Golfer Pacific NZ – October 2020

October 2020 16th year as NZ’s exclusive Golf club magazine

Suppor ter of

/golferpacificnz

DeChambeau stomps out Winged Foot opposition

ISSN 1178-0754 ISSN 1835-1336 XX 10

NZD $5.00 Subscription $60 per annum

PAGE 3 INSIDE // WORLD RANKING FOR THE HILLS // FIJI GOLF WEEK 2021

G425

MAX FORGIVENESS. Get Custom Fitted today.

Get Custom fit today. For your nearest PING stockist contact Sports Network Ltd. Ph: 0508 776 786 .

EDITORIAL

NEW ZEALAND EDITORIAL Paul Gueorgieff pgueorgieff@yahoo.co.nz Ph: 64 4 565 0385 Mob: 64 27 227 1038

pgueorgieff@yahoo.co.nz

Spring time is always well looked forward to

By Paul Gueorgieff Editor, Golfer Pacific NZ

T

his is the time of the year that I look forward to most.

This column was written in the week that much of New Zealand was hit by a polar blast which resulted in snow in the lower South Island and high and cold winds in many other parts of the country.

Hopefully those weather conditions are behind us and we can look forward to warming temperatures, some fairway run and longer evening daylight hours, now that daylight saving is in place.

It has been a tough year with the arrival of coronavirus. For me personally it has resulted

in the cancellation of golf trips to Adelaide in March and to the Gold Coast in August. The Gold Coast is easily my favourite Australian destination.

The two Australian trips I look forward to with great enthusiasm because of the good weather and the camaraderie of my golfing friends.

Now is also the time of the year that golf courses become busier, especially in the area of green fee players.

My club has been experiencing a large growth in green fee players and that is almost certainly due to fees which we reduced.

Now our club is attempting to convert those green fee players to members.

The average age of our golf club members continues to get older — like most golf clubs around the world — and we all badly need some younger blood in our membership. They, afterall, are our future.

It would also be nice to get some younger players into our interclub competition. Interclub competition is a long way from the strength it used to be years ago, especially at the top level.

Our increased number of green fee players has been very noticeable to me. I have seen some very stray shots from players who are new to the game.

There has also been a drop in the dress code, bunkers not raked and greens littered with pitch marks. Don’t get me

wrong, some of our members don’t know how to rake a bunker and believe that repairing pitch marks is someone else’s job.

But trying to convert green fee players to members also raises other questions.

For example do they want good practice facilities? Do they want access to a golf instructor?

Are they properly welcomed when they arrive at the course?

Is there sufficient gear on sale in the golf shop? Are the eating and drinking areas inviting?

Obviously the quality of the golf course is the number one attraction but the add-ons make the difference.

Good golfing.

SALES & CLUB PACKAGE GOLF TRAILS & NOTICEBOARDS Leigh Smith smith.sun@bigpond.com Ph: 0061 7 5504 6334 Mob: 0061 433 163 043 LAYOUT & DESIGN layout.golferpacificnz@gmail.com PUBLISHER Golfer Pacific NZ LTD PO Box 51338 Tawa, Wellington 5249, New Zealand ACCOUNTS Leigh Smith smith.sun@bigpond.com SUBSCRIPTION $60.00 per annum including GST smith.sun@bigpond.com Ph: 0061 5575 7444 Mob: 0061 433 163 043 NEW ZEALAND MAIL ADDRESS PO Box 51338 Tawa, Wellington 5249, New Zealand AUSTRALIAN MAIL ADDRESS PO Box 264 Chevron Island QLD 4217, Australia COVER PHOTO: Bryson DeChambeau poses for photographers with the United States Open trophy. Photo credit: US Golf Association.

COPYRIGHT All material published in Golfer Pacific NZ is subject to all forms of copyright. Contents of this newspaper cannot be reproduced in any way, shape, or form without the permission of the editor. Views expressed in editorial contributions do not necessarily refl ect the opinions of this newspaper, its management. New Zealand Golfer Pacific is published Golfer Pacific NZ Limited. The company’s registered office is unit 10/7 Aruma St Chevron Island QLD 4217.

GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS 1.1 All advertisements accepted for publication are subject in every respect to the approval of Golfer Pacific NZ Limited. The conditions set out in any Rate Card and Golfer Pacific NZ Limited Advertising Order Form are the rules applicable to advertising as laid down from time to time by the Australian Newspaper Council and the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC). 1.2 While every care is taken in the publication of advertisements, errors may sometimes occur. In such cases, no claim shall be made by or on behalf of the advertiser in respect of any error or its subsequent effects. If brought to our attention within 24 hours of publication, adjustments may be made, but only for the space actually occupied by an error. No responsibility is taken for any loss due to the failure of an advertisement to appear according to any instructions. No guarantee is given regarding the positioning of any advertisements. 1.3 Golfer Pacific NZ Limited reserves the right to change position, cancel, refuse, omit or postpone publication of any advertisement in any issue. 1.4 The word “advertisement” will be included in an advertisement if, in the opinion of Golfer Pacific NZ Limited, it resembles editorial matter. 1.5 If a proof is required prior to the publication, the advertisement must be a minimum size of 5cm x 1 column. One proof is provided for text corrections only; any additional layout revisions requested at the publication’s discretion and will incur a (non-commissionable) production fee. Advertisers will be charged for author’s text alterations required on third and subsequent proofs. 1.6 No responsibility is accepted for any error or omission of key numbers or telephoned alterations to copy. 1.7 No arrangements concerning an order can be recognised unless authorised or approved by Golfer Pacific NZ Limited in writing. 1.8 Requests for advertisements to be printed upside down or side-on or any particular arrangements of type or display are subject to rejections without notice. 1.9 All publishers’ conditions apply equally to all Golfer Pacific NZ Limited products, electronic or printed format. 1.10 Tear-sheets for advertisement publication verifi cation are available. Golfer Pacific NZ retains the right to publish advertiser and editorial content online using social media, the company and third party wesbites and our fortnightly email newsletter. Deadlines – The responsibility for supplying booked material by the required deadline lies with the advertiser/agency. Golfer Pacific NZ Limited accepts no responsibility for material not received by deadline and charges will apply.

NEW ZEALAND’S LARGEST RANGE OF SECOND HAND GOLF CLUBS. Quality, used golf clubs from Japan. Includes all major brands: Titleist, Nike, Callaway, Ping, Honma, Mizuno, Srixon, Yamaha TRADE IN YOUR OLD GOLF EQUIPMENT TO TRADE UP! OPENING HOURS

Level 2, 13-15 Aintree Ave, Airport Oaks, Mangere, Auckland j-golf.nz www.facebook.com/jgolf.nz/ Phone 09 379 5729

2

Mon 11:00-17:00 Tue 11:00-17:00 Wed 11:00-17:00 Thu 11:00-17:00 Fri 11:00-17:00 Sat 10:00-15:00 Sun Closed

October 2020

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

N

New Zealand golfer Nick Voke who is competing on Korn Ferry Tour in the United States.

ew Zealand golfer Nick Voke is happy with his progress to date on the secondary professional golf circuit in the United States.

“Things are definitely different this year on the KF (Korn Ferry) Tour but I think they have done a great job with all things considered,’’ Voke said in a recent interview with the New Zealand Professional Golfers’ Association.

“They have implemented so many new safety policies designed to keep us safe and keep the tour chugging along.

“The best indicator of their success has been that no player or caddy has tested positive for Covid over the last two months. I find that pretty impressive considering how much we travel.

“The biggest hurdle for me with the effects of Covid has been how lonely life on the road has become. I went through a stretch there of 13 dinners by myself in a hotel room.

“Let’s say the TAB account was active during that time watching the NBA (National Basketball Association) playoffs.

“The flip side of the safety policy has been that it’s really restricted what we can and can’t do (no dine in restaurants permitted as one example).

“My formula for success is quite simple over the next three weeks. My game is in such a great place that all I have to do is enjoy myself on the road more and find things within our Covid restrictions that I can genuinely get into.

“If I am genuinely happy, enjoy things off the course and have an upbeat attitude towards these

last three weeks then I’ll play well.”

New Zealand sports and business psychologist David Galbraith is keeping an eye on Voke.

“I really love what David Galbraith talks about when you’re out competing — he loves his athletes being fully invested into their own fouryear plan versus their four-day plan.

“So what my four-year plan has will really shape if and when I get to the next level.

“My younger self would immediately run down the technical path; improving my swing will take me to the next level and although this is true on first glance, it’s not the lowest hanging fruit.

“My biggest struggle out here has been navigating everything off the golf course and that has the potential to poison what I do on the course.

“I wasn’t in the greatest mental state last year and it forced me down a pretty dark road and even though there were days I was flushing it. I was so easily rattled and pessimistic that I wouldn’t see things for what they were. Not to mention I wasn’t enjoying myself.

