Taranaki Open

The Taranaki Open is an annual 72-hole golf tournament staged on the New Plymouth Golf Club's Ngamotu Links in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Between 2004 and 2007 it was an event on the Golf Tour of New Zealand while events since 2008 have been part of the Charles Tour. Prior to 2004 the tournament was run over two days, with 36 holes on each day.^{[citation needed]}

Taranaki Open

Tournament information
Location	New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Established	2006
Course(s)	New Plymouth Golf Club (Ngamotu Links)
Par	72
Tour(s)	Charles Tour Golf Tour of New Zealand
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	NZ$50,000
Month played	October
Tournament record score
Aggregate	266 Fraser Wilkin (2013)
To par	−22 as above
Current champion
Mark Brown
Location map
New Plymouth GC Location in New Zealand

Winners

Year	Tour[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
TSB Taranaki Open
2024	CHAR	Mark Brown (2)	282	−6	Playoff	Josh Geary	[1]
2023	CHAR	Josh Geary	272	−16	6 strokes	Mark Brown Tyler Hodge	[2]
Taranaki Open
2022	CHAR	Michael Hendry (2)	272	−16	3 strokes	Josh Geary	[3]
2021	CHAR	Cancelled	[4]
2020	CHAR	Kieran Muir	202[b]	−14	4 strokes	Josh Geary Michael Hendry Daniel Hillier Momoka Kobori (a) Lachie McDonald	[5]
2018–19: No tournament
Augusta Funds Management Ngamotu Classic
2017	CHAR	Daniel Pearce	277	−11	1 stroke	Mark Brown Jared Pender	[6]
Augusta Funds Management Taranaki Open
2016	CHAR	Dominic Barson	270	−18	4 strokes	Shaun Jones	[7]
2015	CHAR	Joonsang Chung	279	−9	2 strokes	Woonchul Na	[8]
Taranaki Energy Open
2014: No tournament
2013	CHAR	Fraser Wilkin	266	−22	1 stroke	Brad Hayward (a)	[9]
2012	CHAR	David Klein	274	−14	Playoff	Ryan Fox	[10]
Port Taranaki Open
2011	CHAR	Joshua Carmichael	278	−10	1 stroke	Hamish Robertson	[11]
2010	CHAR	Troy Ropiha (2)	209[b]	−7	2 strokes	Mathew Perry	[12]
2009	CHAR	Michael Hendry	280	−8	2 strokes	Doug Holloway	[13]
Bayleys Taranaki Open
2008	CHAR	Troy Ropiha (a)	278	−10	5 strokes	Andrew Searle	[14][15]
2007	GTNZ	Bradley Iles	213[b]	−3	4 strokes	Mark Brown	[16]
Olex Taranaki Open
2006	GTNZ	Mark Brown	274	−14	3 strokes	Mathew Holten	[17]
2005	GTNZ	Doug Holloway (a)	278	−10	3 strokes	Guy Penrose Brad Shilton	[18]
2004	GTNZ	Ryan Haywood	285	−3	1 stroke	Mark Brown	[19]

Notes

1. CHAR − Charles Tour; GTNZ − Golf Tour of New Zealand.
2. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.