Metalcraft Tournament

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Metalcraft Tournament
Tournament information
Location Wellington, New Zealand
Established1963
Course(s)Miramir Links
Par71
Tour(s) New Zealand Golf Circuit
Format Stroke play
Prize fund NZ$4,000
Month playedDecember
Final year1967
Tournament record score
Aggregate273 Bob Charles (1966)
To par−15 as above
Final champion
Flag of New Zealand.svg Walter Godfrey
Location map
New Zealand (relief map).png
Icona golf.svg
Miramir Links
Location in New Zealand

The Metalcraft Tournament was a golf tournament held in New Zealand from 1963 to 1967. Peter Thomson won the event twice, tying in 1963 and winning outright in 1965. The event was part of the New Zealand Golf Circuit.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upVenueRef.
1967 Flag of New Zealand.svg Walter Godfrey 282−21 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank Phillips Miramar Links [1]
1966 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bob Charles 273−153 strokes Flag of England.svg Clive Clark Hamilton [2]
1965 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Thomson (2)208−83 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barry Coxon
Flag of New Zealand.svg Walter Godfrey
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Murray
Flag of New Zealand.svg Ross Newdick 		Hamilton [3]
1964 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Dunk 274−145 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kel Nagle Manawatu [4]
1963 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ted Ball
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Thomson 		287−5Title sharedPalmerston North [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Maori wins NZ circuit golf tournament". The Canberra Times . Vol. 42, no. 11874. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 December 1967. p. 16. Retrieved 29 September 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Bob Charles wins with record 273". The Age . 7 December 1966. p. 22.
  3. ↑ "Thomson wins again in NZ". The Age . 24 November 1965. p. 20.
  4. ↑ "Dunk wins N.Z. golf". The Sydney Morning Herald . 25 November 1964. p. 25.
  5. ↑ "Thomson Misses Putt, Shares Prize". The Age . 4 September 1963. p. 25.
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