RESULTS: 2025 New Zealand Amateur Championship

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 1

MatchSeedPlayerSeedPlayerResult QF 1 1 Mitchell Kale 25 Kevin Bang 4&2 QF 2 29 Dominic Hazeldine 28 Cordell Henare 5&4 QF 3 2 Thomas Spearman-Burn 10 Raphael Anderson 2 UP QF 4 3 George Hodgson 22 Isaac Steel 2&1

Semifinals — Saturday, Nov 1

SFPlayerPlayerResult SF 1 Mitchell Kale (1) Cordell Henare (28) 1 UP (19th) SF 2 Raphael Anderson (10) Isaac Steel (22) 2&1

Final — Sunday, Nov 2 (36 holes)

Tee TimePlayerPlayerResult 07:30 Mitchell Kale (1) Isaac Steel (22) 1 UP

Women’s Match Play — ResultsQuarterfinals — Saturday, Nov 1

MatchSeedPlayerSeedPlayerResult QF 1 1 Teresa Wang 9 Queenie Lang 3&1 QF 2 4 Yoonae Jeong 5 Alice Fry 4&2 QF 3 2 Emma Zheng 7 Amy Tang 3&1 QF 4 3 Faith Vui 11 Chloe So 2&1

Semifinals — Saturday, Nov 1

SFPlayerPlayerResult SF 1 Teresa Wang (1) Yoonae Jeong (4) 2&1 SF 2 Amy Tang (7) Chloe So (11) 3&2

Final — Sunday, Nov 2 (36 holes)

Tee TimePlayerPlayerResult 07:45 Teresa Wang (1) Chloe So (11) 1 UP (40th hole)

Men’s Stroke Play Results (36 holes) — Top 5 Qualifiers

PosPlayerClubR1R2TotalTo Par 1 Mitchell Kale Tauranga Golf Club 74 73 147 +3 T2 Thomas Spearman-Burn Miramar Golf Club 77 72 149 +5 T2 George Hodgson Tieke Golf Estate 77 72 149 +5 T2 Nathan Clark Tauranga Golf Club 76 73 149 +5 T2 Yuki Miya Pegasus Golf Club 74 75 149 +5

Women’s Stroke Play (36 Holes) — Top 5 Qualifiers

PosPlayerClubR1R2TotalTo Par 1 Teresa Wang Pupuke Golf Club 76 71 147 −1 2 Emma Zheng Royal Auckland & Grange Golf Club 74 78 152 +4 3 Faith Vui Hamilton Golf Club – St Andrews 80 74 154 +6 T4 Yoonae Jeong Millbrook Resort & Country Club 82 75 157 +9 T4 Alice Fry Russley Golf Club 76 81 157 +9