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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Fiji International

The Fiji International was a men's golf tournament in Fiji, originally sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia. The event was Fiji's first internationally broadcast golf tournament to a worldwide audience across more than 30 countries in over 400 million homes, a first for a single sporting event in Fiji.

Fiji International at Natadola Golf Course

The inaugural tournament was held from 14–17 August 2014 at Natadola Bay Championship Golf Course. It was a tier one event on the PGA Tour of Australasia and was co-sanctioned with OneAsia. The purse for the event was US$1,000,000. The 2015 event was played in October with a A$1,125,000 purse and was again co-sanctioned by OneAsia.

Beginning in 2016, the event was co-sanctioned with the European Tour. From 2017 it was also co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour. Prize money was A$1,500,000 in 2016 and 2017 and A$1,250,000 in 2018.

Winners

Year Tours Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2018 ANZ, ASA, EUR India Gaganjeet Bhullar 274 −14 1 stroke Australia Anthony Quayle
2017 ANZ, ASA, EUR Australia Jason Norris 274 −14 4 strokes Thailand Jazz Janewattananond
Australia James Marchesani
Australia David McKenzie
2016 ANZ, EUR United States Brandt Snedeker 272 −16 9 strokes New Zealand Michael Hendry
2015 ANZ, ONE United States Matt Kuchar 284 −4 4 strokes Australia Aron Price
2014 ANZ, ONE Australia Steven Jeffress 278 −10 4 strokes Australia Jake Higginbottom

Notes

  1. ^ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.

References

  1. ^ "Fiji in golf first". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Fiji International brings the world to Fiji". PGA Australia. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Young guns ready to heat up in Fiji sun". Golf AU. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Fiji International to expand global reach in 2016". PGA European Tour. 21 April 2016.

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