Garden City Classic

Garden City Classic
Tournament information
Location	Christchurch, New Zealand
Established	1969
Course(s)	Russley Golf Club
Par	73
Format	Stroke play
Final year	1975
Tournament record score
Aggregate	269 Jerry Heard (1971)
To par	−23 as above
Final champion
	John Lister

The Garden City Classic was a golf tournament held in New Zealand from 1969 to 1975. The event was hosted by Russley Golf Club in Christchurch. Russley hosted the New Zealand Airlines Classic in 1976.

John Lister won the event in four successive years, from 1972 to 1975.[1]

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref
1975	John Lister (4)	New Zealand	283	−9	3 strokes	Stewart Ginn	[1]
1974	John Lister (3)	New Zealand	274	−18	6 strokes	Bob Shearer Ian Stanley	[2]
1973	John Lister (2)	New Zealand	277	−15	1 stroke	David Good Bob Shearer	[3]
1972	John Lister	New Zealand	280	−12	1 stroke	Bob Charles	[4]
1971	Jerry Heard	United States	269	−23	5 strokes	Bob Charles	[5]
1970	Peter Harvey	Australia	281	−11	2 strokes	Bob Charles Bob Tuohy	[6]
1969	Kel Nagle	Australia	272	−20	2 strokes	John Lister	[7]

References

"Tourney to Lister". The Canberra Times. 50 (14, 243). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 December 1975. p. 16. Retrieved 9 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
"Third win to Lister". The Canberra Times. 49 (13, 933). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 December 1974. p. 16. Retrieved 9 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
"Good 7 ahead – then crash". The Age. 10 December 1973. p. 24.
"NZ golf win to Lister by stroke". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 December 1972. p. 17.
"Heard has five-stroke win in NZ". The Age. 22 November 1971. p. 20.
"Australian wins NZ golf". The Canberra Times. 45 (12, 676). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 December 1970. p. 16. Retrieved 9 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
"Nagle wins by two shots". The Age. 8 December 1969. p. 21.

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[gcc1975-1] "Tourney to Lister". The Canberra Times. 50 (14, 243). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 December 1975. p. 16. Retrieved 9 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "Third win to Lister". The Canberra Times. 49 (13, 933). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 December 1974. p. 16. Retrieved 9 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Good 7 ahead – then crash". The Age. 10 December 1973. p. 24.

[4] "NZ golf win to Lister by stroke". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 December 1972. p. 17.

[5] "Heard has five-stroke win in NZ". The Age. 22 November 1971. p. 20.

[6] "Australian wins NZ golf". The Canberra Times. 45 (12, 676). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 December 1970. p. 16. Retrieved 9 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

[7] "Nagle wins by two shots". The Age. 8 December 1969. p. 21.