New Zealand Open

New Zealand Open

Tournament information
Location	Arrowtown, New Zealand
Established	1907
Course(s)	Millbrook Resort and The Hills Golf Club
Par	71 and 72
Length	6560m (Millbrook) 6596m (The Hills)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia Nationwide Tour (2009–10) European Tour (2005–07)
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	NZ$1,000,000
Tournament record score
Aggregate	262 Rodger Davis (1986)
Current champion
Michael Hendry

Arrowtown

Location in New Zealand

The ISPS Handa New Zealand Open is the premier men's golf tournament in New Zealand. Since 2014 it has been held as a pro-am in February or March. The 2017 champion was Michael Hendry who beat Ben Campbell and Brad Kennedy at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff after both Campbell and Kennedy put their tee-shots into the water at the par-3 hole. The 2017 tournament was the 98th edition of the event.

History

The New Zealand Amateur Championship had been played since 1893 and at the 1906 championship meeting in Christchurch it was decided to hold a 36-hole Open Championship at the championship meeting in 1907, "open to any professional or amateur in any part of the world" with prizes of £25 and £10 for the leading professionals.^[1] The 1907 championship meeting was held at Napier Golf Club. The first round of the Open was played on the morning of 10 September, the amateurs also competing in a club team event. The professional David Hood and amateur J. Carne Bidwell led with rounds of 80.^[2] A handicap event was held on the following day and the second round of the Open was played on the morning of 12 September. The amateur Arthur Duncan had a second round of 76 to win with a score of 159, seven ahead of J. Carne Bidwell. The Scottish professional, Jack McLaren, finished third on 167 with David Hood fourth on 168. McLaren and Hood took the cash prizes of £25 and £10.^[3][4]

In 1908 the tournament was extended to 72 holes, and was won by Joe Clements, the first notable New Zealand-born professional golfer. There were no Opens from 1915 to 1918 due to World War I and the championship was again cancelled from 1940 to 1945 due to World War II. The Jellicoe Cup was presented by Viscount Jellicoe, the second Governor-General of New Zealand, in 1924 and is awarded for the lowest round in the championship.^[5] The Bledisloe Cup was presented by Lord Bledisloe, the fourth Governor-General, in 1934 and is awarded to the leading amateur.^[6]

In 1954 Bob Charles, who was later to become the only New Zealander to win a major championship in the 20th century, won as an 18-year-old amateur. He won again in 1966, 1971 and 1973, as a professional, and he and the two Australian major champions Peter Thomson and Kel Nagle dominated the event from the early 1950s to the mid-1970s. Other well known winners have included the American Corey Pavin in 1984 and 1985, and Michael Campbell in 2000. Campbell joined Charles as a major champion when he won the 2005 U.S. Open.

In 2002 Tiger Woods took part as a thank you to his New Zealand caddie Steve Williams, but he did not win. His participation caused some controversy when ticket prices were raised sharply that year.^[7]

The New Zealand Open is a PGA Tour of Australasia tournament, and in 2005 was co-sanctioned for the first time by the European Tour, which led to a doubling of the prize fund to 1.5 million New Zealand Dollars. The European Tour had co-sanctioned PGA Tour of Australasia events before, but they had all been in Australia, making this the tour's first ever visit to New Zealand. In 2006 the event was moved to November, taking its place on the European Tour schedule for the following calendar year. The 2007 event was the last to be co-sanctioned by the European Tour, and with the tournament being rescheduled to March, there was also no New Zealand Open on the 2008 Australasian Tour. The 2009 and 2010 tournaments were also co-sanctioned by the Nationwide Tour, the official development tour of the PGA Tour. Since 2011 it has been solely sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia.

Since 2014 the Championship has been a pro-am event. A professional field of about 140 play with an amateur partner for the first two rounds, alternately at The Hills and Millbrook Resort before the second round cut of 60 and ties. From 2014 and 2016 the final two rounds of the championship were played at The Hills but in 2017 they will be played at Millbrook Resort. The New Zealand Pro-Am Championship runs alongside to the main tournament in a best-ball format. After a second round cut the top 40 pro-am pairs progress to round three at The Hills, with a further cut to the top 10 pairs who play in the final round.

Venues

Since 2014 the first two rounds have been played on two different courses, everyone playing one round on each course. After the cut, one of the courses is then used for the final two rounds. The number in brackets refers to the occasions where the course was just used for the first two rounds.

