Caltex Tournament

Caltex Tournament
Tournament information
LocationParaparaumu, New Zealand
Established1955
Course(s)Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club
Par71
Tour(s)New 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

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
1972 Australia Bill Dunk 273 −11 3 strokes Australia Jack Newton [2]
1971 New Zealand Bob Charles (5) 274 −10 2 strokes England Guy Wolstenholme [3]
1970 England Maurice Bembridge
New Zealand Terry Kendall		 286 +2 Title shared [4]
1969 Australia Kel Nagle (4) 275 −9 7 strokes Australia Bill Dunk
New Zealand John Lister		 [5]
1968 New Zealand Bob Charles (4) 197[a] −13 10 strokes Australia Tony Mangan
Australia Randall Vines		 [6]
1967 New Zealand Bob Charles (3)
Australia Peter Thomson (5)		 278 −14 Title shared [7]
1966 Australia Kel Nagle (3)
Australia Peter Thomson (4)		 276 −4 Title shared [8]
1965 Australia Peter Thomson (3) 282 −10 2 strokes South Africa Cedric Amm
Australia John Sullivan		 [9]
1964 Australia Kel Nagle (2) 285 −7 1 stroke Australia John Sullivan [10]
1963 Australia Bruce Devlin 274 −18 3 strokes Australia Darrell Welch [11]
1962 New Zealand Bob Charles (2) 277 5 strokes Australia Kel Nagle [12]
1961 New Zealand Bob Charles 289 4 strokes Australia Kel Nagle [13]
1960 Australia Kel Nagle 277 8 strokes Australia Peter Thomson [14]
1959 Australia Peter Thomson (2) 278 5 strokes Spain Ángel Miguel [15]
1958 Wales Dave Thomas (2) 290 4 strokes South Africa Gary Player [16]
1957 Wales Dave Thomas 295 3 strokes Australia Peter Thomson [17]
1956 New Zealand Bryan Silk (a) 299 1 stroke New Zealand Ernie Southerden [18]
1955 Australia Peter Thomson 283 3 strokes Australia 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.