1965 New Zealand Golf Circuit

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 →

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.

Schedule

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(£NZ)
Winner[a]Notes
21 NovNew Zealand OpenAuckland1,500Australia Peter Thomson (3)
23 NovMetalcraft TournamentWaikato1,000Australia Peter Thomson (4)
27 NovCaltex TournamentWellington2,000Australia Peter Thomson (5)
30 NovWattie's TournamentHawke's Bay1,500New Zealand Stuart Jones (a) (1)
4 DecForest Products TournamentWaikato2,000Australia Kel Nagle (4)
11 DecBP TournamentAuckland2,000Australia Kel Nagle (5)
Australia Peter Thomson (6)
Title shared
18 DecNew Zealand Wills MastersCanterbury2,000Australia Geoff Donald (1)New tournament

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money (£NZ)
1Australia Peter Thomson1,568
2Australia Kel Nagle1,363
3Australia John Sullivan995
4England Guy Wolstenholme887
5South Africa Cedric Amm840

Notes

  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

  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.