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Caltex Tournament

Golf tournament in New Zealand

The Caltex Tournament was a golf tournament held at Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club in Paraparaumu, New Zealand, from 1955 to 1972.

01History

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.

02Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upRef.
1972 Bill Dunk273−113 strokes Jack Newton
1971 Bob Charles (5)274−102 strokes Guy Wolstenholme
1970 Maurice Bembridge
Terry Kendall
286+2Title shared
1969 Kel Nagle (4)275−97 strokes Bill Dunk
John Lister
1968 Bob Charles (4)197−1310 strokes Tony Mangan
Randall Vines
1967 Bob Charles (3)
Peter Thomson (5)
278−14Title shared
1966 Kel Nagle (3)
Peter Thomson (4)
276−4Title shared
1965 Peter Thomson (3)282−102 strokes Cedric Amm
John Sullivan
1964 Kel Nagle (2)285−71 stroke John Sullivan
1963 Bruce Devlin274−183 strokes Darrell Welch
1962 Bob Charles (2)2775 strokes Kel Nagle
1961 Bob Charles2894 strokes Kel Nagle
1960 Kel Nagle2778 strokes Peter Thomson
1959 Peter Thomson (2)2785 strokes Ángel Miguel
1958 Dave Thomas (2)2904 strokes Gary Player
1957 Dave Thomas2953 strokes Peter Thomson
1956 Bryan Silk (a)2991 stroke Ernie Southerden
1955 Peter Thomson2833 strokes Kel Nagle
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