New Zealand PGA Championship

New Zealand PGA Championship
Tournament information
Location Palmerston North, New Zealand
Established 1920
Course(s) Manawatu Golf Club
Par 71
Tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia (since 1965)
Nationwide Tour (2002–09)
Format Stroke play (since 1965)
Match play (1920–64)
Prize fund NZ$125,000
Month played February
Current champion
New Zealand Ben Campbell
Manawatu GC
Location in New Zealand

The New Zealand PGA Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia. It is currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Lawnmaster Horizon Golf New Zealand PGA Championship. It has been played since 1920, with some gap periods. It was originally a match play event and switched to stroke play in 1965. Major championship winners who have claimed the New Zealand PGA title include Sir Bob Charles, Peter Thomson, Kel Nagle and Tony Jacklin.

Sponsorship problems caused the tournament to be terminated after the 1987 event. In 2002, a PGA Tour of Australasia and U.S.-based Nationwide Tour co-sanctioned event, called the Holden Clearwater Classic was started at the Clearwater Resort in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was played again in 2003 and in 2004 the event resumed the name New Zealand PGA Championship.[1][2] Co-sanctioning with the Nationwide Tour ended after 2009.

The 2018 purse was NZ$125,000.

Winners

[3][4]

Sole-sanctioned
YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-up
Horizon Golf New Zealand PGA Championship
2018Ben Campbell New ZealandManawatu266−182 strokesAustralia Ashley Hall
Australia Deyen Lawson
Lawnmaster Horizon Golf New Zealand PGA Championship
2017Jarryd Felton AustraliaManawatu270−14PlayoffNew Zealand Ben Campbell
Australia Josh Younger
Holden New Zealand PGA Championship
2016Brad Kennedy AustraliaRemuera266−222 strokesAustralia Neven Basic
New Zealand Josh Geary
2015Matthew Millar AustraliaRemuera270−183 strokesAustralia Geoff Drakeford
New Zealand Josh Geary
Australia Kristopher Mueck
New Zealand PGA Championship
2014No tournament
2013Michael Hendry New ZealandThe Hills269−19PlayoffAustralia Scott Strange
New Zealand PGA Pro-Am Championship
2012Michael Hendry New ZealandThe Hills272−162 strokesNew Zealand Mark Brown
Australia Andrew Martin
New Zealand PGA hosted by Christchurch
2011No tournament
2010Mitchell Brown AustraliaClearwater281−7PlayoffAustralia Ashley Hall
Co-sanctioned with the Nationwide Tour
  • Bolded golfers received promotion to the PGA Tour at the end of the Nationwide Tour season.
YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-up
HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship
2009Steven Alker New ZealandClearwater273−152 strokesNew Zealand Josh Geary
New Zealand David Smail
2008Darron Stiles United StatesClearwater134−101 strokeNew Zealand David Smail
2007Nicholas Thompson United StatesClearwater280−8PlayoffCanada David Morland IV
ING New Zealand PGA Championship
2006Jim Rutledge CanadaClearwater279−91 strokeAustralia Jarrod Lyle
Australia Brett Rumford
2005Peter O'Malley AustraliaClearwater274−14PlayoffAustralia Steven Bowditch
New Zealand PGA Championship
2004Gavin Coles AustraliaClearwater282−63 strokesAustralia Bradley Hughes
Australia Brendan Jones
United States Bill Lunde
Clearwater Classic
2003Ryan Palmer United StatesClearwater271−173 strokesAustralia Andre Stolz
Holden Clearwater Classic
2002Peter O'Malley AustraliaClearwater271−175 strokesAustralia Brad Ott
Sole-sanctioned

New Zealand PGA Championship

References

  1. ↑ Clearwater Classic now the New Zealand PGA Championship
  2. ↑ New Zealand PGA title boosts Clearwater event
  3. ↑ https://www.where2golf.com/golf-tournament/new-zealand-pga-championship.asp
  4. ↑ http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/golf-mens/page-12
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