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.

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[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.