Photo: © Mogie Adamchik 2025The format, the contenders, the history, the ambassadors, plenty of highlights ahead of golf's New Zealand Open. Photo: PHOTOSPORTArguably the most famous New Zealand Open though was in 2002 at Paraparaumu Beach, when Tiger Woods came to New Zealand. Seven other former New Zealand Open winners are also competing. He finished tied for second at last year's New Zealand Open, alongside South African Ian Snyman, who has also returned. She won the French Open in 2019, Wimbledon in 2021 and the Australian Open in 2022, before retiring at the age of just 25.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 25, 2026 17:29 UTC