The SBS Invitational was a 72-hole amateur stroke-play team championship played from 1977 to 2015. Teams were invited from the 15 golf associations of New Zealand. The event served as the New Zealand Teams Stroke Play Championships and winners were awarded the Macquarie Cup. It was permanently hosted at the Invercargill Golf Club in Otatara, Invercargill, and was most often played in the first weekend of March, although later events were played at other times. To celebrate 30 years of the Invitational, a team from Australia was sent to compete in the tournament. The event was discontinued in 2016 because of scheduling problems. [1]
Played on Saturday and Sunday, a 72-hole team championship with the four lowest scores from each team of five counting in each stroke-play round. The teams included Aorangi, Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu/Wanganui, North Harbour, Northland, Otago, Poverty Bay/East Coast, Southland, Taranaki, Tasman, Waikato, and Wellington.
| Year | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Southland | 923 |
| 1979 | Auckland | 885 |
| 1980 | Otago | 1167 |
| 1981 | Auckland | 1169 |
| 1982 | Canterbury | 1200 |
| 1983 | Canterbury | 1163 |
| 1984 | Canterbury | 1194 |
| 1985 | Southland | 1191 |
| 1986 | Canterbury | 1164 |
| 1987 | Auckland | 1169 |
| 1988 | Auckland | 1181 |
| 1989 | Wellington | 878 |
| 1990 | Canterbury | 1177 |
| 1991 | Auckland | 1166 |
| 1992 | Wellington | 1145 |
| 1993 | Auckland | 1187 |
| 1994 | Tasman | 1163 |
| 1995 | Tasman | 1179 |
| 1996 | Wellington | 1169 |
| 1997 | Canterbury | 1186 |
| 1998 | Canterbury | 1154 |
| 1999 | Wellington | 1148 |
| 2000 | Canterbury | 1130 |
| 2001 | Bay of Plenty | 1167 |
| 2002 | Manawatu/Wanganui | 1167 |
| 2003 | Bay of Plenty | 1144 |
| 2004 | Waikato | 1139 |
| 2005 | Auckland | 1152 |
| 2006 | Bay of Plenty | 1176 |
| 2007 | North Harbour | 1141 |
| 2008 | Auckland | 1171 |
| 2009 | North Harbour | 1158 |
| 2010 | Auckland | 1130 |
| 2011 | Auckland | 1142 |
| 2012 | Manawatu/Wanganui | 1133 |
| 2013 | Auckland | 1144 |
| 2014 | Bay of Plenty | 881 |
| 2015 | Otago | 1184 |
| Year | Winner | Province | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | C E Taylor | Waikato | 221 |
| 1979 | P K Creighton | Auckland | 217 |
| 1980 | Rodney Barltrop | Wellington | 284 |
| 1981 | N A Gaskin | Manawatu/Wanganui | 285 |
| 1982 | J N Williamson | Canterbury | 292 |
| 1983 | Michael Atkinson | Otago | 283 |
| 1984 | J N Williamson | Canterbury | 292 |
| 1985 | N A Gaskin | Manawatu/Wanganui | 288 |
| 1986 | G W Goldfinch | Auckland | 286 |
| 1987 | F J Poskitt | Canterbury | 292 |
| 1988 | L G Phelps | Wellington | 291 |
| 1989 | B G Paterson | Canterbury | 214 |
| 1990 | H Morgan | Tasman | 287 |
| 1991 | Steve Alker | Waikato | 283 |
| 1992 | Tony Christie | Canterbury | 281 |
| 1993 | Marcus Wheelhouse | Auckland | 290 |
| 1994 | G Domigan | Tasman | 285 |
| 1995 | M Lloyd | Bay of Plenty | 291 |
| 1996 | G MacFarlane | Bay of Plenty | 283 |
| 1997 | David Rattray | Southland | 288 |
| 1998 | Carl Brooking | Canterbury | 282 |
| 1999 | Reon Sayer | Wellington | 280 |
| 2000 | Gareth Paddison | Wellington | 279 |
| 2001 | K Skellern | Bay of Plenty | 288 |
| 2002 | Tim Wilkinson | Manawatu/Wanganui | 279 |
| 2003 | Matthew Holten | Waikato | 275 |
| 2004 | Joshua Carmichael | North Harbour | 278 |
| 2005 | Kevin Chun | Auckland | 279 |
| 2006 | David Rattray | Canterbury | 286 |
| 2007 | Rohan Blizard | Australia | 273 |
| 2008 | Sean Riordan | Tasman | 286 |
| 2009 | Scott Johnson | North Harbour | 281 |
| 2010 | Simon Brownlee | North Harbour | 279 |
| 2011 | Ryan Fox | Auckland | 280 |
| 2012 | Blair Riordan | Tasman | 276 |
| 2013 | Brent McEwan | St Clair | 273 |
| 2014 | Luke Toomey | Waikato | 214 |
| 2015 | Ryan Chisnall | Tasman | 287 |