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BP Tournament

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BP Tournament
Tournament information
LocationAuckland, New Zealand
Established1964
Course(s)Grange Golf Club
Par70
Tour(s)New Zealand Golf Circuit
FormatStroke play
Prize fundNZ$5,000
Month playedDecember
Final year1968
Tournament record score
Aggregate272 Bill Dunk (1964)
272 Kel Nagle (1968)
To par−16 Bill Dunk (1964)
Final champion
Australia Kel Nagle
Location map
Grange GC is located in New Zealand
Grange GC
Grange GC
Location in New Zealand

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.

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
1968 Australia Kel Nagle (3) 272 −8 1 stroke New Zealand Bob Charles
England Guy Wolstenholme
Grange [1]
1967 New Zealand Walter Godfrey 273 −15 1 stroke Australia Peter Thomson Titirangi [2]
1966 Australia Kel Nagle (2) 276 −12 3 strokes England Clive Clark
Netherlands Martin Roesink
Titirangi [3]
1965 Australia Kel Nagle
Australia Peter Thomson
278 −10 Title shared Titirangi [4]
1964 Australia Bill Dunk 272 −16 4 strokes Australia Ted Ball
Australia Kel Nagle
Titirangi [5]

References

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  1. ^ "Nagle home by a shot". The Age. 16 December 1968. p. 26.
  2. ^ "Thomson loses by one stroke". The Age. 11 December 1967. p. 20.
  3. ^ "Nagle by 3 strokes in N.Z." The Sun-Herald. 4 December 1966. p. 73.
  4. ^ "Kel Nagle's fight back for golf tie". The Age. 13 December 1965. p. 19.
  5. ^ "Dunk takes N.Z. Purse by Four Strokes". The Age. 21 December 1964. p. 20.