New Zealand Open
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Arrowtown, New Zealand |
| Established | 1907 |
| Course(s) | Millbrook Resort and The Hills Golf Club |
| Par | 71 and 72 |
| Length | 6560m (Millbrook) 6596m (The Hills) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia Asian Tour (2018) Nationwide Tour (2009–10) European Tour (2005–07) |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | NZ$1,000,000 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 258 Daniel Nisbet (2018) |
| Current champion | |
 Daniel Nisbet | |
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The ISPS Handa New Zealand Open is the premier men's golf tournament in New Zealand. Since 2014 it has been held as a pro-am in February or March. The 2018 champion was Daniel Nisbet who finished two ahead of Terry Pilkadaris after a final round 62. Nisbet's total of 258 set a new 72-hole record for the event The 2019 tournament will be the 100th edition of the event.
History
The New Zealand Amateur Championship had been played since 1893 and at the 1906 championship meeting in Christchurch it was decided to hold a 36-hole Open Championship at the championship meeting in 1907, "open to any professional or amateur in any part of the world" with prizes of £25 and £10 for the leading professionals.[1] The 1907 championship meeting was held at Napier Golf Club. The first round of the Open was played on the morning of 10 September, the amateurs also competing in a club team event. The professional David Hood and amateur J. Carne Bidwell led with rounds of 80.[2] A handicap event was held on the following day and the second round of the Open was played on the morning of 12 September. The amateur Arthur Duncan had a second round of 76 to win with a score of 159, seven ahead of J. Carne Bidwell. The Scottish professional, Jack McLaren, finished third on 167 with David Hood fourth on 168. McLaren and Hood took the cash prizes of £25 and £10.[3][4]
In 1908 the tournament was extended to 72 holes, and was won by Joe Clements, the first notable New Zealand-born professional golfer. There were no Opens from 1915 to 1918 due to World War I and the championship was again cancelled from 1940 to 1945 due to World War II. The Jellicoe Cup was presented by Viscount Jellicoe, the second Governor-General of New Zealand, in 1924 and is awarded for the lowest round in the championship.[5] The Bledisloe Cup was presented by Lord Bledisloe, the fourth Governor-General, in 1934 and is awarded to the leading amateur.[6]
In 1954 Bob Charles, who was later to become the only New Zealander to win a major championship in the 20th century, won as an 18-year-old amateur. He won again in 1966, 1971 and 1973, as a professional, and he and the two Australian major champions Peter Thomson and Kel Nagle dominated the event from the early 1950s to the mid-1970s. Other well known winners have included the American Corey Pavin in 1984 and 1985, and Michael Campbell in 2000. Campbell joined Charles as a major champion when he won the 2005 U.S. Open.
In 2002 Tiger Woods took part as a thank you to his New Zealand caddie Steve Williams, but he did not win. His participation caused some controversy when ticket prices were raised sharply that year.[7]
The New Zealand Open is a PGA Tour of Australasia tournament, and in 2005 was co-sanctioned for the first time by the European Tour, which led to a doubling of the prize fund to 1.5 million New Zealand Dollars. The European Tour had co-sanctioned PGA Tour of Australasia events before, but they had all been in Australia, making this the tour's first ever visit to New Zealand. In 2006 the event was moved to November, taking its place on the European Tour schedule for the following calendar year. The 2007 event was the last to be co-sanctioned by the European Tour, and with the tournament being rescheduled to March, there was also no New Zealand Open on the 2008 Australasian Tour. The 2009 and 2010 tournaments were also co-sanctioned by the Nationwide Tour, the official development tour of the PGA Tour. From 2011 to 2017 it was solely sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia while in 2018 it was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour.
Since 2014 the Championship has been a pro-am event. A professional field of about 140 play with an amateur partner for the first two rounds, alternately at The Hills and Millbrook Resort before the second round cut of 60 and ties. From 2014 and 2016 the final two rounds of the championship were played at The Hills but in 2017 and 2018 they were played at Millbrook Resort. The New Zealand Pro-Am Championship runs alongside the main tournament in a best-ball format. After a second round cut, the top 40 pro-am pairs progress to the third round, with a further cut to the top 10 pairs who play in the final round.
