Gareth Paddison
Gareth Paddison | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Wellington, New Zealand | 13 May 1980
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 163 lb (74 kg; 11.6 st) |
Sporting nationality | New Zealand |
Career | |
Turned professional | 2001 |
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia OneAsia Tour |
Former tour(s) | European Tour Challenge Tour |
Professional wins | 8 |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour of Australasia | 4 |
Challenge Tour | 1 |
Other | 3 |
Gareth Paddison (born 13 May 1980) is a New Zealand professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour of Australasia.
As an amateur, Paddison won the New Zealand Amateur Stroke Play Championship and the Queensland Amateur Championship 1999 and the Canadian Amateur Championship in 2001. He also represented New Zealand at the Eisenhower Trophy in 2000. He turned professional in 2001.
Paddison was named the Norman Von Nida Australasian PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in 2002 after he won the Scenic Circle Hotels Golf Classic. He also played on the Challenge Tour that year where he finished in 3rd at the Izki Challenge de España. In 2004 he won the Victorian Open on the Von Nida Tour while finishing in a tie for second at the Skandia PGA Open on the Challenge Tour. He picked up his first win on the Challenge Tour in 2007 at the Open des Volcans. He earned his European Tour card for 2008 by going through qualifying school but he wasn't able to retain his card even though he recorded five top-25 finishes.
His father, Gary, played for the New Zealand national football team in the 1970s.
Amateur wins (4)
- 1999 New Zealand Amateur Stroke Play Championship, Queensland Amateur Championship
- 2000 SBS Invitational
- 2001 Canadian Amateur Championship
Professional wins (8)
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (4)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 24 Mar 2002 | Scenic Circle Hotels Dunedin Classic | −17 (66-69-68-64=267) | 3 strokes | Brad Andrews |
2 | 27 Feb 2011 | Cellarbrations Queensland PGA Championship | −18 (67-67-62-66=262) | 2 strokes | Terry Pilkadaris, Kieran Pratt |
3 | 19 Feb 2012 | Adroit Insurance Group Victorian PGA Championship | −7 (67-69-67-74=277) | 1 stroke | Leighton Lyle |
4 | 9 Feb 2014 | Lexus of Blackburn Victorian PGA Championship (2) | −16 (67-68-66-71=272) | 1 stroke | Michael Hendry |
Challenge Tour wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 8 Jul 2007 | AGF-Allianz Open des Volcans - Challenge de France |
−11 (70-69-68-66=273) | 6 strokes | Leif Westerberg |
Von Nida Tour wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | 25 Jan 2004 | Victorian Open | −12 (71-66-67=204) | 5 strokes | Richard Green, Paul Sheehan |
Other wins (2)
- 2000 Waikato Stroke Play Championship
- 2016 Fiji Open
New Zealand national team appearances
Amateur
- Nomura Cup: 1999
- Eisenhower Trophy: 2000
- Four Nations Cup: 2001
- Southern Cross Cup: 2001
Professional
See also
External links
- Gareth Paddison at the European Tour official site
- Gareth Paddison at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
- Gareth Paddison at the Official World Golf Ranking official site