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had been held in 1952, 1955 and 1958. However it was not until 1963 that a formal "circuit" was organised. In its first season it was held in late August and
September but from 1964 it was moved to a later date, generally starting in mid-November. Initially the
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The circuit enjoyed considerable success for a number of years, but by 1979β80 it had been reduced to just three events. From 1980 the New
Zealand events were incorporated into the
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was an annual series of professional tournaments held in New
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A small number of professional tournaments had been held in New
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schedule and a combined Order of Merit was produced.
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1230:Golf Tour of New Zealand
732:– via Papers Past.
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654:– via Papers Past.
143:New Zealand Golf Circuit
134:Golf Tour of New Zealand
29:New Zealand Golf Circuit
23:Golf Tour of New Zealand
1331:Professional golf tours
1210:eGolf Professional Tour
1062:Asian Tour-affiliated:
1035:PGA Tour of Australasia
1280:PGA Tour LatinoamΓ©rica
1148:Minor League Golf Tour
1128:All Thailand Golf Tour
987:Asian Development Tour
16:Professional golf tour
748:Sydney Morning Herald
175:PGA Tour of Australia
1295:Tour de las AmΓ©ricas
1179:European Senior Tour
1153:Philippine Golf Tour
1011:Japan Challenge Tour
766:Akron Beacon Journal
159:Wiseman's Tournament
79:Based in New Zealand
1326:Golf in New Zealand
1250:Norwegian Golf Tour
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1184:PGA Tour Champions
1092:Nordic Golf League
181:Money list winners
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1205:Asia Golf Circuit
1104:Swedish Golf Tour
1028:PGA Tour Americas
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744:"Top of the list"
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155:Caltex Tournament
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88:Money list titles
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1220:Gateway Tour
1172:Senior tours
1133:Charles Tour
1100:Finnish Tour
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617:Charles Tour
600:Bruce Devlin
418:Graham Marsh
216:Rodger Davis
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130:Charles Tour
126:competitions
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60:First season
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1087:Korean Tour
1056:Other tours
523:Bob Charles
485:Bob Charles
463:Bob Charles
395:Bob Charles
350:Bob Charles
328:John Lister
283:John Lister
238:Bob Charles
117:Bob Charles
100:Bob Charles
84:Most titles
1320:Categories
1215:Forme Tour
1077:China Tour
982:Asian Tour
728:2 November
702:2 November
676:2 November
650:2 November
623:References
306:Bill Brask
261:David Good
1072:Alps Tour
1064:MENA Tour
722:The Press
696:The Press
670:The Press
644:The Press
567:Kel Nagle
440:Kel Nagle
373:Bill Dunk
76:Countries
1285:PGT Asia
1163:TPG Tour
1143:LIV Golf
1018:PGA Tour
611:See also
1126:Other:
924:1979β80
919:1978β79
914:1977β78
909:1976β77
904:1975β76
899:1974β75
894:1973β74
889:1972β73
884:1971β72
879:1970β71
866:1969β70
861:1968β69
784:The Age
582:Points
451:1968β69
428:1969β70
406:1970β71
400:10,588
383:1971β72
361:1972β73
355:10,100
338:1973β74
332:12,075
316:1974β75
310:15,894
294:1975β76
288:15,737
271:1976β77
265:18,853
249:1977β78
243:21,548
226:1978β79
220:15,932
204:1979β80
149:History
124:Related
52:Founder
44:Founded
579:Winner
576:Season
571:1,741
549:1,568
527:1,595
498:Winner
495:Season
490:3,040
445:8,925
422:8,400
377:7,759
191:Winner
188:Season
68:Ceased
34:Sport
1102:and
856:1967
851:1966
846:1965
841:1964
836:1963
730:2023
704:2023
678:2023
652:2023
588:1963
555:1964
533:1965
511:1966
473:1967
196:NZ$
141:The
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63:1963
47:1963
38:Golf
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