New Zealand Wills Masters

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New Zealand Wills Masters
Tournament information
LocationNew Zealand
Established1965
Final year1967
Final champion
Bob Charles and Martin Roesink

The New Zealand Wills Masters was a golf tournament held in New Zealand played from 1965 to 1967. The Wills Classic had been held in New Zealand in 1963 and 1964. A Wills Masters tournament was also held in Australia from 1963. The tournament had prize money of NZ£2,000 in 1966 and NZ$4,000 in 1967. The sponsor was W.D. & H.O. Wills, a cigarette manufacturer.

Winners[]

Year Winner Country Venue Score Margin
of victory		 Runner-up Winner's
share		 Ref
1965  Australia 276 5 strokes Australia Kel Nagle [1]
1966 Peter Thomson
  Australia
 Australia		 275 Tie Title shared [2]
1967 Bob Charles
Martin Roesink		  New Zealand
 Netherlands		 278 Tie Title shared [3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Victorian wins NZ Wills Masters". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, no. 11, 343. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 20 December 1965. p. 18. Retrieved 23 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Woolbank, Thomson tie golf". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 546. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 November 1966. p. 16. Retrieved 23 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Roesink ties with 67". The Age. 4 December 1967. p. 23.
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