The BP Tournament was a golf tournament held in New Zealand from 1964 to 1968. Four of the five events were held at Titirangi Golf Club, Auckland. Kel Nagle won the event three times, including a tie. In the other two events he was runner-up and third. The event was part of the New Zealand Golf Circuit.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Established | 1964 |
| Course(s) | Grange Golf Club |
| Par | 70 |
| Tour(s) | New Zealand Golf Circuit |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | NZ$5,000 |
| Month played | December |
| Final year | 1968 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 272 Bill Dunk (1964) 272 Kel Nagle (1968) |
| To par | −16 Bill Dunk (1964) |
| Final champion | |
 Kel Nagle | |
| Location map | |
.png)  Grange GC Location in New Zealand | |
Winners edit
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Kel Nagle (3) |
272 | −8 | 1 stroke |  Bob Charles Guy Wolstenholme |
Grange | [1] |
| 1967 | Walter Godfrey |
273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Peter Thomson |
Titirangi | [2] |
| 1966 | Kel Nagle (2) |
276 | −12 | 3 strokes | Clive Clark Martin Roesink |
Titirangi | [3] |
| 1965 | Kel Nagle Peter Thomson |
278 | −10 | Title shared | Titirangi | [4] | |
| 1964 | Bill Dunk |
272 | −16 | 4 strokes | Ted Ball Kel Nagle |
Titirangi | [5] |
References edit
- ^ "Nagle home by a shot". The Age. 16 December 1968. p. 26.
- ^ "Thomson loses by one stroke". The Age. 11 December 1967. p. 20.
- ^ "Nagle by 3 strokes in N.Z." The Sun-Herald. 4 December 1966. p. 73.
- ^ "Kel Nagle's fight back for golf tie". The Age. 13 December 1965. p. 19.
- ^ "Dunk takes N.Z. Purse by Four Strokes". The Age. 21 December 1964. p. 20.