1971–72 New Zealand Golf Circuit

1971–72 New Zealand Golf Circuit season
Duration18 November 1971 (1971-11-18) – 8 January 1972 (1972-01-08)
Number of official events7
Most winsNew Zealand Bob Charles (3)
Money listNew Zealand Bob Charles

The 1971–72 New Zealand Golf Circuit was the ninth season of the New Zealand Golf Circuit, the main professional golf tour in New Zealand since it was established in 1963.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1971–72 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(NZ$)		 Winner[a] Notes
21 Nov Garden City Classic Canterbury 15,000 United States Jerry Heard (n/a)
28 Nov New Zealand Open Otago 15,000 Australia Peter Thomson (11)
5 Dec Otago Charity Classic Otago 15,000 New Zealand Bob Charles (13)
12 Dec Caltex Tournament Wellington 8,000 New Zealand Bob Charles (14)
19 Dec City of Auckland Classic Auckland 15,000 England Guy Wolstenholme (2) New tournament
1 Jan Spalding Masters Bay of Plenty 5,000 New Zealand Bob Charles (15)
8 Jan New Zealand PGA Championship Bay of Plenty 15,000 Japan Masashi Ozaki (n/a)

Money list

The money list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated in New Zealand dollars.[2]

Position Player Prize money (NZ$)
1 New Zealand Bob Charles 10,588

Notes

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of New Zealand Golf Circuit events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for New Zealand Golf Circuit members.

References

  1. ^ "Golf circuit now worth $91,500". The Press. No. 32708. 10 September 1971. p. 22. Retrieved 4 March 2023 – via Papers Past.
  2. ^ "P.G.A. title to Japanese golfer". The Press. No. 32810. 10 January 1972. p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2023 – via Papers Past.