New Zealand PGA Championship

The New Zealand PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament held by the New Zealand PGA. It is generally an event on the PGA Tour of Australasia but in some years has been held as a non-tour event. In 2024, it was held on the Charles Tour for the first time.^[1]

Wallace Development New Zealand PGA Championship

Tournament information
Location	Hastings, New Zealand
Established	1909
Course(s)	Hastings Golf Club
Par	72
Length	6,740 yards (6,160 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia New Zealand Golf Circuit Nationwide Tour Charles Tour
Format	Stroke play Match play
Prize fund	NZ$100,000
Month played	March
Tournament record score
Aggregate	262 John Lister (1971)
To par	−30 as above
Score	12 and 10 Andrew Shaw (1931)
Current champion
Pieter Zwart
Location map
Hastings GC Location in New Zealand

History

The tournament been played since 1909, 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. The event is also notable for Masashi Ozaki's lone international win.

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.^[2][3] Co-sanctioning with the Nationwide Tour ended after 2009. The event was not held in 2020 and was run in 2021 as a non-tour event.^[4] The event was cancelled in 2022 and returned as a tour event in 2023. However it was again a non-tour event in 2024.^[5]

Winners

Year	Tour(s)[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
Wallace Development New Zealand PGA Championship
2024	CHAR	Pieter Zwart	273	−15	1 stroke	Mason Lee	Hastings	[6]
NZ PGA Championship
2023	ANZ	Louis Dobbelaar	268	−20	3 strokes	Sung Jin Yeo	Gulf Harbour	[7]
2022	ANZ	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic						[8]
New Zealand PGA Championship
2021		Tae Koh	265	−23	1 stroke	Josh Geary	Te Puke	[4]
2020: No tournament
SEC NZ PGA Championship
2019	ANZ	Kazuma Kobori (a)	267	−21	4 strokes	David Smail	Pegasus
Horizon Golf New Zealand PGA Championship
2018	ANZ	Ben Campbell	266	−18	2 strokes	Ashley Hall Deyen Lawson	Manawatu
Lawnmaster Horizon Golf New Zealand PGA Championship
2017	ANZ	Jarryd Felton	270	−14	Playoff	Ben Campbell Josh Younger	Manawatu
Holden New Zealand PGA Championship
2016	ANZ	Brad Kennedy	266	−22	2 strokes	Neven Basic Josh Geary	Remuera
2015	ANZ	Matthew Millar	270	−18	3 strokes	Geoff Drakeford Josh Geary Kristopher Mueck	Remuera
New Zealand PGA Championship
2014: No tournament
2013	ANZ	Michael Hendry (2)	269	−19	Playoff	Scott Strange	The Hills
New Zealand PGA Pro-Am Championship
2012	ANZ	Michael Hendry	272	−16	2 strokes	Mark Brown Andrew Martin	The Hills
New Zealand PGA Championship
2011: No tournament
2010	ANZ	Mitchell Brown	281	−7	Playoff	Ashley Hall	Clearwater
HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship
2009	ANZ, NWT	Steven Alker	273	−15	2 strokes	Josh Geary David Smail	Clearwater
2008	ANZ, NWT	Darron Stiles[b]	134[c]	−10	1 stroke	David Smail	Clearwater
