Tournament information | |
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Location | Bridge Pā, New Zealand |
Established | 1963 |
Course(s) | Hastings Golf Club |
Par | 70 |
Tour(s) | New Zealand Golf Circuit |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | NZ$7,000 |
Month played | December |
Final year | 1970 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 262 Graham Marsh (1970) |
To par | −18 as above |
Final champion | |
Graham Marsh | |
Location Map | |
Location in New Zealand |
The Wattie's Tournament was a golf tournament held in New Zealand from 1963 to 1970.
The event was generally hosted by Hastings Golf Club in Bridge Pā, except the 1969 event which was held at Gisborne. The 1963 tournament was held in September but later it was played in late November or in December. Bob Charles won the event four times. [1] The event was sponsored by Wattie's. The event was part of the New Zealand Golf Circuit.
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
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1970 | Graham Marsh | 262 | −18 | 3 strokes | Kel Nagle | [2] |
1969 | Glenn McCully | 274 | −14 | 3 strokes | Bob Charles Bill Dunk | [3] |
1968 | Bob Charles (4) | 274 | −6 | 2 strokes | Walter Godfrey | [4] |
1967 | Bob Charles (3) | 272 | −8 | 2 strokes | Stuart Jones (a) | [5] |
1966 | Bob Charles (2) | 265 | −15 | 6 strokes | Tony Jacklin | [6] |
1965 | Stuart Jones (a) | 270 | −10 | 2 strokes | John Sullivan | [7] |
1964 | Bill Dunk Cobie Legrange | 274 | −6 | Title shared | [8] | |
1963 | Bob Charles | 271 | −9 | 3 strokes | Bill Dunk | [9] |
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