South Australian PGA Championship

The first South Australian Professional Championship was held in 1927 and was a 72-hole stroke-play event. It was won by Rufus Stewart, four ahead of Fergus McMahon. Stewart had recently won the Australian Open.[1] McMahon won in 1928, 1929 and 1930, and as a three-time winner he permanently kept the trophy that had been presented in 1927.[2] With only a small number of professional in the state, there were only four different winners in the first 15 championships. Stewart won 6 times and McMahon 5 times, while Alf Toogood won twice, before he moved to Tasmania, and Willie Harvey also won twice, in 1938 and 1940.[3][4] The format changed to match-play in 1937, all matches being over 36 holes. In 1937 and 1938 there were just 8 entries and a straight knock-out format was used.[5][6] However there were 9 entries in 1939 and a 36-hole qualifying stage was used to reduce the field to 8.[7] In 1940 the qualifying stage was retained but just four players advanced to the match-play stage.[8] The 1941 event was reduced to a single day, with 36 holes of stroke-play.[9]

The championship resumed in 1946, using the 1940 format with four players qualifying, and this format was retained for a number of years.[10][11] From 1946 to 1950 only 16 players qualified for the Australian PGA Championship. Each state was allocated a specific number of places and organised their own qualifying event for those places. South Australia was allocated just one place. In 1946 there was a 36-hole qualifying event but from 1947 to 1950 the winner of the South Australian Professional Championship qualified.[12][13]

In 1952 there was a dispute between the two finalists, Brian Crafter and Fred Thompson. Crafter won the match at the 38th hole but at the 35th hole he had lifted and dropped his ball away from a staked tree. Thompson objected and the matter was not fully resolved until just before the 1953 event, confirming Crafter as the winner.[14][15][16]

This list is incomplete

• 1996 Lyndsay Stephen[17]
• 1977 David Galloway[18]
• 1976 Bob Tuohy[19]
• 1975 Vaughan Somers[20]
• 1970 Glen McCully[21]
• 1961 John Sullivan[22]
• 1960 Murray Crafter (7th time)[23]
• 1958 Murray Crafter[24]

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref
1954	Bruce Auld (3)	1 up			Murray Crafter	Royal Adelaide	[25]
1953	Fred Thompson	2 up			Murray Crafter	Royal Adelaide	[26]
1952	Brian Crafter	38 holes			Fred Thompson	Kooyonga	[14]
1951	Murray Crafter (2)	6 & 5			Brian Crafter	Royal Adelaide	[27]
1950	Murray Crafter	5 & 4			Gordon Westthorp	Kooyonga	[13]
1949	Bruce Auld (2)	37 holes			Willie Harvey	Royal Adelaide	[28]
1948	Gordon Westthorp	2 up			Denis Denehey	Kooyonga	[29]
1947	Denis Denehey	6 & 5			Willie Harvey	Royal Adelaide	[30]
1946	Bruce Auld	4 & 3			Willie Harvey	Kooyonga	[31]
1942–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1941	Rufus Stewart (6)	159[lower-alpha 1]		4 strokes	Sam Walsh	Kooyonga	[32]
1940	Willie Harvey (2)	2 up			Fergus McMahon	Kooyonga	[4]
1939	Rufus Stewart (5)	8 & 7			Bill Robertson	Royal Adelaide	[33]
1938	Willie Harvey	5 & 3			Bruce Auld	Kooyonga	[34]
1937	Fergus McMahon (5)	5 & 4			Rufus Stewart	Royal Adelaide	[35]
1936	Rufus Stewart (4)	301		4 strokes	Fergus McMahon	Royal Adelaide	[36]
1935	Rufus Stewart (3)	294		4 strokes	Fergus McMahon	Royal Adelaide	[37]
1934	Fergus McMahon (4)	297		14 strokes	Alf Toogood	Kooyonga	[38]
1933	Alf Toogood (2)	296		2 strokes	Fergus McMahon	Royal Adelaide	[3]
1932	Alf Toogood	302		2 strokes	Rufus Stewart	Royal Adelaide	[39]
1931	Rufus Stewart (2)	303		5 strokes	Willie Harvey	Royal Adelaide	[40]
1930	Fergus McMahon (3)	307		Playoff[lower-alpha 2]	Alf Toogood	Royal Adelaide	[2][41]
1929	Fergus McMahon (2)	296		4 strokes	Rufus Stewart	Royal Adelaide	[42]
1928	Fergus McMahon	297		4 strokes	Rufus Stewart	Royal Adelaide	[43]
1927	Rufus Stewart	299		5 strokes	Fergus McMahon	Royal Adelaide	[1]