New Zealand Amateur

The New Zealand Amateur is the national amateur golf championship of New Zealand. It has been played annually since 1893, except for the war years, and is organised by New Zealand Golf.

New Zealand Amateur
Tournament information
LocationNew Zealand
Established1893
FormatStroke play and match play
Current champion
James Hydes

Currently the event is played over five days and consists of a 36-hole stroke-play qualifying stage after which the leading 32 play five rounds of match-play. The final is over 36 holes.

History

The first tournament was organised by Otago Golf Club "open to members of any recognised Now Zealand club" held on 30 November and 1 and 2 December 1893, "for the amateur championship of the colony."[1] 16 players entered, primarily from the home club.[2] Two rounds were played on the first day, with the semi-finals on the second morning.[3] The final was played on the third morning between two members of the Otago club, James Somerville and Henry Rose. Somerville won the first four holes but Rose won the next three. Somerville then won five of the next seven to win 6&4.[4] Somerville had only recently arrived in New Zealand, having graduated from Edinburgh University in 1891.[5]

The first championship meeting was held at Christchurch Golf Club in July 1894, with the amateur championship being the main event.[6] The championship was played from 24 to 26 July with two rounds on each of the first two days and the final on the third afternoon.[7] The final was between Hugh MacNeil and James Scott, both from the Otago club, and resulted in a easy win for MacNeil by a score of 7&6.[8]

The 1895 championship meeting was held in the North Island for the first time, at Hutt Golf Club near Wellington, although there were suggestions that it should be played at the newly-opened Wellington Golf Club at Miramar.[9] Until World War I, the venue generally alternated between the north and south islands.

In 1900, Arthur Duncan became the first multiple winner, having also won in 1899. He beat Hugh MacNeil, also a previous winner, in the final.[10] In 1901, Duncan won for the third successive year, winning the final by a score of 9 & 7, the first final to be played over 36 holes.[11] Duncan won again in 1905, while Spencer Gollan became the second multiple winner in 1906, having previously won in 1902. The inaugural New Zealand Open was played in 1907 and the 36-hole event was won by Arthur Duncan who won his fifth Amateur Championship a few days later.

Up to 1907 the event was a pure match-play event. However, with the expansion of the New Zealand Open to 72 holes and the increasing number of entries, a change was made in 1908. The final two rounds of the Open acted as qualifying rounds for the Amateur Championship, after which the leading 32 players played 5 rounds of match-play.[12]

in the period before World War I, Arthur Duncan continued his success in the event, winning in 1909, 1911 and 1914, and he remained undefeated in the final, having won all 8 of those he had reached. He won by a record margin of 11 & 10 in 1911 and repeated the feat in 1914. The other successful player in this period was Bernard Wood who was runner-up in 1910 and then won twice in succession, 1912 and 1913.

