1966 New Zealand Golf Circuit

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1966 New Zealand Golf Circuit season
Duration17 November 1966 (1966-11-17) – 17 December 1966 (1966-12-17)
Number of official events7
Most winsNew Zealand Bob Charles (4)
Money listNew Zealand Bob Charles
1965
1967

The 1966 New Zealand Golf Circuit was the fourth season of the New Zealand Golf Circuit, the main professional golf tour in New Zealand since it was established in 1963.

Schedule[edit]

The following table lists official events during the 1966 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(£NZ)
Winner[a] Notes
19 Nov New Zealand Open Wellington 1,800 New Zealand Bob Charles (2)
22 Nov Wattie's Tournament Hawke's Bay 1,500 New Zealand Bob Charles (3)
26 Nov New Zealand Wills Masters Canterbury 1,500 Australia Peter Thomson (7)
Australia Tim Woolbank (1)
Title shared
3 Dec BP Tournament Wellington 2,000 Australia Kel Nagle (6)
6 Dec Metalcraft Tournament Waikato 1,200 New Zealand Bob Charles (4)
11 Dec Forest Products Tournament Waikato 2,000 New Zealand Bob Charles (5)
England Tony Jacklin (n/a)
Title shared
17 Dec Caltex Tournament Wellington 2,000 Australia Kel Nagle (7)
Australia Peter Thomson (8)
Title shared

Money list[edit]

The money list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated in New Zealand pounds.[2]

Position Player Prize money (£NZ)
1 New Zealand Bob Charles 1,595
2 Australia Kel Nagle 1,299
3 England Guy Wolstenholme 1,053
4 Australia Peter Thomson 910
5 England Tony Jacklin 905

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of New Zealand Golf Circuit events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for New Zealand Golf Circuit members.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "N.Z. golf circuit". The Press. No. 31153. 1 September 1966. p. 17. Retrieved 2 November 2023 – via Papers Past.
  2. ^ "Charles 77 under par for circuit". The Press. No. 31247. 20 December 1966. p. 24. Retrieved 2 November 2023 – via Papers Past.