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Kōrero: Golf

Bob Charles and Arnold Palmer, 1966

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Huge crowds gathered to watch the four games played in New Zealand in 1966 by New Zealand left-hander Bob Charles and Arnold Palmer of the United States, then the highest-earning player in world golf. Watch this newsreel of the final game, played at Auckland's Middlemore course.

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Reference: Pictorial Parade 185. National Film Unit, 1966

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Garry Ahern, Golf – Golf’s rise in popularity, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/39261/bob-charles-and-arnold-palmer-1966 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Garry Ahern, i tāngia i te 20 November 2012, updated 1 September 2016.