1968–69 New Zealand Golf Circuit

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1968–69 New Zealand Golf Circuit season
Duration21 November 1968 (1968-11-21) – 8 January 1969 (1969-01-08)
Number of official events7
Most winsNew Zealand Bob Charles (3)
Money listNew Zealand Bob Charles
1967

The 1968–69 New Zealand Golf Circuit was the sixth 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 1968–69 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(NZ$)
Winner[a] Notes
23 Nov Sax Altman Tournament Waikato 5,000 Australia Peter Thomson (10)
England Guy Wolstenholme (1)
New tournament
Title shared
30 Nov New Zealand Open Canterbury 5,000 Australia Kel Nagle (9)
7 Dec Caltex Tournament Wellington 5,000 New Zealand Bob Charles (9)
10 Dec Wattie's Tournament Hawke's Bay 4,000 New Zealand Bob Charles (10)
15 Dec BP Tournament Auckland 5,000 Australia Kel Nagle (10)
4 Jan Spalding Masters Bay of Plenty 4,000 New Zealand Bob Charles (11) New to New Zealand Golf Circuit
8 Jan Stars Travel New Zealand PGA Championship Bay of Plenty 5,000 New Zealand Terry Kendall (1) New to New Zealand Golf Circuit

Money list[edit]

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

Position Player Prize money (NZ$)
1 New Zealand Bob Charles

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. ^ "Strong entry for N.Z. golf circuit". The Press. No. 31825. 1 November 1968. p. 15. Retrieved 2 November 2023 – via Papers Past.
  2. ^ "Charles favoured". The Press. No. 31876. 2 January 1969. p. 12. Retrieved 25 February 2024 – via Papers Past.