Venues
| Venue | Location | First | Last | Times |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napier Golf Club | Waiohiki, Napier | 1907 | 1919 | 2 |
| Otago Golf Club | Maori Hill, Dunedin | 1908 | 1971 | 7 |
| Royal Auckland Golf Club | Middlemore, Auckland | 1909 | 2003 | 9 |
| Christchurch Golf Club | Shirley, Christchurch | 1910 | 1982 | 11 |
| Wanganui Golf Club | Belmont links, Wanganui | 1911 | 1978 | 8 |
| Royal Wellington Golf Club | Heretaunga, Wellington | 1912 | 1995 | 7 |
| St. Andrews of Hamilton | St Andrews, Hamilton | 1920 | 1975 | 6 |
| Manawatu Golf Club | Hokowhitu, Palmerston North | 1922 | 1973 | 5 |
| Miramar Golf Club | Miramar, Wellington | 1926 | 1939 | 2 |
| Titirangi Golf Club | Titirangi, Auckland | 1933 | 1962 | 3 |
| New Plymouth Golf Club | Fitzroy, New Plymouth | 1936 | 1980 | 4 |
| Hastings Golf Club | Maraekakaho, Hastings | 1949 | 1949 | 1 |
| Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club | Paraparaumu Beach, Paraparaumu | 1959 | 2002 | 12 |
| Invercargill Golf Club | Otatara, Invercargill | 1960 | 1960 | 1 |
| The Grange Golf Club | Papatoetoe, Auckland | 1970 | 2004 | 5 |
| St Clair Golf Club | St Clair, Dunedin | 1979 | 1979 | 1 |
| Russley Golf Club | Burnside, Christchurch | 1985 | 1985 | 1 |
| Remuera Golf Club | Remuera, Auckland | 1994 | 1994 | 1 |
| Formosa Golf Club | Beachlands, Auckland | 1998 | 1998 | 1 |
| Gulf Harbour Country Club | Gulf Harbour, Whangaparaoa | 2005 | 2006 | 2 |
| The Hills Golf Club | Arrowtown, near Queenstown | 2007 | 2018 | 6 (+2) |
| Clearwater Golf Club | Belfast, Christchurch | 2011 | 2012 | 2 |
| Millbrook Resort | Arrowtown, near Queenstown | 2014 | 2018 | 2 (+3) |
Since 2014 the first two rounds have been played on two different courses, everyone playing one round on each course. After the cut, one of the courses is then used for the final two rounds. The number in brackets refers to the occasions where the course was just used for the first two rounds.
Winners
- PGA Tour of Australasia and Asian Tour event
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue(s) | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISPS Handa New Zealand Open | |||||||
| 2018 | Daniel Nisbet | Australia |
Millbrook/The Hills | 258 | −27 | 2 strokes | Terry Pilkadaris
|
- PGA Tour of Australasia event
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue(s) | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISPS Handa New Zealand Open | |||||||
| 2017 | Michael Hendry |  New Zealand |
Millbrook/The Hills | 266 | −19 | Playoff | Ben Campbell Brad Kennedy
|
| BMW ISPS Handa New Zealand Open | |||||||
| 2016 | Matthew Griffin | Australia |
The Hills/Millbrook | 267 | −20 | 1 stroke |  Hideto Tanihara
|
| BMW New Zealand Open | |||||||
| 2015 | Jordan Zunic | Australia |
The Hills/Millbrook | 266 | −21 | 1 stroke | David Bransdon
|
| New Zealand Open | |||||||
| 2014 | Dimitrios Papadatos | Australia |
The Hills/Millbrook | 270 | −18 | 4 strokes | Mark Brown
|
| BMW New Zealand Open | |||||||
| 2013 | No tournament (moved from November to February/March) | ||||||
| 2012 | Jake Higginbottom (a) | Australia |
Clearwater | 281 | −7 | 1 stroke | Jason Norris Peter Wilson
|
| 2011 | Brad Kennedy | Australia |
Clearwater | 281 | −7 | Playoff | Craig Parry
|
- PGA Tour of Australasia and Nationwide Tour event
- Bolded golfers received promotion to the PGA Tour at the end of the Nationwide Tour season.
