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A humbling day for Hillier at fundraising tournament

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By Paul Gueorgieff Editor, Golfer Pacific NZ

ast month a fundraising tournament was held in Wellington for promising, young golfers, with New Zealand’s top amateur Daniel Hillier being a star participant.

I was fortunate to be in attendance and was amazed at the generosity of those who took part.

For example the winning foursome of the tournament — an ambrose event — won four new golf bags. Each player had already paid $65 for the privilege of playing but instead of keeping the bags they donated them back to the tournament as auction items. That was a good on

you, guys, moment.

But their generosity did not end there. One of the winning team members subsequently bid on the bags. Another good on you moment.

The auction was the main revenue earner and with rounds of golf at Kinloch in Taupo included in the items a very impressive total of more than $13,000 was raised.

Earlier in the day a lady had made a special trip to the course to make a sizeable donation, even though she wasn’t playing.

It was just another example of how generous people can be.

Hillier was humbled by the support.

A couple of days later I was watching a PGA Tour event

on television. The fundraising tournament flashed back to me and I thought how proud those who supported Hillier would be if they saw Hillier playing the same tour in a couple of years time, competing amongst the game’s best.

The tournament was mainly to assist Hillier with the costs of an extensive northern hemisphere campaign, ending with the United States Amateur in August.

Hillier will be accompanied for the European leg of his tour by New Zealand teammates Luke Brown and Mark Hutson.

The first tournament on their agenda was the St Andrews Links Trophy at St Andrews in Scotland from June 8-10.

They remain in Scotland for

the second event, the British Amateur at Royal Aberdeen from June 19-24.

From there they head to the Netherlands for the European Amateur from June 27-30.

After that Hillier heads to the United States. His first event there is the Pacific Coast Amateur in San Francisco (July 2427), followed by the Western Amateur in Chicago (July 31-August 4) and finally the US Amateur at Pebble Beach in California (August 13-19).

If Hillier can produce some form at any of those events, there will be no prouder people than those who supported the fundraiser tournament, especially the guy who bid on a prize he had already won.

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MONDAY 13 MAY – THURSDAY 30 MAY 2019 TWO exceptional types of game – golf and African wildlife – are at the centre of our 2019 South African Golf and Safari Tour.

This journey is already shaping up to be an unforgettable, exclusive bucket-list adventure. The 18-day PaR nz Golfing Holidays hosted tour will take in eight rounds of championship golf, six nights at deluxe game reserves on safari, a classic-train journey to Cape Town, and tours of historic Robben Island and the mighty Table Mountain.

With extended stays at Kruger National Park and the privately-owned Gondwana Game Reserve, there will be plenty of opportunities for close encounters with Africa’s Big Five – lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and Cape buffalo – in their natural bush settings.

Be prepared to fall in love with the country’s people, beauty, and diversity right from the start, when we travel from the country’s biggest city, Johannesburg, to the Kruger National Game Reserve.

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Treated to rounds on eight highly-rated courses considered among South Africa’s best, the tour takes in four designed by South Africa’s own Gary Player and two by the acclaimed African course architect Peter Matkovich. Jack Nicklaus and Ernie Els round out the mix of top designers.

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Ko puts drought of nearly two years behind her GOLF NEWS

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ydia Ko had not won for 22 months, her world ranking had dropped to 18 and it was difficult to keep up with the changes she had made in her game.

But all that was put behind Ko at San Francisco in California last month when the New Zealand star won the $US1.5 million LPGA Mediheal Championship at the Lake Merced Golf Club.

The win came less than a week after her 21st birthday and was amongst her most emotional. When she knocked in the winning putt she looked towards the sky, wiped tears from her eyes and then was enveloped in hugs from her new swing coach Ted Oh and her latest caddy, Johnny Scott, a bearded Scotsman.

All this seemed a little out of place for someone who had won 14 previous times on the LPGA Tour but underlined what must have been a frustrating period. Ko had changed her coach, changed her clubs and gone through a plethora of caddies.

The win came in dramatic fashion.

After the regulation 72 holes Ko was tied with Minjee Lee, an Australian who had regularly competed with Ko since their amateur days.

Lee, playing in the second-last group immediately ahead of Ko, holed out from a greenside bunker on No 17 for birdie and then rolled in a six-footer on the final hole to finish at 12-under par with a closing 68.

Ko, meanwhile, had stumbled early in her round with bogeys on three of the first six holes. But she righted the ship with birdies on three of the final six holes, including the 18th after nearly pitching in for eagle. Ko finished with

a last round score of 71 and a play-off was required to find a winner.

Ko and Lee headed back down the par five 18th and more dramatics were to follow. Lee outdrove Ko by about 20 metres and had a four-iron into the green.

But Ko, hitting first, nearly holed her three wood from more than 200m for what would have been an albatross two. Ko later described it as one of the best shots of her career.

Lee then missed the green with her second shot, pitched about three metres past the hole – no doubt feeling she needed a chip-in to tie Ko whose ball was less than a metre from the flagstick which she duly holed.

Ko’s three wood on the play-off hole was similar to another shot she had played earlier on the day.

“I hit some really good three woods today and I said, hey,

you’ve got to maybe try and copy the one on the other par five,’” Ko recalled.

“I was able to hit a good shot again and I didn’t really know how close it was going to be. But just to have a twoand-a-half foot putt to possibly win the event is a pretty good feeling, but also nerve wracking, too.”

Ko said she tried not to let her poor final day start unsettle her.

“It’s crazy because I was three over for the day at one stage today and I said, hey, you know, you’ve just got to focus and you never know what’s going to happen.

“I was able to kind of put my game together on the back nine.”

The Lake Merced course has been a happy hunting ground for Ko. She had won there twice previously in 2014 and 2015 while oddly enough, Lee won the US Girls’ Junior Championship on the same course in 2012.

Ko admitted the win came as great relief.

“When that putt dropped, I was like oh, my god,” she said.

“I actually thought my chip might go in the first time I played the 18th hole, but a lot of emotions.

My whole team and my family, they’ve worked really hard for this moment, so I’m happy that a few of them are here and we can celebrate together.”

Ko’s win showed that no one was dominating the LPGA Tour. It was the 10th tournament of the season and the 10th different winner, from six different countries.

KO FACTS AND FIGURES

Lydia Ko’s record following her third win at the Lake Merced Golf Club in San Francisco:»» Birthdate: April 24, 1997; currently 21 years old. »» Joined the LPGA Tour in 2014. »» Wins on LPGA Tour: 15 (including two as an amateur). »» Previous LPGA wins: 2012 Canadian Women’s Open (as an amateur), 2013 Canadian Women’s Open (as an amateur), 2014 Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic, 2014 Marathon Classic, 2014 Tour Championship, 2015 Women’s Australian Open, 2015 Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic, 2015 CP Women’s Open, 2015 Evian Championship, 2015 Taiwan Championship, 2016 Kia Classic, 2016 ANA Inspiration, 2016 Arkansas, 2016 Marathon Classic. »» Earnings: The winner’s purse at Lake Merced was $US225,000 which took her earnings for the season to $US354,715 and her LPGA career earnings to $US8.9 million. »» The win at Lake Merced came 44 starts since her previous victory, her longest stretch without a win in her LPGA career; she had 15 top 10 finishes in that time including three runner-up finishes. »» The win saw her climb from 18 to 13 in the world rankings. Ko previously held the top spot in the world during two stretches throughout her career, first at 19 weeks in 2015 and then for another 85 weeks between 2015 and 2017. Ko lost the No 1 spot in June 2017 and dropped to No 18 ahead of her victory at Lake Merced Golf Club. It was her lowest ranking since August 2013, before she joined the Tour, when she was ranked at No 19.

Large golf library added to USGA golf museum A

n important collection of historic golf material, including rare books, periodicals, travelogues, diaries, political and legal documents dating to the 1500s, has found a new home at the United States Golf Association (USGA) Golf Museum.

The Colonel R. Otto Probst Library, managed by the PGA of America for more than 40 years, has merged with the USGA’s extensive library collection, in a collaborative effort that enhances the world’s largest and most comprehensive golf library open to the public.

The Probst Library was developed by golf collector Colonel R Otto Probst, whose passion for the game was kindled in the early 1920s with the acquisition of his first golf artefact. Topics explored through the wide-ranging collection include golf instruction, golf club histories, architecture, equipment, fiction, women in golf, travel, humour, literature and poetry. Several pieces explore Scottish history and its relationship to golf.

“The Probst Collection adds depth and

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richness to the USGA’s library, providing incredible insight into the game’s cultural and historic evolution,” said Rand Jerris, USGA senior managing director of public services.

“We are grateful to Colonel Probst and the PGA for cultivating this treasure trove of information, which we can immediately share with fans who love and play the game worldwide.”

Probst (1896-1986) began his collection in 1923 and went on to acquire numerous items from renowned collectors through his life, including Cecil Hopkinson and CB Clapcott. In 1938, Justice Earle F Tilley, a USGA museum committee member, endowed his golf library to Probst.

The more than 800 rare books and 1400 periodicals from the Probst Collection are among the most important materials added to the USGA library’s significant collection. Among the prized rare elements of the collection is ‘The Goff’, written in three editions by Scottish law clerk Thomas Mathison between 1743 and 1793, which is recognised by histo-

rians as the first publication dedicated solely to golf.

Other significant materials include: • Publications from Scotland, India, France, Japan, Germany, Italy, Austria, Netherlands, Australia and South Africa • Unique mentions of the game of golf spanning 20th-century literature, including books by Agatha Christieand Ian Fleming • Golf club histories, including Royal Blackheath Golf Club, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, and the Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh • Biographies of famous individuals who played golf in its infancy, including Mary Stuart and Captain John Porteous • Golf instruction books by Harry Vardon, JH Taylor, James Braid, Chick Evans, Horace Hutchison, Robert Forgan, Jerome Travers, Willie Park, Bernard Darwin and Bob Jones, among others • An exceptional copy of HB Farnie’s ‘The Golfer’s Manual’ with six watercolours by Thomas Hodge

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• James Arbuckle’s rare poem ‘Glotta’, one of the earliest important contributions to literature on golf • A rare copy of Webster Glynes’ ‘The Maiden: A Golfing Epic’ • Second and third editions of George Fullerton Carnegie’s Golfiana Today, the USGA library is the world’s foremost repository for the game’s history. Books and periodicals in more than 20 languages cover all aspects of the game.

Other areas of collecting include sheet music, dissertations, scrapbooks and over 30,000 scorecards from golf clubs worldwide.

The Library also contains the personal papers of some of the game’s greatest personalities (including Bob Jones and Walter Travis) and is home to the USGA/ PGA African-American Archive of Golf History.

The complete library catalogue, containing more than 70,000 volumes, can be accessed online at usga.org or in person.

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Course record gets Long home in Western Australia

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ew Zealand golfer Michael Long equalled the course record in the final round to win the Western Australia PGA Championship in Kalgoorlie.

Long started the final day five shots behind round three leader Brody Martin and admitted the thought of snatching a win was merely a dream.

“I woke up this morning thinking that if I got it to 15-under par, I was just dreaming, but that would probably be enough,’’ Long said. ``It would mean that Brody would have to shoot 68 to tie me. But I really didn’t go out there with the intention of shooting a 64. I just wanted to have a nice round.”

Opening with three birdies, Long experienced a special day on the golf course where everything went his way, his irons were dialled in and his putter hot.

“It was just going straight at the pin, I would aim five feet left or right of the pin and it would go there or I would just pull it onto the pin. It just seemed to have perfect distance control.

