The WPGA Tour of Australasia , formerly known as the ALPG Tour , is a professional golf tour for women which is based in Australia . WPGA stands for Women's Professional Golfers' Association .
6-595: Greg Norman Medal is awarded annually to best male or female professional Australian golfer on the world stage. The award was established in 2015 by the Professional Golfer's Association of Australia (PGA) with the support of the Australian Ladies Professional Golf (ALPG). In naming the award after Greg Norman , the PGA stated that "Not only was he number one for 331 weeks, a two time major winner and
12-758: A higher quality field. In 2010 the New Zealand Women's Open became the third tournament to be co-sanctioned by the LET. The ANZ Masters, the Australian Open and the New Zealand Open have prize funds of A$ 600,000, A$ 500,000 and A$ 400,000 respectively, each higher than the prize funds of all 10 remaining events combined. The New South Wales Open and the Royal Canberra Ladies Classic have purses of A$ 100,000 and A$ 125,000 respectively, and no other event has
18-519: A purse of over A$ 25,000. Since 2012, the Women's Australian Open has also been co-sanctioned by the U.S. LPGA Tour ; in its first year as an LPGA Tour event, the prize fund increased to US$ 1.1 million. The purse increased to US$ 1.2 million effective in 2013. Australian Karrie Webb , one of the leading players in global women's golf, has a background on the tour, and continues to play in its two main events each season. However Webb and other leading members of
24-488: A struggle. However the long-term trend was of gradual expansion and by 2004 there were over 150 members. The season features about a dozen tournaments, usually played over the Australian summer between November and March. The ANZ Ladies Masters and MFS Women's Australian Open have long been the leading events on the tour, with both being co-sanctioned with the more prestigious Ladies European Tour (LET) which helps attract
30-621: A winner 20 times on the PGA Tour, he also won 31 times on our own PGA Tour of Australasia and put Australian Golf on the world map. He has been a staunch supporter of the PGA of Australia and local golf for many years." The award is judged by a five-member panel of current or former male and female professional golfers and based on annual success on the Australian and international stage including all professional tours: women – LPGA Tour , ALPG Tour and Ladies European Tour and men – PGA Tour , PGA Tour of Australasia , European Tour , Asian Tour and
36-550: The Japan Golf Tour . Australian Ladies Professional Golf The tour was founded as the Ladies Professional Golf Association of Australia (LPGAA) in 1972 by Alan Gillott, who also later on founded The Golfer newspaper, a free publication provided to golfers and golf clubs, Australia-wide. The LPGAA switched to ALPG Tour in 1991. The first events featured twelve competitors, and the early years were
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