New Zealand Open
Tournament information | |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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ISPS Handa New Zealand Open | |||||||
2018 | Daniel Nisbet | Millbrook/The Hills | 258 | −27 | 2 strokes |
- PGA Tour of Australasia event
Year | Winner | Country | Venue(s) | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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ISPS Handa New Zealand Open | |||||||
2017 | Michael Hendry | Millbrook/The Hills | 266 | −19 | Playoff | ||
BMW ISPS Handa New Zealand Open | |||||||
2016 | Matthew Griffin | The Hills/Millbrook | 267 | −20 | 1 stroke | ||
BMW New Zealand Open | |||||||
2015 | Jordan Zunic | The Hills/Millbrook | 266 | −21 | 1 stroke | ||
New Zealand Open | |||||||
2014 | Dimitrios Papadatos | The Hills/Millbrook | 270 | −18 | 4 strokes | ||
BMW New Zealand Open | |||||||
2013 | No tournament (moved from November to February/March) | ||||||
2012 | Jake Higginbottom (a) | Clearwater | 281 | −7 | 1 stroke | ||
2011 | Brad Kennedy | Clearwater | 281 | −7 | Playoff |
- 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 |
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Michael Hill New Zealand Open | |||||||
2010 | Bobby Gates | The Hills | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | ||
2009 | Alex Prugh | The Hills | 269 | −19 | 3 strokes |
- PGA Tour of Australasia and European Tour event
Year | European season | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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Michael Hill New Zealand Open | ||||||||
2008 | No tournament (moved from November/December to March) | |||||||
2007 | 2008 | Richard Finch | The Hills | 274 | −14 | 3 strokes | ||
Blue Chip New Zealand Open | ||||||||
2006 | 2007 | Nathan Green | Gulf Harbour | 279 | −5 | 2 strokes | ||
Holden New Zealand Open | ||||||||
2005 | 2005 | Niclas Fasth | Gulf Harbour | 266 | −22 | Playoff |
- PGA Tour of Australasia event
Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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Holden New Zealand Open | ||||||
2004 | Terry Price | The Grange | 271 (−9) | 1 stroke | ||
2003 | Mahal Pearce | Auckland | 278 (−10) | 2 strokes | ||
Telstra New Zealand Open | ||||||
2002 | Craig Parry | Paraparaumu Beach | 273 (−11) | 1 stroke | ||
New Zealand Open | ||||||
2001 | David Smail | The Grange | 273 (−7) | 2 strokes | ||
Crown Lager New Zealand Open | ||||||
2000 | Michael Campbell | Paraparaumu Beach | 269 (−15) | Playoff | ||
New Zealand Open | ||||||
1999 | No tournament (moved from December to January) | |||||
1998 | Matthew Lane | Formosa | 279 (−9) | 3 strokes | ||
AMP Air New Zealand Open | ||||||
1997 | Greg Turner (2) | Auckland | 278 (−10) | 7 strokes | ||
1996 | Michael Long | Paraparaumu Beach | 275 (−9) | 4 strokes | ||
1995 (Dec) | Peter O'Malley | The Grange | 272 (−8) | 3 strokes | ||
1995 (Jan) | Lucas Parsons | Wellington | 282 (−6) | 1 stroke | ||
AMP New Zealand Open | ||||||
1994 | Craig Jones | Remuera | 277 (−7) | 1 stroke | ||
1993 | Peter Fowler | Paraparaumu Beach | 274 (−10) | 2 strokes | ||
1992 | Grant Waite | Paraparaumu Beach | 268 (−16) | 2 strokes | ||
1991 | Rodger Davis (2) | Paraparaumu Beach | 273 (−11) | 2 strokes | ||
1990 | No tournament (moved from November to March) | |||||
1989 | Greg Turner | Paraparaumu Beach | 277 (−7) | 6 strokes | ||
Nissan-Mobil New Zealand Open | ||||||
1988 | Ian Stanley | Paraparaumu Beach | 273 (−11) | 3 strokes | ||
1987 | Ronan Rafferty | Wellington | 279 (−9) | Playoff | ||
1986 | Rodger Davis | The Grange | 262 (−18) | 8 strokes | ||
New Zealand Open | ||||||
1985 | Corey Pavin (2) | Russley | 277 (−15) | 4 strokes | ||
1984 | Corey Pavin | Paraparaumu Beach | 269 (−19) | 4 strokes | ||
1983 | Ian Baker-Finch | Auckland | 280 (E) | 3 strokes | ||
1982 | Terry Gale | Christchurch | 284 (−4) | 2 strokes | ||
1981 | Bob Shearer (2) | Wellington | 285 (−3) | 3 strokes | ||
1980 | Buddy Allin | New Plymouth | 274 (−14) | 1 stroke | ||
1979 | Stewart Ginn | St Clair | 278 (−6) | 3 strokes | ||
1978 | Bob Shearer | Wanganui | 277 (−3) | 1 stroke | ||
1977 | Bob Byman | Auckland | 290 (+6) | 1 stroke | ||
1976 | Simon Owen | Wellington | 284 (−8) | 7 strokes | ||
1975 | Bill Dunk (2) | Hamilton | 272 (−16) | 4 strokes | ||
1974 | Bob Gilder | Christchurch | 283 (−5) | Playoff | ||
1973 | Bob Charles (4) | Manawatu | 283 (−5) | 4 strokes | ||
1972 | Bill Dunk | Paraparaumu Beach | 279 (−5) | 1 stroke | ||
1971 | Peter Thomson (9) | Otago | 276 (−8) | 2 strokes | ||