“The putting was good, it just seemed that whenever I had a 10 footer I holed it, I was just putting a really good stroke on it. I didn’t miss too many out there, you can’t when you have 10 birdies.

“I had Matt Millar and Neven Basic stay with me last week and I must have been acting like a real child because they came out on the putting green and had a look at my putting.

“So I have to thank Matt and Neven for straightening me out, probably mentally more than anything else, on the putting green.”

Long finished with an eight-under 64 in the final round, which equalled the course record first set by amateur Min Woo Lee in 2015 and equalled by a further three players in between.

“It is one of those things that you dream of, shooting a course record in the final round. To do something like that, it’s pretty cool,” said Long, who had rounds of 70, 69, 71 and 64.

In the clubhouse at 14-under 274, the Kiwi, who calls Perth home, had a ner-

vous wait to see if 23-year-old Brody Martin could birdie his final hole to force a playoff.

“I have never had to do that before, I have always been in the second last group, never been five groups finished and waiting for a result,” said Long, who joined the PGA television commentary team and even found time to give some golf tips while he waited.

“I hated that wait, I really did, I didn’t know what to do with myself. I was just making idle chit chat and then when someone said that Brody had birdied 16, I thought it was time to go to the range and do a few things.

Martin was unable to make his birdie on the 18th which allowed Long to win the tournament for a second time and provide him with his fifth win on PGA Tour of Australasia.

Long’s previous win in the tournament had been in 2008 when it was held in Mandurah, south of Perth.

“To win this title twice is pretty special, it’s the first time I have ever won a tour-

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nament twice so it is pretty neat.

“The older you get these opportunities don’t come along that much, even though I still like to think that I am young at heart.”

The win was worth $A18,750 to Long but as far as future earnings are concerned it was timely as the exemption he earned from his 2016 Victoria Open victory was to expire at the end of this season.

“It just seems so long ago (the Victoria Open win) and I was getting antsy and mad at myself,” added Long, who is now fully exempt until the end of the 2019 season.

“Not only is there pride from the win, but I didn’t have a very good start to the season, I missed the cut at the Vic Open the tournament that I really like playing and then Perth and all of a sudden I was behind the eight ball.

“So that was occupying my mind more than anything else coming down the stretch. I needed this so I just made sure it happened,”

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Paralysed golfer gains top US award GOLF NEWS

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he United States Golf Association (USGA) will bestow its highest honour, the Bob Jones Award, to Dennis Walters at a ceremony on June 13, one of the highlights of US Open Championship week in New York.

Presented annually since 1955, the Bob Jones Award recognises an individual who demonstrates the spirit, personal character and respect for the game exhibited by Bobby Jones, winner of nine USGA championships.

Walters, known for his never-sayquit attitude, turned the tragedy of being paralysed from the waist down at age 24 from a golf cart accident into a personal mission to teach golf and life lessons to a world-wide audience.

His story continues to inspire fans of all backgrounds through the countless

professional talks and trick-shot shows he has conducted since 1977.

“Dennis Walters exemplifies the values, dedication and passion for golf that all true champions of the game possess,” said Mike Davis, executive director and chief executive of the USGA. “He inspires all of us with his belief that anyone can play the game, delivering life lessons through golf, and showing that anything is possible in both life and golf if you’re willing to work hard enough.”

The award ceremony will take place on Wednesday evening of US Open week at Sebonack Golf Club, in close proximity to historic Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, site of the 118th US Open Championship.

Among the featured speakers for

the invitation-only event will be Jack Nicklaus, eight-time USGA champion, 1975 Bob Jones Award winner, and one of Walters’ long-time supporters and friends.

In 1967, at the age of 17, Walters won the New Jersey Junior Championship, Caddie Championship and Public Links Junior Championship, an unprecedented triple crown. He attended North Texas State on a golf scholarship and finished 11th in the 1971 US Amateur Championship.

He had reached the final stage of the PGA Tour’s Qualifying School when the accident changed his life.

Determined to return to the game he loved, Walters started hitting golf shots from his wheelchair. A friend created a mounted swivel seat on the passenger

Dennis Walters playing from his converted golf cart.

Photo: USGA/John Mummert

side of a golf cart that allowed him to get back on the course again. In developing this unique way to play, Walters showed that it was possible to play golf even if one has a severe disability.

In the last five decades, Walters has travelled more than three million miles and has made more than 3000 appearances to energise and motivate audiences in all 50 US states, Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom – many of them for enthusiastic junior golfers and those with disabilities.

Walters uses his personal experience to challenge each person he encounters to do something in their life that they thought impossible. His message is simple and profound: with hard work, dedication and perseverance, you can achieve almost anything.

“I have been on tour for 41 years, just not the tour I imagined,” Walters said.

“I started this path for myself as a mechanism to cope with what I considered to be a hopeless situation. I never knew what I could accomplish with my show or how many people it would reach. ``I made up my mind and was determined to do whatever I could to still make golf my career and a part of my everyday life. What I didn’t know was how it would extend past the golf community to show others what is possible under almost impossible odds.”

Walters joins a list of Bob Jones Award winners that includes national champions such as Francis Ouimet(1955), Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1957), Arnold Palmer (1971), Jack Nicklaus (1975), Ben Hogan (1976), Annika Sorenstam (2012) and Payne Stewart (2014), as well as those who have contributed to the fabric of the game in other meaningful ways, such as Richard S. Tufts (1967), Joe Dey (1977), Bing Crosby and Bob Hope(1978), P J Boatwright jun (1993), President George HW Bush (2008), Barbara Nicklaus (2015), Judy Bell(2016), and Bob Ford (2017).

Women’s teams reach quarter-finals

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op English golfer Mel Reid declared the 2018 GolfSixes a huge success for the women’s game after two female teams made the quarter-finals at Centurion Club near London.

With teams of two competing over six holes, the GolfSixes shook up the golfing world in its debut season in 2017 and it continued to break new ground in its second edition this year.

The addition of women’s and mixed teams in 2018 saw Reid compete alongside Carlota Ciganda for the European women team, Georgia Hall and Charley Hull combine to represent England women, and Solheim Cup skipper Catriona

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Matthew team up with Ryder Cup counterpart Thomas Bjørn to play as European captains.

The two all-female teams stole the show on the opening day with the European women pairing and the England women side finishing second in their groups to make it into the knockout stage.

Despite defeats in the last eight, the women proved that they can mix it with and beat the men, and Reid is convinced mixed events can only be a positive for the game of golf as a whole.

“I think it’s a huge success for women’s golf,” she said. “We’ve hopefully opened a few more eyes to women’s golf and that

we can compete and that we are pretty good at what we do and we work very hard at what we do.

“Hopefully it’s inspired not just a few more young girls but young guys and men, women, all over to take up the game.

That’s ultimately what we want to do.

“We got a lot of exposure and that’s what we need. We don’t get that. So it’s been really, really good for women’s golf, which hopefully helps it because it needs help.

“Loads of the girls in America have been saying how much they have enjoyed watching it and Lydia Ko has already messaged us saying she’s absolutely desper-

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ate to get on a team next year.”

Following their 2-0 loss to Australia, Ciganda added: “I think it’s been great for women’s golf, just the two teams that we made it until Sunday. They just played better. We are happy with the way we played and we gave it everything we had.”

The home duo captured the imagination of the bumper crowds and Hall was blown away by the support they received before going down 2-0 to eventual winners Ireland.

“I’ve seen a lot of social media and it’s amazing just to get all that support from everyone,” she said. “It spurred us on to play well.’'

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ow many greenkeepers has your golf club got?

Six, three, two or maybe just one?

Even if your answer was 20 you will still be jealous when you learn how many are on the staff at one of the top golf clubs in France and what it is about to grow to this year.

The club is Le Golf National. It presently has 40 greenkeepers but that’s nothing compared to what it will be when it hosts both the French Open and the Ryder Cup. In preparation for the French Open, the ground staff will double to 80.

But that figure is merely ho-hum with the Ryder Cup to be held at the same venue three months later. Le National will employ a massive grounds’ staff of 180 in preparation for the Ryder Cup, with employees coming from across France and

other parts of the world.

What’s more you can follow the progress of the team on the website of www. turfteamchallenge.com. It will give a fascinating insight into the practices, the preparations and, above all, the people who are committed to the success of both events.

Updated throughout the weeks and days leading up to the events, it will catalogue the events through a series of video diaries, personal blogs and articles, covering just what goes into ensuring the condition, performance and recovery of it’s main course, Albatros.

Le Golf National golf courses and estates manager Alejandro Reyes said: “The excitement is already building. You can feel the anticipation in the air. Everyone involved is aware that the eyes of the

world are on Le Golf National.

“Pressure? Yes. But working with such an incredible team we are really excited that we can put on a showcase for France, for Europe, for golf as a game, and for the professionalism of greenkeepers. Where we can share that experience, the whole industry can develop and move forward.”

The Albatros course at Le Golf National is the permanent home of the French Open, being held this year from June 28July 1.

In 2011, the course was named as the European host for the Ryder Cup 2018, to be held on September 28-30, although the course’s turf team will have been preparing for months and the international greenkeeping team on-site for at least a week prior to the first tee-off.

China Open to Alexander Bjork A

lexander Björk became the first Swede to win the China Open trophy after closing with a bogey-free seven-under-par 65 to win by one shot at the Topwin Golf and Country Club.

Björk, 27, started the final round one shot back but rolled in seven birdies for a winning total of 18-under-par 270 and claimed his maiden title on both the Asian Tour and the European Tour in the $US3.18 million event.

Björk endured an anxious wait before his victory was confirmed after overnight co-leaders Matt Wallace of England and Adrian Otaegui of Spain failed to eagle

the par-five 18th hole to force a play-off.

He took home a winner’s prize purse of $US526,400.

Otaegui birdied the last to sign for a second straight 67 and finish in second place on his own. Wallace settled for a 68 following a closing par to share third place with countryman Jordan Smith (64) and Jorge Campillo(67) of Spain on 272.

Wu Ashun produced the shot of the day when his eight-iron from 158 yards found the bottom of the cup on the par-three 13th. It was the third hole-in-one of the week.

Wu, who won the tournament in 2015,

signed for a 67 to emerge as the highest-ranked Chinese player in tied-seventh position in the 24th edition of the China Open, which is tri-sanctioned by the Asian Tour, European Tour and the China Golf Association.

Björk said: “It’s great to know that I am the first Swede to win the tournament. It sounds pretty good.

“It’s tough to describe the emotions right now but I am really very happy. I am very proud of myself. The way I played today, it’s probably one of the best rounds of golf that I have ever played.”

More than 9000 entries for US Open

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he United States Golf Association (USGA) accepted a total of 9049 entries for the 2018 US Open Championship at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club this month.

The number of entries is the eighth-highest, behind the record of 10,127 accepted for the 2014 US Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club’s Course No 2.

Among this year’s total are 54 players who are fully exempt into the field, including 12 previous winners.

The USGA accepted entries for the 118th US Open, with a purse of $US12 million, from golfers in all 50 US states, including 408 from New York, as well as the District of Columbia and 80 foreign countries.

“The continued worldwide interest in competing in the US Open Championship, golf’s ultimate test, remains significant,”

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said Stuart Francis, USGA Championship committee chairman.

“We look forward to conducting local and sectional qualifying and to hosting the US Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, one of the five founding members of the USGA, for the fifth time.”

Brooks Koepka, the 2017 champion, and 11 other champions are fully exempt from having to qualify for the championship. They are: Ernie Els (1994, 1997), Jim Furyk (2003), Lucas Glover (2009), Dustin Johnson(2016), Martin Kaymer (2014), Graeme McDowell (2010), Rory McIlroy (2011), Justin Rose (2013), Webb Simpson (2012), Jordan Spieth (2015) and Tiger Woods (2000, 2002, 2008).