“But long story short, my game is in a great place to get onto the big dance floor and I’ll continue slowly getting better with the raw skill of controlling my ball flight.

“But it’s how well I am able to manage my game, optimise what I have each day, turning 71s into 69s from a purely mental/tactical standpoint and a wicked short game, that will really catapult me to the next level.”

GOLF NEWS

Nick Voke’s TAB account is active

SH58

Only 15mins from

Porirua & Hutt

d r o f e g d Join Jus

A true links experience situated in the delightful region of sunny Nelson. A wonderful golf course, good enough to be chosen for the 2014 NZ Amateur Championships... high praise indeed. Golfers of all abilities will find a round at Nelson very rewarding enjoying simply stunning views. There is a vibrant social side to the club making new members and casual players feel welcome to enjoy camaraderie both on and off the course. There is a full bar and catering facilities, also open to non members. There

r e m m Su $475 thi

are great deals available on green fees and a wide range of memberships – contact the staff at the Nelson Golf club, who will be only too delighted to explain all the options available.

Call 03-548-5029 or email nelson@golf.co.nz Check out our website www.nelsongolf.co.nz and see what you’re missing. The site offers photos of the course plus other club information highlighting the Nelson Festival of Golf.

Check it out on www.nelsongolf. co.nz/festivalofgolf

Summer Membership 1 SEPT 20 – 31 MAR 21

Online Form

www.judgefordgolf.co.nz

Apply NOW

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

t meal a Enjoy a s Cafe ' Flighty b a or gra go to coffee October 2020

www.nelsongolf.co.nz 3

DeChambeau stomps out Winged Foot opposition

By David Shefter, US Golf Association

GOLF NEWS

J

ack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and, now, Bryson DeChambeau.

They are the three golfers who have captured a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) individual title, a United States Amateur and a United States Open.

DeChambeau joined that esteemed fraternity last month at Winged Foot Golf Club in New York with a performance for the ages on what many consider one of the game’s most demanding championship tests.

DeChambeau carded a final-round of three under par 67 to earn a decisive six-stroke victory over 54-hole leader and wunderkind Matthew Wolff, who was vying to become the first US Open rookie to win the title since 20-year-old amateur Francis Ouimet in 1913.

“It’s just an honour,” said DeChambeau, who also is the 12th player to have won a US Amateur and a US Open.

“I don’t know what else to say. It’s been a lot of hard work. Mr Nicklaus has been always awesome to me. Tiger has always been great to me. I can’t say thank you enough to them for helping push me along to be a better person and a better golfer, as well. ``To be in the likes of that company is special. I’ll forever appreciate that.”

The west course at Winged Foot has a well-earned reputation for doling out punishment in its previous major championship hostings.

Three of the four previous US Opens held in the post-World War II era produced over-par winning scores, including the famous “massacre at Winged Foot” in 1974 when Hale Irwin triumphed with a seven-over total of 287.

Sixty of the 61 competitors who completed the latest championship on a chilly and breezy late-summer day battled the west course to even par or much worse (75.03 stroke average for par 70).

DeChambeau, whose analytical, scientific approach to the game is accompanied by an aggressive “bomb-andgouge” mentality, took on this bully with a full arsenal of brains and brawn.

Bryson DeChambeau with his US Open trophy in front of the clubhouse at the Winged Foot golf course in New York. Photo credit: US Golf Association.

The 27-year-old from Clovis, California, became just the fourth player in the championship’s past 100 years to be the only player to better par in the final round and hoist the trophy. The trio before him were World Golf hall of fame inductees Gene Sarazen (1922) and Byron Nelson (1939), and Jack Fleck, who denied Ben Hogan a fifth title in 1955 at The Olympic Club.

DeChambeau is the only player in the six US Opens contested at Winged Foot to post all four rounds at par or better, and was the only competitor to finish in red figures for the week (six-under 274).

“Surreal. It sounds amazing, but surreal,” said DeChambeau of being a US Open champion.

“It’s been a lot of hard work. It’s one of those things that doesn’t really hit you.

It’s not going to hit me until tonight.”

The seeds for this championship began early in the week when DeChambeau laid out his bold strategy, though some critics derided his intentions. Winning at Winged Foot from the rough, they said, couldn’t be done.

