October 29 – November 2, 2025 · Invercargill Golf Club (New Zealand) · Organized by Golf New Zealand
The New Zealand Amateur Championship returns as the nation’s premier test of elite amateur golf, bringing together the country’s best men’s and women’s players for five days of stroke-play precision and match-play drama. Since 1893, the championship has crowned New Zealand’s top amateur and remains one of the oldest continuously contested national amateur titles in the world.
The 2025 edition features 36 holes of stroke play over the first two days, followed by three days of match-play elimination rounds to determine the national champions on Sunday, November 2.
🏌️Final Results
Mitchel Kale, the number one seed going into match play, defeats Isaac Steel, 1 up in regulation over 36 holes to be come the 2025 New Zealand Men’s Amateur Champion. On the Women’s side, Chloe So, the underdog of the Women’s final, outlasted 1 seed, Teresa Wang over 40 holes, going 1 up on the final hole to become the 2025 New Zealand Women’s Amateur Champion.
🏌️♂️ Men’s Championship Format
⛳️ Men’s Match Play Scores
Stroke Play: Wednesday & Thursday (October 29 – 30) — 36 holes of qualifying.Match Play Field: Top 32 players advance based on aggregate stroke-play scores.Round of 32 & Round of 16: Friday (October 31).Quarterfinals & Semifinals: Saturday (November 1).Final: Sunday (November 2) — 36-hole championship match.🏌️♀️ Women’s Championship Format
⛳️ Women’s Match Play Scores
Stroke Play: Wednesday & Thursday (October 29 – 30) — 36 holes of qualifying.Match Play Field: Top 16 players advance based on aggregate stroke-play scores.Round of 16: Friday (October 31).Quarterfinals & Semifinals: Saturday (November 1).Final: Sunday (November 2) — 36-hole championship match.
Both divisions will follow the same week-long rhythm: two days of qualifying precision followed by head-to-head match play, culminating in a Sunday final to determine the 2025 New Zealand Amateur champions.
Men’s Match Play — ResultsQuarterfinals — Saturday, Nov 1MatchSeedPlayerSeedPlayerResultQF 11Mitchell Kale25Kevin Bang4&2QF 229Dominic Hazeldine28Cordell Henare5&4QF 32Thomas Spearman-Burn10Raphael Anderson2 UPQF 43George Hodgson22Isaac Steel2&1Semifinals — Saturday, Nov 1SFPlayerPlayerResultSF 1Mitchell Kale (1)Cordell Henare (28)1 UP (19th)SF 2Raphael Anderson (10)Isaac Steel (22)2&1Final — Sunday, Nov 2 (36 holes)Tee TimePlayerPlayerResult07:30Mitchell Kale (1)Isaac Steel (22)1 UPWomen’s Match Play — ResultsQuarterfinals — Saturday, Nov 1MatchSeedPlayerSeedPlayerResultQF 11Teresa Wang9Queenie Lang3&1QF 24Yoonae Jeong5Alice Fry4&2QF 32Emma Zheng7Amy Tang3&1QF 43Faith Vui11Chloe So2&1Semifinals — Saturday, Nov 1SFPlayerPlayerResultSF 1Teresa Wang (1)Yoonae Jeong (4)2&1SF 2Amy Tang (7)Chloe So (11)3&2Final — Sunday, Nov 2 (36 holes)Tee TimePlayerPlayerResult07:45Teresa Wang (1)Chloe So (11)1 UP (40th hole)Men’s Stroke Play Results (36 holes) — Top 5 QualifiersPosPlayerClubR1R2TotalTo Par1Mitchell KaleTauranga Golf Club7473147+3T2Thomas Spearman-BurnMiramar Golf Club7772149+5T2George HodgsonTieke Golf Estate7772149+5T2Nathan ClarkTauranga Golf Club7673149+5T2Yuki MiyaPegasus Golf Club7475149+5Women’s Stroke Play (36 Holes) — Top 5 QualifiersPosPlayerClubR1R2TotalTo Par1Teresa WangPupuke Golf Club7671147−12Emma ZhengRoyal Auckland & Grange Golf Club7478152+43Faith VuiHamilton Golf Club – St Andrews8074154+6T4Yoonae JeongMillbrook Resort & Country Club8275157+9T4Alice FryRussley Golf Club7681157+9
