SBS Invitational

The SBS Invitational was a 72-hole amateur stroke-play team championship played, from 1977 to 2015, between the 15 golf associations of New Zealand. It also acted as the New Zealand Teams Stroke Play Championships. It was permanently hosted at the Invercargill Golf Club in Otatara, Invercargill. It was mostly played in the first weekend of March, although later events were played at other times. It was played for the Macquarie Cup. To celebrate 30 years of the Invitational, a team from Australia was sent to compete in the tournament. The event was axed in 2016 because of scheduling problems.[1]

## Format

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Played on Saturday and Sunday, a 72-hole team championship with the four lowest scores from each team of five counting in each stroke-play round. The teams included 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.

## Macquarie Cup

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Year | Winner | Score

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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/Wanganui | 1167
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 | Auckland | 1142
2012 | Manawatu/Wanganui | 1133
2013 | Auckland | 1144
2014 | Bay of Plenty | 881
2015 | Otago | 1184

* Played over 54 holes in 1977, 1979, 1989 and 2014

## Player of the Tournament

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Year | Winner | Province | Score

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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 | North Harbour | 279
2011 | Ryan Fox | Auckland | 280
2012 | Blair Riordan | Tasman | 276
2013 | Brent McEwan | St Clair | 273
2014 | Luke Toomey | Waikato | 214
2015 | Ryan Chisnall | Tasman | 287

* Air New Zealand Cup 1977–2002
* Russell Haywood Memorial 2003–2015

## References

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1. ^ Savory, Logan (12 August 2016). "Premier Southland golf tournament axed after 40 years". Stuff.co.nz.

## External links

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* Coverage on New Zealand Golf site