Then on Saturday night under floodlights on the practice facility, DeChambeau hit driver after driver, and threewood after three-wood. He hit balls until just past 8pm when the rest of his

competition was either eating dinner or setting their alarm clocks.

While he only found six fairways on Sunday, DeChambeau put on an exquisite display of iron play and putting, hitting 11 of 18 greens and registering 27 putts.

Starting the day two strokes back of Wolff, DeChambeau tied the 2019 NCAA champion when he rolled in a 14-foot birdie putt on the par four fourth and then took the lead for good when Wolff failed to convert a 10-footer for par at the par four fifth hole.

It appeared Wolff was ready for a second-nine battle after he matched DeChambeau’s 37-foot eagle on the par five ninth with his own eagle from 10 feet to stay within a stroke. But on the second nine, Wolff began to wilt, coming home in four-over 39 to DeChambeau’s one-under 34 that included seven consecutive pars from No 12.

Wolff finished with a 75 to post solo second, while Louis Oosthuizen (281), Harris English (282) and Xander Schauffele (283) rounded out the top five.

Schauffele said of DeChambeau: “If there’s anyone that I was worried about, it was him.

“Everyone talked about hitting fairways out here. It’s not about hitting fairways. It’s about hitting on the cor-

rect side of the hole and hitting it far so you can kind of hit a wedge instead of a six iron out of the rough.”

DeChambeau added: “I did it. As difficult as this golf course was presented, I played it beautifully. Even through the rough, I was still able to manage my game and hit it to correct sides of the greens, except on 14 today, and kept plugging away. My putting was immaculate today. My speed control, incredible. That’s why we worked so hard on my speed control. You see me out there on the greens with the device trying to control my speed.”

Wolff had hoped to complete one of the great stories in the annals of the US Open. Sunday’s final round came exactly 107 years to the day of Ouimet’s stunning 18-hole playoff victory over British stalwarts Harry Vardon and Ted Ray at The Country Club outside of Boston.

Like Ouimet, this was Wolff’s first US Open start, and just his second major since leaving Oklahoma State college and turning pro 16 months earlier.

Wolff won last year’s 3M Open and tied for fourth in last month’s PGA Championship to earn his exemption into this all-exempt field.

Rounds of 66, 74 and 65 put him in position to win, only to see it unravel in the final round. He isn’t the first 54-hole leader to suffer Sunday blues in the US Open. Forty-six years ago, a 24-year-old Tom Watson carded a 79 at Winged Foot. Kenneth Ferrie, who shared the lead with Phil Mickelson, shot a 76 in 2006 at Winged Foot. Aaron Baddeley had an 80 at Oakmont in 2007 and Dustin Johnson shot an 82 at Pebble Beach in 2010. Watson (1980) and Johnson (2016) would eventually capture U.S. Open titles.

Wolff, who used to be coached by New Zealand Open winner Matthew Lane, said: “I played really tough all week. I battled hard. Things just didn’t go my way. But first US Open, second place, is something to be proud of and hold your head up high for. I’m just excited to learn from this experience, and it’s definitely not the last time that I’m going to be in this spot.”

$15 Fridays Phone: 06 344 4554 Email: admin@castlecliffgolf.co.nz Visit: www.castlecliffgolfclub.org.nz

4

October 2020

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

Points to ponder from the US Open

S

ome notable points from last month’s United States Open at Winged Foot in New York. * The champion receives custody of the US Open trophy for one year as well as the Jack Nicklaus medal, exemptions into the next 10 US Opens, and fiveyear exemptions into the other three major championships. * Champion Bryson DeChambeau tied for fifth in greens in regulation (46), despite

only tying for 26th in fairways hit (23). * This was just the third time since 2000 that the champion was the only player in red figures (Tiger Woods in 2000 and 2002). * Justin Thomas, the first-round leader, recorded the most birdies (16). * The top 10 scorers and ties earned exemptions into the 2021 US Open next June at Torrey Pines Golf Course’s south course. That list includes Will Zalatoris,

the leading money winner on the Korn Ferry Tour, and Zach Johnson, who was in the last year of his five-year exemption for winning the 2015 Open Championship at St Andrews in Scotland. * Not a single bogey-free round was recorded in the championship. * The final-round scoring average was 74.9, which was nearly 1.4 strokes higher than 2006 and just under a stroke lower than 1974. The par four first hole

What some of them said

S

ome of the more interesting quotes from players in the US Open.

