New Zealand PGA Championship
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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.
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. 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. The event was cancelled in 2022 and returned as a tour event in 2023. However it was again a non-tour event in 2024.
Winners
| Year | Tour(s) | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinovic New Zealand PGA Championship | ||||||||
| 2026 | ANZ | United States Austen Truslow | 274 | −6 | 3 strokes | New Zealand Cooper Moore (a) | Paraparaumu Beach | |
| Wallace Development New Zealand PGA Championship | ||||||||
| 2025 | ANZ | New Zealand Tyler Hodge | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Australia Tim Hart New Zealand Kerry Mountcastle | Hastings | |
| 2024 | CHAR | New Zealand Pieter Zwart | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | New Zealand Mason Lee | Hastings | |
| NZ PGA Championship | ||||||||
| 2023 | ANZ | Australia Louis Dobbelaar | 268 | −20 | 3 strokes | New Zealand Sung Jin Yeo | Gulf Harbour | |
| 2022 | ANZ | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
| New Zealand PGA Championship | ||||||||
| 2021 | New Zealand Tae Koh | 265 | −23 | 1 stroke | New Zealand Josh Geary | Te Puke | ||
| 2020: No tournament | ||||||||
| SEC NZ PGA Championship | ||||||||
| 2019 | ANZ | New Zealand Kazuma Kobori (a) | 267 | −21 | 4 strokes | New Zealand David Smail | Pegasus | |
| Horizon Golf New Zealand PGA Championship | ||||||||
| 2018 | ANZ | New Zealand Ben Campbell | 266 | −18 | 2 strokes | Australia Ashley Hall Australia Deyen Lawson | Manawatu | |
| Lawnmaster Horizon Golf New Zealand PGA Championship | ||||||||
| 2017 | ANZ | Australia Jarryd Felton | 270 | −14 | Playoff | New Zealand Ben Campbell Australia Josh Younger | Manawatu | |
| Holden New Zealand PGA Championship | ||||||||
| 2016 | ANZ | Australia Brad Kennedy | 266 | −22 | 2 strokes | Australia Neven Basic New Zealand Josh Geary | Remuera | |
| 2015 | ANZ | Australia Matthew Millar | 270 | −18 | 3 strokes | Australia Geoff Drakeford New Zealand Josh Geary Australia Kristopher Mueck | Remuera | |
| New Zealand PGA Championship | ||||||||
| 2014: No tournament | ||||||||
| 2013 | ANZ | New Zealand Michael Hendry (2) | 269 | −19 | Playoff | Australia Scott Strange | The Hills | |
| New Zealand PGA Pro-Am Championship | ||||||||
| 2012 | ANZ | New Zealand Michael Hendry | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | New Zealand Mark Brown Australia Andrew Martin | The Hills | |
| New Zealand PGA Championship | ||||||||
| 2011: No tournament | ||||||||
| 2010 | ANZ | Australia Mitchell Brown | 281 | −7 | Playoff | Australia Ashley Hall | Clearwater | |
| HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship | ||||||||
| 2009 | ANZ, NWT | New Zealand Steven Alker | 273 | −15 | 2 strokes | New Zealand Josh Geary New Zealand David Smail | Clearwater | |
| 2008 | ANZ, NWT | United States Darron Stiles | 134 | −10 | 1 stroke | New Zealand David Smail | Clearwater | |
| 2007 | ANZ, NWT | United States Nicholas Thompson | 280 | −8 | Playoff | Canada David Morland IV | Clearwater | |
| ING New Zealand PGA Championship | ||||||||
| 2006 | ANZ, NWT | Canada Jim Rutledge | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke | Australia Jarrod Lyle Australia Brett Rumford | Clearwater | |
| 2005 | ANZ, NWT | Australia Peter O'Malley (2) | 274 | −14 | Playoff | Australia Steven Bowditch | Clearwater | |
| New Zealand PGA Championship | ||||||||
| 2004 | ANZ, NWT | Australia Gavin Coles | 282 | −6 | 3 strokes | Australia Bradley Hughes Australia Brendan Jones United States Bill Lunde | Clearwater | |
