Air New Zealand Shell Open

The Air New Zealand Shell Open was a golf tournament held in New Zealand between 1975 and 1994. The event was the New Zealand Airlines Classic in 1975 and 1976 and the New Zealand Airlines Open in 1977. The Grange hosted the first and final editions of the event but Titirangi hosted the event the most, 14 times between 1977 and 1991. The only other courses to host the event were Russley (1976) and Wellington (1979).

Air New Zealand Shell Open

Tournament information
Location	Auckland, New Zealand
Established	1975
Course(s)	The Grange Golf Club
Par	70
Tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia New Zealand Golf Circuit
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	NZ$300,000
Month played	December
Final year	1994
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 D. A. Weibring (1985)
To par	−21 Bob Shearer (1976)
Final champion
Shane Robinson
Location map
The Grange GC Location in New Zealand

History

In 1975, the event was formed and hosted by Air New Zealand. In 1977, the event became part of the PGA Tour of Australia's Order of Merit.^[1] The following year Shell also became a title sponsor.

The 1979 event coincided with the Mount Erebus disaster. On November 28, the day before the tournament began, Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed into Mount Erebus in Antarctica. There was much discussion about cancelling the tournament. However, Morrie Davis (CEO of Air New Zealand) decided that the tournament would go on. Australian David Graham won the event.^[2]

Winners

Year	Tour[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
Air New Zealand Shell Open
1994	ANZ	Shane Robinson	274	−6	1 stroke	David McKenzie	The Grange	[3]
1993	ANZ	Terry Price	277	−3	1 stroke	Michael Campbell Brad Faxon Wayne Riley	The Grange	[4]
1992	ANZ	Nick Price	271	−9	Playoff	Lucas Parsons	The Grange	[5]
1991	ANZ	John Morse	273	−7	3 strokes	Nandasena Perera	Titirangi	[6]
1990	ANZ	Wayne Riley	268	−12	7 strokes	Frank Nobilo	Titirangi
1989	ANZ	Don Bies	275	−5	4 strokes	Brad Andrews Glenn Joyner	Titirangi	[7]
1988	ANZ	Terry Gale (2)	271	−9	4 strokes	Hale Irwin Ossie Moore Jeff Woodland	Titirangi	[8]
1987	ANZ	Mike Colandro	270	−10	1 stroke	Rodger Davis	Titirangi	[9]
1986	ANZ	Rodger Davis	267	−13	3 strokes	Bob Shearer Curtis Strange	Titirangi	[10]
1985	ANZ	D. A. Weibring	264	−16	1 stroke	Rodger Davis	Titirangi	[11]
1984	ANZ	Brian Jones	266	−14	2 strokes	Wayne Grady	Titirangi	[12]
1983	ANZ	Bruce Devlin	200[b]	−10	1 stroke	Bobby Clampett	Titirangi	[13]
1982	ANZ	Terry Gale	273	−7	Playoff	Wayne Grady	Titirangi	[14]
1981	ANZ	Bob Shearer	265	−15	8 strokes	Graham Marsh	Titirangi	[15]
1980	ANZ	Eamonn Darcy	268	−12	2 strokes	Lanny Wadkins	Titirangi	[16]
1979	NZGC	David Graham	279	−5	8 strokes	Rodger Davis	Royal Wellington	[17]
1978	NZGC	Bob Charles	273	−7	1 stroke	Graham Marsh	Titirangi	[18]
1977	NZGC	David Good	278	−2	Playoff	Bill Dunk	Titirangi	[19]
New Zealand Airlines Classic
1976	NZGC	Bob Shearer	271	−21	9 strokes	Bill Brask John Lister	Russley	[20]
1975	NZGC	Bill Brask	276	−8	1 stroke	Peter Thomson	The Grange	[21]

Notes

1. ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; NZGC − New Zealand Golf Circuit.
2. Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.