Bryson DeChambeau: “I think I’m definitely changing the way people think about the game. Now, whether you can do it, that’s a whole different situation. There’s a lot of people that are going to be hitting it far. Matthew [Wolff] was hitting it plenty far today.

A couple of putts just didn’t go in for him today and kept the momentum on my side. So he’s definitely got the firepower and the strength to do it. You’ve got to be looking out for him in the future. There’s a lot of young guns that are unbelievable players, and I think the next generation that’s coming up into golf hopefully will see this and go, hey, I can do that too.”

Matthew Wolff: “Bryson played really well. I was just told that there’s a lot of people in here saying what he’s doing is pretty exceptional. To watch it firsthand, I have to agree. I feel like I played really well, and that’s the difference out here between four over and four under is just those little tiny breaks that I didn’t get.”

Wolff again: “It’s the longest week of golf that I’ve ever played, and something that I’m going to know for the future, and next time I play. I’ll just know that it’s going to be a really long week and a marathon, and I just have to keep my head high.”

Louis Oosthuizen, who finished third: “I think I’ll probably have to look at the finish more than anything else.

Finishing third in a major is always great. It was going to be tough. You could see early on what Bryson and Matt were going to do, and Bryson is playing his own little golf course at the moment. This golf course definitely showed its teeth today with the firmness of the greens and the fairways and the wind, and it was just tough.”

Harris English, who finished fourth: “Overall, it was good. I grinded out there. I grinded all week. Pretty happy with my performance, especially the way it started. I could have mailed it in pretty quickly, but I didn’t do that. I was trying to get in the hunt, really for the first time in a major.”

Xander Schauffele on playing next year’s US Open

NEWS

ranked as the toughest (average score of 4.56), while the par five ninth hole was once again the easiest (4.51). * There were 54 double bogeys recorded on the Sunday compared to just 22 on the Saturday. * Harris English, who finished fourth, lost a ball in the rough on his opening hole, leading to a double bogey. That was an indication of the length of the rough.

in his hometown of San Diego: “I’ve never played very well at Torrey [Pines], [so I’m] looking forward to trying to improve on that. Maybe it will be a US Open, and it will be something I like more than just a normal tournament … excited to be on the West Coast.”

Rory McIlroy on winner Bryson DeChambeau despite him only hitting 23 fairways (41 percent) for the week: “I don’t really know what to say because that’s just the complete opposite of what you think a US Open champion does. Look, he’s found a way to do it. Whether that’s good or bad for the game, I don’t know, but it’s just not the way I saw this golf course being played or this tournament being played. It’s kind of hard to really wrap my head around it.”

Will Zalatoris after shooting 71 in the final round and finishing equal sixth: “It was a great experience. I’ve been playing well all year. I just found out that obviously top 10 gets us into next year, too, so that’s obviously pretty exciting. Hopefully, it holds. I think it will.”

John Pak, when asked if being the lowest scoring amateur validated his game: “I have never played in anything like [the US Open], a golf course this hard. The competition this tough. It just proves all my hard work is paying off and my game is at a point where I can try and compete against the best players in the world.”

Lifeline for Terrace Downs

By Neville Idour

GOLF NEWS

T

errace Downs High Country Resort in Canterbury has sold at auction for $6.6 million.

It attracted strong interest and competition before falling to CPG Hotels, which is one of New Zealand’s largest privately owned and operated hotel groups.

CPG Hotels’ intention is to add to their current collection of hotels with another group of stunning boutique hotels across the country. Terrace Downs is likely to fall into that category.

It will be relaunched under the Fable Hotels and Resorts brand which will deliver five star full service luxury. The first Fable to open will be Fable, Dunedin.

Terrace Downs will not be far behind by the look of it.

The resort currently has 78 privately owned properties. Fifty-two are luxury villa/apartments and there are 26 individual luxury chalets dotted around

the property.

CPG has already given an indication of its intentions as it is looking to purchase 10 villas. There is even talk of a hotel being built.

However, this writer feels first port of call should be to provide the facilities promised when the resort was first launched such as an indoor swimming pool, spa pools, a meaningful fitness facility and a spa facility. The lack of these was a major reason why the resort always struggled with occupancy. Not enough for the targeted clientele.

Current general manager Katherine Baker is enthusiastically looking for better times ahead. She was one of the founding staff in 2007 and she loyally served as accounts administrator until her deserved appointment last year. How does she describe her time since then?

“Tumultuous,” is her answer. Covid and then the mothballing has not made life easy for Baker.

This may finally be the turning point for Terrace Downs and its highly ranked golf course.

