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Wattie's Tournament

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Wattie's Tournament
Tournament information
LocationBridge Pa, New Zealand
Established1963
Course(s)Hastings Golf Club
Par70
Tour(s)New Zealand Golf Circuit
FormatStroke play
Prize fundNZ$7,000
Month playedDecember
Final year1970
Tournament record score
Aggregate262 Graham Marsh (1970)
To par−18 as above
Final champion
Australia Graham Marsh
Location map
Hastings GC is located in New Zealand
Hastings GC
Hastings GC
Location in New Zealand

The Wattie's Tournament was a golf tournament held in New Zealand from 1963 to 1970.

History

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The event was generally hosted by Hastings Golf Club in Bridge Pa, 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.

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
1970 Australia Graham Marsh 262 −18 3 strokes Australia Kel Nagle [2]
1969 Australia Glenn McCully 274 −14 3 strokes New Zealand Bob Charles
Australia Bill Dunk
[3]
1968 New Zealand Bob Charles (4) 274 −6 2 strokes New Zealand Walter Godfrey [4]
1967 New Zealand Bob Charles (3) 272 −8 2 strokes New Zealand Stuart Jones (a) [5]
1966 New Zealand Bob Charles (2) 265 −15 6 strokes England Tony Jacklin [6]
1965 New Zealand Stuart Jones (a) 270 −10 2 strokes Australia John Sullivan [7]
1964 Australia Bill Dunk
South Africa Cobie Legrange
274 −6 Title shared [8]
1963 New Zealand Bob Charles 271 −9 3 strokes Australia Bill Dunk [9]

References

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  1. ^ "Notable Players from Hastings Golf Club". Hastings Golf Club. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  2. ^ "NZ golf win for Marsh". The Canberra Times. Vol. 45, no. 12688. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 December 1970. p. 20. Retrieved 26 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Melbourne pro wins NZ golf". The Canberra Times. Vol. 44, no. 12497. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 December 1969. p. 18. Retrieved 26 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Third in row to Charles". The Age. 11 December 1968. p. 22.
  5. ^ "Final Round gives Charles NZ Golf". The Canberra Times. Vol. 42, no. 11852. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 22 November 1967. p. 34. Retrieved 26 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Charles in brilliant form". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11542. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 23 November 1966. p. 38. Retrieved 26 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Top golfers are beaten in NZ". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, no. 11327. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 1 December 1965. p. 37. Retrieved 26 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Dunk and Legrange dead-heat". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 11023. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 December 1964. p. 35. Retrieved 26 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Charles Wins Watties' Golf". The Canberra Times. Vol. 38, no. 10644. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 September 1963. p. 46. Retrieved 26 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.