1979–80 New Zealand Golf Circuit

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1979–80 New Zealand Golf Circuit season
Duration29 November 1979 (1979-11-29) – 2 January 1980 (1980-01-02)
Number of official events3
Money listAustralia Rodger Davis

The 1979–80 New Zealand Golf Circuit was the 17th and final season of the New Zealand Golf Circuit, the main professional golf tour in New Zealand since it was established in 1963.

Final season[edit]

The 1979–80 season proved to be the last season of the New Zealand Golf Circuit, as from 1980 the New Zealand events were incorporated into the PGA Tour of Australia schedule and a combined Order of Merit was produced.[1][2][3]

Schedule[edit]

The following table lists official events during the 1979–80 season.[4][5][6]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(NZ$)		 Winner[a] Notes
2 Dec Air New Zealand Shell Open Wellington 75,000 Australia David Graham (1)
9 Dec New Zealand Open Otago 50,000 Australia Stewart Ginn (1)
2 Jan New Zealand PGA Championship Bay of Plenty 32,000 New Zealand Bob Charles (20)

Money list[edit]

The money list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated in New Zealand dollars.[5][7]

Position Player Prize money (NZ$)
1 Australia Rodger Davis 15,932
2 Australia David Graham 12,500
3 New Zealand Simon Owen 10,215
4 New Zealand Bob Charles 9,858
5 Australia Stewart Ginn 8,270

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. ^ "Top of the list". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 November 1980. p. 85 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Charities get series check". Akron Beacon Journal. 12 December 1980. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Sport around the world". The Age. 10 January 1981. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Simms, George (1979). World of Golf 1980. Macdonald and Jane's. p. 157. ISBN 0362020078.
  5. ^ a b McCormack, Mark H. (1980). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1980. Springwood Books. pp. 256–261, 418–419. ISBN 0905947835.
  6. ^ "The circuit". The Press. 8 November 1979. p. 23. Retrieved 2 November 2023 – via Papers Past.
  7. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 415–416. ISBN 0862540054.
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