Caltex Tournament

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Caltex Tournament
Tournament information
LocationParaparaumu, New Zealand
Established1955
CourseParaparaumu Beach Golf Club
Par71
TourNew Zealand Golf Circuit
FormatStroke play
Prize fundNZ$10,000
Month playedDecember
Final year1972
Tournament record score
Aggregate273 Bill Dunk (1972)
To par−18 Bruce Devlin (1963)
Final champion
Australia Bill Dunk
Location map
Paraparaumu Beach GC is located in New Zealand
Paraparaumu Beach GC
Paraparaumu Beach GC
Location in New Zealand

The Caltex Tournament was a golf tournament held at Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club in Paraparaumu, New Zealand, from 1955 to 1972.

History

Bob Charles and Peter Thomson each won the event five times, while Kel Nagle won it four times and Dave Thomas won it twice. There were no playoffs and three of the tournaments ended in a tie.

From 1963 the tournament was part of the New Zealand Golf Circuit.[1]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
1972Australia Bill Dunk273−113 strokesAustralia Jack Newton[2]
1971New Zealand Bob Charles (5)274−102 strokesEngland Guy Wolstenholme[3]
1970England Maurice Bembridge
New Zealand Terry Kendall		286+2Title shared[4]
1969Australia Kel Nagle (4)275−97 strokesAustralia Bill Dunk
New Zealand John Lister		[5]
1968New Zealand Bob Charles (4)197[a]−1310 strokesAustralia Tony Mangan
Australia Randall Vines		[6]
1967New Zealand Bob Charles (3)
Australia Peter Thomson (5)		278−14Title shared[7]
1966Australia Kel Nagle (3)
Australia Peter Thomson (4)		276−4Title shared[8]
1965Australia Peter Thomson (3)282−102 strokesSouth Africa Cedric Amm
Australia John Sullivan		[9]
1964Australia Kel Nagle (2)285−71 strokeAustralia John Sullivan[10]
1963Australia Bruce Devlin274−183 strokesAustralia Darrell Welch[11]
1962New Zealand Bob Charles (2)2775 strokesAustralia Kel Nagle[12]
1961New Zealand Bob Charles2894 strokesAustralia Kel Nagle[13]
1960Australia Kel Nagle2778 strokesAustralia Peter Thomson[14]
1959Australia Peter Thomson (2)2785 strokesSpain Ángel Miguel[15]
1958Wales Dave Thomas (2)2904 strokesSouth Africa Gary Player[16]
1957Wales Dave Thomas2953 strokesAustralia Peter Thomson[17]
1956New Zealand Bryan Silk (a)2991 strokeNew Zealand Ernie Southerden[18]
1955Australia Peter Thomson2833 strokesAustralia Kel Nagle[19]

Notes

  1. ↑ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

  1. ↑ "ANOTHER BIG INCREASE Golf circuit now worth $91,500". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Happy 34th for Dunk". The Age. 11 December 1972. p. 22.
  3. ↑ "Charles wins by 2 shots". The Age. 13 December 1971. p. 21.
  4. ↑ "Two tie in NZ". The Age. 23 November 1970. p. 25.
  5. ↑ "Nagle's third win in row". The Age. 15 December 1969. p. 22.
  6. ↑ "Final 62 wins for Charles". The Age. 9 December 1968. p. 22.
  7. ↑ "Thomson ties with Charles". The Age. 27 November 1967. p. 29.
  8. ↑ "Nagle, Thomson tie in NZ". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11564. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 December 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 2 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Third in Row for Thomson". The Age. 30 November 1965. p. 22.
  10. ↑ "Nagle's Scores in N.Z. Golf". The Age. 30 November 1964. p. 23.
  11. ↑ "N.Z. Golf to Bruce Devlin". The Age. 23 September 1963. p. 21.
  12. ↑ "N.Z. Golf to Bob Charles". The Age. 22 October 1962. p. 18.
  13. ↑ "N.Z. Golf to Bob Charles". The Age. 9 October 1961. p. 16.
  14. ↑ "Kel Nagle's N.Z. Golf Win". The Age. 14 November 1960. p. 20.
  15. ↑ "Thomson Wins Again in N.Z." The Age. 14 December 1959. p. 19.
  16. ↑ "Thoms Wins golf in N.Z." The Age. 13 October 1958. p. 19.
  17. ↑ "N. Zealand Tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 7 October 1957. p. 11.
  18. ↑ "Amateur Wins Caltex Golf". The Age. 8 October 1956. p. 16.
  19. ↑ "Thomson Again". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 October 1955. p. 14.