{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox golf tournament | name = Otago Charity Classic | image = | location = St Clair, New Zealand | establishment = 1970 | course = St Clair Golf Club | par = 72 | tour = New Zealand Golf Circuit | format = Stroke play | month_played = November | purse = {{currency|40,000|NZD}} | final_year = 1978 | aggregate = 271 Seve Ballesteros (1977) | to-par = −17 ''as above'' | final_champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Krantz | coordinates = {{coord|-45.911|170.474}} | map = New Zealand | map_label = St Clair GC | map_caption = Location in New Zealand | map_relief = yes | map_label_position = | map_size = }} The '''Otago Charity Classic''' was a golf tournament held in New Zealand from 1970 to 1978.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/other-sport/golf-down-under-1604190 |title=Golf down under |newspaper=Evening Chronicle |date=1 December 2005}}</ref> The event was hosted by St Clair Golf Club in Dunedin.
== History == The event was part of the New Zealand Golf Circuit.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19710910.2.171 |title=ANOTHER BIG INCREASE Golf circuit now worth $91,500 |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> John Lister won the event in successive years, 1973 and 1974. Kel Nagle also won the tournament twice, in 1970 and 1976. Gaylord Burrows won A$9,200 for a hole-in-one in the final event in 1978.<ref name="occ1978" />
==Winners== {|class=wikitable style="font-size:95%" !Year !! Winner !! Score !! To par !! Margin of<br>victory !! Runner-up !! Ref. |- | 1978 || {{Flagicon|USA}} Mike Krantz|| align="center" |278 || align=center|−10 || 3 strokes || {{flagicon|AUS}} Rodger Davis || <ref name=occ1978>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tvpUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fZIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3616%2C5985762 |newspaper=The Age |title=Mike upstaged by Gaylord |date=27 November 1978 |page=27}}</ref> |- | 1977 || {{Flagicon|ESP|1977}} Seve Ballesteros || align="center" |271 || align=center|−17 || 3 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} Bob Byman || <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110881247 |title=In Brief Ballesteros wins golf |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=52 |issue=14,949 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=5 December 1977 |access-date=9 May 2019 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |- | 1976 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Kel Nagle (2) || align="center" |274 || align=center|−14 || 4 strokes || {{flagicon|NZL}} Bob Charles || <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article250572355 |title=Nagle, with 14 under, takes Classic |newspaper=Papua New Guinea Post-courier |location=International, Australia |date=29 November 1976 |access-date=9 May 2019 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |- | 1975 || {{Flagicon|USA}} Hal Underwood|| align="center" |282 || align=center|−6 || Playoff || {{flagicon|USA}} Bob Clark|| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aMdYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QJIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4294%2C144931 |newspaper=The Age |title='Red Baron' slips, but wins play-off |date=1 December 1975 |page=26}}</ref> |- | 1974 || {{flagicon|NZL}} John Lister (2) || align="center" |272 || align=center|−16 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|AUS}} Kel Nagle || <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110790678 |title=Classic win to NZ golfer |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=49 |issue=13,927 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=2 December 1974 |access-date=9 May 2019 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |- | 1973 || {{flagicon|NZL}} John Lister || align="center" |278 || align=center|−10 || 5 strokes || {{flagicon|AUS}} Robert Taylor|| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131695891 |title=NZ golf |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=48 |issue=13,608 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=3 December 1973 |access-date=9 May 2019 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |- | 1972 || {{Flagicon|USA}} Johnny Miller|| align="center" |281 || align=center|−7 || Playoff || {{flagicon|TWN}} Lu Liang-Huan || <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110621362 |title=Miller takes title in play-off |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=47 |issue=13,285 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=20 November 1972 |access-date=9 May 2019 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |- | 1971 || {{flagicon|NZL}} Bob Charles || align="center" |273 || align=center|−15 || 6 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} Marty Bohen || <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110692716 |title=Charles wins by 6 strokes |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=46 |issue=12,985 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=6 December 1971 |access-date=9 May 2019 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |- | 1970 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Kel Nagle || align="center" |272 || align=center|−16 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|AUS}} Vic Bennetts || <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article250249664 |title=Nagle's record |newspaper=Papua New Guinea Post-courier |location=International, Australia |date=15 December 1970 |access-date=9 May 2019 |page=30 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |}
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Category:Golf tournaments in New Zealand Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1970 Category:Recurring events disestablished in 1978 Category:1970 establishments in New Zealand Category:1978 disestablishments in New Zealand Category:Sport in Dunedin