The SBS Invitational was a 72-hole amateur stroke-play team championship played, from 1977 to 2015, between the 15 golf associations of New Zealand. It also acted as the New Zealand Teams Stroke Play Championships. It was permanently hosted at the Invercargill Golf Club in Otatara, Invercargill. It was mostly played in the first weekend of March, although later events were played at other times. It was played for the Macquarie Cup. To celebrate 30 years of the Invitational, a team from Australia was sent to compete in the tournament. The event was axed in 2016 because of scheduling problems.[1]

Format

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Played on Saturday and Sunday, a 72-hole team championship with the four lowest scores from each team of five counting in each stroke-play round. The teams included Aorangi, Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu/Wanganui, North Harbour, Northland, Otago, Poverty Bay/East Coast, Southland, Taranaki, Tasman, Waikato, and Wellington.

Macquarie Cup

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Year Winner Score
1977 Southland 923
1979 Auckland 885
1980 Otago 1167
1981 Auckland 1169
1982 Canterbury 1200
1983 Canterbury 1163
1984 Canterbury 1194
1985 Southland 1191
1986 Canterbury 1164
1987 Auckland 1169
1988 Auckland 1181
1989 Wellington 878
1990 Canterbury 1177
1991 Auckland 1166
1992 Wellington 1145
1993 Auckland 1187
1994 Tasman 1163
1995 Tasman 1179
1996 Wellington 1169
1997 Canterbury 1186
1998 Canterbury 1154
1999 Wellington 1148
2000 Canterbury 1130
2001 Bay of Plenty 1167
2002 Manawatu/Wanganui 1167
2003 Bay of Plenty 1144
2004 Waikato 1139
2005 Auckland 1152
2006 Bay of Plenty 1176
2007 North Harbour 1141
2008 Auckland 1171
2009 North Harbour 1158
2010 Auckland 1130
2011 Auckland 1142
2012 Manawatu/Wanganui 1133
2013 Auckland 1144
2014 Bay of Plenty 881
2015 Otago 1184
  • Played over 54 holes in 1977, 1979, 1989 and 2014

Player of the Tournament

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Year Winner Province Score
1977 C E Taylor Waikato 221
1979 P K Creighton Auckland 217
1980 Rodney Barltrop Wellington 284
1981 N A Gaskin Manawatu/Wanganui 285
1982 J N Williamson Canterbury 292
1983 Michael Atkinson Otago 283
1984 J N Williamson Canterbury 292
1985 N A Gaskin Manawatu/Wanganui 288
1986 G W Goldfinch Auckland 286
1987 F J Poskitt Canterbury 292
1988 L G Phelps Wellington 291
1989 B G Paterson Canterbury 214
1990 H Morgan Tasman 287
1991 Steve Alker Waikato 283
1992 Tony Christie Canterbury 281
1993 Marcus Wheelhouse Auckland 290
1994 G Domigan Tasman 285
1995 M Lloyd Bay of Plenty 291
1996 G MacFarlane Bay of Plenty 283
1997 David Rattray Southland 288
1998 Carl Brooking Canterbury 282
1999 Reon Sayer Wellington 280
2000 Gareth Paddison Wellington 279
2001 K Skellern Bay of Plenty 288
2002 Tim Wilkinson Manawatu/Wanganui 279
2003 Matthew Holten Waikato 275
2004 Joshua Carmichael North Harbour 278
2005 Kevin Chun Auckland 279
2006 David Rattray Canterbury 286
2007 Rohan Blizard Australia 273
2008 Sean Riordan Tasman 286
2009 Scott Johnson North Harbour 281
2010 Simon Brownlee North Harbour 279
2011 Ryan Fox Auckland 280
2012 Blair Riordan Tasman 276
2013 Brent McEwan St Clair 273
2014 Luke Toomey Waikato 214
2015 Ryan Chisnall Tasman 287
  • Air New Zealand Cup 1977–2002
  • Russell Haywood Memorial 2003–2015

References

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  1. ^ Savory, Logan (12 August 2016). "Premier Southland golf tournament axed after 40 years". Stuff.co.nz.
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