1964 New Zealand Golf Circuit

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1964 New Zealand Golf Circuit season
Duration19 November 1964 (1964-11-19) – 19 December 1964 (1964-12-19)
Number of official events8
Most winsAustralia Bill Dunk (4)
Money listAustralia Kel Nagle
1963
1965

The 1964 New Zealand Golf Circuit was the second 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 1964 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(£NZ)
Winner[a] Notes
21 Nov New Zealand Open Canterbury 1,200 Australia Kel Nagle (2)
24 Nov Metalcraft Tournament Manawatu-Wanganui 1,000 Australia Bill Dunk (1)
28 Nov Caltex Tournament Wellington 2,000 Australia Kel Nagle (3)
1 Dec Forest Products Tournament Waikato 1,200 Australia Peter Thomson (2) New tournament
5 Dec Wiseman's Tournament Auckland 2,000 Australia Bill Dunk (2)
8 Dec Wattie's Tournament Hawke's Bay 1,500 Australia Bill Dunk (3)
South Africa Cobie Legrange (n/a)
Title shared
12 Dec Wills Classic Wellington 2,000 Australia Ted Ball (2)
19 Dec BP Tournament Auckland 2,000 Australia Bill Dunk (4) New tournament

Money list[edit]

The money list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated in New Zealand pounds.[3]

Position Player Prize money (£NZ)
1 Australia Kel Nagle 1,741
2 Australia Bill Dunk 1,482
3 Australia Ted Ball 1,016
4 South Africa Cobie Legrange 970
5 Australia John Sullivan 874

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. ^ "Later date for next year's N.Z. golf circuit". The Press. No. 30296. 23 November 1963. p. 16. Retrieved 2 November 2023 – via Papers Past.
  2. ^ "Record £12,900 to be won on golf circuit". The Press. No. 30495. 17 July 1964. p. 17. Retrieved 2 November 2023 – via Papers Past.
  3. ^ "Nagle 1st, £1741". The Press. No. 30629. 21 December 1964. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2023 – via Papers Past.