1965 New Zealand Golf Circuit

The 1965 New Zealand Golf Circuit was the third season of the New Zealand Golf Circuit, the main professional golf tour in New Zealand since it was established in 1963.

1965 New Zealand Golf Circuit season
Duration18 November 1965 (1965-11-18) – 18 December 1965 (1965-12-18)
Number of official events7
Most winsAustralia Peter Thomson (4)
Money listAustralia Peter Thomson
1964
1966

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1965 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(£NZ)
Winner[a] Notes
21 Nov New Zealand Open Auckland 1,500   Peter Thomson (3)
23 Nov Metalcraft Tournament Waikato 1,000   Peter Thomson (4)
27 Nov Caltex Tournament Wellington 2,000   Peter Thomson (5)
30 Nov Wattie's Tournament Hawke's Bay 1,500   Stuart Jones (a) (1)
4 Dec Forest Products Tournament Waikato 2,000   Kel Nagle (4)
11 Dec BP Tournament Auckland 2,000   Kel Nagle (5)
  Peter Thomson (6)
Title shared
18 Dec New Zealand Wills Masters Canterbury 2,000   Geoff Donald (1) New tournament

Money list

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

Position Player Prize money (£NZ)
1   Peter Thomson 1,568
2   Kel Nagle 1,363
3   John Sullivan 995
4   Guy Wolstenholme 887
5   Cedric Amm 840

Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ "£12,000 golf circuit". The Press. No. 30796. 7 July 1965. p. 13. Retrieved 2 November 2023 – via Papers Past.
  2. ^ "Most money to Thomson". The Press. No. 30938. 20 December 1965. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2023 – via Papers Past.