Caltex Tournament

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Caltex Tournament
Tournament information
Location Paraparaumu, New Zealand
Established1955
Course(s)Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club
Par71
Tour(s) New Zealand Golf Circuit
Format Stroke play
Prize fund NZ$10,000
Month playedDecember
Final year1972
Tournament record score
Aggregate273 Bill Dunk (1972)
To par−18 Bruce Devlin (1963)
Final champion
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Dunk
Location Map
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Icona golf.svg
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.

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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.
1972 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Dunk 273−113 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Newton [2]
1971 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bob Charles (5)274−102 strokes Flag of England.svg Guy Wolstenholme [3]
1970 Flag of England.svg Maurice Bembridge
Flag of New Zealand.svg Terry Kendall 		286+2Title shared [4]
1969 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kel Nagle (4)275−97 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Dunk
Flag of New Zealand.svg John Lister 		[5]
1968 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bob Charles (4)197 [lower-alpha 1] −1310 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Mangan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Randall Vines 		[6]
1967 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bob Charles (3)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Thomson (5)		278−14Title shared [7]
1966 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kel Nagle (3)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Thomson (4)		276−4Title shared [8]
1965 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Thomson (3)282−102 strokes Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Cedric Amm
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Sullivan 		[9]
1964 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kel Nagle (2)285−71 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Sullivan [10]
1963 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bruce Devlin 274−183 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Darrell Welch [11]
1962 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bob Charles (2)2775 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kel Nagle [12]
1961 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bob Charles 2894 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kel Nagle [13]
1960 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kel Nagle 2778 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Thomson [14]
1959 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Thomson (2)2785 strokes Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Ángel Miguel [15]
1958 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Dave Thomas (2)2904 strokes Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Gary Player [16]
1957 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Dave Thomas 2953 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Thomson [17]
1956 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bryan Silk (a)2991 stroke Flag of New Zealand.svg Ernie Southerden [18]
1955 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Thomson 2833 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kel Nagle [19]

Notes

  1. ↑ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

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References

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  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.
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