{"id":45683,"date":"2026-08-03T01:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T01:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/45683\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T01:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T01:53:14","slug":"golf-new-zealand-open-shifts-as-pga-tour-of-australasia-adjusts-nz-swing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/45683\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf: New Zealand Open shifts as PGA Tour of Australasia adjusts NZ swing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The swing will end with the NZ Open at Millbrook<\/a> from February 25-28. <\/p>\n

\u201cLast year\u2019s introduction of three consecutive tournaments in New Zealand was a tremendous success and we\u2019re excited to build on that again in 2027,\u201d Nick Dastey, PGA of Australia general manager of tournaments and global tour relationships, said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe change in order, with the New Zealand Open now bringing the swing to a close, creates a fantastic finish to three weeks of golf and adds even more excitement as the race for the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit heats up. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s enormous momentum behind golf in New Zealand right now. Ryan Fox\u2019s victory at The Open Championship is a fantastic example of the quality of Kiwi golf and we\u2019re seeing that reflected across every level of the game. <\/p>\n

\u201cWith three outstanding championships, world-class venues and incredible support from fans and partners, New Zealand has become an integral part of our schedule and one of the highlights of the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia season.\u201d <\/p>\n

This year, Daniel Hillier became the first Kiwi since Michael Hendry<\/a> in 2017 to win the New Zealand Open, claiming a two-shot win with Australian Lucas Herbert in second. <\/p>\n

Winner of the Open Championship Ryan Fox said he had hopes to make it back home for the New Zealand Open, however, the dates clashing with PGA Tour events made that difficult for him. <\/p>\n

\u201cTo be fair, my intent over the last three or four years has been to make it back. It\u2019s just where I\u2019ve been in my career and where it sat in the schedule, it\u2019s a hard time to come back as a PGA Tour player at the end of February,\u201d Fox said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI know that\u2019s where they need the event for it all to work out, but where it sits from a PGA Tour schedule, that\u2019s one of the busiest points in the year.\u201d <\/p>\n

Christopher Reive<\/a> joined the Herald sports team in 2017, bringing the same versatility to his coverage as he does to his sports viewing habits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The swing will end with the NZ Open at Millbrook from February 25-28. \u201cLast year\u2019s introduction of three…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[18028,438,17936,44,15541,1072,18029,439,625,827,18027,14959,1079,1073],"class_list":["post-45683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-adjusts","tag-as","tag-australasia","tag-golf","tag-move","tag-new","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-open","tag-pga","tag-shifts","tag-swing","tag-tour","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}