2006 Major Tournament Schedule

Listed below is the major tournament schedule for the 2006 calendar year.

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We will endeavour to ensure that this schedule is as up to date as is possible.  Much of the information contained herein is supplied by other sources (golf clubs and other golf administrative bodies), and is current to the best of our knowledge.

* Denotes National Selection Trial Event
# Denotes Australian Junior Order of Merit Event
Major Queensland Golf Union events are denoted by maroon background

DATE TOURNAMENT VENUE HOLES
JANUARY
08 – 10 New Zealand Under 23 Years Teams Tournament Taupo, NZ
08 – 15 QGU ADVANCED JUNIOR TRAINING CLINIC State Training Facility
09 – 12 # JUNIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP OF QUEENSLAND
 Indooroopilly 72 WK
12 – 14 New Zealand Under 23 Years Championship Hastings, NZ
12 – 13 # South Australian Junior Masters Royal Adelaide, SA
16 Gold Coast Junior Age Championship (Closed) Surfers Paradise
16 – 17 GNGF 2-Day Summer Junior Classic Mt. Coolum
16 – 18 # Victorian Junior Masters Waverley, Vic 72 WK
19 Caboolture Junior Classic Caboolture 18 WK
21 – 22 Ayr Mini Masters Ayr 36 AB/WK
22 Sir Manuel Hornibrook Memorial Royal Queensland 18 AB/WK
22 – 23 # Tamar Valley Junior Cup Greens Beach, Tas 72 WK
23 – 29 Victorian PGA Championship (VNT) Sanctuary Lakes, Vic
22 & 29 # South Australian Junior Championship Flagstaff Hill / Riverside, SA
25 – 26 # Tasmanian Junior Masters Claremont, Tas 72 WK
26 – 29 * Lake Macquarie Amateur Championship Belmont, NSW 72 AB/WK
31 – 01 Feb International Qualifying for 135th British Open Championship Kingston Heath, Vic
FEBRUARY
02 – 05 Victorian Open Championship (VNT) Woodlands & Ranfurlie, Vic.
04 – 06 New South Wales Medal Strathfield & Ryde-Parramatta, NSW
08 – 12 New South Wales Amateur Championship Concord, NSW
09 – 12 Heineken Classic The Vines, WA
16 – 19 Jacob’s Creek Open Royal Adelaide, SA
17 – 19 * Tasmanian Open Championship Devonport, Tas. 72 AB/WK
19 Brisbane Mid-Amateur Championship & Junior Championship (Open) Royal Queensland
23 – 26 ING New Zealand PGA Championship Clearwater Resort, NZ
24 – 26 New Zealand Mid-Amateur Championship Pukekohe GC, Auckland
25 The Willows Summer Open The Willows 18 AB/WK
26 Brisbane Amateur Championship (Closed) Virginia 36 AB/WK
26 – 27 South Australian Medal The Vines & Kooyonga, SA
MARCH
02 - 03 Tasmanian Senior Amateur Championship Mowbray GC, TAS  
02 – 05 South Australian Amateur Championship Glenelg, SA
4 Bribie Island Gold Cup Bribie Island 18 AB/WK
09 – 12 Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship (VNT) TBC, NSW
07 – 08 Australian School Teams Championship (National Final) Peninsula, VIC
07 – 09 New South Wales Seniors Championship Wyong, NSW
08 Australian Amateur Foursomes Championship Riversdale, VIC 36
10 – 12 New Zealand Senior Amateur Championship Ashburton GC, Aorangi
10 – 13 * Riversdale Cup Riversdale, VIC 72 AB/WK
16 – 19 Toyota Southern Classic (VNT) Woolooware, NSW
23 – 26 Australian Amateur Championship – Qualifying Royal Hobart & Tasmania, TAS 72 AB/WK
27 – 29 Australian Amateur Championship - Match Play Royal Hobart, TAS
APRIL
02 – 09 New Zealand Amateur Championship Coringa CC, Christchurch, NZ
06 - 07 WA Senior Amateur Championship Royal Perth GC, WA  
06 – 09 US Masters Augusta National, Georgia
07 – 09 Australian Junior Amateur Championship Toowoomba, QLD 72 WK
11 – 14 Australian Junior Interstate Teams Matches City GC, QLD
15 – 16 Headland Sunshine Coast Open Amateur Headland 36 AB/WK
15 – 16 Townsville Easter Open Townsville 36 AB/WK
15 – 16 Middle Ridge Amateur Open Toowoomba 36 AB/WK
