Australian PGA Championship: Dates, course, previous winners, odds & more

The Australian PGA Championship is the home tournament of the Australian PGA and will once again be hosted by Queensland in 2024.

Australia’s brightest young players will get the chance to showcase their talents over 72 holes, alongside a host of international stars.

There will also be a strong European contingent in 2024, with Alfred Dunhill Links champion Victor Perez and Englishman Jordan Smith among the field who will battle it out for $2million in prize money.

There have been some famous winners of the Australian PGA Championship, including Cameron Smith, who has won it three times.

Australian Min Woo Lee won the 2023 edition of the event and will be back to defend his crown in 2024, but Adam Scott has decided the skip the tournament this time around.

Here is our guide to the Australian PGA Championship.

Australian PGA Championship date

The Australian PGA Championship will get underway on Thursday 21st November and will conclude on Sunday 24th November.

Australian PGA Championship venue

Since 2000 the Australian PGA Championship has been held in the South East Queensland region of Australia.

The Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane has hosted the event on four occasions and will do so again in 2024.

The venue first hosted the tournament in 2000, when Robert Allenby took the title. He returned to the same course 12 months later to successfully defend his crown.

Royal Queensland then had to wait until 2022 to host it again, with the tournament taking place in both January and November last year.

Who is the reigning Australian PGA champion?

Australia’s Min Woo Lee is the reigning champion, winning the tournament for the first time in November 2023.

Lee finished the tournament on -20, three shots ahead of Rikuya Hoshino of Japan.

Australian PGA Championship how to watch

The Australian PGA Championship will be available to watch on both Foxtel and Kayo Sports.

How many times has the Australian PGA Championship taken place?

The 2024 Australian PGA Championship will be the 88th edition of the tournament.

The Australian PGA Championship was first played in 1929 and was hosted by the Royal Adelaide Golf Club.

The tournament has taken place every year since, apart from 2020, when it was cancelled due to the pandemic, while the 2021 tournament was moved to January 2022 for the same reason.

Who has won the Australian PGA Championship on the most occasions?

Kel Nagle holds the record for most wins with six titles to his name, while Bill Dunk won it five times.

Most recently Cameron Smith has won it three times and will be out to make it four in 2024.

Australian PGA Championship scoring record

Jediah Morgan holds the record for the best performance at the Australian PGA Championship, winning by a massive 11 strokes in January 2022.

Morgan finished on -22, with Andrew Dott the closest challenger on -11.

Australian PGA Championship prize money

The total prize purse for the 2024 Australian PGA Championship stands at $2million.