Bob Charles
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Oct 30, 2026
Steve SmithHOST
Now, I have mentioned this before, Glendoo Bay, and many people are starting to hear more about it in New Zealand and around our corner of the world, being here in Australia.
Steve SmithHOST
It's been designed by John Darby, who has brought us golf courses such as Jack's Point, the original Hills Golf Course, and the original Millbrook that was done in conjunction with Bob Charles, Sir Bob Charles.
Steve SmithHOST
Now, Glendoo looks bloody epic and it's on the banks of Lake Wanaka itself.
Steve SmithHOST
So I mentioned before that Wanaka Golf Club is about a kilometre away from the lake.
Kyle MillsHOST
Yeah, well, he's around that time, I think.
Kyle MillsHOST
Sir Bob Charles.
Kyle MillsHOST
Yeah, yeah.
PipPANELIST
Take it back to a horse too, Sunline.
Kenny KnoxGUEST
So I never had to Monday qualify except the first tournament, the Tallahassee Open, where I finished runner up in the tournament.
Kenny KnoxGUEST
Actually, I lost by one shot to Bob Charles and Greg Powers beat me by one shot.
Kenny KnoxGUEST
So that was a third place finish.
Kenny KnoxGUEST
And then I went on to play seven events and finish in the top 10 on the money list.
Larry RinkerGUEST
I mean, they weren't really making, you know, left-handed clubs.
Larry RinkerGUEST
Back then, you'd have to ask the guys from back then, but how many left-handers were there? Bob Charles? Not many lefties played the tour then.
Larry RinkerGUEST
Not like we see today.
Larry RinkerGUEST
Right.
Marcus WheelhouseGUEST
Yeah, it's really, it was a hot time, those early 90s.
Marcus WheelhouseGUEST
You know, you had from Bob Charles doing great on the senior tour to, because he just sort of pretty much sort of popped onto that.
Marcus WheelhouseGUEST
And then you had, you know, Frank Nobolo and Greg Turner.
Marcus WheelhouseGUEST
And I mean, the list is, you know, Perksy and it's all, you know, Grant Waite.
Mark AllenHOST
Roman Floyd came back and played in 92.
Nick O'HernHOST
Is that R. Charles? Would that be Bob Charles, do you think? I think it would be, right? Yeah, that's Robert Charles.
Mark AllenHOST
Yeah, that's what they would have done back in those days.
Nick O'HernHOST
Andy Bean, Ray Floyd, Stuart Ginn, Bob Shearer, Peter Thompson.
speaker_21AUDIENCE
Never heard of it.
Ted BellGUEST
Bob Charles-
speaker_21AUDIENCE
Don't need to see it.
Ted BellGUEST
Hey, Bob Charles is left-handed, okay? That's a handicap.
Ryan FoxGUEST
So that was pretty cool.
Ryan FoxGUEST
Um, I got a really nice call from Sir Bob Charles when I was back in New Zealand-
Dan WalkerHOST
Oh, wow
Ryan FoxGUEST
... um, who, who won the Open in 1963 at Lytham.
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Iona StephenHOST
The, the reaction and the welcome you must have had more broadly just in New Zealand, um, you know, it's not a big country, um, y- y- but you can produce some pretty special things when it comes to sport.
Iona StephenHOST
Of course, the All Blacks, we, we all know about the legacy there in the game.
Iona StephenHOST
But you mentioned Sir Bob Charles when it comes to golf, that I think was in 1963, so quite a, quite a long time ago.
Iona StephenHOST
But now you've done it and you've created a whole new chapter in the history of golf at, for New Zealand.
Jack TameHOST
had.
Kevin MilneGUEST
Well, a golfing friend told me that the great Sir Bob Charles uses a hickory putter upside down to help him walk.
Kevin MilneGUEST
Now, I've got one of those wooden putters.
Kevin MilneGUEST
I could stick a rubber cap on the bottom and use that.
Jack TameHOST
Yeah.
Kevin MilneGUEST
Well, a golfing friend told me that the great Sir Bob Charles uses a hickory putter upside down to help him walk.
Jack TameHOST
[laughs]
Kevin MilneGUEST
Now, I've got one of those wooden putters.