1970 | Bob Charles (3) | The Grange | 271 (−13) | 1 stroke | ||
1969 | Kel Nagle (7) | Wanganui | 273 (−7) | 2 strokes | ||
1968 | Kel Nagle (6) | Christchurch | 272 (−8) | 7 strokes | ||
1967 | Kel Nagle (5) | Hamilton | 275 (−9) | 4 strokes | ||
1966 | Bob Charles (2) | Paraparaumu Beach | 273 (−19) | 13 strokes | ||
1965 | Peter Thomson (8) | Auckland | 278 (−2) | 8 strokes | ||
1964 | Kel Nagle (4) | Christchurch | 266 (−26) | 12 strokes | ||
1963 | Bruce Devlin | Wanganui | 273 (−11) | 1 stroke | ||
1962 | Kel Nagle (3) | Titirangi | 281 | 2 strokes | ||
1961 | Peter Thomson (7) | New Plymouth | 267 | 9 strokes | ||
1960 | Peter Thomson (6) | Invercargill | 281 (−3) | 1 stroke | ||
1959 | Peter Thomson (5) | Paraparaumu Beach | 287 (−5) | Playoff | ||
1958 | Kel Nagle (2) | Hamilton | 278 | 2 strokes | ||
1957 | Kel Nagle | Manawatu | 294 | 4 strokes | ||
1956 | Harry Berwick (a) | Christchurch | 292 | 2 strokes | ||
1955 | Peter Thomson (4) | Auckland | 280 (−8) | 10 strokes | ||
1954 | Bob Charles (a) | Wellington | 280 | 2 strokes | ||
1953 | Peter Thomson (3) | Otago | 295 (+7) | 5 strokes | ||
1952 | Alex Murray (3) | Wanganui | 293 | 1 stroke | ||
1951 | Peter Thomson (2) | Titirangi | 288 | 4 strokes | ||
1950 | Peter Thomson | Christchurch | 280 | 9 strokes | ||
1949 | Jim Galloway | Hastings | 283 | 1 stroke | ||
1948 | Alex Murray (2) | Otago | 294 | 1 stroke | ||
1947 | Bob Glading (a) (2) | New Plymouth | 291 | 3 strokes | ||
1946 | Bob Glading (a) | Manawatu | 306 | Playoff | ||
1940–45: No tournament due to World War II | ||||||
1939 | John Hornabrook (a) (2) | Miramar | 291 | 3 strokes | ||
1938 | Bobby Locke | Otago | 288 | 3 strokes | ||
1937 | John Hornabrook (a) | Hamilton | 299 | Playoff | ||
1936 | Andrew Shaw (7) | New Plymouth | 292 | 5 strokes | ||
1935 | Alex Murray | Christchurch | 286 | 2 strokes | ||
1934 | Andrew Shaw (6) | Wanganui | 288 | 5 strokes | ||
1933 | Ernie Moss (3) | Titirangi | 300 | Playoff | ||
1932 | Andrew Shaw (5) | Wellington | 289 | 5 strokes | ||
1931 | Andrew Shaw (4) | Christchurch | 287 | 1 stroke | ||
1930 | Andrew Shaw (3) | Manawatu | 284 | 18 strokes | ||
1929 | Andrew Shaw (2) | Wanganui | 299 | 3 strokes | ||
1928 | Sloan Morpeth (a) | Otago | 303 | 2 strokes | ||
1927 | Ernie Moss (2) | Hamilton | 300 | 4 strokes | ||
1926 | Andrew Shaw | Miramar | 307 | Playoff | ||
1925 | Ewen Macfarlane (a) | Christchurch | 308 | 2 strokes | ||
1924 | Ernie Moss | Auckland | 301 | 10 strokes | ||
1923 | Arthur Brooks (2) | Wanganui | 312 | 2 strokes | ||
1922 | Arthur Brooks | Manawatu | 308 | 1 stroke | ||
1921 | Ted Douglas (4) | Christchurch | 302 | 9 strokes | ||
1920 | Joe Kirkwood, Sr. | Hamilton | 304 | 11 strokes | ||
1919 | Ted Douglas (3) | Napier | 327 | Playoff | ||
1915–18: No tournament due to World War I | ||||||
1914 | Ted Douglas (2) | Auckland | 313 | 2 strokes | ||
1913 | Ted Douglas | Otago | 303 | 9 strokes | ||
1912 | Joe Clements (3) | Wellington | 322 | 3 strokes | ||
1911 | Arthur Duncan (a) (3) | Wanganui | 319 | 3 strokes | ||
1910 | Arthur Duncan (a) (2) | Christchurch | 295 | 11 strokes | ||
1909 | Joe Clements (2) | Auckland | 324 | 6 strokes | ||
1908 | Joe Clements | Otago | 335 | 1 stroke | ||
1907 | Arthur Duncan (a) | Napier | 159 | 7 strokes |
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
References
- ↑ "Golf Tournament". The New Zealand Herald. XLIII (13282). 14 September 1906. p. 6. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ↑ "Golf Championship". The New Zealand Herald. XLIV (13540). 11 September 1907. p. 6. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ↑ "Golf Championship". The New Zealand Herald. XLIV (13542). 13 September 1907. p. 7. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ↑ "Golf Championship". The New Zealand Herald. XLIV (13543). 14 September 1907. p. 7. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ↑ "Championship Golf". The New Zealand Herald. LXI (18796). 25 August 1924. p. 9. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Golf Challenge Cup". The New Zealand Herald. LXXI (21903). 12 September 1934. p. 12. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ↑ "Woods drives up New Zealand Open ticket prices". CBC Sports. 11 July 2001. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- ↑ https://www.where2golf.com/golf-tournament/new-zealand-open.asp
- ↑ "Holden New Zealand Open - Event Preview". www.golftoday.co.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ↑ McLintock, Alexander (ed.). "New Zealand Open Champions". www.teara.govt.nz. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 11 April 2018.