To be eligible, a player must have a handicap index not exceeding 1.4, or be a professional.

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is the lone club to have hosted the US Open in three different centuries. In 1896, James Foulis won the second US Open with a threestroke victory over Horace Rawlins. Raymond Floyd(1986) and Corey Pavin (1995) were US Open champions in the 20th century. Retief Goosen held off Phil Mickelson to win his second US Open in 2004.

For the eighth consecutive year, only online entries were accepted. The USGA received 515 entries on the last day applications were accepted (April 25), including 115 applications in the final hour.

Drew Caudill, a 32-year-old professional from Mount Vernon, Ohio, submitted his entry just 23 seconds before the deadline.

Kyle Nakazaki, a 38-year-old professional from Manhattan Beach, was the first entrant when entries opened on March 7.

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DISTANCE IN GOLF COMING UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT

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comprehensive project to analyse distance in the game of golf and gather perspectives from the worldwide golf community has been launched by the world’s two main ruling bodies, the Royal and Ancient and the United States Golf Association.

The project will examine distance through a multi-pronged approach that includes global stakeholder engagement, third-party data review and primary research.

Focus groups and discussion forums will play an important role in the project, to secure a broad range of perspectives throughout golf.

With immediate effect, anyone interested in the topic can provide feedback by visiting randa.org/ distanceinsights or usga.org/distanceinsights or by emailing either organisation direct.

Martin Slumbers, chief executive of The R&A, said: “Distance in golf is a complex issue which is widely debated at all levels of the sport. It is important that we collate all of the relevant data and hear the many different perspectives on this issue that exist in the international golf community.

“We intend to conduct this process openly, comprehensively and promptly and will work with all of the key stakeholders to ensure we have a fully rounded view of distance and its implications.”

USGA chief executive Mike Davis added: “The topic of increased distance and its effects on the game have been discussed for well over a century. We believe that now is the time to examine this topic through a very wide and long lens, knowing it is critical to the future of the game.

“We look forward to delving deeply into this topic and learning more, led by doing right by golf, first and foremost.”

Stakeholder groups invited to participate in the project include amateur and professional golfers, worldwide professional golf tours, golf course owners and operators, golf equipment manufacturers, golf course architects, golf course managers and others.

Among the many topics to be explored, the organisations will seek distance-related data on pace of play, golf course construction and maintenance practices, the evolution of equipment, golf course design and player enjoyment and participation.

The R&A and the USGA will engage a range of golf industry stakeholders during 2018, with plans to deliver a report during 2019.

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Do you call out “fore!” on wayward hits?

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By Russ Ford, Convenor of the COVIC Golfing Community

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recall the childhood story of Chicken Little. Perhaps you know the story about when an acorn fell from a tree and hit the little chicken on the head and he immediately believed that the sky had fallen on the world. Recently at Waiterimu men's open I had a golf ball fall from the sky and hit me on the top back of my head. I wish it had only been an acorn as the ball impact was significant, having come from a 3 wood hit very high looking for wind assistance to take it to the adjacent green. Unfortunately for me it stayed straight and came down left of the green and onto the next tee box where I was preparing to hit a drive.

I had just teed up the ball, stepped back to check on my alignment and with my back to the incoming missile took it full force. OOCH! Now my question for all interested golfers, is “did this accident need to happen and what could have stopped it?”

My first comment to the arriving group as they showed suitable concern for my health before helping me up, was "Why did you not call out 'FORE!'" I was perhaps hoping that they would say they had, so I could excuse them. But no, their rather flippant response was, 'It wouldn't have made any difference as you wouldn't have heard us?' What an inexcusable assumption. So you are okay to abscond from a 'duty of care' to try and warn someone of an impending danger? Absolutely not!!!

My plea to all golfers is, that if you hit offline toward another tee box, fairway or green, whether

people are sighted or not, PLEASE show urgency in calling out a FORE warning as loud as you can. If you are in a group watching another player hit and their ball goes away from your own fairway or green, then lend them a hand if they fail to call out. YOU still have a responsibility to shout out if they don't, especially if you are a local club member who knows full well from past club play experience, where the dangers exist, while visitors may not. Regardless, you have no excuse to be remiss or lazy for not calling out, regardless of the players failure to do so. It could save a life or stop an unpleasant result from happening and ruining another's golf day. My entire foursome was impacted by my unpleasant experience and some potentially good rounds fell away to poor ones as a result.

THE NEW HEALTH & SAFETY regulations introduced on the 1st April 2016 are quite specific and will expose a club and its administrators to hefty fines (up to $200,000) and even imprisonment, for failure to warn or prevent known H&S dangers from existing, let alone occurring. An exposed tee box near an adjacent green is a case in point, as proved by my experience. Clubs therefore need to urgently review such dangers and erect wire fence screens to halt all potential wayward ball flights from endangering the health and well-being, if not life, of at risk players.

While I have a monty bubble on my head and some laceration, it could have been much worse.

We know that such impacts have actually killed people! For the sake of simply calling out a FORE warning (I always cover my head with my arms on

hearing such a call), or for CLUBS taking prior effective measure to remove all known risk hazards from existing, through changed course design, or erection of man made barriers. Be aware that trees are not sufficient to rely upon as barriers, as they are 90% air and do not guaranteed existence of a protective barrier.

I do hope this message is widely read and inspires all golfers and clubs to review their own safety behaviour and practices for the good of our awesome game and the safety of all who play it. At a time when we are struggling with decline of memberships, we must act to ensure new comers and would be potential players that our sport is SAFE! Thanks for reading, sharing, considering and positively responding, by simply acting upon it... FORE!

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Collaboration a key to the development of our emerging talent

By Gregg Thorpe, New Zealand Golf high performance manager

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oward the end of last year, the talent development team at New Zealand Golf brought a refreshed plan to life.

The plan, which is now on the New Zealand Golf website of www.golf.co.nz, outlines our vision, mission and role. It delves into the philosophical approach we take while also drawing attention to a few of the myths of talent development.

The plan shows the participant pathway for golf in New Zealand and the performance pathway for players who wish to play competitively. It is within the performance pathway that the four phases of our talent development plan resides, with the purpose of supporting emerging talent as they work toward achieving their goals.

While the document then goes on to explain each programme phase, I want to take this opportunity to highlight the last section of the development plan, titled Collaboration.

The following passage is taken from the plan, and as you will read, it highlights our view on the importance of the many people, and many organisations, involved in supporting the development of New Zealand’s emerging talent.

Collaboration The saying it takes a village to raise a child is an old African proverb, but it still rings true today when we think about what it takes to raise a champion.

In golf’s case, it is our development system (including the numerous organisations), facilities and people that make up the village. Players need their family/ whanau, schools, golf clubs, sport/health facilities, PGA coach,specialist service providers, district associations and New Zealand Golf to be collaborative and aligned in the way we all consider and approach their development path. For the vision to be achieved and the mission to be actioned,it will take everyone involved to work together to support the player who, of course, remains at the centre of this collaborative effort.

It would therefore be remiss to give any one organisation or person the kudos or credit for success. We must instead celebrate the whole system, that is all of the people who work tirelessly to administer and deliver junior programmes, club,district and national events, parents who drive their kids to golf or coaches who are working away at growing the skills of our emerging talent. As with all journeys there are those involved at the beginning, the middle and the end,with everyone just as critical to the success of a player as the other.

That being said, a special mention should be made of the home coaching teams of each and every player within golf’s system. Depending on how far along their development pathway, a player will depend on just who is in this important group of primary support.

The group may begin as a club coach

or parent,volunteering their time, right through to a qualified and experienced PGA performance coach supported by a sports psychologist, physiotherapist, strength and conditioning coach and even a nutritionist. As a player progresses, it is important the level of support grows to match their needs.

While the player is the central focus of such a team, a true performance coach sits at the centre of the coaching team itself. They are the coordinators of the player’s development programme. They know the aspirations of the player, they know how good is good and they understand the gap that needs to be bridged.

They know this because they understand the game as well as the person. They also know what the player doesn’t know and are therefore happy to work as part of a coaching team.

Each of the team has their areas of expertise and they each have testing protocols in place to assess the current abilities of the player. Having this evidence allows the team, led by the performance coach, to collectively create the appropriate long-term plans that support the player’s development.

Because the initial player assessment phase included testing, they can then retest in time to monitor the effectiveness of the programme and how the player is progressing.

Not every coach is a performance coach and it is important that emerging talent understands the difference and

is clear on what they want from their coach.There are coaches who specialise in teaching (or instructing) the technical skills of the game but may not provide a full coach-led service.

A teacher, or instructor, does have an important role to play in golfers acquiring technical skills, and perhaps even the tactical skills of golf, but they may not desire to sit at the centre of a coaching team, and they may not provide a player with a monitored development programme that addresses all of their developmental needs with a long-term focus.

If this is the case, as a player progresses, their programme development and management will need to be led by another provider, a parent, or in some instances, by the player themselves. For most young players, this could be a while away, but eventually their needs will require them to grow their team and address their skill development across the performances pillars. Either way,whether it’s an instructor or a performance coach leading a player’s development, quality coaching remains critical to their success.

As a final word on collaboration, it is easy to see our small golfing population as a potential area of weakness, but we can in fact use this connectedness, our two degrees of separation, to our advantage. Through sharing our knowledge and experiences and working together we can all play our part in assisting the rise of the next generation of successful New Zealand golfing athletes.

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Behind successful golfers is often a PGA professional

By Dominic Sainsbury New Zealand PGA General Manager

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ecently Daniel Pearce won the Barfoot and Thompson Akarana Open in Auckland and caddying for him in the last round was PGA professional and club fitting expert Peter Ranford.

Peter has his own business (BOOM Golf) that focuses on correctly fitting equipment to golfers of all shapes and sizes.

But Peter is not only a club fitter. He is also an equipment innovator in which his unique Fine-Tuned putter design is used by golfers such as Barak Obama, John key, Daniel Pearce and a number of players around the world.

Club fitting for most, if not all, successful tour players plays a huge part in being able to get the most out of their game.

This is no different for the weekend warrior. Would you buy a pair of shoes off the shelf without having tried them on or even purchasing the correct size? Having all your clubs custom fitted by an expert is a great way to getting instant success with your game.

A PGA professional is more than just a coach and a club fitter, they are skilled in

United States-based New Zealand golfer Tim Wilkinson lines up a putt while his long-time Palmerston North coach Andre White looks on.

business, golf technology, events, tournaments and competitions, golf operations and a lot of PGA members are now working in club management and administration. Behind the success of most golfers is a PGA professional who is dedicated to you getting the most out of your

golf game.

Earlier this year we had Tim Wilkinson return home to play in the New Zealand PGA Championship and the New Zealand Open. His long-term friend and coach, PGA professional Andre White was on the bag caddying for Tim while he played

in the NZ PGA Championship. Andre and Tim have been working together for close to 25 years. That is a lot of hard work behind the scenes but also a lot of great success along the way.

The definition of success is different to everyone, for some it is winning the US Masters, for others it is breaking a score of one hundred, while for others it could merely be seeing the ball fly in the air for the first time. PGA professionals are passionate about the game of golf and love sharing that passion with every golfer they meet, very few things are as rewarding as sharing success with someone.

Stuart Thompson, the coaching professional at the Whitford Park Golf Club can regularly be found at schools in south Auckland running introduction to golf coaching sessions, inspiring the next Ryan Fox or Lydia Ko to take up golf.