Terrace Downs golf resort

World ranking accolade for The Hills par three course

By Neville Idour

S

ir Michael Hill is “over the moon” that his par three farm course at The Hills in Arrowtown has been listed in the world’s best 25 par three courses by world ranking authority, US Golf Magazine.

Officially opened at last year’s centenary New Zealand Open, this outstanding layout adds more mana to the international reputation of The Hills.

The ranking is no mean achievement as the list includes just three courses outside the United States. It is in exalted company with par three layouts at world-renowned courses such as Augusta, Mission Hills, Bandon Dunes, Scottsdale and Pinehurst.

Farm course designer Darius Oliver joins famous names such as Nicklaus, Fazio, Dye, Doak, Hanse, Coore, Crenshaw and Player.

US Golf’s first look at par three courses was compiled by its 88 member top 100 courses ranking panel, its editors, architects and short course aficionados.

The 25 courses are presently listed in order of oldest to newest but the golf magazine plans to do a proper ranking in the near future.

It is more than likely The Hills farm course will gain a very high ranking, if Bob Charles’ opinion is anything to go by.

“Augusta is a special place but the pretty par three course is like firing darts at the green because if you hit the green the ball will end up near the hole,’’ Charles said.

“Whereas the farm course at The Hills is a real test of golf with so much variety and choice of shot required, making it a real challenge.”

Michael Hill’s reaction to the news was understandably elation. After his “over

the moon” reaction he commented: “When you think of the wonderful landform and the gifted architect Darius Oliver it was a recipe for success. In some ways it is a vindication of all the work and that the course was formed, developed and completed by the team here at The Hills, led by our general manager Brendan Allen.”

The assessment by the expert rating panel is effusive. Comments include: “Brilliantly routed to follow the water race … the course sits on dramatic land which provides scintillating views of Queenstown.

“The holes are eminently playable with extensive teeing areas providing extensive options regardless of ability. From the back plates it is a helluva test whilst from the front you can play most holes with a putter. An epic set of greens are punctuated by the natural double green

on one and eight which is the biggest putting surface in the southern hemisphere.”

Praise indeed.

The ranking of par three courses simply underscores how popular they have become recently which is certainly the case in the United States. Many of North America’s high-end resort courses have cottoned on to the fact that not every golfer needs or wants to play a full length course every time, according to US Golf magazine.

Such courses tend to engender a more relaxed environment, thus should be all about fun, family, friends and inclusiveness. They are the ideal place to enjoy the game no matter one’s age or ability. This is the case at The Hills where the farm course is also perfect for honing one’s short game skills with tee shots of 100 to 200 metres plus from the back tees.

The best island golf course in New Zealand

One of New Zealand’s GREAT GOLFING experiences Phone 03-544-6441 • www.greenacresgolfclub.co.nz

6

Full Playing Membership Special From now until the end of 2020 – ONLY $795 Only available to New Members who haven’t been a member at Helensville Golf Club at any time in the past 5 years.

October 2020

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

Reduce distance of golf ball, say European golf course architects A

n overwhelming majority of members of the European Institute of Golf Course Architects (EICGA) have agreed that action needs to be taken to reduce the distances that golfers – and not necessarily just elite players – are able to hit the ball.

An EICGA survey to establish the views of Europe’s leading golf course architects saw 95 percent of members saying that action needed to be taken in order to prevent some of the world’s finest golf courses from becoming obsolete for elite level competition.

“We surveyed the EIGCA membership for their thoughts on a range of factors relating to increased hitting distances, forged through their experience of designing golf courses around the world,” said Christoph Städler, president of the European Institute of Golf Course Architects.

“The most eye-catching result is that 95 percent of respondents agreed that action needs to be taken to reduce hitting distances.

“The vast majority of respondents (75 percent) believed that increasing ball flight length and advances in equipment

technology are diminishing the skill of the game, which is leading to a simplification of golf course strategy. And 88 percent of respondents considered a reduction in driving distance of between 10-15 percent would be appropriate.”

The survey also showed that 34 percent of EIGCA members felt that any action to reduce hitting distances should only be applied to tournament professionals, whilst 62 percent thought that amateurs should be largely spared any regulatory effects. Importantly, 76 percent thought that hitting distances were having a negative impact on golf course design.

Summing up the results, Städler said: “Golf course architects are clearly concerned about a number of factors influenced by hitting distances, including safety, negative impacts on the environment, land grab and threats to the integrity of historic courses.

