Gareth Paddison (born 13 May 1980) is a New Zealand professional

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er who plays on the

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Amateur career

Paddison won the New Zealand Amateur Stroke Play Championship and the Queensland Amateur Championship 1999 and the

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in 2001. He also represented New Zealand at the

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Professional career

Paddison turned professional in 2001. He was named the

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Australasian PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in 2002 after he won the

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. He played on the

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from 2002 to 2007. In 2002 he finished in third at the

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. In 2004 he won the

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on the

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while finishing in a tie for second at the Skandia PGA Open on the Challenge Tour. He picked up his first win on the Challenge Tour in 2007 at the

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. He earned his

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card for 2008 by going through

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but he wasn't able to retain his card even though he recorded five top-25 finishes, and returned to the Challenge tour for 2009. From 2010 Paddison played mostly on the

and the

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tour. He won three tier-2 events on the Australasian Tour, the

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in 2011 and the

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in 2012 and 2014. His best finish on the

tour was when he was a runner-up in the 2015 GS Caltex Maekyung Open in Korea. He played on the

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in 2018, having secured a place through

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. He has won 5 times on the Charles Tour and won the Fiji Open in 2016.

Personal life

His father,

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, played for the

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in the 1970s.

Amateur wins

*1999 New Zealand Amateur Stroke Play Championship, Queensland Amateur Championship *2000

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*2001

Professional wins (16)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Von Nida Tour wins (1)

Charles Tour wins (5)

Other wins (5)

*2000 Waikato Strokeplay Championship *2016 Fiji Open *2019 Mondiale Omaha Beach Pro-Am *2020 Recreational Services Masterton Eketahuna Pro-Am *2023 Grove Mitre 10 Pupuke Pro-Am

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing New Zealand): 1999 *

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(representing New Zealand):

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*Four Nations Cup (representing New Zealand): 2001 *Southern Cross Cup (representing New Zealand): 2001 Professional *

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(representing New Zealand): 2011

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