Cameron John completes fine season with National Tournament win
Cameron John – wins third event of season – image PGA of Australia
Victorian 26 year old, Cameron John, today won his third event of the 2025/2026 PGA Tour of Australasia and in doing so finishes the season in outright second place on the Order of Merit behind Travis Smyth, the difference between the pair being just 6.3 points, that margin also being the difference between Smyth securing a DP World Tour card for next season and John earning a Hotel Planner Tour (secondary European Tour) car
John’s Order of Merit title was, however, just reward for a consistent season that saw him miss only three cuts in 18 starts, though two of those came in two of the bigger events, the Australian PGA Championship and the New Zealand Open.
John today won at the first extra hole of a playoff against NSW golfer, Daniel Gale, in the final event of a seven-month-long season, the National Tournament played over the Gunnamatta layout at the National Golf Club on the Mornington Peninsula. In a fascinating twist, it was Gale whom John defeated in this very event last year to win his maiden title.
Gale’s 9 birdie final round of 64, completed an hour before the final group of John, John Lyras and Matias Sanchez, set the mark for those behind on the golf course, only John able to match the total of Gale, who was chasing his third win on the PGA Tour of Australasia.
The first extra hole saw Gale’s drive finish in an almost impossible position, and when John hit his approach to ten feet, the result was determined.
“I think it was a good year,” said John, perhaps stating the obvious. “I think I achieved so many goals, but things kind of shifted around a little bit honestly this season, but I’m happy with my golf and I feel like I’ve played the best golf of anyone this year.
John’s career has taken a huge leap forward this year, but so too has his personal life with the news that he is to become a dad later in the year.
“That’s going to be the most exciting thing for me. I mean, I’ve seen my oldest two brothers. They’ve both got kids of their own. My sister’s having a baby as well, so there’s going to be a lot of little ones running around, but Christmas time’s going to be something pretty special and I look forward to obviously being an uncle and also being a dad.”
The winners of the three main events on the PGA Tour of Australasia this season were David Puig (Australian PGA Championship), Rasmus Neergaard Petersen (Australian Open) and Daniel Hillier (New Zealand Open). Although none of those players played the required number of events, so they were ineligible for Order of Merit inclusion.
The PGA Tour of Australasia begins its 2026/2027 season in August.
