Metalcraft Tournament

Metalcraft Tournament

Tournament information
Location	Wellington, New Zealand
Established	1963
Course(s)	Miramir Links
Par	71
Tour(s)	New Zealand Golf Circuit
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	NZ$4,000
Month played	December
Final year	1967
Tournament record score
Aggregate	273 Bob Charles (1966)
To par	−15 as above
Final champion
Walter Godfrey
Location map
Miramir Links Location in New Zealand

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. The event was part of the New Zealand Golf Circuit.

Winners

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

References

1. "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.
2. "Bob Charles wins with record 273". The Age. 7 December 1966. p. 22.
3. "Thomson wins again in NZ". The Age. 24 November 1965. p. 20.
4. "Dunk wins N.Z. golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 November 1964. p. 25.
5. "Thomson Misses Putt, Shares Prize". The Age. 4 September 1963. p. 25.