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Caltex Tournament
Tournament information
LocationParaparaumu, New Zealand
Established1955
Course(s)Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club
FormatStroke play
Final year1972
Final champion
Australia Bill Dunk

The Caltex Tournament was a golf tournament held at Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club in Paraparaumu, New Zealand from 1955 to 1972. 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.

Winners

Year Winner Country Score Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref
1955 Peter Thomson  Australia 283 3 strokes Australia Kel Nagle [1]
1956 Bryan Silk (a)  New Zealand 299 1 stroke New Zealand Ernie Southerden [2]
1957 Dave Thomas  Wales 295 3 strokes Australia Peter Thomson [3]
1958 Dave Thomas  Wales 290 4 strokes South Africa Gary Player [4]
1959 Peter Thomson  Australia 278 5 strokes Spain Ángel Miguel [5]
1960 Kel Nagle  Australia 277 8 strokes Australia Peter Thomson [6]
1961 Bob Charles  New Zealand 289 4 strokes Australia Kel Nagle [7]
1962 Bob Charles  New Zealand 277 5 strokes Australia Kel Nagle [8]
1963 Bruce Devlin  Australia 274 3 strokes Australia Darrell Welch [9]
1964 Kel Nagle  Australia 285 1 stroke Australia John Sullivan [10]
1965 Peter Thomson  Australia 282 2 strokes South Africa Cedric Amm
Australia John Sullivan		 [11]
1966 Kel Nagle
Peter Thomson		  Australia
 Australia		 276 Tied [12]
1967 Bob Charles
Peter Thomson		  New Zealand
 Australia		 278 Tied [13]
1968 Bob Charles  New Zealand 197 10 strokes Australia Tony Mangan
Australia Randall Vines		 [14]
1969 Kel Nagle  Australia 275 7 strokes Australia Bill Dunk
New Zealand John Lister		 [15]
1970 Maurice Bembridge
Terry Kendall		  England
 New Zealand		 286 Tied [16]
1971 Bob Charles  New Zealand 274 2 strokes England Guy Wolstenholme [17]
1972 Bill Dunk  Australia 273 3 strokes Australia Jack Newton [18]

The 1968 event was reduced to 54 holes because of bad weather.

References

  1. ^ "Thomson Again". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 October 1955. p. 14.
  2. ^ "Amateur Wins Caltex Golf". The Age. 8 October 1956. p. 16.
  3. ^ "N. Zealand Tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 7 October 1957. p. 11.
  4. ^ "Thoms Wins golf in N.Z." The Age. 13 October 1958. p. 19.
  5. ^ "Thomson Wins Again in N.Z." The Age. 14 December 1959. p. 19.
  6. ^ "Kel Nagle's N.Z. Golf Win". The Age. 14 November 1960. p. 20.
  7. ^ "N.Z. Golf to Bob Charles". The Age. 9 October 1961. p. 16.
  8. ^ "N.Z. Golf to Bob Charles". The Age. 22 October 1962. p. 18.
  9. ^ "N.Z. Golf to Bruce Devlin". The Age. 23 September 1963. p. 21.
  10. ^ "Nagle's Scores in N.Z. Golf". The Age. 30 November 1964. p. 23.
  11. ^ "Third in Row for Thomson". The Age. 30 November 1965. p. 22.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "Thomson ties with Charles". The Age. 27 November 1967. p. 29.
  14. ^ "Final 62 wins for Charles". The Age. 9 December 1968. p. 22.
  15. ^ "Nagle's third win in row". The Age. 15 December 1969. p. 22.
  16. ^ "Two tie in NZ". The Age. 23 November 1970. p. 25.
  17. ^ "Charles wins by 2 shots". The Age. 13 December 1971. p. 21.
  18. ^ "Happy 34th for Dunk". The Age. 11 December 1972. p. 22.
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