“Reducing hitting distances could lead to shorter courses which are quicker to play, cheaper to maintain, need less land, are more sustainable, more accessible and potentially more profitable. At a time when we are looking to increase player participation surely these should be our

objectives.

“By the clever use of design, skilled golf course architects are able to achieve a certain balance between the challenge for the best players and fun and playability for weaker and shorter hitting players.

With ever increasing hitting distances,

NEWS

this becomes increasingly difficult.”

As stakeholders in the future success of golf, the EIGCA has sent the survey responses to The R&A to assist golf’s governing bodies as part of their distance insights project, the results of which aren’t expected until March next year.

KAITAKE WOMEN’S OPEN 54 HOLE FOURSOMES Do you want to come to Taranaki and mix golf with the 2020 Garden Festival?

Put these dates in your diary: Thursday 29th October 2020 Friday 30th October 2020 Stay on and visit some spectacular gardens.

An interesting exciting two-day tournament for all full playing members more details to follow with format.

For more information or expressions of interest contact Kaitake Golf Club on 06 7527665 or email kaitakegolf@xtra.co.nz.

Entry forms will be out closer to the date.

THE 2020 14-15 November

MAJOR SPONSOR

35 $70 $80

Entries Open 1st October

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

October 2020

7

Woods right at home in Zozo Championship title defence

GOLF NEWS

CALIFORNIA’S SHERWOOD COUNTRY CLUB, SITE OF SIX WOODS’ VICTORIES, SET TO HOST JAPANESE EVENT

By Chris Cox/PGA Tour

I

t wasn’t supposed to end like this for Tiger Woods. Not here at Sherwood Country Club in California. How could it?

For 15 years, Woods called this place in the foothills of the Santa Monica mountains his home away from home.

And for good reason, too. On six different occasions, the World Golf hall of famer departed here a winner, beginning in 1999 with a win over David Duval in primetime TV and continuing five more times between 2001 and 2011 at his World Challenge event.

So, when significant changes to the autumn portion of the PGA Tour schedule required Woods to relocate his World Challenge tournament to a more centralised location, a record crowd of nearly 25,000 turned out one last time to watch him leave Sherwood a winner.

It was the storybook ending everyone felt certain would be told for the No 1 player in the world.

Except it didn’t. Instead, Zach Johnson erased a four-shot deficit with eight holes to play, a comeback he capped at the 72nd with an amazing hole out for par from a drop area, which forced a playoff. Johnson would go on to win on the first extra hole when Woods missed a five-footer for par to extend the playoff, a stark turnaround from the previous year when it was Woods who birdied the final two holes to erase Johnson’s one-shot advantage.

Johnson said: “I love this place. I’ve got two seconds and now a win, so I love Sherwood.

“I’ll certainly miss this golf course. I like it because there’s a lot of risk‑reward. There’s a lot of strategy involved in where you hit it and how you hit it.

Tiger Woods watches his shot at the sixth tee during the final round of The Zozo Championship he won in Japan last year when he posted 82nd PGA Tour victory. Photo credit: Ben Jared/PGA Tour.

I don’t feel like it favours the longest guy, necessarily.”

Now, seven years later, Woods will finally get his chance at redemption when the Zozo Championship temporarily calls Sherwood home this month.

The second-year event, which Woods won in Japan last year for his record-tying 82nd PGA Tour victory, was moved to California when officials from the PGA Tour and Zozo Incorporated determined that the unprecedented challenges of traveling to Japan amidst the covid-19 pandemic were too much to overcome this season.

PGA general manager and Sherwood chief executive Rob Oosterhuis said: “Sherwood Country Club and its members are honoured to host this year’s Zozo Championship at Sherwood and welcome golf’s greatest players as our guests for the week.’’

Woods, of course, understands this Jack Nicklaus-designed course better than almost anyone. And that intimate knowledge should make him an early

favourite to successfully defend his Zozo Championship title.

But more importantly, Sherwood and its residents provided Woods with the early support he needed to grow his TGR Foundation into a vehicle for larger community outreach. That, more than anything, endeared the facility and its members to Woods.

Said Woods in 2013: “Sherwood, the board here, all the volunteers that come out and support us in sunshine, rain, wind, cold or perfect sunny days.

“They come out to support our event and have made this as special as it has been. I’d say, quite frankly, if we didn’t have this event, we wouldn’t have the learning centre in Orange County.