2007	ANZ, NWT	Nicholas Thompson[b]	280	−8	Playoff	David Morland IV	Clearwater
ING New Zealand PGA Championship
2006	ANZ, NWT	Jim Rutledge[b]	279	−9	1 stroke	Jarrod Lyle[b] Brett Rumford	Clearwater
2005	ANZ, NWT	Peter O'Malley (2)	274	−14	Playoff	Steven Bowditch[b]	Clearwater
New Zealand PGA Championship
2004	ANZ, NWT	Gavin Coles[b]	282	−6	3 strokes	Bradley Hughes[b] Brendan Jones[b] Bill Lunde	Clearwater
Clearwater Classic
2003	ANZ, NWT	Ryan Palmer[b]	271	−17	3 strokes	Andre Stolz[b]	Clearwater
Holden Clearwater Classic
2002	ANZ, BUY	Peter O'Malley	271	−17	5 strokes	Brad Ott	Clearwater
New Zealand PGA Championship
1988–2001: No tournament
1987		Frank Nobilo (2)
1986: No tournament
Nissan-Mobil New Zealand PGA Championship
1985	ANZ	Frank Nobilo	280	−8	2 strokes	Brett Ogle	Mount Maunganui	[9]
New Zealand PGA Championship
1984	ANZ	Greg Turner	282	−6	3 strokes	Frank Nobilo	Mount Maunganui	[10]
1983	ANZ	Graham Marsh	277	−11	2 strokes	Vaughan Somers	Mount Maunganui	[11]
1982	ANZ	Stuart Reese	277	−11	1 stroke	Jack Newton	Mount Maunganui	[12]
1981 (Nov)	ANZ	Terry Gale	269	−11	Playoff	Bob Charles	Tauranga	[13]
1981 (Jan)	ANZ	Brian Jones	280	−4	Playoff	Dennis Clark John Lister	Mount Maunganui	[14]
1980	NZGC	Bob Charles (3)	261	−19	6 strokes	Rodger Davis	Tauranga	[15]
1979	NZGC	Bob Charles (2)	277	−7	3 strokes	Guy Wolstenholme	Mount Maunganui	[16]
1978	NZGC	Simon Owen	274	−6	1 stroke	Guy Wolstenholme	Tauranga	[17]
1977	NZGC	John Lister (3)	274	−10	1 stroke	Bob Charles John Downie	Mount Maunganui	[18]
1976	NZGC	John Lister (2)	263	−17	Playoff	Bill Brask	Tauranga	[19]
1975	NZGC	Kel Nagle (7)	267	−17	5 strokes	Lindsay Sharp	Mount Maunganui	[20]
1974	NZGC	Kel Nagle (6)	264	−16	2 strokes	Walter Godfrey	Tauranga	[21]
1973	NZGC	Kel Nagle (5)	275	−9	4 strokes	John Carter	Mount Maunganui	[22]
1972	NZGC	Masashi Ozaki	269	−15	7 strokes	Bob Charles Takashi Murakami	Mount Maunganui	[23]
Forest Products Stars Travel New Zealand PGA Championship
1971	NZGC	John Lister	262	−30	8 strokes	Vic Bennetts Graham Marsh	Mount Maunganui	[24]
1970	NZGC	Kel Nagle (4)	268	−24	3 strokes	John Lister	Mount Maunganui	[25]
Stars Travel New Zealand PGA Championship
1969	NZGC	Terry Kendall	274	−18	1 stroke	Bob Charles John Lister	Mount Maunganui	[26]
1968		Bob Shaw	278	−14	1 stroke	Walter Godfrey Bob Stanton	Mount Maunganui	[27]
New Zealand PGA Championship
1967		Tony Jacklin	274	−18	Playoff	Martin Roesink	Mount Maunganui	[28]
1966		Ross Newdick	280	−12	1 stroke	Barry Coxon	Mount Maunganui	[29]
1965		Barry Coxon	209	−4	2 strokes	Bob Tuohy	Mount Maunganui	[30]
1964: No tournament
1963		Bob Tuohy	6 and 5			Walter Godfrey	Wanganui	[31]
1962		Ernie Southerden (3)	1 up			Frank Buckler	Titirangi	[32]
1961		Bob Charles	10 and 9			Joe Paterson	New Plymouth	[33]
1960		Kel Nagle (3)	5 and 4			Bob Charles	Invergarcill	[34]
1959		Ernie Southerden (2)	37 holes			Michael Busk	Paraparaumu Beach	[35]
