BP Tournament

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BP Tournament
Tournament information
LocationAuckland, New Zealand
Established1964
FormatStroke play
Month playedDecember
Final year1968
Final champion
Australia Kel Nagle

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.

Winners[]

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

References[]

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