Fiji International

Golf tournament in Fiji

Natadola Bay Championship GC

Location in Fiji

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]

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

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
2017	ANZ, ASA, EUR	Jason Norris	274	−14	4 strokes	Jazz Janewattananond James Marchesani David McKenzie
2016	ANZ, EUR	Brandt Snedeker	272	−16	9 strokes	Michael Hendry
2015	ANZ, ONE	Matt Kuchar	284	−4	4 strokes	Aron Price
2014	ANZ, ONE	Steven Jeffress	278	−10	4 strokes	Jake Higginbottom

Notes

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

References

^ "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.