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Hill New Zealand Open | |||||||
| 2010 | Bobby Gates |  United States |
The Hills | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Andrew Dodt
|
| 2009 | Alex Prugh | United States |
The Hills | 269 | −19 | 3 strokes |  Martin Piller
|
- PGA Tour of Australasia and European Tour event
| Year | European season |
Winner | Country | Venue | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Hill New Zealand Open | ||||||||
| 2008 | No tournament (moved from November/December to March) | |||||||
| 2007 | 2008 | Richard Finch |  England |
The Hills | 274 | −14 | 3 strokes | Steven Bowditch Paul Sheehan
|
| Blue Chip New Zealand Open | ||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | Nathan Green | Australia |
Gulf Harbour | 279 | −5 | 2 strokes | Michael Campbell Nick Dougherty Marcus Fraser Jarrod Moseley Wade Ormsby Brett Rumford
|
| Holden New Zealand Open | ||||||||
| 2005 | 2005 | Niclas Fasth |  Sweden |
Gulf Harbour | 266 | −22 | Playoff | Miles Tunnicliff
|
- PGA Tour of Australasia event
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holden New Zealand Open | ||||||
| 2004 | Terry Price | Australia |
The Grange | 271 (−9) | 1 stroke | Brad Heaven (a)
|
| 2003 | Mahal Pearce | New Zealand |
Auckland | 278 (−10) | 2 strokes | Brett Rumford
|
| Telstra New Zealand Open | ||||||
| 2002 | Craig Parry | Australia |
Paraparaumu Beach | 273 (−11) | 1 stroke | Steven Alker Michael Campbell Stephen Leaney
|
| New Zealand Open | ||||||
| 2001 | David Smail | New Zealand |
The Grange | 273 (−7) | 2 strokes | Steven Alker Michael Campbell Roger Chapman Nathan Gatehouse
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| Crown Lager New Zealand Open | ||||||
| 2000 | Michael Campbell | New Zealand |
Paraparaumu Beach | 269 (−15) | Playoff | Craig Perks
|
| New Zealand Open | ||||||
| 1999 | No tournament (moved from December to January) | |||||
| 1998 | Matthew Lane | New Zealand |
Formosa | 279 (−9) | 3 strokes | Rod Pampling
|
| AMP Air New Zealand Open | ||||||
| 1997 | Greg Turner (2) | New Zealand |
Auckland | 278 (−10) | 7 strokes |  Andrew Coltart Jean-Louis Guepy Lucas Parsons
|
| 1996 | Michael Long | New Zealand |
Paraparaumu Beach | 275 (−9) | 4 strokes | Peter O'Malley
|
| 1995 (Dec) |
Peter O'Malley | Australia |
The Grange | 272 (−8) | 3 strokes | Scott Hoch
|
| 1995 (Jan) |
Lucas Parsons | Australia |
Wellington | 282 (−6) | 1 stroke | Michael Clayton
|
| AMP New Zealand Open | ||||||
| 1994 | Craig Jones | Australia |
Remuera | 277 (−7) | 1 stroke | Frank Nobilo
|
| 1993 | Peter Fowler | Australia |
Paraparaumu Beach | 274 (−10) | 2 strokes | Elliot Boult
|
| 1992 | Grant Waite | New Zealand |
Paraparaumu Beach | 268 (−16) | 2 strokes | Peter Fowler Grant Kenny
|
| 1991 | Rodger Davis (2) | Australia |
Paraparaumu Beach | 273 (−11) | 2 strokes | Frank Nobilo
|
| 1990 | No tournament (moved from November to March) | |||||
| 1989 | Greg Turner | New Zealand |
Paraparaumu Beach | 277 (−7) | 6 strokes | Richard Gilkey
|
| Nissan-Mobil New Zealand Open | ||||||
| 1988 | Ian Stanley | Australia |
Paraparaumu Beach | 273 (−11) | 3 strokes | Michael Clayton
|
| 1987 | Ronan Rafferty |  Northern Ireland |
Wellington | 279 (−9) | Playoff | Larry Nelson
|
| 1986 | Rodger Davis | Australia |
The Grange | 262 (−18) | 8 strokes | Bob Shearer
|
| New Zealand Open | ||||||
| 1985 | Corey Pavin (2) | United States |
Russley | 277 (−15) | 4 strokes | Jeff Senior
|
| 1984 | Corey Pavin | United States |
Paraparaumu Beach | 269 (−19) | 4 strokes | Terry Gale
|
| 1983 | Ian Baker-Finch | Australia |