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Great golf course, where are the people?

By Anthony Barkley NZPGA Professional

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have been at the Rotorua Golf Club for 5 years now and as I have said in my last article, I will likely not be the head professional here at the time this column is published. I have a bit of a bond with this club now. I think as a professional it’s normal as you get to know so many good people and become part of the club. But with such a great golf course where are all the members? We have around 400 currently but it’s not just us as in the whole of Rotorua we have under 1000 members. This has been concerning for a while now and certainly it puts a strain on all the clubs but it’s lucky that we do get a lot of NZ and International tourists playing throughout the year.

Now, if you have not played the Ro-

torua Golf Club, you should. It is firstly one of the only Geothermal courses in the world that has some real unique features. Secondly, there are some lovely holes played around Lake Arikikapakapa and it’s a very enjoyable course to play, thirdly, it’s a nice walk with holes that are challenging but not super hard. Fourth, it’s dry under foot all year as the water just disappears making it a definite all year round good course to play. And finally it’s a great course to bring a club groups through as loads of accommodation and other courses to link to (we also have pretty good service standards as well).

So here we are with this fantastic course that is maintained so well by its three full time green keepers and at times the course is empty. Days gone by there were 1000 members and this may be a

similar situation at other clubs around NZ. We have around 70000 populations in Rotorua and I believe a 3% ratio to Golf club members is possible. That should be round 2100 members in Rotorua City limits but we are not even half this.

I think there have been many reasons sounded out by experts and some solutions which sound good in principle but putting them into practice is not easy.

Clubs are generally conservative and minimise risk taking to ensure the survival of a club. This, I definitely understand and I have seen this in the 33+ years I have been playing golf at many golf courses around NZ. But I think we will start to see change at clubs in the future. What’s the expression, if you don’t evolve, you die, which sounds a bit harsh but it’s very true in many ways?

Here in Rotorua, I think we have the is-

sue of Mountain Biking that is absolutely huge and with many other activities so handy, golf kind of gets put to the side.

You only have to drive down the road from the club in the weekends and see how full the mountain bike area is to understand what momentum mountain biking has here. But is this just an excuse?

That’s a bit of a rant about the issues we face in Rotorua that like I have said, could be seen at other places as well around NZ. I wonder if you were going to start again how you would set up a golf club.

If you stepped away and tried to look at it in a non biased way, how would it look in regards to the non course element? This may get some peoples creativity going and may be worth another article.

In the meantime get yourself to Rotorua Golf Club and play as you won’t be disappointed.

Anthony Barkley is Golfer Pacific’s Golf professional contributor. He is head professional at Rotorua Golf Club. “Ant” is responsible for many aspects of play at the club. One of the main things that he sees his role is to help people enjoy their golf more. Over the coming month’s he will write these articles with this intention of writing about club fitting, coaching, the mental game and will include the occasional review of new products.

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What should I expect to get out of golf coaching?

By Ian Hardie NZPGA Professional

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s this column is about golf coaching, I thought it would be a good idea to take a look at just why it is, that a golfer might look to get golf coaching in the first place.

The other day, I was asked a question by a golfer who was thinking about taking a few golf coaching sessions.

“What should I expect to get out of golf coaching?”

They certainly weren’t the first golfer to ever ask me that and my simple answer was.

‘Improvement in some or as is usual in most cases, many areas of your golf game.’

Being able to assist with improvements to the golf game of the golfer is the only purpose of coaching golf.

While the golfer who is getting the coaching is committing time, effort and money – with I assume, a similar expectation of improvement.

That makes sense doesn’t it?

However, this is not what most golfers actually expect because, when they tell other golfers that they are going for golf coaching, those other golfers will almost

always offer the same advice.

“Oh, you’ll play worse for a while when you get golf coaching”.

In my experience, the golfers who offer that advice have either never had a proper golf coaching session in their life or if they did, they put very little effort in afterwards to attain any improvement.

By the way, that last bit was quite an important factor that contributes to the success (or otherwise) of golf coaching.

So, when it comes to golf coaching put aside any preconceived ideas and start with an open mind, as the vast majority of golf coaches you will meet simply exude “GOLF”.

A good golf coach will have a passion and energy for the game that will have you walking away afterwards, inspired by the possibilities that have been opened up for your golf game and wanting to go back for more!

In fact, the most frequent comment I get from golfers after my coaching sessions is that they are ‘excited about golf again!’

A good golf coach will challenge you to do the best that you can with what you have.

There is no, ‘changing everything’ to the point where you can’t hit, there will

simply be improvement gained by building on your current skills and past experiences.

To illustrate that point, here is my basic philosophy on improving a golfer that has been crafted from playing with and teaching golf to thousands of different golfers over the years.

I have noticed two main things: First, all golfers are physically and mentally different from each other which means there is no one correct way to move the club or hit the ball.

The challenge for the golf coach is to find a way for the golfer to improve by working with what they already have, not showing them what ‘tour player x does’ or making them try to conform to whatever the latest ‘correct theory’ is.

This is the art of golf coaching.

In a very early piece of writing I did, I explained it like this: “The key to golfers finding enjoyment in golf is not following a lot of theoretically correct positions and actions, it is about finding ways for them to use whatever their physical abilities are, to play consistent shots that lead to consistent rounds of golf at whatever level they strive for.”

Like most other crafts, coaching golf can really only be learnt with thousands

of hours of practical experience, combined with exceptional communication skills from the teacher.

Second and most importantly.

Most golfers do not play to their true potential and in fact, too many give up soon after starting or become frustrated golfers over a period of years simply due to the information they are given (or more correctly the lack of good information) and the way they are ‘helped’ when they start.

It’s normally not a lack of ability that the golfer has, it’s a lack of good information.

So, what can a golfer expect from a golf coaching?

To be inspired and given good information about the game of golf.

Information that is easy to understand, which will help them to build on their current skills at the game to improve in some or as is usual in most cases, many areas of their golf game.

So, will a golfer play worse after golf coaching?

No, of course not, in fact, they are far more likely to experience just the opposite and become excited about golf again!

Play well.

Ian Hardie is Golfer Pacific’s Golf Professional contributor. He is Club Professional at Omanu Golf Club in Mount Maunganui. Ian’s time is split between the pro shop at the club and helping people to improve, while enjoying their golf more as a result of his golf coaching. Over the past few years, in an effort to help as many golfers as he can, Ian has been sharing his common sense golf advice with golfers around the world through his website golfhabits.com. With over 500 articles to read, it’s a great resource for any golfer looking to improve their golf game.

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GOLF TRAILS

NEWS FROM AROUND THE REGIONS

NORTHLAND NORTHLAND GOLF GAINING TRACTION WITH SCHOOL GOLF INITIATIVES

By Andrew Leventis andrewleventis312@gmail.com

Northland Golf’s school programme initiative has been proving popular with local schools as the association is attempting to build the profile of the sport to your people by offering innovative and fun “Get into Golf” school programmes.

One of the challenges with these types of programmes in past times has been how best to structure pathways to students being exposed to golf in school programmes and how they transition to experience on actual golf courses.

However, with the support of golf clubs

there is traction already being realised in this area. Most recently, One Tree Point School who completed the school golf initiative were given the opportunity to visit and play golf at the superb Waipu Golf Club. The students had a fantastic experience at the golf club and most were very keen to continue being involved in the golf programmes. It is fantastic to hear stories like this and congratulations to Northland Golf and its supportive clubs for driving this change!

MANGAWHAI LEFTIES

Mangawhai Lefties had good attendance from the south, particularly Billy Burt from Ohope, President Wayne from Hamilton, and delegates Nuddy and Murray from Auckland. Played last month John Barber reports; “Everyone enjoyed themselves and we had 29 players including 3 right handers

from Whitford.

We were lucky with the weather, only a brief shower on Sunday morning, the course was quite lush and was playing long. Robbie Cummings won the gross with 73 and 76; and he was followed in the gross by Gordon Wylde with 75 and 76”.

Full results follow: Division 1 Gross Robbie Cummings 149 r/u Gordon Wylde 151 Net Greg Limond 137, Murray Horsnell 139, Don McLean 144, Bill Burt 147 Division 2 Gross Paul Volkov 187; Robin Kent 192 Net Owen Young 146 c/b John Barber 146, Graeme Wakelin 148, Martin Arrowsmith 151 Twos all the first day Peter Cornes, Greg Lamond, Robbie Cummings

TOP OF THE HARBOUR JUNIOR OPEN

It was a wonderful sight to see a group of enthusiastic young golfers from Waipu Golf Club take to the course for the Top of the Harbour Junior Open Tournament on Friday, 20 April.

Results for the NZGA players: Gross over the field: Belinda May 78 Mangawhai Girls Yellow Nett Lucia Lee 83 Whitford Park Stableford Jessica Lee 25 Pupuke Boys Blue Nett Craig Hockings 72 The Pines Stableford Tarrin Rous 32 Mangawhai R/up Brady Sylvester 32 Mangawhai 2nd R/up Haochen Wang 32 Pupuke Boys White Nett Cole Allen 66 Hikurangi Stableford Jack Hodgson 39 Paparoa R/up Rafe Fleming-Bone 30 Northland

2nd R/up Ben Salisbury 26 North Shore Boys Yellow Nett Nic Byles 59 Waipu Stableford Kaiser Jacoby 44 Waipu R/up Danny Henderson 40 Waipu 2nd R/up Liam Henderson 34 Waipu 3rd R/up Matthew Prinsloo 26 Waipu

There were also 13 entries in the 9 hole Kiwi Course for beginners. Three played 9+ holes and the other 10 played 2-person Ambrose. All won prizes, including the lucky draw of a set of clubs won by Janne Loots. Thanks to Golf Northland for the lucky draw prizes.

JUNIORS AT WAIPU GOLF CLUB

Our Monday Junior sessions are still going well. We have a good number of keen young golfers turning up each week with smiles on their faces ready to play.

We are going to continue during Term 2 as long as the weather stays nice and will re-assess if it turns a bit nasty towards the end of the term. These sessions are open to any kids who want to have a go at golf, they don’t need to be a member and we have all the equipment required.

The Top of The Harbour Junior Tournament was held on Friday the 20th of April and on all accounts it was a great success. I had many parents comment how well run the tournament was and that their kids had a great time.

We had 30 junior golfers ranging from 17 year old Northland representative player Belinda May who is on a scratch handicap, all the way through to our youngest player 4 year old Drew Russell who managed to play 6 holes (her Dad SUNSHINE COAST

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had to carry her and her clubs in after 6 holes).

All players were given a goodie bag on arrival and also won a prize for playing.

This was made possible from the generous sponsorship from Debit Success and The Northland Eagles.

Golf Northland donated a set of Junior Cleveland Clubs which were won in a lucky draw by Janne Loots who played in the purple tee division.

It was a great day for all involved and I would like to thank Julie Gordon and John Pennington for their hard work in organising the day. I would also like to thank all the club members that came out on the day to help out. It is so awe-some to have the support of the club for our juniors.

MANGAWHAI HOSTS “BEST EVER” TOM BONNINGTON CUP FIELD

Over the 32 years that the Mangawhai Golf Club has hosted the prestigious Tom Bonnington Cup event, many fine golfers have made their tilt at the trophy. As the event has grown in status over the years it has attracted some big names in the game – but never more so than the 2018 version.

In the words of Tournament Director Wayne Watts, this line-up was the “best ever”, representing 30 different clubs from the upper North Island and including nearly 20 players with scratch handicaps or better.

