Garden City Classic

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Garden City Classic
Tournament information
LocationChristchurch, New Zealand
Established1969
Course(s)Russley Golf Club
Par73
FormatStroke play
Final year1975
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 Jerry Heard (1971)
To par−23 as above
Final champion
New Zealand John Lister

The Garden City Classic was a golf tournament held in New Zealand from 1969 to 1975. The event was hosted by Russley Golf Club in Christchurch. Russley hosted the New Zealand Airlines Classic in 1976.

John Lister won the event in four successive years, from 1972 to 1975.[1]

Winners[]

Year Winner Country Score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref
1975 John Lister (4)  New Zealand 283 −9 3 strokes Australia Stewart Ginn [1]
1974 John Lister (3)  New Zealand 274 −18 6 strokes Australia Bob Shearer
Australia Ian Stanley		 [2]
1973 John Lister (2)  New Zealand 277 −15 1 stroke Australia David Good
Australia Bob Shearer		 [3]
1972 John Lister  New Zealand 280 −12 1 stroke New Zealand Bob Charles [4]
1971 Jerry Heard  United States 269 −23 5 strokes New Zealand Bob Charles [5]
1970  Australia 281 −11 2 strokes New Zealand Bob Charles
Australia Bob Tuohy		 [6]
1969 Kel Nagle  Australia 272 −20 2 strokes New Zealand John Lister [7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Tourney to Lister". The Canberra Times. Vol. 50, no. 14, 243. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 December 1975. p. 16. Retrieved 9 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Third win to Lister". The Canberra Times. Vol. 49, no. 13, 933. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 December 1974. p. 16. Retrieved 9 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Good 7 ahead – then crash". The Age. 10 December 1973. p. 24.
  4. ^ "NZ golf win to Lister by stroke". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 December 1972. p. 17.
  5. ^ "Heard has five-stroke win in NZ". The Age. 22 November 1971. p. 20.
  6. ^ "Australian wins NZ golf". The Canberra Times. Vol. 45, no. 12, 676. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 December 1970. p. 16. Retrieved 9 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Nagle wins by two shots". The Age. 8 December 1969. p. 21.
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