Winners

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PGA Tour of Australasia event

Year	Winner	Country	Venue(s)	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
ISPS Handa New Zealand Open
2017	Michael Hendry	New Zealand	Millbrook/The Hills	266	−19	Playoff	Ben Campbell Brad Kennedy
BMW ISPS Handa New Zealand Open
2016	Matthew Griffin	Australia	The Hills/Millbrook	267	−20	1 stroke	Hideto Tanihara
BMW New Zealand Open
2015	Jordan Zunic	Australia	The Hills/Millbrook	266	−21	1 stroke	David Bransdon
New Zealand Open
2014	Dimitrios Papadatos	Australia	The Hills/Millbrook	270	−18	4 strokes	Mark Brown
BMW New Zealand Open
2013	No tournament (moved from November to February/March)
2012	Jake Higginbottom (a)	Australia	Clearwater	281	−7	1 stroke	Jason Norris Peter Wilson
2011	Brad Kennedy	Australia	Clearwater	281	−7	Playoff	Craig Parry

PGA Tour of Australasia and Nationwide Tour event

• Bolded golfers received promotion to the PGA Tour at the end of the Nationwide Tour season.

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
Michael Hill New Zealand Open
2010	Bobby Gates	United States	The Hills	274	−14	1 stroke	Andrew Dodt
2009	Alex Prugh	United States	The Hills	269	−19	3 strokes	Martin Piller

PGA Tour of Australasia and European Tour event

Year	European season	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Michael Hill New Zealand Open
2008	No tournament (moved from November/December to March)
2007	2008	Richard Finch	England	The Hills	274	−14	3 strokes	Steven Bowditch Paul Sheehan
Blue Chip New Zealand Open
2006	2007	Nathan Green	Australia	Gulf Harbour	279	−5	2 strokes	Michael Campbell Nick Dougherty Marcus Fraser Jarrod Moseley Wade Ormsby Brett Rumford
Holden New Zealand Open
2005	2005	Niclas Fasth	Sweden	Gulf Harbour	266	−22	Playoff	Miles Tunnicliff