Auckland | 280 (E) | 3 strokes | Stuart Reese
|
| 1982 | Terry Gale | Australia |
Christchurch | 284 (−4) | 2 strokes | Bob Charles
|
| 1981 | Bob Shearer (2) | Australia |
Wellington | 285 (−3) | 3 strokes | Terry Gale
|
| 1980 | Buddy Allin | United States |
New Plymouth | 274 (−14) | 1 stroke |  Eamonn Darcy
|
| 1979 | Stewart Ginn | Australia |
St Clair | 278 (−6) | 3 strokes | Simon Owen
|
| 1978 | Bob Shearer | Australia |
Wanganui | 277 (−3) | 1 stroke | Brian Barnes
|
| 1977 | Bob Byman | United States |
Auckland | 290 (+6) | 1 stroke | Terry Gale
|
| 1976 | Simon Owen | New Zealand |
Wellington | 284 (−8) | 7 strokes | Doug McClelland
|
| 1975 | Bill Dunk (2) | Australia |
Hamilton | 272 (−16) | 4 strokes | Bill Brask Bruce Fleisher
|
| 1974 | Bob Gilder | United States |
Christchurch | 283 (−5) | Playoff | Bob Charles Jack Newton
|
| 1973 | Bob Charles (4) | New Zealand |
Manawatu | 283 (−5) | 4 strokes | Ian Stanley
|
| 1972 | Bill Dunk | Australia |
Paraparaumu Beach | 279 (−5) | 1 stroke | Maurice Bembridge
|
| 1971 | Peter Thomson (9) | Australia |
Otago | 276 (−8) | 2 strokes | Maurice Bembridge
|
| 1970 | Bob Charles (3) | New Zealand |
The Grange | 271 (−13) | 1 stroke | Graham Marsh
|
| 1969 | Kel Nagle (7) | Australia |
Wanganui | 273 (−7) | 2 strokes | John Lister
|
| 1968 | Kel Nagle (6) | Australia |
Christchurch | 272 (−8) | 7 strokes | Frank Phillips
|
| 1967 | Kel Nagle (5) | Australia |
Hamilton | 275 (−9) | 4 strokes | Ted Ball
|
| 1966 | Bob Charles (2) | New Zealand |
Paraparaumu Beach | 273 (−19) | 13 strokes | Gary Wolstenholme
|
| 1965 | Peter Thomson (8) | Australia |
Auckland | 278 (−2) | 8 strokes | Bob Charles Kel Nagle
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| 1964 | Kel Nagle (4) | Australia |
Christchurch | 266 (−26) | 12 strokes | Frank Phillips
|
| 1963 | Bruce Devlin | Australia |
Wanganui | 273 (−11) | 1 stroke | Peter Thomson
|
| 1962 | Kel Nagle (3) | Australia |
Titirangi | 281 | 2 strokes | Walter Godfrey (a)
|
| 1961 | Peter Thomson (7) | Australia |
New Plymouth | 267 | 9 strokes | Kel Nagle
|
| 1960 | Peter Thomson (6) | Australia |
Invercargill | 281 (−3) | 1 stroke | Kel Nagle
|
| 1959 | Peter Thomson (5) | Australia |
Paraparaumu Beach | 287 (−5) | Playoff | Kel Nagle
|
| 1958 | Kel Nagle (2) | Australia |
Hamilton | 278 | 2 strokes | Peter Thomson
|
| 1957 | Kel Nagle | Australia |
Manawatu | 294 | 4 strokes | Peter Thomson
|
| 1956 | Harry Berwick (a) | Australia |
Christchurch | 292 | 2 strokes | Bob Charles
|
| 1955 | Peter Thomson (4) | Australia |
Auckland | 280 (−8) | 10 strokes | Kel Nagle
|
| 1954 | Bob Charles (a) | New Zealand |
Wellington | 280 | 2 strokes | Bruce Crampton
|
| 1953 | Peter Thomson (3) | Australia |
Otago | 295 (+7) | 5 strokes | Frank Buckler
|
| 1952 | Alex Murray (3) | New Zealand |
Wanganui | 293 | 1 stroke | Harry Berwick (a)
|
| 1951 | Peter Thomson (2) | Australia |
Titirangi | 288 | 4 strokes | Frank Buckler Tim Woon (a)
|
| 1950 | Peter Thomson | Australia |
Christchurch | 280 | 9 strokes | Alf Guy
|
| 1949 | Jim Galloway | New Zealand |
Hastings | 283 | 1 stroke | Bob Glading L B Johnston (a)
|
| 1948 | Alex Murray (2) | New Zealand |
Otago | 294 | 1 stroke | Bryan Silk (a)
|
| 1947 | Bob Glading (a) (2) | New Zealand |
New Plymouth | 291 | 3 strokes | Alex Murray
|
| 1946 | Bob Glading (a) | New Zealand |
Manawatu | 306 | Playoff | Norman Fuller
|
| 1940–45: No tournament due to World War II | ||||||
| 1939 | John Hornabrook (a) (2) | New Zealand |
Miramar | 291 | 3 strokes | Alex Murray
|
| 1938 | Bobby Locke |  South Africa |
Otago | 288 | 3 strokes | Andrew Shaw Basil Smith, Jr.