Winners

YearVenueWinnerScoreRunner-up Ref.
2020Poverty Bay GC James Hydes3 & 2 Charlie Smail [13]
2019Remuera GC Sam Jones4 & 3 Mitchell Kale [14]
2018Wairakei GC Charlie Smail5 & 4 Kerry Mountcastle [15]
2017Russley GC Daniel Hillier (2)10 & 9 Tom Parker [16]
2016Royal Wellington GC Louis Dobbelaar2 & 1 Peter Spearman-Burn [17]
2015Titirangi GC Daniel Hillier6 & 5 Sam Vincent [18]
2014Nelson GC Joshua Munn37 holes Tae Koh [19]
2013Manawatu GC Kadin Neho3 & 2 Ryan Chisnall [20]
2012Mount Maunganui GC Vaughan McCall6 & 5 Peter Lee [21]
2011Russley GC Mathew Perry4 & 2 Steven Heyes [22]
2010Hastings GC Matt Jager (2)7 & 6 Brad Kendall [23]
2009Titirangi GC Matt Jager6 & 5 Nicol van Wyk [24]
2008Paraparaumu Beach GC Thomas Spearman-Burn4 & 2 Kevin Smith [25]
2007Hamilton GC Danny Lee7 & 5 Nick Gillespie [26]
2006Coringa CC Andrew Green1 up Mitchell Brown [27]
2005Manawatu GC Mitchell Brown1 up Andrew Dodt [28]
2004Taupo GC Gavin Flint5 & 4 Jarrod Lyle [29]
2003Chisholm Park GC James Nitties3 & 2 Hamish Robertson [30]
2002Auckland GC Marcus Fraser2 & 1 Eddie Lee [31]
2001Mount Maunganui GC Ben Gallie37 holes Matthew Peter [32]
2000Christchurch GC Eddie Burgess5 & 3 Andrew Webster [33]
1999Remuera GC Andrew Duffin8 & 7 Carl Brooking [34]
1998Paraparaumu Beach GC Bryce MacDonald4 & 2 Trevor Immelman [35]
1997Harewood GC Chris Johns
1996Napier GC David Somervaille Karl Kitchingham
1995Manawatu GC Simon Bittle
1994Hamilton GC Paul Fitzgibbon3 & 1 Richard Best [36]
1993New Plymouth GC Phil Tataurangi6 & 4 Rob Elkington [37]
1992Otago GC Richard Lee
1991Poverty Bay GC Lucas Parsons2 & 1 Grant Moorhead [38]
1990Nelson GC Michael Long David Podlich
1989Taupo GC Lester Peterson6 & 4 Tony Christie [39]
1988North Shore GC Bradley Hughes2 up Lester Peterson [40]
1987Waitikiri GC Owen Kendall
1986Hutt GC Peter O'Malley3 & 1 Stephen Taylor [41]
1985Mount Maunganui GC Gerard Power7 & 6 Michael Barltrop [42]
1984St. Clair GC Jeff Wagner2 & 1 Tony Dight [43]
1983Titirangi GC Colin Taylor
1982Manawatu GC Ian Peters2 & 1 Roger Mackay [44]
1981Timaru GC Terry Cochrane
1980Lochiel GC Paul Hartstone
1979Paraparaumu Beach GC John Durry (4)
1978Hastings GC Frank Nobilo Peter Maude
1977Russley GC Terry Pulman (2)
1976New Plymouth GC Terry Pulman
1975Nelson GC Stuart Reese10 & 9 Stephen Barron [45]
1974Manukau GC Rodney Barltrop
1973Springfield GC Mike Nicholson
1972Waitikiri GC Ross Murray
1971Hutt GC Stuart Jones (7)
1970Manawatu GC Ted McDougall (2)
1969Nelson GC Graham Stevenson2 & 1 Ted McDougall [46]
1968Titirangi GC Bruce Stevens
1967Hastings GC John Durry (3)
1966Russley GC Stuart Jones (6)
1965Miramar GC John Durry (2)
1964Hamilton GC Stuart Jones (5)37 holes Ted McDougall [47]
1963Wanganui GC John Durry6 & 5 Ross Murray [48]
1962Titirangi GC Stuart Jones (4)
1961New Plymouth GC Stuart Jones (3) Ross Newdick
1960Invercargill GC Ross Newdick8 & 7 Ian Woodbury [49]
1959Paraparaumu Beach GC Stuart Jones (2)5 & 4 John Durry [50]
1958Hamilton GC Walter Godfrey2 & 1 Guy Horne [51]
1957Manawatu GC Ted McDougall5 & 4 W. W. Smith [52]
1956Christchurch GC Peter Toogood3 & 2 Bob Charles [53]
