Spalding Masters

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Spalding Masters
Tournament information
Location Tauranga, New Zealand
Established1967
CourseTauranga Golf Club
Par70
Tour New Zealand Golf Circuit
Format Stroke play
Prize fund NZ$5,000
Month playedJanuary
Final year1972
Tournament record score
Aggregate260 Bob Charles (1969)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
Flag of New Zealand.svg Bob Charles
Location map
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Icona golf.svg
Tauranga GC
Location in New Zealand

The Spalding Masters was a golf tournament held in New Zealand from 1967 to 1972. The event was generally hosted by Tauranga Golf Club in Tauranga, although the 1968 event was held at Mount Manganui, and the 1967 event at Rotarua. The tournament was held in early January, although the 1972 event started on 30 December 1971.

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History

From 1969 the tournament was part of the New Zealand golf circuit. [1] Bob Charles won the event twice. His 1969 total of 260 tied Kel Nagle for the lowest 72-hole score ever in a tournament played outside of the United States. [2]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
1972 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bob Charles (2)200 [a] −102 strokes Flag of England.svg Guy Wolstenholme [3]
1971 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Marsh 266−142 strokes Flag of England.svg Guy Wolstenholme [4]
1970 Flag of New Zealand.svg Stuart Jones (a)274−61 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barry Coxon [5]
1969 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bob Charles 260−2010 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg John Lister [6]
1968 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Dunk 198−152 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Ted McDougall (a)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Shaw 		[7]
1967 Flag of New Zealand.svg Walter Godfrey 26610 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Don Boone (a) [8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

  1. ↑ "Golf circuit now worth $91,500". The Press . No. 32708. Auckland, New Zealand: National Library of New Zealand. 10 September 1971. p. 22. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Jacklin one off record". The Glasgow Herald . 27 February 1973. p. 4. Retrieved 7 May 2020– via Google News Archive.
  3. ↑ "Bob Charles scores third major win". The Straits Times. 2 January 1972. p. 17. Retrieved 16 December 2020– via National Library Board Singapore.
  4. ↑ "Marsh wins golf title". The Canberra Times . Vol. 45, no. 12699. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 January 1971. p. 12. Retrieved 27 September 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Golf". The Sydney Morning Herald . 6 January 1970. p. 12.
  6. ↑ "Ten-stroke win to Charles in NZ golf". The Canberra Times . Vol. 43, no. 12201. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 6 January 1969. p. 14. Retrieved 27 September 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Bill Dunk wins N.Z. Golf Title". The Canberra Times . Vol. 42, no. 11893. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 January 1968. p. 28. Retrieved 27 September 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Godfrey an easy winner". The Press. Vol. CVI, no. 31299. New Zealand. 20 February 1967. p. 19. Retrieved 17 December 2025– via Papers Past.
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