|
| 1937 | John Hornabrook (a) | New Zealand |
Hamilton | 299 | Playoff | Ernie Moss Andrew Shaw
|
| 1936 | Andrew Shaw (7) | New Zealand |
New Plymouth | 292 | 5 strokes | Tom Galloway Alf Guy
|
| 1935 | Alex Murray | New Zealand |
Christchurch | 286 | 2 strokes | Andrew Shaw
|
| 1934 | Andrew Shaw (6) | New Zealand |
Wanganui | 288 | 5 strokes | Norrie Bell
|
| 1933 | Ernie Moss (3) | New Zealand |
Titirangi | 300 | Playoff | Ted Douglas
|
| 1932 | Andrew Shaw (5) | New Zealand |
Wellington | 289 | 5 strokes | Arthur Duncan (a)
|
| 1931 | Andrew Shaw (4) | New Zealand |
Christchurch | 287 | 1 stroke | Ewen Macfarlane (a)
|
| 1930 | Andrew Shaw (3) | New Zealand |
Manawatu | 284 | 18 strokes | D C Collins (a) Jock McIntosh Fred Rutter
|
| 1929 | Andrew Shaw (2) | New Zealand |
Wanganui | 299 | 3 strokes | T H Horton (a)
|
| 1928 | Sloan Morpeth (a) | New Zealand |
Otago | 303 | 2 strokes | Andrew Shaw
|
| 1927 | Ernie Moss (2) | New Zealand |
Hamilton | 300 | 4 strokes | Norrie Bell (a) Andrew Shaw
|
| 1926 | Andrew Shaw | New Zealand |
Miramar | 307 | Playoff | Ernie Moss
|
| 1925 | Ewen Macfarlane (a) | New Zealand |
Christchurch | 308 | 2 strokes | Jock McIntosh Andrew Shaw
|
| 1924 | Ernie Moss | New Zealand |
Auckland | 301 | 10 strokes | Arthur Duncan (a)
|
| 1923 | Arthur Brooks (2) | New Zealand |
Wanganui | 312 | 2 strokes | Jack Black (a) Joe Clements Arthur Duncan (a) Fred Hood
|
| 1922 | Arthur Brooks | New Zealand |
Manawatu | 308 | 1 stroke | Jack Black (a)
|
| 1921 | Ted Douglas (4) | Scotland |
Christchurch | 302 | 9 strokes | Ernie Moss
|
| 1920 | Joe Kirkwood, Sr. | Australia |
Hamilton | 304 | 11 strokes | Arthur East Sloan Morpeth (a)
|
| 1919 | Ted Douglas (3) | Scotland |
Napier | 327 | Playoff | Sloan Morpeth (a)
|
| 1915–18: No tournament due to World War I | ||||||
| 1914 | Ted Douglas (2) | Scotland |
Auckland | 313 | 2 strokes | Arthur Duncan (a)
|
| 1913 | Ted Douglas | Scotland |
Otago | 303 | 9 strokes | Reg Butters
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| 1912 | Joe Clements (3) | New Zealand |
Wellington | 322 | 3 strokes | B. B. Wood (a)
|
| 1911 | Arthur Duncan (a) (3) | New Zealand |
Wanganui | 319 | 3 strokes | J C Johnson
|
| 1910 | Arthur Duncan (a) (2) | New Zealand |
Christchurch | 295 | 11 strokes | Joe Clements
|
| 1909 | Joe Clements (2) | New Zealand |
Auckland | 324 | 6 strokes | J Carne Bidwell (a)
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| 1908 | Joe Clements | New Zealand |
Otago | 335 | 1 stroke | David Hood
|
| 1907 | Arthur Duncan (a) | New Zealand |
Napier | 159 | 7 strokes | J Carne Bidwell (a)
|
In 2017 Hendry won with a par at the first extra hole. In 2011 Kennedy won with a birdie on the first extra hole. In 2005 Fasth won with a birdie on the second extra hole. In 2000 Campbell won with an eagle on the second extra hole. In 1987 Rafferty won with a par on the seventh extra hole. In 1974 Gilder won with a birdie on the third extra hole. Newton had been eliminated by at the second extra hole when he failed to make par. In 1959 Thomson beat Nagle 67 to 73 in an 18-hole playoff. In 1937 Hornabrook scored 73 in the 18-hole playoff, beating Moss (75) and Shaw (76). In 1933 Moss beat Douglas 146 to 155 in a 36-hole playoff. In 1926 Shaw beat Moss 76 to 80 in an 18-hole playoff. In 1919 Douglas beat Morpeth 82 to 85 in an 18-hole playoff.
- (a) denotes amateur
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