1958		Kel Nagle (2)	6 and 5			John Kelly	Hamilton	[36]
1957		Kel Nagle	2 and 1			Alex Murray	Manawatu	[37]
1956		John Kelly	1 up			Ernie Southerden	Christchurch	[38]
1955		Frank Phillips	1 up			Bruce Crampton	Auckland	[39]
1954		Bruce Crampton	2 and 1			Jimmy Tunnell	Wellington	[40]
1953		Peter Thomson	9 and 7			Alex Murray	Otago	[41]
1952		George Hudson	1 up			Jimmy Tunnell	Wanganui	[42]
1951		Bob Jackson	5 and 3			Alex Murray	Titirangi	[43]
1950		Ernie Southerden	1 up			Alex Murray	Christchurch	[44]
1949		Bob Glading	2 up			Jim Galloway	Hastings	[45]
1948		Alex Murray (4)	1 up			Andrew Shaw	Otago	[46]
1947		Alex Murray (3)	7 and 6			Alf Guy	New Plymouth	[47]
1946		Andrew Shaw (7)	6 and 5			Alex Murray	Manawatu	[48]
1940–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1939		Alex Murray (2)	8 and 6			Tom Galloway	Miramar	[49]
1938		Norman Fuller	4 and 3			Alf Guy	Otago	[50]
1937		Ted Douglas (3)	3 and 2			Basil Smith Jr.	Hamilton	[51]
1936		Charlie Clements	3 and 2			Andrew Shaw	New Plymouth	[52]
1935		Alex Murray	2 and 1			Andrew Shaw	Christchurch	[53]
1934		Andrew Shaw (6)	1 up			Ted Douglas	Wanganui	[54]
1933		Andrew Shaw (5)	6 and 5			Aubrey Dyke	Titirangi	[55]
1932		Andrew Shaw (4)	4 and 3			Ted Douglas	Wellington	[56]
1931		Andrew Shaw (3)	12 and 10			James Forrest	Christchurch	[57]
1930		Fred Rutter	6 and 4			Jock McIntosh	Manawatu	[58]
1929		Andrew Shaw (2)	2 and 1			Ernie Moss	Wanganui	[59]
1928		Andrew Shaw	6 and 5			Jock McIntosh	Otago	[60]
1927		Jock McIntosh (2)	5 and 4			Reg Butters	Hamilton	[61]
1926		Jock McIntosh	9 and 7			Andrew Shaw	Miramar	[62]
1925		Ernie Moss (3)	4 and 3			Harry Blair	Christchurch	[63]
1924		Ernie Moss (2)	5 and 3			Jock McIntosh	Auckland	[64]
1923		Ernie Moss	4 and 2			Arthur Brooks	Wanganui	[65]
1922		Arthur Ham	2 and 1			Andrew Shaw	Manawatu	[66]
1921		Ted Douglas (2)	2 up			Ernie Moss	Christchurch	[67]
1920		Joe Kirkwood Sr.	3 and 2			Arthur East	Hamilton	[68]
1919		Willie McEwan	4 and 3			Reg Butters	Napier	[69]
1915–1918: No tournament due to World War I
1914		Ted Douglas	1 up			Willie McEwan	Auckland	[70]
1913		W Iles	1 up			Joe Clements	Otago	[71]
1912		Reg Butters	4 and 2			W B Simpson	Otago	[72]
1911		Joe Clements (2)	3 and 2			Willie McEwan	Wanganui	[73]
1910		James Herd	6 and 5			Joe Clements	Christchurch	[74]
1909		Joe Clements	3 and 2			Fred Hood	Auckland	[75]

Sources:^[76][77]

Notes

1. ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; BUY/NWT − Buy.com Tour/Nationwide Tour; CHAR − Charles Tour; NZGC − New Zealand Golf Circuit.
2. Player graduated to the PGA Tour via the final Nationwide Tour money list.
3. Shortened to 36 holes due to rain. Due to the event's length, this win is not officially recognized as a Nationwide Tour victory.

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External links

• Coverage on the PGA Tour of Australasia's official site