Carrus Tauranga Open

Carrus Tauranga Open

Tournament information
Location	Gate Pa, Tauranga, New Zealand
Established	2006
Course(s)	Tauranga Golf Club
Par	70
Tour(s)	Charles Tour Golf Tour of New Zealand
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	NZ$50,000
Month played	September
Tournament record score
Aggregate	258 Luke Toomey (2019)
To par	−22 Josh Geary (2006) −22 Luke Toomey (2019)
Current champion
Josh Geary
Location map
Tauranga GC Location in New Zealand

The Carrus Tauranga Open is an annual 72-hole golf tournament staged at Tauranga Golf Club in Gate Pa, Tauranga, New Zealand. In 2006 and 2007 it was an event on the Golf Tour of New Zealand while events since 2008 have been part of the Charles Tour.

There have been three rounds of 59 in the event. Richard Lee made one in 2010, while Mark Brown has made two, in 2014 and 2018. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Winners

Year	Tour [a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
Carrus Tauranga Open
2024	CHAR	Josh Geary (5)	259	−21	5 strokes	Jayden Ford (a)	[4]
2023	CHAR	Josh Geary (4)	265	−15	1 stroke	Tyler Hodge	[5]
2022	CHAR	Sam Jones (a)	259	−21	3 strokes	Woonchul Na	[6]
2021	CHAR	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	[7]
Carrus Open
2020	CHAR	Luke Toomey (2)	266	−14	1 stroke	James Hydes (a) Woonchul Na	[8]
2019	CHAR	Luke Toomey	258	−22	6 strokes	Kazuma Kobori (a) Woonchul Na	[9]
2018	CHAR	Kerry Mountcastle (a)	264	−16	1 stroke	Mark Brown Kang Dong-woo Lachie McDonald	[10]
2017	CHAR	Mark Brown (4)	262	−18	2 strokes	Harry Bateman Gareth Paddison	[11]
2016: No tournament
2015	CHAR	Mark Brown (3)	266	−14	1 stroke	Jim Cusdin Joshua Munn (a)	[12]
2014	CHAR	Mark Brown (2)	263	−17	2 strokes	Doug Holloway	[13]
2013	CHAR	Josh Geary (3)	262	−18	8 strokes	Richard Lee Troy Ropiha	[14]
2012	CHAR	Mark Brown	263	−17	4 strokes	Troy Ropiha	[15]
2011	CHAR	Jim Cusdin	265	−15	2 strokes	Ryan Fox (a)	[16]
Carrus Tauranga Open
2010	CHAR	Ben Campbell (a)	261	−19	4 strokes	Michael Hendry	[17]
2009	CHAR	Michael Hendry	268	−12	Playoff	Peter Fowler	[18]
2008	CHAR	Josh Geary (2)	266	−14	Playoff	Grant Moorhead	[19]
2007	GTNZ	Mark Purser	263	−21	1 stroke	Leighton James (a)	[20]
2006	GTNZ	Josh Geary (a)	262	−22	8 strokes	Kevin Smith (a)	[21]

Notes

1. CHAR − Charles Tour; GTNZ − Golf Tour of New Zealand.

References

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