| Clearwater Classic | ||||||||
| 2003 | ANZ, NWT | United States Ryan Palmer | 271 | −17 | 3 strokes | Australia Andre Stolz | Clearwater | |
| Holden Clearwater Classic | ||||||||
| 2002 | ANZ, BUY | Australia Peter O'Malley | 271 | −17 | 5 strokes | United States Brad Ott | Clearwater | |
| New Zealand PGA Championship | ||||||||
| 1988–2001: No tournament | ||||||||
| 1987 | New Zealand Frank Nobilo (2) | |||||||
| 1986: No tournament | ||||||||
| Nissan-Mobil New Zealand PGA Championship | ||||||||
| 1985 | ANZ | New Zealand Frank Nobilo | 280 | −8 | 2 strokes | Australia Brett Ogle | Mount Maunganui | |
| New Zealand PGA Championship | ||||||||
| 1984 | ANZ | New Zealand Greg Turner | 282 | −6 | 3 strokes | Australia Frank Nobilo | Mount Maunganui | |
| 1983 | ANZ | Australia Graham Marsh | 277 | −11 | 2 strokes | Australia Vaughan Somers | Mount Maunganui | |
| 1982 | ANZ | New Zealand Stuart Reese | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | Australia Jack Newton | Mount Maunganui | |
| 1981 (Nov) | ANZ | Australia Terry Gale | 269 | −11 | Playoff | New Zealand Bob Charles | Tauranga | |
| 1981 (Jan) | ANZ | Australia Brian Jones | 280 | −4 | Playoff | New Zealand Dennis Clark New Zealand John Lister | Mount Maunganui | |
| 1980 | NZGC | New Zealand Bob Charles (3) | 261 | −19 | 6 strokes | Australia Rodger Davis | Tauranga | |
| 1979 | NZGC | New Zealand Bob Charles (2) | 277 | −7 | 3 strokes | England Guy Wolstenholme | Mount Maunganui | |
| 1978 | NZGC | New Zealand Simon Owen | 274 | −6 | 1 stroke | England Guy Wolstenholme | Tauranga | |
| 1977 | NZGC | New Zealand John Lister (3) | 274 | −10 | 1 stroke | New Zealand Bob Charles England John Downie | Mount Maunganui | |
| 1976 | NZGC | New Zealand John Lister (2) | 263 | −17 | Playoff | United States Bill Brask | Tauranga | |
| 1975 | NZGC | Australia Kel Nagle (7) | 267 | −17 | 5 strokes | Australia Lindsay Sharp | Mount Maunganui | |
| 1974 | NZGC | Australia Kel Nagle (6) | 264 | −16 | 2 strokes | New Zealand Walter Godfrey | Tauranga | |
| 1973 | NZGC | Australia Kel Nagle (5) | 275 | −9 | 4 strokes | New Zealand John Carter | Mount Maunganui | |
| 1972 | NZGC | Japan Masashi Ozaki | 269 | −15 | 7 strokes | New Zealand Bob Charles Japan Takashi Murakami | Mount Maunganui | |
| Forest Products Stars Travel New Zealand PGA Championship | ||||||||
| 1971 | NZGC | New Zealand John Lister | 262 | −30 | 8 strokes | Australia Vic Bennetts Australia Graham Marsh | Mount Maunganui | |
| 1970 | NZGC | Australia Kel Nagle (4) | 268 | −24 | 3 strokes | New Zealand John Lister | Mount Maunganui | |
| Stars Travel New Zealand PGA Championship | ||||||||
| 1969 | NZGC | New Zealand Terry Kendall | 274 | −18 | 1 stroke | New Zealand Bob Charles New Zealand John Lister | Mount Maunganui | |
| 1968 | Australia Bob Shaw | 278 | −14 | 1 stroke | New Zealand Walter Godfrey Australia Bob Stanton | Mount Maunganui | ||
| New Zealand PGA Championship | ||||||||
| 1967 | England Tony Jacklin | 274 | −18 | Playoff | Netherlands Martin Roesink | Mount Maunganui | ||
| 1966 | New Zealand Ross Newdick | 280 | −12 | 1 stroke | Australia Barry Coxon | Mount Maunganui | ||
| 1965 | Australia Barry Coxon | 209 | −4 | 2 strokes | Australia Bob Tuohy | Mount Maunganui | ||
| 1964: No tournament | ||||||||
| 1963 | Australia Bob Tuohy | 6 and 5 | New Zealand Walter Godfrey | Wanganui | ||||
| 1962 | New Zealand Ernie Southerden (3) | 1 up | New Zealand Frank Buckler | Titirangi | ||||
| 1961 | New Zealand Bob Charles | 10 and 9 | New Zealand Joe Paterson | New Plymouth | ||||
| 1960 | Australia Kel Nagle (3) | 5 and 4 | New Zealand Bob Charles | Invergarcill | ||||
| 1959 | New Zealand Ernie Southerden (2) | 37 holes | New Zealand Michael Busk | Paraparaumu Beach | ||||
