The Taranaki Open is an annual 72-hole
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...
tournament staged on the New Plymouth Golf Club's Ngamotu Links in
New Plymouth
New Plymouth () is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, in Devon, from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. The New Pl ...
,
New Zealand
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. 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
The Charles Tour, currently titled as the Jennian Homes Charles Tour for sponsorship reasons, is a New Zealand-based golf tour run by Golf New Zealand and the New Zealand PGA. It is named after Bob Charles (golfer), Bob Charles. The tour was foun ...
. Prior to 2004 the tournament was run over two days, with 36 holes on each day.
Winners
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Golf tournaments in New Zealand