Metalcraft Tournament Explained

Metalcraft Tournament
Location:Wellington, New Zealand
Establishment:1963
Course:Miramir Links
Par:71
Tour:New Zealand Golf Circuit
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:December
Final Year:1967
Aggregate:273 Bob Charles (1966)
To-Par:−15 as above
Final Champion: Walter Godfrey
Coordinates:-41.33°N 174.815°W
Map:New Zealand
Map Label:Miramir Links
Map Relief:yes

The Metalcraft Tournament was a golf tournament held in New Zealand from 1963 to 1967. Peter Thomson won the event twice, tying in 1963 and winning outright in 1965. The event was part of the New Zealand Golf Circuit.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
282 −2 1 stroke Miramar Links [1]
273 −15 3 strokes Hamilton [2]
Peter Thomson (2) 208 −8 3 strokes Hamilton [3]
274 −14 5 strokes Manawatu [4]
287 −5 Title shared Palmerston North [5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Maori wins NZ circuit golf tournament . . 42 . 11874 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 18 December 1967 . 29 September 2019 . 16 . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: Bob Charles wins with record 273 . 7 December 1966 . 22 . The Age.
  3. News: Thomson wins again in NZ . 24 November 1965 . 20 . The Age.
  4. News: Dunk wins N.Z. golf . 25 November 1964 . 25 . The Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. News: Thomson Misses Putt, Shares Prize . 4 September 1963 . 25 . The Age.