Current season, competition or edition: 2024 Charles Tour | |
Sport | Golf |
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Founded | 2008 |
Founder | Golf New Zealand New Zealand PGA |
First season | 2008 |
Country | Based in New Zealand |
Most titles | Tournament wins: Michael Hendry (9) |
Related competitions | Golf Tour of New Zealand |
The Charles Tour, currently titled as the Jennian Homes Charles Tour for sponsorship reasons, is a New Zealand-based golf tour run by Golf New Zealand and the New Zealand PGA. It is named after Bob Charles. The tour was founded in 2008, replacing the Golf Tour of New Zealand which had run from 2004 to 2007. [1]
In September 2015, the tour undertook a title sponsorship by New Zealand-based home building company Jennian Homes. [2]
With the exception of the Super 6s event, tournaments are over 72 holes, played over 4 days. They feature a mixture of professionals and amateurs, men and women. There have been between four and six tournaments each year. Michael Hendry has the most wins on the tour, with nine between 2009 and 2023. [3]
The Jennian Homes Trophy was first contested in 2015–16, and was won by Jim Cusdin, despite not winning during the season. [4] The 2016–17 trophy was won by Gareth Paddison. [5] Daniel Pearce won twice in the 2017–18 and led the Order of Merit. [6] In 2018 it was decided to change the season to match the calendar year. The 2018–19 season covered the period from mid-2018 to the end of 2019, the Jennian Homes Trophy being won by James Anstiss. [7] Daniel Hillier won the 2020 Order of Merit, covering the 2020 calendar year. [8] Ryan Fox took the trophy in 2021, winning two of the tour events in a reduced season. [9] Sam Jones won in 2022 with one win and a number of high finishes. [3] With two victories and two runner-up finishes, Josh Geary won the trophy in 2023. [10]
Season | Winner | Points |
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2023 | Josh Geary | 1,586 |
2022 | Sam Jones (a) | 1,585 |
2021 | Ryan Fox | 1,000 |
2020 | Daniel Hillier | 1,557 |
2018–19 | James Anstiss | 1,200 |
2017–18 | Daniel Pearce | |
2016–17 | Gareth Paddison | 1,245 |
2015–16 | Jim Cusdin | 773 |
2015 | No Order of Merit awarded | |
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