Golf tournament
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Paraparaumu, New Zealand |
| Established | 1955 |
| Course(s) | Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Tour(s) | New Zealand Golf Circuit |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | NZ$10,000 |
| Month played | December |
| Final year | 1972 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 273 Bill Dunk (1972) |
| To par | −18 Bruce Devlin (1963) |
| Final champion | |
 Bill Dunk | |
| Location map | |
.png)  Paraparaumu Beach GCLocation in New Zealand | |
The Caltex Tournament was a golf tournament held at Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club in Paraparaumu, New Zealand, from 1955 to 1972.
History
Bob Charles and Peter Thomson each won the event five times, while Kel Nagle won it four times and Dave Thomas won it twice. There were no playoffs and three of the tournaments ended in a tie.
From 1963 the tournament was part of the New Zealand Golf Circuit.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Bill Dunk |
273 | −11 | 3 strokes | Jack Newton |
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| 1971 |  Bob Charles (5) |
274 | −10 | 2 strokes |  Guy Wolstenholme |
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| 1970 | Maurice Bembridge Terry Kendall |
286 | +2 | Title shared | ||
| 1969 | Kel Nagle (4) |
275 | −9 | 7 strokes | Bill Dunk John Lister |
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| 1968 | Bob Charles (4) |
197 | −13 | 10 strokes | Tony Mangan Randall Vines |
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| 1967 | Bob Charles (3) Peter Thomson (5) |
278 | −14 | Title shared | ||
| 1966 | Kel Nagle (3) Peter Thomson (4) |
276 | −4 | Title shared | ||
| 1965 | Peter Thomson (3) |
282 | −10 | 2 strokes |  Cedric Amm John Sullivan |
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| 1964 | Kel Nagle (2) |
285 | −7 | 1 stroke | John Sullivan |
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| 1963 | Bruce Devlin |
274 | −18 | 3 strokes | Darrell Welch |
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| 1962 | Bob Charles (2) |
277 | 5 strokes | Kel Nagle |
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| 1961 | Bob Charles |
289 | 4 strokes | Kel Nagle |
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| 1960 | Kel Nagle |
277 | 8 strokes | Peter Thomson |
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| 1959 | Peter Thomson (2) |
278 | 5 strokes |  Ángel Miguel |
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| 1958 |  Dave Thomas (2) |
290 | 4 strokes | Gary Player |
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| 1957 | Dave Thomas |
295 | 3 strokes | Peter Thomson |
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| 1956 | Bryan Silk (a) |
299 | 1 stroke | Ernie Southerden |
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| 1955 | Peter Thomson |
283 | 3 strokes | Kel Nagle |
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Notes
- Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
References
- "ANOTHER BIG INCREASE Golf circuit now worth $91,500". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- "Happy 34th for Dunk". The Age. 11 December 1972. p. 22.
- "Charles wins by 2 shots". The Age. 13 December 1971. p. 21.
- "Two tie in NZ". The Age. 23 November 1970. p. 25.
- "Nagle's third win in row". The Age. 15 December 1969. p. 22.
- "Final 62 wins for Charles". The Age. 9 December 1968. p. 22.
- "Thomson ties with Charles". The Age. 27 November 1967. p. 29.
- "Nagle, Thomson tie in NZ". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11564. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 December 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 2 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Third in Row for Thomson". The Age. 30 November 1965. p. 22.
- "Nagle's Scores in N.Z. Golf". The Age. 30 November 1964. p. 23.
- "N.Z. Golf to Bruce Devlin". The Age. 23 September 1963. p. 21.
- "N.Z. Golf to Bob Charles". The Age. 22 October 1962. p. 18.
- "N.Z. Golf to Bob Charles". The Age. 9 October 1961. p. 16.
- "Kel Nagle's N.Z. Golf Win". The Age. 14 November 1960. p. 20.
- "Thomson Wins Again in N.Z." The Age. 14 December 1959. p. 19.
- "Thoms Wins golf in N.Z." The Age. 13 October 1958. p. 19.
- "N. Zealand Tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 7 October 1957. p. 11.
- "Amateur Wins Caltex Golf". The Age. 8 October 1956. p. 16.
- "Thomson Again". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 October 1955. p. 14.