# SBS Invitational

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The **SBS Invitational** was a 72-hole amateur [stroke-play](/source/Stroke-play) team championship played from 1977 to 2015. Teams were [invited](/source/Open_(sport)#Related_terms) from the 15 [golf](/source/Golf) associations of [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand). The event served as the New Zealand Teams Stroke Play Championships and winners were awarded the Macquarie Cup. It was permanently hosted at the [Invercargill Golf Club](/source/Invercargill_Golf_Club) in [Otatara](/source/Otatara), [Invercargill](/source/Invercargill), and was most often played in the first weekend of March, although later events were played at other times. To celebrate 30 years of the Invitational, a team from Australia was sent to compete in the tournament. The event was discontinued in 2016 because of scheduling problems.[1]

## Format

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

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/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

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 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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Savory, Logan (12 August 2016). ["Premier Southland golf tournament axed after 40 years"](https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/83114427/premier-southland-golf-tournament-axed-after-40-years). *[Stuff.co.nz](/source/Stuff.co.nz)*.

## External links

- [Coverage on New Zealand Golf site](https://www.golf.co.nz/Tournaments/Dashboard.aspx?CompetitionId=407608)

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