Gareth Paddison (born 13 May 1980) is a New Zealand professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour of Australasia.
Early life and amateur career In 1980, Paddison was born in Wellington, New Zealand. His father, Garry, played for the New Zealand national football team in the 1970s.
Paddison won the New Zealand Amateur Stroke Play Championship and the Queensland Amateur Championship 1999 and the Canadian Amateur Championship in 2001. He also represented New Zealand at the 2000 Eisenhower Trophy.
Professional career In 2001, Paddison turned professional. He was named the Norman Von Nida Australasian PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in 2002 after he won the Scenic Circle Hotels Dunedin Classic. Paddison played on the Challenge Tour from 2002 to 2007. In 2002 he finished in third at the Izki Challenge de España. In 2004, he won the Victorian Open on the Von Nida Tour while finishing in a tie for second at the Skandia PGA Open on the Challenge Tour. He picked up his first win on the Challenge Tour in 2007 at the Open des Volcans. He earned his European Tour card for 2008 by going through qualifying school but he wasn't able to retain his card even though he recorded five top-25 finishes, and returned to the Challenge tour for 2009.
From 2010 Paddison played mostly on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the OneAsia tour. He won three tier-2 events on the Australasian Tour, the Queensland PGA Championship in 2011 and the Victorian PGA Championship in 2012 and 2014. His best finish on the OneAsia tour was when he was a runner-up in the 2015 GS Caltex Maekyung Open in Korea. He played on the Asian Tour in 2018, having secured a place through Q-school. He has won 5 times on the Charles Tour and won the Fiji Open in 2016.
Amateur wins 1999 New Zealand Amateur Stroke Play Championship, Queensland Amateur Championship 2000 SBS Invitational 2001 Canadian Amateur Championship
Professional wins (16) PGA Tour of Australasia wins (4) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up124 Mar 2002Scenic Circle Hotels Dunedin Classic−17 (66-69-68-64=267)3 strokes Brad Andrews227 Feb 2011Cellarbrations Queensland PGA Championship−18 (67-67-62-66=262)2 strokes Terry Pilkadaris, Kieran Pratt319 Feb 2012Adroit Insurance Group Victorian PGA Championship−7 (67-69-67-74=277)1 stroke Leighton Lyle49 Feb 2014Lexus of Blackburn Victorian PGA Championship (2)−16 (67-68-66-71=272)1 stroke Michael Hendry
Challenge Tour wins (1) No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up18 Jul 2007AGF-Allianz Open des Volcans – Challenge de France−11 (70-69-68-66=273)6 strokes Leif Westerberg
Von Nida Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up125 Jan 2004Mitsubishi Motors Victorian Open−12 (71-66-67=204)5 strokes Richard Green, Paul Sheehan
Charles Tour wins (5) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up119 Sep 2010Wairakei Open−8 (74-67-67-72=280)5 strokes James Betts (a), Jared Pender226 Apr 2015Barfoot and Thompson Akarana Open−16 (66-66-66-66=264)4 strokes Joshua Munn (a)32 Apr 2017Barfoot and Thompson Akarana Open (2)−18 (66-64-64-68=262)Playoff Michael Hendry49 Apr 2017Autex Muriwai Open−15 (64-69-69-71=273)5 strokes Mark Brown515 Apr 2018Autex Muriwai Open (2)−12 (70-67-71-68=276)Playoff James Anstiss
Other wins (5) 2000 Waikato Strokeplay Championship 2016 Fiji Open 2019 Mondiale Omaha Beach Pro-Am 2020 Recreational Services Masterton Eketahuna Pro-Am 2023 Grove Mitre 10 Pupuke Pro-Am
Team appearances Amateur Nomura Cup (representing New Zealand): 1999 Eisenhower Trophy (representing New Zealand): 2000 Four Nations Cup (representing New Zealand): 2001 Southern Cross Cup (representing New Zealand): 2001
Professional World Cup (representing New Zealand): 2011
See also 2007 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
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