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.[1]
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Sigatoka, Fiji |
| Established | 2014 |
| Course(s) | Natadola Bay Championship Golf Course |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,597 yards (6,947 m) |
| Tour(s) | European Tour Asian Tour PGA Tour of Australasia OneAsia Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | A$1,250,000 |
| Month played | August |
| Final year | 2018 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 272 Brandt Snedeker (2016) |
| To par | −16 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Gaganjeet Bhullar | |
| Location map | |
  Natadola Bay Championship GC Location in Fiji | |
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.[2][3] 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.[4] 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
edit| Year | Tours[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | ANZ, ASA, EUR | Gaganjeet Bhullar |
274 | −14 | 1 stroke |  Anthony Quayle
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| 2017 | ANZ, ASA, EUR | Jason Norris |
274 | −14 | 4 strokes |  Jazz Janewattananond James Marchesani David McKenzie
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| 2016 | ANZ, EUR |  Brandt Snedeker |
272 | −16 | 9 strokes |  Michael Hendry
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| 2015 | ANZ, ONE | Matt Kuchar |
284 | −4 | 4 strokes | Aron Price
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| 2014 | ANZ, ONE | Steven Jeffress |
278 | −10 | 4 strokes | Jake Higginbottom
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Notes
edit- ^ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
References
edit- ^ "Fiji in golf first". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ "Fiji International brings the world to Fiji". PGA Australia. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ "Young guns ready to heat up in Fiji sun". Golf AU. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ "Fiji International to expand global reach in 2016". PGA European Tour. 21 April 2016.