PGA Tour of Australasia event

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Holden New Zealand Open
2004	Terry Price	Australia	The Grange	271 (−9)	1 stroke	Brad Heaven (a)
2003	Mahal Pearce	New Zealand	Auckland	278 (−10)	2 strokes	Brett Rumford
Telstra New Zealand Open
2002	Craig Parry	Australia	Paraparaumu Beach	273 (−11)	1 stroke	Steven Alker Michael Campbell Stephen Leaney
New Zealand Open
2001	David Smail	New Zealand	The Grange	273 (−7)	2 strokes	Steven Alker Michael Campbell Roger Chapman Nathan Gatehouse
Crown Lager New Zealand Open
2000	Michael Campbell	New Zealand	Paraparaumu Beach	269 (−15)	Playoff	Craig Perks
New Zealand Open
1999	No tournament (moved from December to January)
1998	Matthew Lane	New Zealand	Formosa	279 (−9)	3 strokes	Rod Pampling
AMP Air New Zealand Open
1997	Greg Turner (2)	New Zealand	Auckland	278 (−10)	7 strokes	Andrew Coltart Jean-Louis Guepy Lucas Parsons
1996	Michael Long	New Zealand	Paraparaumu Beach	275 (−9)	4 strokes	Peter O'Malley
1995 (Dec)	Peter O'Malley	Australia	The Grange	272 (−8)	3 strokes	Scott Hoch
1995 (Jan)	Lucas Parsons	Australia	Wellington	282 (−6)	1 stroke	Michael Clayton
AMP New Zealand Open
1994	Craig Jones	Australia	Remuera	277 (−7)	1 stroke	Frank Nobilo
1993	Peter Fowler	Australia	Paraparaumu Beach	274 (−10)	2 strokes	Elliot Boult
1992	Grant Waite	New Zealand	Paraparaumu Beach	268 (−16)	2 strokes	Peter Fowler Grant Kenny
1991	Rodger Davis (2)	Australia	Paraparaumu Beach	273 (−11)	2 strokes	Frank Nobilo
1990	No tournament (moved from November to March)
1989	Greg Turner	New Zealand	Paraparaumu Beach	277 (−7)	6 strokes	Richard Gilkey
Nissan-Mobil New Zealand Open
1988	Ian Stanley	Australia	Paraparaumu Beach	273 (−11)	3 strokes	Michael Clayton
1987	Ronan Rafferty	Northern Ireland	Wellington	279 (−9)	Playoff	Larry Nelson
1986	Rodger Davis	Australia	The Grange	262 (−18)	8 strokes	Bob Shearer
New Zealand Open
1985	Corey Pavin (2)	United States	Russley	277 (−15)	4 strokes	Jeff Senior
1984	Corey Pavin	United States	Paraparaumu Beach	269 (−19)	4 strokes	Terry Gale
1983	Ian Baker-Finch	Australia	Auckland	280 (E)	3 strokes	Stuart Reese
1982	Terry Gale	Australia	Christchurch	284 (−4)	2 strokes	Bob Charles
1981	Bob Shearer (2)	Australia	Wellington	285 (−3)	3 strokes	Terry Gale
1980	Buddy Allin	United States	New Plymouth	274 (−14)	1 stroke	Eamonn Darcy
1979	Stewart Ginn	Australia	St Clair	278 (−6)	3 strokes	Simon Owen
1978	Bob Shearer	Australia	Wanganui	277 (−3)	1 stroke	Brian Barnes
1977	Bob Byman	United States	Auckland	290 (+6)	1 stroke	Terry Gale
1976	Simon Owen	New Zealand	Wellington	284 (−8)	7 strokes	Doug McClelland
1975	Bill Dunk (2)	Australia	Hamilton	272 (−16)	4 strokes	Bill Brask Bruce Fleisher
1974	Bob Gilder	United States	Christchurch	283 (−5)	Playoff	Bob Charles Jack Newton
1973	Bob Charles (4)	New Zealand	Manawatu	283 (−5)	4 strokes	Ian Stanley
1972	Bill Dunk	Australia	Paraparaumu Beach	279 (−5)	1 stroke	Maurice Bembridge
1971	Peter Thomson (9)	Australia	Otago	276 (−8)	2 strokes	Maurice Bembridge
1970	Bob Charles (3)	New Zealand	The Grange	271 (−13)	1 stroke	Graham Marsh
1969	Kel Nagle (7)	Australia	Wanganui	273 (−7)	2 strokes	John Lister
1968	Kel Nagle (6)	Australia	Christchurch	272 (−8)	7 strokes	Frank Phillips
1967	Kel Nagle (5)	Australia	Hamilton	275 (−9)	4 strokes	Ted Ball
1966	Bob Charles (2)	New Zealand	Paraparaumu Beach	273 (−19)	13 strokes	Gary Wolstenholme
1965	Peter Thomson (8)	Australia	Auckland	278 (−2)	8 strokes	Bob Charles Kel Nagle
1964	Kel Nagle (4)	Australia	Christchurch	266 (−26)	12 strokes	Frank Phillips
1963	Bruce Devlin	Australia	Wanganui	273 (−11)	1 stroke	Peter Thomson
1962	Kel Nagle (3)	Australia	Titirangi	281	2 strokes	Walter Godfrey (a)
1961	Peter Thomson (7)	Australia	New Plymouth	267	9 strokes	Kel Nagle
1960	Peter Thomson (6)	Australia	Invercargill	281 (−3)	1 stroke	Kel Nagle
1959	Peter Thomson (5)	Australia	Paraparaumu Beach	287 (−5)	Playoff	Kel Nagle
1958	Kel Nagle (2)	Australia	Hamilton	278	2 strokes	Peter Thomson
