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The Air New Zealand Shell Open was a golf tournament held in New Zealand between 1975 and 1994. The event was the New Zealand Airlines Classic in 1975 and 1976 and the New Zealand Airlines Open in 1977. The Grange hosted the first and final editions of the event but Titirangi hosted the event the most, 14 times between 1977 and 1991. The only other courses to host the event were Russley (1976) and Wellington (1979).
Tournament information | |
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Location | Auckland, New Zealand |
Established | 1975 |
Course(s) | The Grange Golf Club |
Par | 70 |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia New Zealand Golf Circuit |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | NZ$300,000 |
Month played | December |
Final year | 1994 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 264 D. A. Weibring (1985) |
To par | −21 Bob Shearer (1976) |
Final champion | |
Shane Robinson | |
Location map | |
Location in New Zealand |
In 1975, the event was formed and hosted by Air New Zealand. In 1977, the event became part of the PGA Tour of Australia's Order of Merit.[1] The following year Shell also became a title sponsor.
The 1979 event coincided with the Mount Erebus disaster. On November 28, the day before the tournament began, Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed into Mount Erebus in Antarctica. There was much discussion about cancelling the tournament. However, Morrie Davis (CEO of Air New Zealand) decided that the tournament would go on. Australian David Graham won the event.[2]
Year | Tour[lower-alpha 1] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref. | |
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Air New Zealand Shell Open | |||||||||
1994 | ANZ | Shane Robinson | 274 | −6 | 1 stroke | David McKenzie | The Grange | [3] | |
1993 | ANZ | Terry Price | 277 | −3 | 1 stroke | Michael Campbell Brad Faxon Wayne Riley | The Grange | [4] | |
1992 | ANZ | Nick Price | 271 | −9 | Playoff | Lucas Parsons | The Grange | [5] | |
1991 | ANZ | John Morse | 273 | −7 | 3 strokes | Nandasena Perera | Titirangi | [6] | |
1990 | ANZ | Wayne Riley | 268 | −12 | 7 strokes | Frank Nobilo | Titirangi | ||
1989 | ANZ | Don Bies | 275 | −5 | 4 strokes | Brad Andrews Glenn Joyner | Titirangi | [7] | |
1988 | ANZ | Terry Gale (2) | 271 | −9 | 4 strokes | Hale Irwin Ossie Moore Jeff Woodland | Titirangi | [8] | |
1987 | ANZ | Mike Colandro | 270 | −10 | 1 stroke | Rodger Davis | Titirangi | [9] | |
1986 | ANZ | Rodger Davis | 267 | −13 | 3 strokes | Bob Shearer Curtis Strange | Titirangi | [10] | |
1985 | ANZ | D. A. Weibring | 264 | −16 | 1 stroke | Rodger Davis | Titirangi | [11] | |
1984 | ANZ | Brian Jones | 266 | −14 | 2 strokes | Wayne Grady | Titirangi | [12] | |
1983 | ANZ | Bruce Devlin | 200[lower-alpha 2] | −10 | 1 stroke | Bobby Clampett | Titirangi | [13] | |
1982 | ANZ | Terry Gale | 273 | −7 | Playoff | Wayne Grady | Titirangi | [14] | |
1981 | ANZ | Bob Shearer | 265 | −15 | 8 strokes | Graham Marsh | Titirangi | [15] | |
1980 | ANZ | Eamonn Darcy | 268 | −12 | 2 strokes | Lanny Wadkins | Titirangi | [16] | |
1979 | NZGC | David Graham | 279 | −5 | 8 strokes | Rodger Davis | Royal Wellington | [17] | |
1978 | NZGC | Bob Charles | 273 | −7 | 1 stroke | Graham Marsh | Titirangi | [18] | |
1977 | NZGC | David Good | 278 | −2 | Playoff | Bill Dunk | Titirangi | [19] | |
New Zealand Airlines Classic | |||||||||
1976 | NZGC | Bob Shearer | 271 | −21 | 9 strokes | Bill Brask John Lister | Russley | [20] | |
1975 | NZGC | Bill Brask | 276 | −8 | 1 stroke | Peter Thomson | The Grange | [21] |
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