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was a series of golf tournaments held in
Australia and New Zealand from 1960 to 1964. The first event in 1960 was contested by four players over nine different courses between 17 September and 2 October; the winner determined by the aggregate score. Total prize money was A£5,100. The players were
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and the
Classic event was moved to New Zealand. The New Zealand tournaments were part of the
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609:"Player's triumph - Tragic shot fatal for Cremin"
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233:and had prize money of NZ£2,000. The sponsor was
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542:"Ball takes five stroke win in Wills Classic"
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667:"Marathon golf to Thomson"
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594:The Sydney Morning Herald
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231:New Zealand Golf Circuit
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570:"Win to Devlin in N.Z."
114:Tournament record score
25:Tournament information
235:W.D. & H.O. Wills
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185:Royal Wellington GC
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265:Runner(s)-up
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211:Stan Leonard
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161:Location map
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98:Month played
713:ITC Limited
515:Gary Player
470:Eric Cremin
449:Gary Player
310:Barry Coxon
215:Gary Player
193:New Zealand
81:Stroke play
41:Established
687:Categories
528:References
326:Wellington
106:Final year
87:Prize fund
34:Wellington
504:3 strokes
475:The Lakes
459:3 strokes
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380:Kel Nagle
358:4 strokes
321:Bob Tuohy
299:5 strokes
260:Margin of
119:Aggregate
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136:as above
124:Ted Ball
30:Location
519:Various
385:Russley
262:victory
241:Winners
67:Tour(s)
257:To par
251:Winner
131:To par
126:(1964)
77:Format
271:Ref.
268:Venue
254:Score
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248:Year
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