History
1938Woodward Cup inter-club team match-play competition played for the first time and it remains Canterbury's premier club championship. Russley was the inaugural winner but Christchurch, with 23 wins, is the most successful over all.
1941The Canterbury Golf Assciation was formed. The Association was first known as the Christchurch Metropolitan Golf Association.
Delegates from 12 clubs (Avondale, Charteris Bay, Christchurch, Diamond Harbour, Kaiapoi, Rangiora, Rawhiti, Richmond Hill, Russley, Templeton, Waimairi Beach, and Waitikiri) met and mooted the formation of the Christchurch Metropolitan Golf Association.
1946In 1946 Blank Cup was started as an interclub competition.
1947The Canterbury Provincial Golf Association replaced the Christchurch Metropolitan Golf Association as the ruling body of golf in the province.
1950Tim Woon (Waitikiri) wins the New Zealand amateur championship, a title he retained the next year.
1950Canterbury wins the New Zealand men’s inter-provincial team match-play championship (then Freyberg Rose Bowl) for the first time at Gisborne. The winning team comprised Colin Caldwell, Bob Charles, Ron Clements, Keith Foxton, Gary Scott, and Murray Stanley.
1951First Interprovincial Team Tournament played at Shirley between February 28 and March 2.
1954Sir Bob Charles caused a sensation on November 8 1954 when as an 18 year old amateur he beat a top international field to win the New Zealand Open at Heretaunga.
1962Canterbury wins the New Zealand men’s inter-provincial team match-play championship.
1963Sir Bob Charles becomes the first New Zealanader to win a major championship with his British Open victory at Royal Lytham and St. Annes.
1965Canterbury wins the New Zealand men’s inter-provincial team match-play championship.
1971Woodward Cup reverts to a team stroke-play competition for the first and only time. Russley, which had won the cup the previous five years, prevailed again and went on to establish a record nine successive titles.
1976Canterbury wins the New Zealand men’s inter-provincial team match-play championship.
1980Canterbury Golfer of the Year and Vardon Trophy awards presented for the first time with Simon Robinson (Christchurch) and John Williamson (Christchurch) the respective winners.
1983Canterbury wins the New Zealand men’s inter-provincial team match-play championship.
1988Canterbury wins the New Zealand men’s inter-provincial team match-play championship.
1989Canterbury wins the New Zealand men’s inter-provincial team match-play championship.
1989Tony Christie (Waitikiri) becomes the first Canterbury golfer to take the New Zealand 72-hole stroke-play championship when he beats Grant Moorhead (New Plymouth) in a play-off at Taupo.
1990World amateur team championships for the Eisenhower Trophy (men) and Espirito Santo (women) are held in Christchurch, at Shirley and Russley, respectively, with former Canterbury No. 1 Brent Paterson (Coringa) a member of the New Zealand team which finished equal second with the United States (whose team included Phil Mickelson & David Duval) behind Sweden.
1992Mark Street (Russley), after representing Canterbury for 12 years, bows out of the New Zealand inter-provincial team match-play championship with a record 89 matches and 48 wins.
1997Andrew Hobbs (Windsor) claims the Canterbury match-play championship 20 years after his father, Fin, had won the same crown.
1997A 47-year drought ends for Canterbury when Chris Johns (Christchurch) wins the national match-play championship at Harewood.
1998Canterbury wins the New Zealand men’s inter-provincial team match-play championship.
1998Karl Kitchingham (Christchurch) claims the New Zealand 72-hole stroke-play championship title at Paraparaumu.
2000Canterbury wins the Tower National Inter-Provincial Championship. The Team was Eddie Lee, Issac Randell, Andrew Hobbs, Tim Evett, and Jay Davies. Bob Pirie (Manager)
2001Canterbury golf finally has a permanent home with the official opening of the new headquarters by the Harewood Golf Club at McLeans Island.
2003Inaugural Canterbury "Family of Golf" awards dinner to recognise people who have contributed to the game in the province is held at the Christchurch Casino.
2004Brad Lee (Waitikiri) becomes the first player to win the Canterbury stroke-play and match-play titles in the same year since Geoff Saunders (Christchurch) in 1979.
2007The Canterbury Golf Association and the Canterbury Women's Golf Association amalgamate to form one organisation, "Canterbury Golf Incorporated."
2008Liz Douglas Trophy Introduced to compliment the CGI men's Vardon Trophy. Nellie Tulisi from Waimairi Beach Golf Club is the inaugural winner.
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