Gareth Paddison

Gareth Paddison (born 13 May 1980) is a New Zealand professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour of Australasia.

Gareth Paddison
Paddison at the 2008 European Masters
Personal information
Born (1980-05-13) 13 May 1980
Wellington, New Zealand
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight163 lb (74 kg; 11.6 st)
Nationality New Zealand
Career
Turned professional2001
Current tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
OneAsia Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins8
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia4
Challenge Tour1
Other3

As an amateur, Paddison won the New Zealand Amateur Stroke Play Championship and the Queensland Amateur Championship 1999 and the Canadian Amateur Championship in 2001. He also represented New Zealand at the Eisenhower Trophy in 2000. He turned professional in 2001.

Paddison was named the Norman Von Nida Australasian PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in 2002 after he won the Scenic Circle Hotels Golf Classic. He also played on the Challenge Tour that year where he finished in 3rd at the Izki Challenge de España. In 2004 he won the Victorian Open on the Von Nida Tour while finishing in a tie for second at the Skandia PGA Open on the Challenge Tour. He picked up his first win on the Challenge Tour in 2007 at the Open des Volcans. He earned his European Tour card for 2008 by going through qualifying school but he wasn't able to retain his card even though he recorded five top-25 finishes.

His father, Gary, played for the New Zealand national football team in the 1970s.

Amateur wins (4)

Professional wins (8)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (4)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 24 Mar 2002 Scenic Circle Hotels Dunedin Classic −17 (66-69-68-64=267) 3 strokes Brad Andrews
2 27 Feb 2011 Cellarbrations Queensland PGA Championship −18 (67-67-62-66=262) 2 strokes Terry Pilkadaris, Kieran Pratt
3 19 Feb 2012 Adroit Insurance Group Victorian PGA Championship −7 (67-69-67-74=277) 1 stroke Leighton Lyle
4 9 Feb 2014 Lexus of Blackburn Victorian PGA Championship (2) −16 (67-68-66-71=272) 1 stroke Michael Hendry

Challenge Tour wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 8 Jul 2007 AGF-Allianz Open des Volcans -
Challenge de France		 −11 (70-69-68-66=273) 6 strokes Leif Westerberg

Von Nida Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 25 Jan 2004 Victorian Open −12 (71-66-67=204) 5 strokes Richard Green, Paul Sheehan

Other wins (2)
  • 2000 Waikato Stroke Play Championship
  • 2016 Fiji Open

New Zealand national team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also
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