of the leaderboard.
The back of 15 is the perfect example of players having to control their spin and trajectory to land their ball in the section of the green that gives them the best chance to get up-and-down.
If you miss at the back-left of 13 you have to chip it up from that little valley and stop it on the top tier. I’ve seen players chip in and others chip it off the other side and almost into Rae’s Creek.
They’re the holes and shots that I like watching because the best players in the world have to fly it into the right portion of the green and control their spin.
Whether I am coaching club golfers, elite amateurs or helping professionals, my starting point is to make sure the player understands the low point in their swing and that they can hit it on a consistent basis.
I’m a big advocate of players understanding how to hit the ground and where to hit the ground. A lot of golfers try and achieve ball-first contact but in my mind that’s where a lot of issues come in.
Putting the ball back in your stance and pushing your hands forward are the two biggest mistakes that I see amateurs make. It leads to hitting the ground with the leading edge and effectively negates using the sole of the club and the trailing edge.
I like to have the ball more forward, have the shaft more neutral at address and the face slightly open. That set-up change alone will help a fair portion of amateurs who struggle with their chipping.
Back in 2017 I worked with Scotty on a short-game training plan for the shots he would need at Augusta.
One drill that I had him do was to chip from a spot off the green and using the same club land the ball in three different segments – just on the green, six-feet on and 12-feet on – and still have his ball stop next to the pin.
By varying his landing zones Scotty had to control both the energy of the ball, flight of the ball and subsequent spin to get the ball as close to the hole as possible.
A slight variation on that is to put a club on the green and play three different shots to get the ball close to the hole; one where the ball bounces twice before going over the club, then once and then have the ball carry the club on the full (below).
Golf is a sport in which we are constantly trying to control where the ball stops but few players give due consideration to – particularly in shots into the green – creating a predictable first bounce.
Being really specific about where the ball lands on the green is really important because that is how we create the most predictable first bounce possible.
When players survey the green before playing a chip shot or a pitch shot they are looking for the flat spot and if they land the ball in a certain position whether it will kick left, right or go forward. Do I want the ball to kick forward? Do I want it to check?
The complexities of greens such as those at Augusta and Royal Melbourne are such that you might want to fly the ball onto a different tier to get a certain kick so that it then can release down to the hole. Sometimes it can be like trying to land your golf ball on a frying pan in a certain spot to get the desired first bounce but if you can control that first bounce then ultimately the player can predict where their ball is likely to stop.
Your ability to control spin is paramount coming into the green because if you mis-hit your chip and it comes out with no spin, it will kick forward, roll and can get away on you very quickly.
When the margins for error are so tight it can make even good chippers look stupid but the ones who have good control with clean contact and can land their ball in the right sections will look like geniuses.
And quite possibly leave with a green jacket.
The PGA of Australia’s state PGA Professionals Championship schedule has been finalised with tournaments to take place across the country in November and December.
PGA Professionals are set to test their skills alongside their colleagues from the 29 November at the Tasmanian PGA Professionals Championship at Claremont Golf Club, followed by events in NSW/ACT, Western Australia, Queensland/Northern Territory and finally the PGA Professionals Championship of South Australia on 7 December. A Victorian date will be advised in due course.
Although the PGA Professionals Championship Final will not be played in 2020 a variety of exemptions will be available for participants including in state PGA Championship tournaments to be played in 2021.
In addition, an increase in prizezmoney will see players vie for a share of more than $33,000 across the state PGA Professionals Championship events.
Competitors will also receive complimentary gifts thanks to championship partners including Acushnet and Club Car.
“It has been an extremely challenging year for PGA Professionals across the country,” said PGA of Australia State Manager – QLD/NT/WA, Broc Greenhalgh.
“Through floods, bushfires, a global pandemic, lockdowns and everything that 2020 has thrown at them they have shown an incredible resilience and ability to adapt during these tough times.
“While we are unable to run our final at Hamilton Island Golf Club this year, we hope to provide participating PGA Professionals with a fantastic experience in their home states as a reward for everything they have done for the industry over the past 10 months.”
| Date | Event | Venue |
| 29th November | PGA Professionals Championship of Tasmania (in conjunction with Tasmanian PGA Championship) | Claremont Golf Club |
| 1st December | PGA Professionals Championship of NSW/ACT | Castle Hill Country Club |
| 1st December | PGA Professionals Championship of Western Australia | Wembley Golf Complex |
| 2nd December | PGA Professionals Championship of QLD/NT | Sanctuary Cove GCC |
| 7th December | PGA Professionals Championship of South Australia | Grange GC |
| December (TBA) | PGA Professionals Championship of Victoria | Sandhurst Club |
