Caltex Tournament

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

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

History

edit

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

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

Notes

edit
  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

edit
  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.