The event (originially titled The Mangawhai Golf Club Men’s Open but now better known as The Bonnington) was played

on the weekend of 26 and 27 May on a course that was in magnificent condition. The famed Mangawhai greens were at their best – smooth, fast and true – fairways were well grassed and rough was trimmed to a height that demanded strong recovery skills.

Not renowned as an overly long course, Mangawhai is highly regarded for the way it tests even the most accomplished golfer – attested to by the fact that only one round under par was played over the weekend. Many players struggled to read the line and pace of greens, while others found their power game was not particularly suited to Mangawhai’s subtleties.

Play was from the Blue Championship tees, with 66 players entered for an event that is rated as a New Zealand Order of Merit tournament and offers significant prizes and points for the top placegetters. Top amateurs from Northland, North Harbour and Auckland formed the bulk of the field and Mangawhai was well represented with seven members in the line-up, headed by three-time previous winner Scott Wightman. Early conditions were pleasant but as Day One progressed the dreaded gusting sou’wester started to make its presence felt, particularly on Holes 2 and 12. Day Two saw tempera-

tures drop a little and the sou’wester blew steadily through the day. The odd shower caused discomfort for some but there was no delay in play as competitors focussed on their game.

After 36 holes had been completed, three players were tied for first place – Sung Jin Yeo (North Shore), Jang Hyun Lee (Maungakiekie) and Zane Hinton (Mangawhai), all with 149. A sudden death playoff took place and Sung Jin Yeo emerged as the tournament winner after the first play-off hole.

A White (Club) Tee competition was also run over the two days, drawing a capacity field and attracting a good number of visitors to Mangawhai. Jonathan Ho (North Shore) took the Nett prize with two consistent rounds, emerging ahead of a host of local members headed by Men’s Club Captain Shel Lloyd.

Comments from visiting players were universally positive with the greens, in particular, receiving high praise. Cored just 6 weeks ago, they had regained their smooth contours and superior speed, leading many to say they were the best they had played on for a long time. In all, the Mangawhai course can be compared favourably with the best and is a huge drawcard for golfers around the country.

At the prizegiving, Sung Jin Yeo thanked the club for hosting the tournament and thanked the course team for the great work in presenting such an outstanding course. He is a young golfer who achieves exceptional length off the tee and has the temperament to handle those awkward

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RESULTS Tom Bonnington Cup (Blue Tees) Gross Sung Jin Yeo (North Shore) 77-72-149 (won sudden-death playoff) Jang Hyun Lee (Maungakiekie) 77-72-149 Zane Hinton (Mangawhai) 74-75-149 James Hydes (Gulf Harbour) 77-74-151 Nathan Mayes (Wainui) 81-71-152 Scott Wightman (Mangawhai) 76-76-152 Kunaal Singh (Whitford Park) 75-77-152 Kadin Neho (Muriwai) 77-76-153 Ben Jujnovich (Redwood Park) 77-76-153 White Tees Division (Nett) Jonathan Ho (North Shore) 70-71-142 Shel Lloyd (Mangawhai) 70-74-144 Ross Hattaway (Mangawhai) 73-72-145 Barry Brennan (Mangawhai) 72-75-147 Locky Wilson (Northern Wairoa) 74-74-148 Des Chitty (Mangawhai) 75-74-149

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SOUTH ISLAND UNDER-19 CHAMPS

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NZ Golf has named Kevin Koong in its team to fly to Tokyo for the Junior Golf World Cup this June. Harbour Golf is very proud of this achievement by Kevin, and we wish him and the team well as they take on the best junior golfers on the planet.

NZ GOLF SECONDARY SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIP

Inter-Club Pennant Winners: Wainui

Premier Pennant Winners: North Shore

Congratulations to the team from Massey High School for winning the Harbour Division of this annual event. Their gross score of 210 (best 3 of 4 cards) was 5 strokes clear of second-placed Pinehurst School. The best individual gross score was Jang Hyun (Eric) Lee from Massey High School with an impressive 66.

LOCAL WIN IN SOUTH HEAD OPEN

Weekend Pennant Winners: Wainui 1

Midweek Pennant Winners: North Shore 1

9-hole Pennant Winners: Warkworth

2018 HARBOUR GOLF PENNANTS

A great season of Pennants has concluded, and we have worthy winners in every category.

Thank you to everyone who took part, and for the great spirit the matches were played in.

Nobilo Pennant Winners: Muriwai

Many of our fantastic Harbour juniors made the trip south to Harewood GC. Half of the girls in the top ten at the end of the tournament were from our district.

The boys also fared well with 7 of them finishing inside the top 20. Special mention to Yeonsoo Son who won the U13 girls division. Even-par for 3 rounds at 12 years old!

KEVIN KOONG HEADING TO JUNIOR GOLF WORLD CUP

NORTH HARBOUR GOLF / CLUB TOURNAMENT PROMOTION One of the accommodating aspects of the local game is when clubs run open days (events open to other club members). This has many benefits for both host club and visiting players. The club gets to showcase its course and effective tournament running skills and visitors get the chance to play another course in a competition against many other golfers they may not get normally get the chance to meet and compete against. In times past, it used to be that flyers were just placed on club notice boards to promote the open days, however in past years with (sometimes) dwindling numbers and the effectiveness of electronic communication, North Harbour Golf has for years been doing its own promotion to assist local club events. There is a “Club and Charity Tournaments and Events” section on the North Harbour website in which (in date order) notification of these local open club events are posted online along with links to their relevant poster and/or entry forms. Notifications of these events are also emailed directly to clubs, delegates and a substantial database via email to assist in their promotion. North Harbour Golf started this initiative in 2010 and other districts also now have promotions on their website for local club open days and events. So, to North Harbour Golfers remember, look no further than Harbour Golf’s own website for further information if you want to get involved in playing some fantastic local tournaments at other golf clubs. There are plenty of opportunities out there!

Pictured is winning Warkworth team: Helen Schmidt, Sala Bishop, Tagi Thacker and Gaye Decker.

NZ GOLF NATIONAL WOMEN’S TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

The fantastic crew at Whangaparaoa GC kindly staged the event and even put on some glorious weather.

Congratulations to the team from Warkworth GC whose 16 under nett score took the title by four strokes from Whangaparaoa GC. North Shore GC finished in third place.

The 6th of May saw the running of the annual South Head Men’s and Women’s Open golf tournaments. The South Head Open is the most prestig-ious tournament on the Club’s golfing calendar and is supported by visiting golfers from many other Clubs. This year was no exception with no fewer that 77 men and 17 women entries, in-cluding some from as far away as Hutt Park Golf Club in Wellington.

With the day dawning cloudy and drizzly, there was real fear that the weather could spoil the day. As players teed off, light drizzle fell, but this soon cleared to make way for sunshine, which combined with the excellent state of the course, made for a great day’s golf.

The early damp conditions made playing off the championship tee markers a challenge for most players. One player who clearly did not struggle in the conditions was South Head’s very own Malcolm Brennan. With his truly unique golf swing and customary unfazed demeanor, this popular South Head Club member scored a very respectable 76 gross (net 64) beating Red-wood Park’s Marcus Raman by a single shot, with Scott Prouse from Pupuke GC a further stroke back in third place.

The South Head Open Women’s Champion for 2018 is Hea Ran Kim from the Pupuke GC. Hea’s gross 79 from the yellow tees was also very good achievement on the day and good enough to finish five shots ahead of Alayna Cox (Wellsford) and South Head’s own Alison Young a further 5 shots back in third place.

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bleford winners in the senior-, intermediate- and junior grades, there were plenty of winners on the day. All this was made possible through the generous sponsorship by JK’s World of Golf, who have now been the tournament’s principle sponsor for the past three years.

As usual, the course was in excellent condition and a great advertisement for the Club. The Club’s Committee extends its great appreciation to all those who helped make the day a success.

AUCKLAND AUCKLAND GOLFERS CONTINUE TO POST STRONG PERFORMANCES AT NATIONAL LEVEL

By Andrew Leventis andrewleventis312@gmail.com

There is never any question about the strong depth and level of talent in the countries biggest district and further recent results continue to emphasis this.

There have been numerous highlights and strong performances from Auckland players over the last month. Brittney Dryland (Titirangi) has continued her stellar play with a decisive five shot victory at the Carrus Open with Auckland players taking out five of the top six places in the women’s section of the tournament. Brigit Holford (Royal Auckland & Grange) has been selected for the inaugural Women’s Senior Trans-Tasman Cup Team to be played in Adelaide from the 24th to 26th of September. Finally, in the recent South Island Under 19 Championship Auckland players won two titles with Jimmy Zheng (Howick) winning the boys U19 section and Daniel Freemen (Remuera) winning the boys U13 section. There were also runner up finishes for Jang Hyun Lee (Maungakiekie) and Miree Jung (Titirangi). Congratulations to all these players for their recent achievements.

AUCKLAND MENS PENNANT FINALS DAY

By Andrew Leventis andrewleventis312@gmail.com

The Auckland Golf pennant finals were held on the 20th of May with the “off the stick” competition grades being played at Titirangi and the interclub grade finals being played at Pukekohe. It was great to see members from competing clubs attending the day in support of their players. Royal Auckland & Grange claimed the biggest prize winning the coveted Bissett Shield when they led all the way to defeat Akarana 5-3. Pakuranga gained a much-desired promotion into Bissett in 2019 by winning the Presidents Grade by a margin of 5-3 over host club Titirangi with the match not being decided until the final hole in a very closely contested battle. Pukekohe also won the Vice Presidents grade over Whitford Park (5-3) and Remuera also defeated Chamberlain Park by the same margin. In the interclub grades at Pukekohe it was Royal Auckland & Grange who once again took top honours with a 5-3 win over Maungakiekie in Division One. Their second team also won Division 2 over Whitford Park in a close 4.5/3.5 match. Division Three was settled in play-off with Titirangi winning on the first hole of sudden death over Akarana. Another year of pennants is

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now in the books and congratulations to the winners and all that competed.

Winning Presidents Team (Pakuranga) pictured. Names left to right as follows: Henry Wang, Aaron Kerr, Andrew Randall, Bruce Tatterson (manager), Stephen Liu, Roy Hollick, Nick McMahon, Jay-Michael Lindsay, Robby Cumming.

AUCKLAND SENIOR GOLFERS 2018 CHAMPIONSHIPS

We recently completed our popular annual Matchplay championship which had a good following and was played over 4 Mondays and on 4 different golf courses.

The field was split into 4 divisions and played using current handicaps. The finals were played at the Maramarua Golf course.

The results were: Senior Winner – Ian Crichton Runner Up – Gary Paterson Intermediate Winner – Mark Bishop Runner Up – Paul Mayhew Junior Winner – Steve Huang Runner Up – Logan Aikman C grade Winner – Ian Todd Runner Up – Michael Floyd.

Remember to check our web site for the timing of next years event.

NEWS FROM AGI REPRESENTATIVE GOLF

Congratulations to: Brigit Holford (RAGGC): Selected for NZ Team to play in the inaugural Women’s Seniors Trans-Tasman Cup in Adelaide, Oct. This has a similar format to the Ryder Cup with teams of 6 playing over 3 days.

Brittney Dryland (Titirangi) continues to fly the Ak flag with her incredible display of superb golf. Her solid form has seen her being rewarded by the National Selectors and named in three NZ teams.

With Caryn Khoo (Pakuranga) & Canterbury’s Juliana Hung as the NZ team to play in the Queen Sirikit Cup in Thailand.