1955Auckland GC Stuart Jones
1954Wellington GC Tim Woon (4)3 & 2 Bob Charles [54]
1953Otago GC Tim Woon (3)6 & 4 Ron Timms [55]
1952Wanganui GC Harry Berwick7 & 6 Jack Coogan [56]
1951Titirangi GC Tim Woon (2)7 & 6 M J Thornton [57]
1950Christchurch GC Tim Woon9 & 7 Tony Gibbs [58]
1949Hastings GC Joe Holden6 & 5 Denny Sutherland [59]
1948Otago GC Tony Gibbs2 & 1 Bob Glading [60]
1947New Plymouth GC Bryan Silk (3)2 & 1 Bill Edgar [61]
1946Manawatu GC Guy Horne4 & 3 Bert Reilly [62]
1940–1945 No tournament due to World War II
1939Miramar GC John Hornabrook (3)2 & 1 Arthur Kitto [63]
1938Otago GC Pax Smith4 & 3 Bert Reilly [64]
1937Hamilton GC Bryan Silk (2)9 & 8 Arthur Kitto [65]
1936New Plymouth GC John Hornabrook (2)6 & 5 Leslie Cathro [66]
1935Christchurch GC John Hornabrook5 & 4 Bryan Silk [67]
1934Wanganui GC Bryan Silk5 & 4 Jack Mortland [68]
1933Titirangi GC Pip Wright12 & 11 Harold Black [69]
1932Wellington GC Rana Wagg (2)37 holes Bill Horton [70]
1931Christchurch GC Rana Wagg2 & 1 Arthur Duncan [71]
1930Manawatu GC Harold Black6 & 4 Jack Black [72]
1929Wanganui GC Sloan Morpeth (3)37 holes Jack Black [73]
1928Otago GC Bill Horton (2)1 up Jack Black [74]
1927Hamilton GC Sloan Morpeth (2)6 & 5 Bill Horton [75]
1926Miramar GC Arthur Duncan (10)6 & 5 Leo Quin [76]
1925Christchurch GC Bill Horton9 & 8 Arthur Duncan [77]
1924Auckland GC Leo Quin8 & 7 Jack Goss [78]
1923Wanganui GC Jack Goss1 up Arthur Duncan [79]
1922Manawatu GC Arthur Duncan (9)10 & 9 Bill Horton [80]
1921Christchurch GC Alex Sime5 & 4 Jack Black [81]
1920Hamilton GC Sloan Morpeth8 & 6 Kenneth Ross [82]
1919Napier GC Hugh Crosse38 holes Arthur Duncan [83]
1915–1918 No tournament due to World War I
1914Auckland GC Arthur Duncan (8)11 & 10 Jack Harold [84]
1913Otago GC Bernard Wood (2)5 & 4 Kenneth Ross [85]
1912Wellington GC Bernard Wood6 & 5 Harold Wright [86]
1911Wanganui GC Arthur Duncan (7)11 & 10 Gordon Dodgshun [87]
1910Christchurch GC Harold Lusk2 up Bernard Wood [88]
1909Auckland GC Arthur Duncan (6)3 & 1 John Burns [89]
1908Otago GC Hamilton Smith3 & 1 Harold Lusk [90]
1907Napier GC Arthur Duncan (5)10 & 9 Harold Lusk [91]
1906Christchurch GC Spencer Gollan (2)8 & 7 William Harman [92]
1905Auckland GC Arthur Duncan (4)5 & 4 Kenneth Duncan [93]
1904Otago GC Arthur Fisher3 & 2 George MacEwan [94]
1903Napier GC Kurupo Tareha3 & 1 Edward Nicolaus [95]
1902Christchurch GC Spencer Gollan3 & 1 Charles Gillies [96]
1901Auckland GC Arthur Duncan (3)9 & 7 Wilfred Colbeck [11]
1900Otago GC Arthur Duncan (2)3 & 1 Hugh MacNeil [10]
1899Wellington GC Arthur Duncan5 & 4 Norman Perston [97]
1898Christchurch GC William Pryde5 & 4 Edmond Wilder [98]
1897Auckland GC David Pryde4 & 2 Ross Gore [99][100]
1896Otago GC Stanley Todd2 up Hugh MacNeil [101]
1895Hutt GC George Gosset5 & 3 Edmond Wilder [102]
1894Christchurch GC Hugh MacNeil7 & 6 James Scott [8]
1893Otago GC James Somerville6 & 4 Henry Rose [4]

Early finals were over 18 holes but all finals since 1901 have been over 36 holes.

Source:[103]

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