SBS Invitational

The SBS Invitational is a 72-hole amateur stroke play team championship played between the 15 golf associations of New Zealand. It also combines as the New Zealand Teams Stroke Play Championships. It is permanently hosted at the Invercargill Golf Club in Otatara, Invercargill. It is always played in the first weekend of March. Teams include Aorangi, Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu/Wanganui, North Harbour, Northland, Otago, Poverty Bay/East Coast, Southland, Taranaki, Tasman, Waikato, and Wellington. It is played over four rounds and teams playoff for the Macquarie Cup. A large number of professional golfers currently performing with distinction on various circuits around the world, have participated in the Invitational during their amateur careers - Michael Campbell, Craig Perks, Frank Nobilo, Grant Waite, Greg Turner, Phil Tataurangi, Stephan Scahill, Tim Wilkinson, Grant Moorhead, Steven Alker, Marcus Wheelhouse, Elliot Boult, Stephen Scahill and David Smail to name but a few. To celebrate 30 years of the Invitational, a team from Australia has been sent to complete in the tournament.

Tournament format

Macquarie Cup

Year Winner Score
1977 Southland 923
1979 Auckland 885
1980 Otago 1167
1981 Auckland 1169
1982 Canterbury 1200
1983 Canterbury 1163
1984 Canterbury 1194
1985 Southland 1191
1986 Canterbury 1164
1987 Auckland 1169
1988 Auckland 1181
1989 Wellington 878
1990 Canterbury 1177
1991 Auckland 1166
1992 Wellington 1145
1993 Auckland 1187
1994 Tasman 1163
1995 Tasman 1179
1996 Wellington 1169
1997 Canterbury 1186
1998 Canterbury 1154
1999 Wellington 1148
2000 Canterbury 1130
2001 Bay of Plenty 1167
2002 Manawatu/Wanganui1167
2003 Bay of Plenty 1144
2004 Waikato 1139
2005 Auckland 1152
2006 Bay of Plenty 1176
2007 North Harbour 1141
2008 Auckland 1171
2009 North Harbour 1158
2010 Auckland 1130
2011
2012 Manawatu/Wanganui 1133

Founders Trophy

The bottom seven teams (plus or minus ties, as decided by the Committee) after Saturday’s play shall also compete for "The Founders Trophy". The winner being the team from this group with the lowest two round total on the final day.

Year Winner
1990 Southland
1991 Tasman
1992 Hawkes Bay
1993 Canterbury
1994 Aorangi
1995 Canterbury
1996 Taranaki
1997 Hawkes Bay
1998 Tasman
1999 Auckland
2000 North Harbour
2001 Tasman
2002 Bay of Plenty
2003 Southland
2004 Otago
2005 Canterbury
2006 Taranaki
2007 Manawatu/Wanganui
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012 Wellington

Player of the Tournament

Year Winner Province Score
1977 C E Taylor Waikato 221
1979 P K Creighton Auckland 217
1980 Rodney Barltrop Wellington 284
1981 N A Gaskin Manawatu/Wanganui 285
1982 J N Williamson Canterbury 292
1983 Michael Atkinson Otago 283
1984 J N Williamson Canterbury 292
1985 N A Gaskin Manawatu/Wanganui 288
1986 G W Goldfinch Auckland 286
1987 F J Poskitt Canterbury 292
1988 L G Phelps Wellington 291
1989 B G Paterson Canterbury 214
1990 H Morgan Tasman 287
1991 Steve Alker Waikato 283
1992 Tony Christie Canterbury 281
1993 Marcus Wheelhouse Auckland 290
1994 G Domigan Tasman 285
1995 M Lloyd Bay of Plenty 291
1996 G MacFarlane Bay of Plenty 283
1997 David Rattray Southland 288
1998 Carl Brooking Canterbury 282
1999 Reon Sayer Wellington 280
2000 Gareth Paddison Wellington 279
2001 K Skellern Bay of Plenty 288
2002 Tim Wilkinson Manawatu/Wanganui 279
2003 Matthew Holten Waikato 275
2004 Joshua Carmichael North Harbour 278
2005 Kevin Chun Auckland 279
2006 David Rattray Canterbury 286
2007 Rohan Blizard Australia 273
2008 Sean Riordan Tasman 286
2009 Scott Johnson North Harbour 281
2010 Simon Brownlee 279
2011 Ryan Fox 280
2012 Blair Riordan Tasman 276

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