Carmen Lim (Windross Farm) & Rose Zheng (Pakuranga) in NZ team with Canterbury’s Juliana Hung to play in the Toyota Junior World Cup Squad in June at Chukyo Golf Club, Japan. This is the worlds only junior golf championship which consists of 15 men’s & 9 women’s teams Results: NZ SI Championships at Templeton GC

hole to make the semi-final.

A great effort guys & I would like to acknowledge every player who put up their hand this season: Jimmy Zheng, Craig Van Der Nagel, Mario Beer, Jorritt Stamm, Craig Wheat, Geoff Sissons, Matt Connolly, Dan Mantell, Richard Griffin, Robert Michael Dalton, Tusi Valisi, David Roebeck, Sheldon O’Connor, Jack Britland-Whiting and Jerry Song - well done guys!

2nd Miree Jung, Titirangi 4th Grace Jung, Remuera 10th Fiona Xu, Akarana U.19’s 1st Jimmy Zheng, Howick 2nd Jang Hyun Lee, Maungakiekie 8th Tommy Liu, RAGGC U.15’s 2nd Henry Wang, Pakuranga 4th Stephen Liu, Pakuranga 8th Nathan Smith, Remuera U.13’s 1st Daniel Freeman, Remuera 3rd Robby Turnbull, Remuera

THREE TEAMS ATOP THE COVIC SHIELD TABLE

STROKEPLAY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS AT HOWICK

By Brian Macken

While our numbers were well down on previous years it was good see so many brave the conditions and have a go.

The weather did not treat us well but despite all the doom and gloom we got through to our final round which actually finished in ideal conditions.

Once again thank you all.

Our Men’s Champions for 2018 are: Seniors Jimmy Zheng 204 Intermediate Hoanni Hakaria 239 Junior Gary Coxon 250 C Grade Ian Redshaw 251 D Grade Michael Biggs 276 Well done guys. As our Division Winners you each receive a $50 credit on your account. See you all plus others at our Match Play Champs starting 6th Oct: check the club program and mark your diaries.

MENS PENNANTS AT HOWICK

By Graeme Heaphy, Senior Team Manager

The Bissett Shield was played on 6th May at Whitford Park versus Akarana.

Howick Golf Club won by 4½ – 3½; a fantastic result, meaning that not only do we stay in Bissett for 2019, but we finished 6th for the season.

Our goal at the start of the season was to retain Bissett status; mission accomplished.

Great wins at 1 & 2 by Jimmy Zheng & Craig Van Der Nagel; wins from Jorrit Stamm & Geoff Sissons along with a half from Craig Wheat made up the 4½ points.

Akarana were in 3rd place on the points table going into the match, with the possibility of going top for automatic entry to the final, if they had a very big win; as it turned out, they needed an 8 foot putt from off the green on the last

A field of fifty three COVIC players took the opportunity on Tuesday 17th April, to play a round of golf and have an awesome meal afterwards at the Awhitu Golf Club. The weather was fine with only occasional wind gusts while the course was playing harder, after recent rains have reduced the fairway run.

In round 3 of the Shield Qualifying, Waiuku surprised with a winning team score of 140 points one ahead of second place getters Clarks Beach (139).

Third equal were Maramarua and Wattle Downs (138), fifth Awhitu (133), sixth Pukekohe (132), one ahead of Onewhero and Hauraki (131) in seventh equal, then Huntly-Waiterimu (127) 9th and Waikare (115) 10th.

These results mean that three teams are now atop the Shield Table – Onewhero, Maramarua and Clarks Beach all having 10-points after three rounds.

Awhitu are 4th (13), Waiuku 5th (14), Hauraki and Wattle Downs 6th= (16), Pukekohe 8th (18), Huntly-Waiterimu 9th (20) and Waikare 10th (24).

The COVIC Challenge Cup matchplay event saw holder Maramarua gain another walk-over while the Craig Smith’s Pukekohe Pro Shop Player of the Day Award went to Hauraki’s Bob Rogers. Playing off a 16 handicap Bob shot a 78 gross score for a total of 42-points, clearly the best round of the day and a deserving winner of the Claret Jacket and a sleeve of Callaway Balls. Other top scorers were Maramarua’s Ces York and Clarks Beach’s Chris Hone who both shot 41-points, while Henry Robin of Wattle Downs returned with 40-points.

The next COVIC round will be played on Friday 11th May at the Onewhero Golf Club. As a means of attracting more women entries, Onewhero will be trialling a seperate COVIC division for Women players at their event. Men and women

playing extras are welcome and should either contact their club’s convenor to enter, or Onewhero’s host convenor Les Johns at lesleoniejohns@gmail.com.

ONEWHERO & CLARKS BEACH TAKE CONTROL

Eighty-two vets golfers were very happy that the rain stayed away until the round was complete. The Onewhero Golf Course was well presented and with a record eleven women starting it was possible to run a seperate ladies division, although the ladies were mixed in with the men. This proved extremely popular as evidenced by after match comment.

“This is a good and healthy sign for the future of COVIC, which had somewhat by default become dominated by men” said Convenor Russ Ford. “Of the ten COVIC member clubs, five had women representatives, so we are more than confident that future events can see a dozen or two of lady golfers present.”

Qualifying Round 4 of the COVIC Shield played on Friday 11th May 2018, saw the Onewhero and Clarks Beach teams share the honours, with 145-stableford points each. This places them out in front in the six round qualifying race, both tied with 11-round points apiece, nine ahead of the field. Other round places were: 3rd Huntly Waiterimu (142), 4th Wattle Downs (141), 5th Pukekohe (133), 6th Waiuku (132), 7th Waikare (131), 8th Hauraki (126), 9th Awhitu (125) and 10th Maramarua (122).

The unexpected last placing of previous leaders Maramarua, saw them double their points tally to 20-points and slip to third place. They share this position with both Waiuku and Wattle Downs also on 20-points who make up the top five.

Awhitu are in sixth with 22-points, just one point ahead of both Pukekohe and Huntly-Waiterimu on 23-points, and two ahead of Hauraki on 24-points. With two rounds to go, all these teams still have a chance of making the top five to play for the COVIC Shield, with the lower five playing for the COVIC Plate. After a tough start to 2018, Waikare’s 31-points suggest that they would need to two win the next two rounds and have a few other results to go their way, to make the top five clubs.

The COVIC Challenge Cup matchplay event saw holder Maramarua gain a sound 41.5 to 30.5 victory over Pukekohe, thanks largely to some excellent golf by

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their leftie Cecil York (photo) who dominated his match 14.5 to 3.5. Having broken his age the day before at Waikare, Cecil shot a 45-point round to clearly win the men’s haggle by 2-shots from Waikare’s Graham Bowers. Onewhero’s Dane Rasmussen and Clarks Beach Maurice Gardiner were equal third on 39-points. Barbara Crum of Onewhero won the ladies division with 38-points one ahead on club mate Bev Boel with Waiuku’s Delia Fleming third with 33-points.

The Craig Smith’s Pukekohe Pro Shop Player of the Day Award was deservedly awarded to Ces York along with the Claret Jacket and Callaway Balls. The next COVIC round will be played at the Wattle Downs Golf Club on Thursday 31st May 2018. Men and women golfers interested in playing should advise their own club’s COVIC convenor to enter, or, contact the Wattle Downs event convenor Bob Sharpe at bsharpe@xtra.co.nz.

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Club who provided their venues free of charge in the interest of promoting and encouraging junior participation.

WAIKATO GOLF SECONDARY SCHOOLS TEAMS DAY

By Andrew Leventis andrewleventis312@gmail.com

Waikato Golfs annual secondary school teams’ day was held on the 7th of May and was a resounding success. The event is a chance for all local secondary schools to compete in a beginner friendly Ambrose format so players of all levels can get involved. Most teams comprised of a couple of low handicapped experienced golfers and the rest beginner players.

Incredibly this fantastic junior initiative from Waikato Golf attracted 33 teams (more than double the entries for 2017) with many local schools supporting the tournament with multiple entries. In the end there were too many teams for the one golf course scheduled to host (Matamata) so a decision was made to host the 19 division one teams at Matamata and the 14 division two teams at Morrinsville.

Both days were a great experience for all involved and Hamilton Boys High School were the main winners on the day with their teams winning both the division one and two competitions. Congratulations to Waikato Golf for running and promoting an event that has gained such a remarkable level of support and is a real testament to the strong promotion of the game in local schools. Also, a big thank you to Matamata and Morrinsville Golf

The division one winning team (left to right) of Mitchell Kay, Campbell Crouch, Elliot Jenkins, Sam McArthur and manager Brendon Cooley is pictured.

WAIKATO GOLF INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP

the round of St Peters number one and Waikato Golf representative Focus Jonglikit who slammed dunked her tee shot on the Par 3 third for her second ever hole in one. This fantastic start carried her to a round of 69 (adjusted to 67 for the course rating difference) with the rest of the team of Oak Archvarin, Ing Iadpluem and Rhys Thomas contributing with rounds of 75, 74 and 80 respectively.

The total of 216 was good enough for a comfortable 15 shot win over Hamilton Boys High School who posted a total of 231. Congratulations to St Peters High School who will now compete in the national final in September!

By Andrew Leventis andrewleventis312@gmail.com

On the 14th of May an impressive 11 teams competed in the 2018 Waikato Golf Intercollegiate Championships, held at the superbly condition Hamilton Golf Club. The format of the tournament is stroke play with the best 3 out of 4 scores from each school team counting towards their final total. The winning team on the day has the major incentive of then going forth to compete in the national final which is scheduled for Manawatu on the 3rd of September. All the best junior golfers from local schools were present with the predictions prior being it would likely be a shoot out from the number one teams from both Hamilton Boys High and St Peters. The major story of the day was

Winning team (left to right) pictured is Focus Jonglikit, Terry Both (WGA CEO), Rhys Thomas, Oak Archvarin and Ing Iadpluem.

PENNANTS CHAMPIONS DECIDED!

Golfers from across the Waikato donned their livery and headed to their designated arena. It was Finals Weekend with stormy conditions greeting hopeful champs thoughout the region.

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phy at the Ngahinepouri Golf Club, Handicap Strokeplay hosted by the Hamilton Golf Club, Women’s Championship Pennants and their associated Golf Awards Evening was to be held at the Matamata Golf Club. These events are highly anticipated and all eyes were to the sky where one of the biggest storms of the year was brewing above, a sign of events to come?

The rain stayed in the east meaning the Prebble cup and Tolich Trophy were able to be played in near perfect golfing conditions at the Ngahinepouri Golf Club.

The Prebble Cup Champions for 2018 are the Walton Golf Club. They managed to pip Horsham Downs Golf Club in the final on a countback! After the foursomes in the morning Walton were leading Horsham Downs 3 – 1. The Horsham Downs Golf Club rallied after lunch to post a 5 -3 comeback in the afternoon singles.

This resulted in both teams finishing on 6 match points which required a look back to holes won, to determine our Prebble Cup Champion for 2018 (Walton 23 holes – Horsham Downs 18 holes).

In the Final of the Tolich Trophy, Hukanui Golf Club were able to sneak past Waihi in a thrilling final. Hukanui led the match 2 and a 1/2 to 1 and a 1/2. The match remained in the balance with the first four singles being split until Hukanui’s top three of Gregory Van Blerk, Richard Riddell and Lance Smith stepped up to win the match 8 – 4.