15 – 17 NWQDGA Championship Mount Isa 54
15 – 17 * Mandurah Easter Amateur Open Mandurah, WA 72 AB/WK
16 - 17 NSW Senior (Secondary Event) Royal Sydney & Bonnie Doon GC, NSW  
20 - 23 * South Australian Invitational Royal Adelaide, SA 72 AB/WK
22 – 23 Mareeba Open Mareeba 36 AB/WK
23 Ken Layton Memorial Day / DDGA Junior Championship City 18 WK
24 - 25 NT Veteran Golfers Championship Alice Springs GC, NT  
26 – 28 QUEENSLAND MEDAL Indooroopilly 72 AB/WK
29 April - 01 May Townsville Open Townsville 54 AB/WK
MAY
02 – 04 Australian Senior Amateur Championship The Australian GC, NSW
02 – 05 AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP OF QUEENSLAND Gold Coast Burleigh - STC
08 - 09 ACT Seniors Championship Royal Canberra & Golden Creek CC, ACT  
09 – 12 * KEPERRA BOWL Keperra 72 AB/WK
15 – 19 MasterCard Junior Masters The Vines, WA
15, 16, 18 Vic Cobram Barooga Senior Championship Cobram Barooga GC  
21 Gold Coast District Golf Association Championship (Closed) TBA
JUNE
4 Pine Rivers Classic Pine Rivers 18 AB/WK
10 – 11 SAND GREEN CHAMPIONSHIP OF QUEENSLAND Tambo, CWQ 36
10 – 12 North Queensland Open Amateur Championship Turtle Point GC 54 AB/WK
11 Schweppes Junior Classic -GNGF Open Qual Logan 18
11 EG Oxenford Plate Redcliffe 18 AB/WK
11 – 12 City of Caloundra Open Amateur Championship Caloundra 36 AB/WK
15 – 16 QGU v ADFGA MATCH Brisbane GC
15 – 18 US Open Championship Winged Foot, NY, USA
18 Nudgee Plate Nudgee 18 AB/WK
19 – 24 British Amateur Championship Kent, England
19 June –
30 July		 QUEENSLAND HANDICAP FOURBALL CHAMPIONSHIP – CLUB QUALIFYING Various  
21 - 24 Queensland Golf Industry Conference (Working as One) Royal Pines  
22 – 25 North Queensland X-Ray Services Cairns Classic (VNT) Cairns
24 – 25 Wide Bay Open & Closed Championship Bundaberg 36 AB/WK
24 – 25 Rowes Bay Open Rowes Bay 36 AB/WK
25 Inter-District Match - BDGA v GCGA Brisbane
25 MIXED FOURSOMES CHAMPIONSHIP OF QUEENSLAND Brookwater 36
25 – 26 Central Queensland Junior Open / Closed Championship Rockhampton 36 WK
26 – 27 GNGF 2-Day Winter Junior Classic Keperra 36
JULY
01 – 02 Mackay Open Mackay 36 AB/WK
02 Frank Foley Trophy Gailes 18 AB/WK
04– 06 Bargara Junior Classic Bargara 54 WK
07 - 09 City of Mt Isa Open Mt Isa 54
09 Bill Kennedy Memorial Open Pacific 36 AB/WK
13 – 14 Nudgee Masters Classic Nudgee 36
16 Horton Park Open Horton Park 18 AB/WK
16 SC & SBDGA Luke Parkin Memorial Junior Open, Junior Masters and Colts Championship Cooroy 18 WK
18 – 20 SENIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP OF QUEENSLAND Carbrook 54
20 – 23 British Open Championship Royal Liverpool, Merseyside, England
21 - 23 Far North Queensland Open & Closed Championship Half Moon Bay 54 AB/WK
23 Dave Mullen Jug Oxley 18 AB/WK
23 Surfers Paradise Open Surfers Paradise 36 AB/WK
25 – 27 QUEENSLAND SENIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP   Nudgee 54
30 Inter-District Match – GCDGA v SEQDGA v NRDGA Coolangatta Tweed
30 Indooroopilly Jug Indooroopilly 36 AB/WK
AUGUST
05 – 06 Willows Open The Willows 36 AB/WK
04 – 06 City of Cairns Open Cairns 54 AB/WK
06 Twin Towns Open Cool. Tweed Heads 36 AB/WK
13 FOURSOMES CHAMPIONSHIP OF QUEENSLAND Nudgee 36
14 – 18 COUNTRY GOLF WEEK
- Mon 14 Stroke Championship - Rnd 1 Oxley / McLeod 18
- Tue 15 Stroke Championship - Rnd 2 McLeod / Oxley 18
- Thur 17 Foursomes Championship - Div 1 Wynnum 27
- Thur 17 Foursomes Championship - Div 2 Pacific 27
- Fri 18 4BBB Stableford & Social Function Brisbane 18
17 – 20 US PGA Championship Medinah CC, IL, USA
20 Moreton District Golf Association Championships Sandy Gallop
20 Gold Coast Open Southport 36 AB/WK
21 Calliope Closed GNGF Junior Masters Qualifier Calliope, CQ 18 WK
