Wattie's Tournament

The Wattie's Tournament was a golf tournament held in New Zealand from 1963 to 1970.

Wattie's Tournament

Tournament information
Location	Bridge Pa, New Zealand
Established	1963
Course(s)	Hastings Golf Club
Par	70
Tour(s)	New Zealand Golf Circuit
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	NZ$7,000
Month played	December
Final year	1970
Tournament record score
Aggregate	262 Graham Marsh (1970)
To par	−18 as above
Final champion
Graham Marsh
Location map
Hastings GC Location in New Zealand

History

The event was generally hosted by Hastings Golf Club in Bridge Pa, except the 1969 event which was held at Gisborne. The 1963 tournament was held in September but later it was played in late November or in December. Bob Charles won the event four times.^[1] The event was sponsored by Wattie's. The event was part of the New Zealand Golf Circuit.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
1970	Graham Marsh	262	−18	3 strokes	Kel Nagle	[2]
1969	Glenn McCully	274	−14	3 strokes	Bob Charles Bill Dunk	[3]
1968	Bob Charles (4)	274	−6	2 strokes	Walter Godfrey	[4]
1967	Bob Charles (3)	272	−8	2 strokes	Stuart Jones (a)	[5]
1966	Bob Charles (2)	265	−15	6 strokes	Tony Jacklin	[6]
1965	Stuart Jones (a)	270	−10	2 strokes	John Sullivan	[7]
1964	Bill Dunk Cobie Legrange	274	−6	Title shared		[8]
1963	Bob Charles	271	−9	3 strokes	Bill Dunk	[9]

References

1. "Notable Players from Hastings Golf Club". Hastings Golf Club. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
2. "NZ golf win for Marsh". The Canberra Times. Vol. 45, no. 12688. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 December 1970. p. 20. Retrieved 26 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "Melbourne pro wins NZ golf". The Canberra Times. Vol. 44, no. 12497. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 December 1969. p. 18. Retrieved 26 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "Third in row to Charles". The Age. 11 December 1968. p. 22.
5. "Final Round gives Charles NZ Golf". The Canberra Times. Vol. 42, no. 11852. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 22 November 1967. p. 34. Retrieved 26 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "Charles in brilliant form". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11542. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 23 November 1966. p. 38. Retrieved 26 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
7. "Top golfers are beaten in NZ". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, no. 11327. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 1 December 1965. p. 37. Retrieved 26 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
8. "Dunk and Legrange dead-heat". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 11023. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 December 1964. p. 35. Retrieved 26 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
9. "Charles Wins Watties' Golf". The Canberra Times. Vol. 38, no. 10644. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 September 1963. p. 46. Retrieved 26 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.