Mount Maunganui
The main tournaments played at Mount Maunganui are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on the winners, their scores and prize money.
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Played as the New Zealand PGA Championship (next played in 2002). Won by defending champion Frank Nobilo (NZ). [Mount Maunganui GC, Tauranga, NZ].
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Played as the New Zealand PGA Championship (Dec 28-31). Second-placed Brett Ogle (Aus) finished 2 shots behind Frank Nobilo (NZ). [Mount Maunganui GC, Tauranga, NZ].
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Played as the New Zealand PGA Championship (Dec 29, 1984-Jan 1, 1985). Second-placed Frank Nobilo (NZ) finished 3 shots behind Greg Turner (NZ). [Mount Maunganui GC, Tauranga, NZ].
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Played as the New Zealand PGA Championship (Dec 8-11). Second-placed Vaughan Somers (Aus) finished 2 shots behind Graham Marsh (Aus). [Mount Maunganui GC, Tauranga, NZ].
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Played as the New Zealand PGA Championship (Dec 9-12). Second-placed Jack Newton (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Stuart Reese (NZ). [Mount Maunganui GC, Tauranga, NZ].
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Played as the New Zealand PGA Championship (Dec 30-Jan 2). Second-placed Guy Wolstenholme (Eng) finished 3 shots behind Bob Charles (NZ). [Mount Maunganui GC, Tauranga, NZ].
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Played as the New Zealand PGA Championship (Jan 6-9). Second-placed Bob Charles (NZ) and John Downie (Eng) finished 1 shot behind defending champion John Lister (NZ), who birdied the final hole to clinch the last of his three wins in this event. [Mount Maunganui GC, Tauranga, NZ].
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Played as the New Zealand PGA Championship (Jan 2-5). Second-placed Lindsay Sharp (Aus) finished 5 shots behind Kel Nagle (Aus), who recorded his third straight NZ PGA title, and last of his seven wins in this event. [Mount Maunganui GC, Tauranga, NZ].
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Played as the New Zealand PGA Championship (Jan 4-7). Second-placed John Carter (NZ) finished 4 shots behind 52-year-old Kel Nagle (Aus). [Mount Maunganui GC, Tauranga, NZ].
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Played as the New Zealand PGA Championship (Jan 6-9). Second-placed Bob Charles (NZ) and Takashi Murakami (Jpn) finished 7 shots behind 24-year-old Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn). This was the legendary Japanese player's only significant tournament win outside of his native Japan. [Mount Maunganui GC, Tauranga, NZ].
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Played as the New Zealand PGA Championship (Jan 7-10). Second-placed Graham Marsh (Aus) and Vic Bennetts (Aus) finished 8 shots behind John Lister (NZ). [Mount Maunganui GC, Tauranga, NZ].
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Played as the New Zealand PGA Championship (Jan 8-11). Second-placed John Lister (NZ) finished 3 shots behind Kel Nagle (Aus). [Mount Maunganui GC, Tauranga, NZ].
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Played as the New Zealand PGA Championship (Jan 6-9). Second-placed Bob Charles (NZ) and John Lister (NZ) finished 1 shot behind 21-year-old Terry Kendall (NZ), who recorded his first major tournament win. [Mount Maunganui GC, Tauranga, NZ].
Aus/NZ
Stars Travel
Played as the Stars Travel New Zealand PGA Championship (Jan 4-7). Second-placed Bob Stanton (Aus) and Walter Godfrey (NZ) finished 1 shot behind Robert J. "Bob" Shaw (Aus). [Mount Maunganui GC, Tauranga, NZ].
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Played as the New Zealand PGA Championship (Jan 6-9). Second-placed and defending champion Barry Coxon (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Ross Newdick (NZ). [Mount Maunganui GC, Tauranga, NZ].
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Played as the New Zealand PGA Championship (Jan 8-10; first time as a stroke play event). Second-placed and defending champion Bob Tuohy (Aus) finished 2 shots behind Barry Coxon (Aus). [Mount Maunganui GC, Tauranga, NZ].
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