Metalcraft Tournament

Metalcraft Tournament
Tournament information
Location	New Zealand
Established	1963
Format	Stroke play
Final year	1967
Final champion
	Walter Godfrey

The Metalcraft Tournament was a golf tournament held in New Zealand from 1963 to 1967. Peter Thomson won the event twice, tying in 1963 and winning outright in 1965.

Winners[]

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref
1963	Ted Ball Peter Thomson	Australia Australia	Palmerston North	287	−5	Tied		^[1]
1964	Bill Dunk	Australia	Manawatu Golf Club	274	−14	5 strokes	Kel Nagle	^[2]
1965	Peter Thomson	Australia	Hamilton Golf Club	208	−8	3 strokes	Barry Coxon Walter Godfrey Alan Murray Ross Newdick	^[3]
1966	Bob Charles	New Zealand	Hamilton Golf Club	273	−15	3 strokes	Clive Clark	^[4]
1967	Walter Godfrey	New Zealand	Miramar Golf Club	282	−2	1 stroke	Frank Phillips	^[5]

References[]

^ "Thomson Misses Putt, Shares Prize". The Age. 4 September 1963. p. 25.
^ "Dunk wins N.Z. golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 November 1964. p. 25.
^ "Thomson wins again in NZ". The Age. 24 November 1965. p. 20.
^ "Bob Charles wins with record 273". The Age. 7 December 1966. p. 22.
^ "Maori wins NZ circuit golf tournament". The Canberra Times. Vol. 42, no. 11874. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 December 1967. p. 16. Retrieved 29 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

[1] "Thomson Misses Putt, Shares Prize". The Age. 4 September 1963. p. 25.

[2] "Dunk wins N.Z. golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 November 1964. p. 25.

[3] "Thomson wins again in NZ". The Age. 24 November 1965. p. 20.

[4] "Bob Charles wins with record 273". The Age. 7 December 1966. p. 22.

[5] "Maori wins NZ circuit golf tournament". The Canberra Times. Vol. 42, no. 11874. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 December 1967. p. 16. Retrieved 29 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

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