Gareth Paddison


Gareth Paddison 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

Professional wins (16)

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
Professional