1957	Kel Nagle	Australia	Manawatu	294	4 strokes	Peter Thomson
1956	Harry Berwick (a)	Australia	Christchurch	292	2 strokes	Bob Charles
1955	Peter Thomson (4)	Australia	Auckland	280 (−8)	10 strokes	Kel Nagle
1954	Bob Charles (a)	New Zealand	Wellington	280	2 strokes	Bruce Crampton
1953	Peter Thomson (3)	Australia	Otago	295 (+7)	5 strokes	Frank Buckler
1952	Alex Murray (3)	New Zealand	Wanganui	293	1 stroke	Harry Berwick (a)
1951	Peter Thomson (2)	Australia	Titirangi	288	4 strokes	Frank Buckler Tim Woon (a)
1950	Peter Thomson	Australia	Christchurch	280	9 strokes	Alf Guy
1949	Jim Galloway	New Zealand	Hastings	283	1 stroke	Bob Glading L B Johnston (a)
1948	Alex Murray (2)	New Zealand	Otago	294	1 stroke	Bryan Silk (a)
1947	Bob Glading (a) (2)	New Zealand	New Plymouth	291	3 strokes	Alex Murray
1946	Bob Glading (a)	New Zealand	Manawatu	306	Playoff	Norman Fuller
1940–45: No tournament due to World War II
1939	John Hornabrook (a) (2)	New Zealand	Miramar	291	3 strokes	Alex Murray
1938	Bobby Locke	South Africa	Otago	288	3 strokes	Andrew Shaw Basil Smith, Jr.
1937	John Hornabrook (a)	New Zealand	Hamilton	299	Playoff	Ernie Moss Andrew Shaw
1936	Andrew Shaw (7)	New Zealand	New Plymouth	292	5 strokes	Tom Galloway Alf Guy
1935	Alex Murray	New Zealand	Christchurch	286	2 strokes	Andrew Shaw
1934	Andrew Shaw (6)	New Zealand	Wanganui	288	5 strokes	Norrie Bell
1933	Ernie Moss (3)	New Zealand	Titirangi	300	Playoff	Ted Douglas
1932	Andrew Shaw (5)	New Zealand	Wellington	289	5 strokes	Arthur Duncan (a)
1931	Andrew Shaw (4)	New Zealand	Christchurch	287	1 stroke	Ewen Macfarlane (a)
1930	Andrew Shaw (3)	New Zealand	Manawatu	284	18 strokes	D C Collins (a) Jock McIntosh Fred Rutter
1929	Andrew Shaw (2)	New Zealand	Wanganui	299	3 strokes	T H Horton (a)
1928	Sloan Morpeth (a)	New Zealand	Otago	303	2 strokes	Andrew Shaw
1927	Ernie Moss (2)	New Zealand	Hamilton	300	4 strokes	Norrie Bell (a) Andrew Shaw
1926	Andrew Shaw	New Zealand	Miramar	307	Playoff	Ernie Moss
1925	Ewen Macfarlane (a)	New Zealand	Christchurch	308	2 strokes	Jock McIntosh Andrew Shaw
1924	Ernie Moss	New Zealand	Auckland	301	10 strokes	Arthur Duncan (a)
1923	Arthur Brooks (2)	New Zealand	Wanganui	312	2 strokes	Jack Black (a) Joe Clements Arthur Duncan (a) Fred Hood
1922	Arthur Brooks	New Zealand	Manawatu	308	1 stroke	Jack Black (a)
1921	Ted Douglas (4)	Scotland	Christchurch	302	9 strokes	Ernie Moss
1920	Joe Kirkwood, Sr.	Australia	Hamilton	304	11 strokes	Arthur East Sloan Morpeth (a)
1919	Ted Douglas (3)	Scotland	Napier	327	Playoff	Sloan Morpeth (a)
1915–18: No tournament due to World War I
1914	Ted Douglas (2)	Scotland	Auckland	313	2 strokes	Arthur Duncan (a)
1913	Ted Douglas	Scotland	Otago	303	9 strokes	Reg Butters
1912	Joe Clements (3)	New Zealand	Wellington	322	3 strokes	B B Wood (a)
1911	Arthur Duncan (a) (3)	New Zealand	Wanganui	319	3 strokes	J C Johnson
1910	Arthur Duncan (a) (2)	New Zealand	Christchurch	295	11 strokes	Joe Clements
1909	Joe Clements (2)	New Zealand	Auckland	324	6 strokes	J Carne Bidwell (a)
1908	Joe Clements	New Zealand	Otago	335	1 stroke	David Hood
1907	Arthur Duncan (a)	New Zealand	Napier	159	7 strokes	J Carne Bidwell (a)

In 2017 Hendry won with a par at the first extra hole. In 2011 Kennedy won with a birdie on the first extra hole. In 2005 Fasth won with a birdie on the second extra hole. In 2000 Campbell won with an eagle on the second extra hole. In 1987 Rafferty won with a par on the seventh extra hole. In 1974 Gilder won with a birdie on the third extra hole. Newton had been eliminated by at the second extra hole when he failed to make par. In 1959 Thomson beat Nagle 67 to 73 in an 18-hole playoff. In 1937 Hornabrook scored 73 in the 18-hole playoff, beating Moss (75) and Shaw (76). In 1933 Moss beat Douglas 146 to 155 in a 36-hole playoff. In 1926 Shaw beat Moss 76 to 80 in an 18-hole playoff. In 1919 Douglas beat Morpeth 82 to 85 in an 18-hole playoff.

• (a) denotes amateur

References

External links

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