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1965 New Zealand Golf Circuit season
Duration18 November 1965 (1965-11-18) – 18 December 1965 (1965-12-18)
Number of official events7
Most winsAustralia Peter Thomson (4)
Money listAustralia Peter Thomson
1964 1966

The 1965 New Zealand Golf Circuit was the third season of the New Zealand Golf Circuit, the main professional golf tour in New Zealand since it was established in 1963.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1965 season.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(£NZ)
Winner Notes
21 Nov New Zealand Open Auckland 1,500 Australia Peter Thomson (3)
23 Nov Metalcraft Tournament Waikato 1,000 Australia Peter Thomson (4)
27 Nov Caltex Tournament Wellington 2,000 Australia Peter Thomson (5)
30 Nov Wattie's Tournament Hawke's Bay 1,500 New Zealand Stuart Jones (a) (1)
4 Dec Forest Products Tournament Waikato 2,000 Australia Kel Nagle (4)
11 Dec BP Tournament Auckland 2,000 Australia Kel Nagle (5)
Australia Peter Thomson (6)
Title shared
18 Dec New Zealand Wills Masters Canterbury 2,000 Australia Geoff Donald (1) New tournament

Money list

The money list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated in New Zealand pounds.

Position Player Prize money (£NZ)
1 Australia Peter Thomson 1,568
2 Australia Kel Nagle 1,363
3 Australia John Sullivan 995
4 England Guy Wolstenholme 887
5 South Africa Cedric Amm 840

Notes

  1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of New Zealand Golf Circuit events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for New Zealand Golf Circuit members.

References

  1. "£12,000 golf circuit". The Press. No. 30796. 7 July 1965. p. 13. Retrieved 2 November 2023 – via Papers Past.
  2. "Most money to Thomson". The Press. No. 30938. 20 December 1965. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2023 – via Papers Past.
New Zealand Golf Circuit seasons
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