Caltex Tournament
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Paraparaumu, New Zealand |
| Established | 1955 |
| Course(s) | Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Final year | 1972 |
| Final champion | |
 Bill Dunk | |
The Caltex Tournament was a golf tournament held at Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club in Paraparaumu, New Zealand from 1955 to 1972.
History
Bob Charles and Peter Thomson each won the event five times, while Kel Nagle won it four times and Dave Thomas won it twice. There were no playoffs and three of the tournaments ended in a tie.
As of the early 1970s, the tournament was part of the PGA of New Zealand circuit.[1]
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Peter Thomson |
283 | 3 strokes | Kel Nagle |
[2] |
| 1956 |  Bryan Silk (a) |
299 | 1 stroke | Ernie Southerden |
[3] |
| 1957 |  Dave Thomas |
295 | 3 strokes | Peter Thomson |
[4] |
| 1958 | Dave Thomas |
290 | 4 strokes |  Gary Player |
[5] |
| 1959 | Peter Thomson |
278 | 5 strokes |  Ángel Miguel |
[6] |
| 1960 | Kel Nagle |
277 | 8 strokes | Peter Thomson |
[7] |
| 1961 | Bob Charles |
289 | 4 strokes | Kel Nagle |
[8] |
| 1962 | Bob Charles |
277 | 5 strokes | Kel Nagle |
[9] |
| 1963 | Bruce Devlin |
274 | 3 strokes | Darrell Welch |
[10] |
| 1964 | Kel Nagle |
285 | 1 stroke | John Sullivan |
[11] |
| 1965 | Peter Thomson |
282 | 2 strokes | Cedric Amm John Sullivan |
[12] |
| 1966 | Kel Nagle Peter Thomson |
276 | Tied | [13] | |
| 1967 | Bob Charles Peter Thomson |
278 | Tied | [14] | |
| 1968 | Bob Charles |
1971 | 10 strokes | Tony Mangan Randall Vines |
[15] |
| 1969 | Kel Nagle |
275 | 7 strokes | Bill Dunk John Lister |
[16] |
| 1970 |  Maurice Bembridge Terry Kendall |
286 | Tied | [17] | |
| 1971 | Bob Charles |
274 | 2 strokes | Guy Wolstenholme |
[18] |
| 1972 | Bill Dunk |
273 | 3 strokes | Jack Newton |
[19] |
1Reduced to 54 holes because of bad weather.
References
- ^ paperspast.natlib.govt.nz https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19710910.2.171. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Thomson Again". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 October 1955. p. 14.
- ^ "Amateur Wins Caltex Golf". The Age. 8 October 1956. p. 16.
- ^ "N. Zealand Tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 7 October 1957. p. 11.
- ^ "Thoms Wins golf in N.Z." The Age. 13 October 1958. p. 19.
- ^ "Thomson Wins Again in N.Z." The Age. 14 December 1959. p. 19.
- ^ "Kel Nagle's N.Z. Golf Win". The Age. 14 November 1960. p. 20.
- ^ "N.Z. Golf to Bob Charles". The Age. 9 October 1961. p. 16.
- ^ "N.Z. Golf to Bob Charles". The Age. 22 October 1962. p. 18.
- ^ "N.Z. Golf to Bruce Devlin". The Age. 23 September 1963. p. 21.
- ^ "Nagle's Scores in N.Z. Golf". The Age. 30 November 1964. p. 23.
- ^ "Third in Row for Thomson". The Age. 30 November 1965. p. 22.
- ^ "Nagle, Thomson tie in NZ". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11564. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 December 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 2 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Thomson ties with Charles". The Age. 27 November 1967. p. 29.
- ^ "Final 62 wins for Charles". The Age. 9 December 1968. p. 22.
- ^ "Nagle's third win in row". The Age. 15 December 1969. p. 22.
- ^ "Two tie in NZ". The Age. 23 November 1970. p. 25.
- ^ "Charles wins by 2 shots". The Age. 13 December 1971. p. 21.
- ^ "Happy 34th for Dunk". The Age. 11 December 1972. p. 22.