New Zealand PGA Championship

The New Zealand PGA Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia. It is currently known for sponsorship reasons as the SEC NZ PGA Championship. It has 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 Jumbo Ozaki's lone international win.

New Zealand PGA Championship

Tournament information
Location	Pegasus, New Zealand
Established	1909
Course(s)	Pegasus Golf and Sports Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia (since 1965) Nationwide Tour (2002–09)
Format	Stroke play (since 1965) Match play (1920–64)
Prize fund	NZ$150,000
Month played	March
Current champion
Kazuma Kobori (a)

Pegasus G&SC

Location in New Zealand

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.[1][2] Co-sanctioning with the Nationwide Tour ended after 2009.

Winners

[3][4]

Year	Tour	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref
2020: No tournament
SEC NZ PGA Championship
2019	ANZ	Kazuma Kobori (a)	New Zealand	Pegasus	267	−21	4 strokes	David Smail
Horizon Golf New Zealand PGA Championship
2018	ANZ	Ben Campbell	New Zealand	Manawatu	266	−18	2 strokes	Ashley Hall Deyen Lawson
Lawnmaster Horizon Golf New Zealand PGA Championship
2017	ANZ	Jarryd Felton	Australia	Manawatu	270	−14	Playoff	Ben Campbell Josh Younger
Holden New Zealand PGA Championship
2016	ANZ	Brad Kennedy	Australia	Remuera	266	−22	2 strokes	Neven Basic Josh Geary
2015	ANZ	Matthew Millar	Australia	Remuera	270	−18	3 strokes	Geoff Drakeford Josh Geary Kristopher Mueck
New Zealand PGA Championship
2014: No tournament
2013	ANZ	Michael Hendry	New Zealand	The Hills	269	−19	Playoff	Scott Strange
New Zealand PGA Pro-Am Championship
2012	ANZ	Michael Hendry	New Zealand	The Hills	272	−16	2 strokes	Mark Brown Andrew Martin
New Zealand PGA hosted by Christchurch
2011: No tournament
2010	ANZ	Mitchell Brown	Australia	Clearwater	281	−7	Playoff	Ashley Hall
HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship
2009	ANZ, NAT	Steven Alker	New Zealand	Clearwater	273	−15	2 strokes	Josh Geary David Smail
2008	ANZ, NAT	Darron Stiles[lower-alpha 1]	United States	Clearwater	134	−10	1 stroke	David Smail
2007	ANZ, NAT	Nicholas Thompson[lower-alpha 1]	United States	Clearwater	280	−8	Playoff	David Morland IV
ING New Zealand PGA Championship
2006	ANZ, NAT	Jim Rutledge[lower-alpha 1]	Canada	Clearwater	279	−9	1 stroke	Jarrod Lyle[lower-alpha 1] Brett Rumford
2005	ANZ, NAT	Peter O'Malley	Australia	Clearwater	274	−14	Playoff	Steven Bowditch[lower-alpha 1]
New Zealand PGA Championship
2004	ANZ, NAT	Gavin Coles[lower-alpha 1]	Australia	Clearwater	282	−6	3 strokes	Bradley Hughes[lower-alpha 1] Brendan Jones[lower-alpha 1] Bill Lunde
Clearwater Classic
2003	ANZ, NAT	Ryan Palmer[lower-alpha 1]	United States	Clearwater	271	−17	3 strokes	Andre Stolz[lower-alpha 1]
Holden Clearwater Classic
2002	ANZ, NAT	Peter O'Malley	Australia	Clearwater	271	−17	5 strokes	Brad Ott
1988–2001: No tournament
1987		Frank Nobilo	New Zealand
1986: No tournament
Nissan-Mobil New Zealand PGA Championship
1985	ANZ	Frank Nobilo	New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	280	−8	2 strokes	Brett Ogle	[5]
New Zealand PGA Championship
1984	ANZ	Greg Turner	New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	282	−6	3 strokes	Frank Nobilo	[6]
1983	ANZ	Graham Marsh	Australia	Mount Maunganui	277	−11	2 strokes	Vaughan Somers	[7]
1982	ANZ	Stuart Reese	New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	277	−11	1 stroke	Jack Newton	[8]
1981 (Nov)	ANZ	Terry Gale	Australia		269	−11	Playoff	Bob Charles	[9]
1981 (Jan)	ANZ	Brian Jones	Australia		280	−4	Playoff	Dennis Clark John Lister	[10]
1980	ANZ	Bob Charles	New Zealand		261	−19	6 strokes	Rodger Davis	[11]
1979	ANZ	Bob Charles	New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	277	−7	3 strokes	Guy Wolstenholme	[12]
1978	ANZ	Simon Owen	New Zealand		274	−6	1 stroke	Guy Wolstenholme	[13]
1977	ANZ	John Lister	New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	274	−10	1 stroke	Bob Charles John Downie	[14]
1976	ANZ	John Lister	New Zealand		263	−17	Playoff	Bill Brask	[15]
1975	ANZ	Kel Nagle	Australia	Mount Maunganui	267	−17	5 strokes	Lindsay Sharp	[16]
1974	ANZ	Kel Nagle	Australia		264	−16	2 strokes	Walter Godfrey	[17]
1973		Kel Nagle	Australia	Mount Maunganui	275	−9	4 strokes	John Carter	[18]
1972		Masashi Ozaki	Japan	Mount Maunganui	269	−15	7 strokes	Bob Charles Takashi Murakami	[19]
1971		John Lister	New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	262	−30	8 strokes	Vic Bennetts Graham Marsh	[20]
1970		Kel Nagle	Australia	Mount Maunganui	268	−24	3 strokes	John Lister	[21]
1969		Terry Kendall	New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	274	−18	1 stroke	Bob Charles John Lister	[22]
1968		Bob Shaw	Australia	Mount Maunganui	278	−14	1 stroke	Walter Godfrey Bob Stanton	[23]
1967		Tony Jacklin	England	Mount Maunganui	274	−18	Playoff	Martin Roesink	[24]
1966		Ross Newdick	New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	280	−12	1 stroke	Barry Coxon	[25]
1965		Barry Coxon	Australia	Mount Maunganui	209	−4	2 strokes	Bob Tuohy	[26]
1964		No tournament

