Caltex Tournament

Caltex 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
	Paraparaumu Beach GC Location 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.^[1]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
1972	Bill Dunk	273	−11	3 strokes	Jack Newton	^[2]
1971	Bob Charles (5)	274	−10	2 strokes	Guy Wolstenholme	^[3]
1970	Maurice Bembridge Terry Kendall	286	+2	Title shared		^[4]
1969	Kel Nagle (4)	275	−9	7 strokes	Bill Dunk John Lister	^[5]
1968	Bob Charles (4)	197^[a]	−13	10 strokes	Tony Mangan Randall Vines	^[6]
1967	Bob Charles (3) Peter Thomson (5)	278	−14	Title shared		^[7]
1966	Kel Nagle (3) Peter Thomson (4)	276	−4	Title shared		^[8]
1965	Peter Thomson (3)	282	−10	2 strokes	Cedric Amm John Sullivan	^[9]
1964	Kel Nagle (2)	285	−7	1 stroke	John Sullivan	^[10]
1963	Bruce Devlin	274	−18	3 strokes	Darrell Welch	^[11]
1962	Bob Charles (2)	277		5 strokes	Kel Nagle	^[12]
1961	Bob Charles	289		4 strokes	Kel Nagle	^[13]
1960	Kel Nagle	277		8 strokes	Peter Thomson	^[14]
1959	Peter Thomson (2)	278		5 strokes	Ángel Miguel	^[15]
1958	Dave Thomas (2)	290		4 strokes	Gary Player	^[16]
1957	Dave Thomas	295		3 strokes	Peter Thomson	^[17]
1956	Bryan Silk (a)	299		1 stroke	Ernie Southerden	^[18]
1955	Peter Thomson	283		3 strokes	Kel Nagle	^[19]

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.

[6] Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

[1] "ANOTHER BIG INCREASE Golf circuit now worth $91,500". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[2] "Happy 34th for Dunk". The Age. 11 December 1972. p. 22.

[3] "Charles wins by 2 shots". The Age. 13 December 1971. p. 21.

[4] "Two tie in NZ". The Age. 23 November 1970. p. 25.

[5] "Nagle's third win in row". The Age. 15 December 1969. p. 22.

[7] "Final 62 wins for Charles". The Age. 9 December 1968. p. 22.

[8] "Thomson ties with Charles". The Age. 27 November 1967. p. 29.

[9] "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.

[10] "Third in Row for Thomson". The Age. 30 November 1965. p. 22.

[11] "Nagle's Scores in N.Z. Golf". The Age. 30 November 1964. p. 23.

[12] "N.Z. Golf to Bruce Devlin". The Age. 23 September 1963. p. 21.

[13] "N.Z. Golf to Bob Charles". The Age. 22 October 1962. p. 18.

[14] "N.Z. Golf to Bob Charles". The Age. 9 October 1961. p. 16.

[15] "Kel Nagle's N.Z. Golf Win". The Age. 14 November 1960. p. 20.

[16] "Thomson Wins Again in N.Z." The Age. 14 December 1959. p. 19.

[17] "Thoms Wins golf in N.Z." The Age. 13 October 1958. p. 19.

[18] "N. Zealand Tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 7 October 1957. p. 11.

[19] "Amateur Wins Caltex Golf". The Age. 8 October 1956. p. 16.

[20] "Thomson Again". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 October 1955. p. 14.

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