| 1958 | Australia Kel Nagle (2) | 6 and 5 | New Zealand John Kelly | Hamilton | ||||
| 1957 | Australia Kel Nagle | 2 and 1 | New Zealand Alex Murray | Manawatu | ||||
| 1956 | New Zealand John Kelly | 1 up | New Zealand Ernie Southerden | Christchurch | ||||
| 1955 | Australia Frank Phillips | 1 up | Australia Bruce Crampton | Auckland | ||||
| 1954 | Australia Bruce Crampton | 2 and 1 | New Zealand Jimmy Tunnell | Wellington | ||||
| 1953 | Australia Peter Thomson | 9 and 7 | New Zealand Alex Murray | Otago | ||||
| 1952 | New Zealand George Hudson | 1 up | New Zealand Jimmy Tunnell | Wanganui | ||||
| 1951 | New Zealand Bob Jackson | 5 and 3 | New Zealand Alex Murray | Titirangi | ||||
| 1950 | New Zealand Ernie Southerden | 1 up | New Zealand Alex Murray | Christchurch | ||||
| 1949 | New Zealand Bob Glading | 2 up | New Zealand Jim Galloway | Hastings | ||||
| 1948 | New Zealand Alex Murray (4) | 1 up | New Zealand Andrew Shaw | Otago | ||||
| 1947 | New Zealand Alex Murray (3) | 7 and 6 | New Zealand Alf Guy | New Plymouth | ||||
| 1946 | New Zealand Andrew Shaw (7) | 6 and 5 | New Zealand Alex Murray | Manawatu | ||||
| 1940–1945: No tournament due to World War II | ||||||||
| 1939 | New Zealand Alex Murray (2) | 8 and 6 | New Zealand Tom Galloway | Miramar | ||||
| 1938 | New Zealand Norman Fuller | 4 and 3 | New Zealand Alf Guy | Otago | ||||
| 1937 | Scotland Ted Douglas (3) | 3 and 2 | New Zealand Basil Smith Jr. | Hamilton | ||||
| 1936 | New Zealand Charlie Clements | 3 and 2 | New Zealand Andrew Shaw | New Plymouth | ||||
| 1935 | New Zealand Alex Murray | 2 and 1 | New Zealand Andrew Shaw | Christchurch | ||||
| 1934 | New Zealand Andrew Shaw (6) | 1 up | Scotland Ted Douglas | Wanganui | ||||
| 1933 | New Zealand Andrew Shaw (5) | 6 and 5 | New Zealand Aubrey Dyke | Titirangi | ||||
| 1932 | New Zealand Andrew Shaw (4) | 4 and 3 | Scotland Ted Douglas | Wellington | ||||
| 1931 | New Zealand Andrew Shaw (3) | 12 and 10 | New Zealand James Forrest | Christchurch | ||||
| 1930 | New Zealand Fred Rutter | 6 and 4 | New Zealand Jock McIntosh | Manawatu | ||||
| 1929 | New Zealand Andrew Shaw (2) | 2 and 1 | New Zealand Ernie Moss | Wanganui | ||||
| 1928 | New Zealand Andrew Shaw | 6 and 5 | New Zealand Jock McIntosh | Otago | ||||
| 1927 | New Zealand Jock McIntosh (2) | 5 and 4 | New Zealand Reg Butters | Hamilton | ||||
| 1926 | New Zealand Jock McIntosh | 9 and 7 | New Zealand Andrew Shaw | Miramar | ||||
| 1925 | New Zealand Ernie Moss (3) | 4 and 3 | New Zealand Harry Blair | Christchurch | ||||
| 1924 | New Zealand Ernie Moss (2) | 5 and 3 | New Zealand Jock McIntosh | Auckland | ||||
| 1923 | New Zealand Ernie Moss | 4 and 2 | New Zealand Arthur Brooks | Wanganui | ||||
| 1922 | England Arthur Ham | 2 and 1 | New Zealand Andrew Shaw | Manawatu | ||||
| 1921 | Scotland Ted Douglas (2) | 2 up | New Zealand Ernie Moss | Christchurch | ||||
| 1920 | New Zealand Joe Kirkwood Sr. | 3 and 2 | Australia Arthur East | Hamilton | ||||
| 1919 | New Zealand Willie McEwan | 4 and 3 | New Zealand Reg Butters | Napier | ||||
| 1915–1918: No tournament due to World War I | ||||||||
| 1914 | Scotland Ted Douglas | 1 up | Scotland Willie McEwan | Auckland | ||||
| 1913 | Australia W Iles | 1 up | New Zealand Joe Clements | Otago | ||||
| 1912 | New Zealand Reg Butters | 4 and 2 | Scotland W B Simpson | Otago | ||||
| 1911 | New Zealand Joe Clements (2) | 3 and 2 | Scotland Willie McEwan | Wanganui | ||||
| 1910 | Scotland James Herd | 6 and 5 | New Zealand Joe Clements | Christchurch | ||||
| 1909 | New Zealand Joe Clements | 3 and 2 | Scotland Fred Hood | Auckland |
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