The Handicap Strokeplay Final was also blessed to be in the west. With Eastern

Waikato being lashed by rain the Hamilton Golf Club provided great conditions for golf. Riverside, Ngaruawahia, Horsham Downs, Stewart Alexander, Ngahinepouri, Waikare, Pirongia, Waiterimu, Waihi, Piopio Aria, The Dunes and Hauraki Golf Clubs, all did battle for the honour of being crowned 2018 Handicap Strokeplay Champions. Despite Holding a 4 shot lead heading into the final 9 holes Ngahinepouri (451) were unable to stay on top with Hauraki Golf Club claiming the honour of Handicap Strokeplay Champions on a great total of 442 nine shots ahead. Third place was Piopio Aria Golf Club (458).

The Matamata Golf Club was the host of the must attend event for Waikato Women 18 Hole Golfers. The Women’s Championship Pennants Div1, Div2 and Div3 were all held, culminating in the 2017 Annual Womens Golf Awards.

Thank you to Sheelah Lamb for providing the following write-up of the day’s events in Matamata.

Very heavy rain halted play after six holes. Very few matches had a result, it was decided that if games could not be completed the score when the hooter went would be the final result. Most matches were halved as they did not complete the minimum five holes.

Luckily the overall results were decided prior to the final round with the exception of division three. Both Hamilton 1 (Div 1) and Riverside 1 (Div 2) had unassailable leads and received the trophies

in their respective divisions. Riverside 2 took out Div 3 from South Waikato, who had they had the opportunity to play the final round, the overall results could well have been different.

Waikato Women’s President Liz Bartlett announced the recipients of the 2017 awards and Eileen Bateup presented these.

Hitomi Tamura received the Junior and Senior player of the year, Jill Morgan received the Masters Gross Stableford Award and Zoann Huang won the award for the player with the most wins at 2017 Inter Provincial played at Sherwood Park, Whangarei.

BAY OF PLENTY JUNIOR PENNANTS

Kawerau Golf and Squash Club Junior Pennant Team won the Junior Pennant Finals in Ohope against Tauranga Golf Club on Sunday 29th April.

The weather was cold,wet and blowing a gale they had to drop the Foursome Pairs Events only playing Matchplay singles.It was a close Match Kawerau eventually winning on the Last Hole,3 half to 2 Half.This is Kawerau 2nd Consecutive win 2017 and 2018 Champions.

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27-Jul

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28-Jul

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Pictured with the Bay of Plenty Junior Pennant Trophy and Flag are Christopher Hiwarau,Willie Copeland, Ray Sammuels,Roger Herewini, Terry Hunt and Chaz Andrews.

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Jun-22

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July 15-16

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Sun 17 Jun 2018

Inglewood

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July 16-17

Cambridge

07 827 6381

16-17 Waikato Age Groups M&W Cambridge

Sun 17 Jun 2018

Waitara

(06) 754 8923

Mini Tournament

(06) 754 8923

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07 843 6287

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Wed 20 Jun 2018

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Ngaruawahia GOLF CLUB 5925 GREAT SOUTH RD NGARUAWAHIA, HAMILTON, WAIKATO

An easy walking golf course of a challenging length with most fairways bunkered, defined rough and excellent greens for which the course is renowned.

The course is situated 10 minutes North of Hamilton and 1 hour south of Auckland on State Highway 1.

Phone 07 824 8006 for a tee time or book online at www.golf.co.nz

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2018 MEN’S PENNANT WINNERS

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15-Jun

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18 & 9 Hole Women's Open

26-Jun

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Mahia Ladies Open 27 hole Foursomes

17-Jun

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Inglewood 2 From Left to Right: Richard Barlow, Matt Soffe, Paul Spurdle, Andrew Castles, Trevor Schrider & Shaun Gower.

Senior Men’s Pennant 2018 Winners New Plymouth White

New Plymouth White from Left to Right: Brook Gray, Andrew Searle, Mark Kennard & Zach Lewis

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HANDICAP PENNANTS

Marton Golf Club’s Handicap Pennants team have once again been successful, winning the 2018 competition by beating Foxton 5-4 in the final held on Sunday 6th May at the Marton course. This competition has been running for three years and the club has been in the final every year, now winning it twice. The players were ably led by captain Graham Marshall. Nigel Belsham, Glen Jongen, Stu Duncan, Kalvin Field, Colin Williams, Tony Mischewski and Richard Ellery made up the rest of the team.

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Matt Jones – Westown GC 9 hole Champion.

Monte Burmester – NPGC 2018 Under 19 Age Group Champion Louis Baldock – Westown GC Under 15 Age Group Champion

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WELLINGTON NEWS FROM CARTERTON

By Wendy Wills

On a chilly Saturday a small field of players, due to both of our Men’s interclub teams playing away from home, braved the conditions. Both the Men and Ladies played a stableford competition, the Ladies playing round 1 of the Stubbs Cup, with one of the men Graham Hutchby having a successful day. The Men’ s

TSB NELSON FESTIVAL OF GOLF A HUGE SUCCESS

The 5th edition of The TSB Nelson Festival of Golf was held last month in the Sunny Nelson region.

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results were: Graham Hutchby 41, Robin Campbell 40, Peter Woodcock 36, Duncan Pincock 34, Mike Newport 34, Chris Connor 34. Ladies Results were: Gay Martin 33, Vicki Bain 32. Men’s nearest the pins went to Graham Hutchby, Simon Chipp, Dean Sadd. Ladies nearest the pins both went to Gay Martin. Two’s for the day went to Robin Campbell, Brian Field, Lindsay Sutton. The Best Gross of the day went to Graham Hutchby with 80. We will be holding the Wairarapa Open Mens Foursomes on Sunday 1st July 2018. So come along and have a great day of golf on our course, entries to be in to Carterton Golf Club by by 22nd June 2018.

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Paying expensive fees each year can be a burden and you need to play many games to get value for money. Warkworth Golf Club has made it easy to play when you want and guaranteed value for money with our Go f4Me membership. It’s planned to fit in within your budget and your lifestyle.

Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th July, 2018 36 Hole Individual Strokeplay

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The Go f4Me card is like a golf debit card. To get going, load it up with an easy $250, and then you top it up as and when required from as little as $10. It’s fully value for money because your credit has no use by or expiry date.

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(Includes Saturday dinner) Maximum handicap index – Men 36.4, Women 40.4

Once you receive your card you can use it to pay for substantially reduced rounds of golf saving you $$$ on the regular unaffiliated rate, purchase items in the Divot golf shop and food and beverages in the club rooms.

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Then why not become an NZ Golf Affiliated member. You will receive near full playing rights and the ability to join in competitions, not just at Warkworth but all of New Zealand. Imagine playing the Christmas Cheer event at Hikurangi, one of those must play events.

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Tournament Director, Derek Drysdale, commented “We have just finished our fifth “TSB Nelson Festival of Golf” and proved to be a great tournament... yet again.

We had 120 golfers from 35 clubs from throughout New Zealand. We were delighted to have 58 returning players this year, as that tells us we’re doing something right. Everyone that plays in tournaments such as ours have some great choices of events to go and play in, so the fact that so many keep coming back to Nelson, is the best compliment we can receive. The ‘newbies’ all seemed to thoroughly enjoy their time with us too, with many of them telling us that they had the best time ever at a golf tournament.

The Nelson region turned on some superb weather for the whole week with everyone playing in the tournament being treated to lovely warm sunny days.

All three courses, Nelson Golf Club, Greenacres Golf Club and Motueka Golf Club were presented in terrific condition with thanks going to all the greens staff at all the courses for their great work. Also huge thanks go to the staff and volunteers at each course as their assistance made the tournament committee’s job so much easier in running the days events.

Nelson golf club members were terrific, as they support the tournament very well, with many members donating the use of their trundlers to the visitors. Others helped out by raking bunkers and ball spotting too. The committee are extremely grateful to all of those volunteers for their time and effort in making the course look as good as it did.

The tournament could not be the success proves to be without our sponsors and I would like to take time to thank them most sincerely. They are the ones that help us offer such a great array of prizes and deserve all the support that we can give by way of recognition.

Brent Williams, Manager at TSB Nelson has been our major sponsor for the last three years and we are indebted to him for his enthusiasm and support at local level. I would also wish to thank Natalie Hampshire and the national TSB marketing team for all their help in giving us every assistance as we prepared for the tournament. They made it so easy so many thanks to them too.

The support we get from Nelson Regional Development Agency is awesome,

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CEO Mark Rawson and Lesley McQue have been extremely supportive over the last 5 years and we are incredibly grateful to all at NRDA from whom we received sponsorship funding for this years event.

NRDA is funded by Nelson City Council.

The programme’s objective is to stimulate Nelson City’s economy in the shoulder seasons by bringing new spending through visitors coming to Nelson for district events. For further information contact NRDA Chair, Mark Rawson on 03545-6858.

Other supporters of our tournament are as follows: TAYLOR MADE GOLF THE LION FOUNDATION SHELLEY CARPPE @ MIKE PERO, STOKE TOHU WINES BLUEBERRY I.T. NEW ZEALAND KING SALMON COUNTDOWN SUPERMARKET TRAFALGAR PARK NELSON TOTAL GOLF HELLO WORLD NELSON COD & LOBSTER RESTAURANT NELSON. LITTLE INDIA RESTAURANT NELSON VIC BREW BAR NELSON THE BACH RESTAURANT STOKE & PACIFIC GOLFER MAGAZINE. DAILY RESULTS Monday at Nelson: We held a Team Ambrose in two divisions but in true Nelson style every team went away with a prize!

Tuesday at Greenacres, the winners were as follows; Ladies Div 1: Irene Roberts – The Dunes

Golf Club Ladies Div 2: Idrean Conning – Hukanui Golf Club Mens Div 1: Rod Boreham – Mangakino Golf Club Mens Div 2: Dave Harris – Taupo Golf Club Thursday at Motueka Golf Club, the winners were: Ladies Div 1: Ching Chen Wang – Gulf Harbour Ladies Div 2: Judith Sowden – Hawarden Golf Club Mens Div 1 : Anton Currie – Horsham, Downs Golf Club Mens Div 2: George Maipai – Bottle Lake Golf Club Friday at Nelson Golf Club the winners were: The Long putt competition was won

by Sun Wei of Titirangi Golf Club. Taylor Made sponsorship allowing the finalists to choose a new Taylor Made putter to use in the final. Sun Wei winning the new Taylor Made putter he used for his winning putt. Thanks go to Gareth Sanders from Taylor Made and Total Golf for their fantastic support to our tournament.

Ladies Div 1: Chris McKenzie – Matamata Golf Club Ladies Div 2: Amy Li – Gulf Harbour Mens Div 1: Martin Tribe – Clarks Beach Golf Club Mens Div 2: John McTeigue – Hawarden

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Golf Club The overall winners in each division were as follows: Ladies Div 1: Vicky Chen, North Shore with 99 points Ladies Div 2: Amy Li, Gulf Harbour with 98 points Mens Div 1: Doug Millington, Ngaruawahia with 107 points Mens Div 2: George Maipai, Bottle Lake with 109 points TSB NELSON FESTIVAL OF GOLF CHAMPION 2018: Dave Harris, Taupo Golf Club with 110 points.

Congratulations to all our winners and well done to all those that tried their best but came up a bit short, but remember.... there’s always next year!

A full run down of all our daily results are on our website, www.nelsongolf. co.nz just click on the Festival of Golf box on the home page and you will find them there. Photos from this years tournament will also be on the website very soon, so watch this space.

Thank you to all our competitors. We look forward to seeing you all again next year and, hopefully bringing friends and family along too to join in the fun. They will be made to feel very welcome indeed.

I would like to finish by thanking my hard-working tournament committee and volunteers for all their amazing efforts.

