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1976–77 New Zealand Golf Circuit

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1976–77 New Zealand Golf Circuit season
Duration11 November 1976 (1976-11-11) – 9 January 1977 (1977-01-09)
Number of official events7
Most winsNew Zealand John Lister (3)
Money listNew Zealand John Lister

The 1976–77 New Zealand Golf Circuit was the 14th season of the New Zealand Golf Circuit, the main professional golf tour in New Zealand since it was established in 1963.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1976–77 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(NZ$)
Winner[a] Notes
14 Nov Southland Charity Golf Classic Southland 20,000 Scotland Bill Longmuir (n/a)
21 Nov New Zealand Airlines Classic Canterbury 35,000 Australia Bob Shearer (1)
28 Nov Otago Charity Classic Otago 25,000 Australia Kel Nagle (19)
5 Dec New Zealand Open Wellington 25,000 New Zealand Simon Owen (1)
12 Dec City of Auckland Classic Auckland 25,000 New Zealand John Lister (10)
19 Dec Meadowsfreight Waikato Charity Classic Waikato 14,000 New Zealand John Lister (11) New tournament
9 Jan New Zealand PGA Championship Bay of Plenty 20,000 New Zealand John Lister (12)

Money list

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The money list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated in New Zealand dollars.[3]

Position Player Prize money (NZ$)
1 New Zealand John Lister 15,737
2 New Zealand Bob Charles 9,413
3 Australia Kel Nagle 7,912
4 United States Bill Brask 7,502
5 Australia Bob Shearer 7,000

Notes

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  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of New Zealand Golf Circuit events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for New Zealand Golf Circuit members.

References

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  1. ^ Simms, George (1977). World of Golf 1977. Macdonald and Jane's. p. 152. ISBN 0354090011.
  2. ^ "Tournament sought". The Press. 6 December 1975. p. 48. Retrieved 2 November 2023 – via Papers Past.
  3. ^ "Lister misses golf record". The Press. 12 January 1977. p. 24. Retrieved 2 November 2023 – via Papers Past.