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Wiseman's Tournament
Tournament information
LocationAuckland, New Zealand
Established1952
FormatStroke play
Final year1964
Final champion
Australia Bill Dunk

The Wiseman's Tournament was a golf tournament held irregularly in Auckland, New Zealand from 1952 to 1964.

Winners

Year Winner Country Venue Score To par Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Ref
1952 Dai Rees  Wales Titirangi Golf Club 281 4 strokes England Harry Weetman [1]
1953–1954: No tournament
1955 Peter Thomson  Australia 281 7 strokes New Zealand Stuart Jones (a) [2]
1956–1957: No tournament
1958 Harold Henning  South Africa 278 −10 5 strokes South Africa Gary Player
Australia Peter Thomson
[3]
1959–1962: No tournament
1963 Kel Nagle  Australia Chamberlain Park 281 −7 2 strokes Australia Ted Ball [4]
1964 Bill Dunk  Australia Chamberlain Park 275 −13 3 strokes Australia Len Thomas [5]

References

  1. ^ "Dai Rees Wins Big N.Z. golf". The Age. 7 April 1952. p. 16.
  2. ^ "Peter Thomson Wins N.Z. golf". The Age. 3 October 1955. p. 15.
  3. ^ "Henning's dashing golf win". The Sun-Herald. 5 October 1958. p. 54.
  4. ^ "N.Z. Golf Win to Kel Nagle". The Age. 2 September 1963. p. 19.
  5. ^ "Dunk's Record 63 for N.Z. Golf Win". The Age. 7 December 1964. p. 24.