21 - 22 Gold Coast Senior Open Helensvale 36
21 – 27 US Amateur Championship Hazeltine National GC, MN, USA
20 – 03 Sept QUEENSLAND HANDICAP FOURBALL CHAMPIONSHIP – REGIONAL FINALS Various  
27 Burleigh Cup Gold Coast Burleigh 36 AB/WK
29 - 01 Sept Australian Social Golf Clubs Championship Palm Meadows 54
SEPTEMBER
03 Gold Coast Burleigh Junior Classic Gold Coast Burleigh 18 WK
03 Ayr Open Ayr 27 AB/WK
09 – 10 Proserpine Open Proserpine 27 AB/WK
10 South Pacific Junior Championship Surfers Paradise 18
10 – 12 QUEENSLAND MID-AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP Club Pelican - STC 54
18 – 22 Australian Interstate Teams Matches McCracken CC, SA
18 – 22 Australian Interstate Colts Teams Matches Links Lady Bay, SA
21 – 22 South Australian Senior Amateur Championship Mt. Osmond, SA
23 – 24 Central Queensland Golf Association Championship Gladstone 36 AB/WK
24 – 25 2-Day Junior Classic Lakelands - TBC
24 – 26 Yeppoon Junior Classic Yeppoon 54 WK
25 GNGF Hogs Breath Junior Classic Ayr 18 WK
26 GNGF Hogs Breath Junior Classic Townsville 18 WK
27 GNGF Hogs Breath Junior Classic Rowes Bay 18 WK
28 GNGF Hogs Breath Junior Classic Townsville 18 WK
26 – 27 Clare Higson Trophy (Australia V New Zealand, Under 19) TBC, NZ
29 Queensland Regional Primary Schools Championship North Queensland  
29 – 02 Oct Federal Open Amateur Federal, ACT 72 AB/WK
29 – 01 Oct New Zealand Under 19 Championship Ngarauwahia GC, Waikato
30 – 01 Oct City of Ipswich Open Ipswich 36 AB/WK
OCTOBER
02 – 04 New South Wales Junior Championship Penrith, NSW
03 - 06 #
GARY PLAYER CLASSIC
Pacific 72 WK
07 – 08 Novotel WIN Schweppes Open Novotel Palm Cove 36 AB/WK
07 - 08 JJ Richards Open Amateur City Golf Club 36 AB/WK
09 – 10 QUEENSLAND HANDICAP FOURBALL CHAMPIONSHIP – STATE FINAL Kooralbyn Valley 36
08 Coolangatta Tweed Heads Junior Classic Cool. Tweed 18 WK
10 – 13 # Jack Newton International Classic The Oaks, NSW
14 Ian Ellis Memorial Ashgrove 18 AB/WK
15 Darling Downs Association Championship Toowoomba
15 SC & SBDGA Open & Closed Championship Mt. Coolum 18 AB/WK
19 – 22 Minnecon and Burke Queensland Masters (VNT) The Willows
21 – 22 Inter-District Pennant Matches – NQ v FNQ TBA, NQ
22 Brisbane District Senior and Veterans Championship (Open) Nudgee
22 Ian Baker-Finch Junior Classic Beerwah 18 WK
26 - 29 ROADCON GROUP QUEENSLAND OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (VNT) Ipswich 72 AB/WK
28 – 29 Noosa Lakes District Open Tewantin Noosa 36 AB/WK
30 – 02 Nov Victorian Senior Amateur Championship Bairnsdale / Lakes Entrance, VIC
30 – 03 Nov SCHOOL TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP – REGIONAL FINALS Various
NOVEMBER
02 - 05 Greater Building Society Queensland PGA Championship (VNT) Emerald Lakes - TBC 72
11 – 12 QLD INTER-ASSOCIATION TEAMS EVENT Barcaldine - CWQ  
13 – 15 Victorian Mid-Amateur Championship Sandhurst, VIC 72
16– 19 MFS Australian Open Royal Sydney, NSW  
19 ANZ Ladies Masters Club Teams Event
      - Final		 Royal Pines  
21 - 23 Asia Pacific Senior Amateur Championship Moonah Links
26 FATHER-SON CHAMPIONSHIP OF QUEENSLAND Gympie Pines 18
27 - 29 MENS AND LADIES 2006 QLD B & C GRADE CHAMPIONSHIP Noosa Springs 54
28 - 01 Dec Mission Hills Asia-Pacific Open Amateur Championship Mission Hills, China 72
DECEMBER
03 – 04 Victorian Junior & Colts Championship Yarra Yarra & Medway, VIC
06 – 08 SCHOOLBOYS CHAMPIONSHIP OF QUEENSLAND

(inc. SCHOOL TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP – STATE FINAL) 		Nudgee / Keperra 54 WK
11 – 14 Greg Norman Junior Masters Cool. Tweed Heads 72 WK
13 – 17 Victorian Amateur Championship Eastern & Victoria GC, VIC