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Wednesday - Open Mixed Vets

20-Jun

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23-Jun

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24-Jun

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25-Jun

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Open Mixed Vets Greenacres

27-Jun

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30-Jun

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1-Jul

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13-Feb

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14-Feb

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Pegasus Open

15-Jun

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03 313-6666

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17-Jun

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(03) 349 7571

Men's Champion of Champions

20-Jun

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Hawarden Women's Open

22-Jun

Greendale

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Greendale Women's Open

24-Jun

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Canterbury 4BBB Championship

24-Jun

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27-Jun

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29-Jun

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five of the eight matches down to the final hole.

The matches were played in the usual friendly spirit which is typical of the Presidents Competition.

The Champion Russley team included Stephen French, Grant Morris, Gavin King, John Sutton, Tony Daly, Keith Hiscoke, Paul Duggan, Lindsay Penman, Bob Smith and Chris Le Cren.

KAIAPOI WEEKEND INTERCLUB CHAMPIONS AGAIN

The Women’s Weekend Interclub Final was Played at The Pegasus Golf Club last month in fine, cool conditions with the course in excellent order.

CANTERBURY RUSSLEY BACK TO BACK PRESIDENTS CHAMPIONS

The Presidents Grade Interclub Final was played at Weedons Country Club last month with cool autumn condiions initially and then a strong, blustery nor wester to contend with later in the day.

The course was presented in great order for the event.

Defending Champions Russley were looking to make it consecutive titles this year and eventually did just that making it back to back victories 5.5 -2.5 but not before a spirited challenge from Bottle Lake’s Steve Henry, Vaughan Ching, Clive Weggery, Dave McClure, Dave Brown, Jun Yoshinari, Phil Jeffries and Jim Rea took

tions with the Woodlands course in excellent condition.

Defending Champions Kaiapoi, from left Diane Brown, Michelle Anngow, Dedrie Trnjanin and Janine Hosking made it back to back wins for the North Canterbury club defeating Clearwater’s Marg Powling, Pam Bowden, Chris Plimmer and Pippa Neilson in dominant fashion 3 -1. This continued Kaiapoi’s very proud record in Women’s Weekend Interclub winning 6 of the last 11 years’ Weekend Interclub Finals.

WOMEN’S 18 AND 36 HOLE INTERCLUB FINALS

The Women’s 18 and 36 Hole Interclub Finals were played at the Harewood Golf Club last month in cool, wintery condi-

The 36 Hole Silver Final resulted in Clearwater’s, from back left Liz Signal, Lynda Vieceli, Nicky Wright and front left, Julie Battersby, Virginia Faass and Maree Saunders defeating inform newcomer Amberley’s Lyn Robertson, Barb Pettigrew, Jan Bishop and Kate Percy 4 – 2.

The 36 Hole Open Final was again an all Tai Tapu Club affair with the Tai Tapu 2 team from left, Adrienne Shadbolt, Donna Edmonds, Sharon Screen and Jenny Stephens making it back to back Final wins defeating Tai Tapu 1’s Carol Bates, Julie Livesey, Sally Carroll and Janet Nicholls 4 -2

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The 18 Hole Final was a very close affair with 4 of the 6 matches being decided on the penultimate hole before Russley 1, from back left Maria Jo, June Park, Ji Young Lee and front left, Pat Borrie, Lesley Martin and Anne MacGregor edged past last year’s Champions Ellesmere’s Heather McKimmie, Sue Whelan, Sonia Brown, Jan Walters, Nicola Groundwater and Sharon Lemon 4.5 – 1.5.

JUNIOR INTERCLUB SEMI-FINALISTS SELECTED

The Final round of Junior Interclub Matchplay round robin was played last month at Christchurch Golf Club while also identifying the best individual performances over the three rounds of matchplay.

The Junior Interclub Maori Wahaika Trophy for the best individual performance was won jointly by Yoyo Fu (Coringa) who played for the Weedons Composite team and Lewis Patrick (Kaiapoi) pictured left, who both

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The President and Board of Management of the Golf Managers Association of New Zealand extend a warm welcome to our Golf Club management friends in New Zealand and overseas and invite you to attend the 8th Biennial Conference, held from 9-11 October 2018 in Queenstown NZ, hosted by the Millennium Hotel Queenstown.

With an “INNOVATE > CHANGE > SUCCESS” theme we anticipate our speakers will provide a stimulating forum for discussion with ample time set aside to network amongst peers and experience the delights of Queenstown - the “ADVENTURE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD”.

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12 NOON Golf Managers Association of New Zealand Golf Day; Managers Challenge Trophy at Queenstown Golf Club

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1.00PM Golf Managers Association annual general meeting

Take advantage of exclusive green fee rates at participating clubs, pay only $20 for 18 ($12 for 9) holes all year round.

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went through the three rounds unbeaten.

The Semi-Finals will be played at Weedons Country Club on 20 May at 8.30am between Russley White & Russley Blue and Kaiapoi & Lincoln with the Final on 10 June at Templeton Golf Club at 8.30am.

KAIKOURA CUP THREE-PEAT FOR PEGASUS

The North Canterbury Men’s Interclub Finals were played at Waimakiriri Gorge Golf Club last month in calm, cool conditions with the course in great order.

The Kaikoura Cup Final between Pegasus Blue and Culverden was won in convincing fashion by Pegasus’, from left Rodney Van Steenis, Andrew Green, Phil Stephens, Peter Brinsdon, Matt Burns and Shaun Allan defeating Culverden’s Austin Hamilton, Brandon Parker, Landon Gardiner, James Metzger, Jamie Mead and Dean Cameron 6 – 0. It was Pegasus’ third consecutive Kaikoura Cup Victory.

In the Templeton Cup Final Amberley Gold’s, from left Steve Hartley, Jason Murray, Roger Hornblow, Bruce Yates, Robert Clifton and Karl Rattray defeated Kaiapoi Gold’s Mike Mercer, Dion Ratahi, Phil Tafu, Mike McRandle, Dave Hogwood and Ray McQuillan 4.5 – 1.5.

The Gardner Trophy saw Amuri’s, from

left Ross Forbes, Will Bastings, JJ Love, Jason Sincock, Andrew Murdoch and James Cadenhead defeat Pegasus Red’s Richard Nortje, Sam Kennedy, Peter Lund, Kerry Chuck, James Loveday and Mike Taylor 5 – 1.

OTAGO/SOUTHLAND VEDA TROUP’S 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS AT THE GOLF CLUB

By Ann Hill

Roxbugh’s Veda Troup playing golf on her 90th birthday. This was the 6th consecutive day of golfing for Veda, she’d taken a day off in the week to tidy up her garden. Thursday golf was nothing special, just another round of golf, except when she arrived back at the club house she was amazed to see so many cars in the car park. The members had organised a surprise pot luck tea and it really was a surprise – she knew nothing. We were all thrilled to help her celebrate her special day. Veda really motivates us to get out and play golf. She is always available for all the tournaments and is a delight to play with. When it’s time to do some catering, she is always first to volunteer to make date scones – to die for!

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GLENITI WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAMS’ DISTRICT CHAMPION

The Aorangi Women’s National Teams’ District Final was held last month at Gleniti Golf Club yesterday with the home team of, from left Trish Knight, Kate Elliott, Carole Brand and Barbara O’Connell winning in convincing fashion by a massive 11 shots.

To summarise the day: Gleniti 1st (B O’Connell, T Knight, C Brand, K Elliott)130 Lower Waitaki 2nd on 141 (D Plew, L Brooker, I Bond, M Kerr) on c/b from Pleasant Point 3rd (M Heckler, L Roy, J Shearer, J Rees) on c/b from Rakaia (T Booker, J Burrowes, M Wederell, S Martin) Two: J Knight (North Otago) Nearest the Pin Senior: B O’Connell (Gleniti) Junior: H. Santy (Methven)

CLOSE COMPETITION IN CENTRAL OTAGO INTER-CLUB

The Central Otago Inter-club series for 2018 has reached the halfway point with the all 8 teams still in with a chance of winning the competition. It is the closest race for the title since the Inter-club Championship was established, more than a decade ago.

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The event is contested by 8 Central Otago clubs, represented by teams of 6, with the best 5 nett scores counting in each round of the series. Each club hosts a round of the competition, usually played in conjunction with the clubs own stroke-lay competition on the day.

Held last month, Queenstown lead Wanaka by 5 strokes, with Cromwell 2 strokes further back. Wanaka took advantage of the home course venue for round 4, winning the round and overtaking Cromwell, Dunstan, Alexandra and Millbrook on the table.

Cromwell have home course advantage for the next round and Queenstown host the final round, meaning the race is far from over. Millbrook also still have a home round to be played and, at just 17 strokes back from the leaders, they are still very much in contention.

The format means that single round swings of more than 20 strokes are the norm, so with 4 rounds still to play and only 50 strokes covering the field, all teams are still in with a chance to win the title.

The competition now goes into recess for the winter and recommences with round 5 late in August.

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wrestle back the transtasman trophy, and earlier this year they won the US Kids Wellington tour for a second consecutive season.

But Dunedin’s best known golfing prodigies may soon have a lot more competition.

Otago Golf Club professional Shelley Duncan said the Dunedin Junior Golf Club was ”quietly” established early last month.

Nicola Meder has been appointed as convener and some funds have been mobilised from a trust which was set up to help foster golf in the region. ”Obviously, there will be membership income and we are looking to hold tournaments to raise money,” Duncan said.

The club has been modelled on the junior golf club in Wakatipu. ”The kids join one club and they have access to seven golf clubs in the Dunedin area.”

The Otago, Chisholm, St Clair, Taieri, Belleknowes, Island Park and Port Chalmers golf clubs have opened their course to the young golfers, giving the next generation wonderful access.

About 40 children have joined and there is also a parent membership attached to this as well. ”Parents can join the Dunedin Junior Golf Club as long as when they play it is with their son or daughter. ”It is allowing the parents to go and play golf with their kids who probably otherwise would not join a golf club.”

There is also free coaching on Sunday mornings at a driving range in Dunedin. ”Our goal is to get [membership] up to 100 in the next 18 months, which I think we will achieve.”

WANAKA WIN 2018 WOMEN’S TEAMS CHAMPS

The Otago District final of the National Teams Championship was hosted by Alexandra Golf Club on Monday 23rd of April.

The event drew a field of twenty clubs, represented by teams of four players.

The competition format was two sets of 4BBB nett, with the two scores added together.

Wanaka won the event by a single stroke with a score of 131. Liz McRae and Jude Thomson posted nett 65, with Bev Mee and Jenny Laing supporting with 66.

Tapanui and Roxburgh shared the run-

ner-up slot on 132, with Tapanui taking the second placing on count-back.

Waikouaiti, Lawrence and Omakau were one shot further back on 133.

SOUTHLAND COUNTRY V OTAGO COUNTRY RESULTS PLAYED AT TE ANAU 30TH APRIL

Results from the annual match between Southland Country and Otago Country played at Te Anau on Monday 30th April in brilliant conditions. The Southland Country Team consisted of Bronwyn O’Brien, Nikki Hume, Lorraine

Froger, Geraldine Todd, Helen Baird, Marg Hughes, Anita Fraser, Anne Osment.

Foursomes Helen Baird & Anita Fraser lost to 6/5 Danielle Bailey & Maria Arhanic Geraldine Todd & Marg Hughes lost to 6/5 Nora Hastings & Jo Neep Anne Osment & Nikki Hume lost to 4/3 Dale Dagg & Becs Calder Bronwyn O’Brien & Lorraine Froger won to 3/2 Joy Calder & Paula Kitchingham Southland – 1 Otago – 3 Individual Helen Baird half to Danielle Bailey

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