Match play era winners

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Margin	Runner-up	Ref
1963	Bob Tuohy	Australia	Wanganui	6 & 5	Walter Godfrey	[27]
1962	Ernie Southerden	New Zealand	Titirangi	1 up	Frank Buckler	[28]
1961	Bob Charles	New Zealand	New Plymouth	10 & 9	Joe Paterson	[29]
1960	Kel Nagle	Australia	Invergarcill	5 & 4	Bob Charles	[30]
1959	Ernie Southerden	New Zealand	Paraparaumu Beach	37 holes	Michael Busk	[31]
1958	Kel Nagle	Australia	Hamilton	6 & 5	John Kelly	[32]
1957	Kel Nagle	Australia	Manawatu	2 & 1	Alex Murray	[33]
1956	John Kelly	New Zealand	Christchurch	1 up	Ernie Southerden	[34]
1955	Frank Phillips	Australia	Auckland	1 up	Bruce Crampton	[35]
1954	Bruce Crampton	Australia	Wellington	2 & 1	Jimmy Tunnell	[36]
1953	Peter Thomson	Australia	Otago	9 & 7	Alex Murray	[37]
1952	George Hudson	New Zealand	Wanganui	1 up	Jimmy Tunnell	[38]
1951	Bob Jackson	New Zealand	Titirangi	5 & 3	Alex Murray	[39]
1950	Ernie Southerden	New Zealand	Christchurch	1 up	Alex Murray	[40]
1949	Bob Glading	New Zealand	Hastings	2 up	Jim Galloway	[41]
1948	Alex Murray	New Zealand	Otago	1 up	Andrew Shaw	[42]
1947	Alex Murray	New Zealand	New Plymouth	7 & 6	Alf Guy	[43]
1946	Andrew Shaw	New Zealand	Manawatu	6 & 5	Alex Murray	[44]
1940–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1939	Alex Murray	New Zealand	Miramar	8 & 6	Tom Galloway	[45]
1938	Norman Fuller	New Zealand	Otago	4 & 3	Alf Guy	[46]
1937	Ted Douglas	Scotland	Hamilton	3 & 2	Basil Smith, Jr.	[47]
1936	Charlie Clements	New Zealand	New Plymouth	3 & 2	Andrew Shaw	[48]
1935	Alex Murray	New Zealand	Christchurch	2 & 1	Andrew Shaw	[49]
1934	Andrew Shaw	New Zealand	Wanganui	1 up	Ted Douglas	[50]
1933	Andrew Shaw	New Zealand	Titirangi	6 & 5	Aubrey Dyke	[51]
1932	Andrew Shaw	New Zealand	Wellington	4 & 3	Ted Douglas	[52]
1931	Andrew Shaw	New Zealand	Christchurch	12 & 10	James Forrest	[53]
1930	Fred Rutter	New Zealand	Manawatu	6 & 4	Jock McIntosh	[54]
1929	Andrew Shaw	New Zealand	Wanganui	2 & 1	Ernie Moss	[55]
1928	Andrew Shaw	New Zealand	Otago	6 & 5	Jock McIntosh	[56]
1927	Jock McIntosh	New Zealand	Hamilton	5 & 4	Reg Butters	[57]
1926	Jock McIntosh	New Zealand	Miramar	9 & 7	Andrew Shaw	[58]
1925	Ernie Moss	New Zealand	Christchurch	4 & 3	Harry Blair	[59]
1924	Ernie Moss	New Zealand	Auckland	5 & 3	Jock McIntosh	[60]
1923	Ernie Moss	New Zealand	Wanganui	4 & 2	Arthur Brooks	[61]
1922	Arthur Ham	England	Manawatu	2 & 1	Andrew Shaw	[62]
1921	Ted Douglas	Scotland	Christchurch	2 up	Ernie Moss	[63]
1920	Joe Kirkwood, Sr.	Australia	Hamilton	3 & 2	Arthur East	[64]
1919	Willie McEwan	Scotland	Napier	4 & 3	Reg Butters	[65]
1915–1918: No tournament due to World War I
1914	Ted Douglas	Scotland	Auckland	1 up	Willie McEwan	[66]
1913	W Iles	Australia	Otago	1 up	Joe Clements	[67]
1912	Reg Butters	New Zealand	Wellington	4 & 2	W B Simpson	[68]
1911	Joe Clements	New Zealand	Wanganui	3 & 2	Willie McEwan	[69]
1910	James Herd	Scotland	Christchurch	6 & 5	Joe Clements	[70]
1909	Joe Clements	New Zealand	Auckland	3 & 2	Fred Hood	[71]

The finals from 1909 to 1920 were played over 18 holes, except 1911.

1. Player graduated to the PGA Tour via the final Nationwide Tour money list.

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External links

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