“We wouldn’t have been able to open learning centres around the country.

This event has been our mainstay over the years, and it’s allowed us a platform to talk about what we’re trying to do for kids.”

That backing is what made Woods’ final-round defeat in 2013 all the more

TEE UP WITH TWILIGHT GOLF AT THE TASMAN GOLF CLUB

painful. Is a chance at redemption and a record-breaking 83rd tour victory in the cards this time?

Woods made just seven starts during the 2019-20 PGA Tour season, winning in his debut at Zozo before carding a tie for ninth at the Farmers Insurance Open in late-January. But the season ended with little fanfare beyond that for the 44-year-old, who finished no better than a tie for 37th in any of the four starts he made following the Tour’s return to play in June.

He ended the season by shooting 11over across four rounds at the BMW Championship, tying for 51st and failing to make the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club.

His first start of the 2020-21 campaign would come two weeks later at the US Open, in which he failed to make the cut. “(I’m) trying to clean up my rounds and trying to miss the golf ball in the correct spots,” Woods said after the BMW Championship.

And while returning to the friendly confines of Sherwood Country Club may prove useful to Woods, the competition expected to stand in his way should be stronger than ever. Instead of the customary 18-player field at the World Challenge, Woods will have to contend with a stacked 78-man field, primarily comprised of the top 60 players from the previous season’s FedExCup standings.

That includes Dustin Johnson, who won both The Northern Trust and Tour Championship to take home his first career FedExCup. The 23-time PGA Tour winner just so happens to hold the course record at Sherwood, a 61 in 2014 while playing alongside his father-in-law and hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, one of several celebrity members at Sherwood.

“I’m definitely playing probably the best I’ve ever played,” Johnson said after winning at East Lake. “I really feel like everything is dialed in pretty well.”

Another of the Great Walks

An unforgettable golfing experience you really will enjoy! Play 9 undulating and interesting holes with some of the most beautiful views of sea and mountains in the Nelson area. Kick back on the deck or in the clubhouse after your round where a BBQ meal is available for just $10. Players of all levels very welcome.

Interested? Then we would love to hear from you.

Situated next to spectacular Lake Te Anau and surrounded by the Fiordland National Park, the Te Anau Golf Club is a hidden gem and one of New Zealand’s most picturesque golf courses.

For more info: Call Lyndal on ( 03) 526 6819 or (027) 305 6499.

Tasman Golf Club - 128 Cliff Road, RD1 Upper Moutere, Nelson teeup@tasmangolfclub.com | www.tasmangolfclub.com

8

Ph: +64 3 249 7474 | Email: teanaugolf@xtra.co.nz October 2020

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

D E S I G N E D F O R WO M E N

Every aspect of the new Big Bertha REVA range has been uniquely designed for women who want to improve their game and unlock their inner distance.

CALLAWAYGOLF.COM.AU

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

O c and t oBigbBertha e r REVA 2 0are2trademarks 0 2020 Callaway Golf Company, Callaway, the Chevron Device, Big Bertha and/or registered trademarks of Callaway Golf Company.

9

PGA Tour’s Asian swing abandoned for this year GOLF NEWS

T

he PGA Tour’s visit to Asia in the northern hemisphere autumn is now off.

This follows the cancellation of Asia’s most high profile golf event, the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions.

The cancellation follows the decision to move the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges from Korea to Las Vegas and the Zozo Championship from Japan to California which were the other two PGA Tour events that would normally be held in Asia.

The World Championships-HSBC Champions was due to feature many of the game’s leading players and was scheduled to take place in China at Shanghai’s Sheshan International Golf Club from October

29-November 1.

However, following the recent announcement and guidelines issued by the General Administration of Sports of China with regards to the staging of international sporting events in China, the PGA Tour – on behalf of the International Federation of PGA Tours and in consultation with the China Golf Association – has confirmed the event’s cancellation.

PGA Tour executive vice president Ty Votaw said: “We have worked extensively with all tours, international officials, the China Golf Association and other local parties to find a solution to host the WGC-HSBC Champions.

“In line with Chinese government guidelines and

being mindful of the logistical implications, we collectively made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 event.

“The WGC-HSBC Champions has been a catalyst in the growth in interest and participation in our sport throughout China and Asia. While we are disappointed with not being able to bring the world’s best players to Shanghai this year, our thanks goes out to HSBC (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation), the China Golf Association and the fans in China who have helped make this event so successful since it became a World Golf Championships event in 2009.”

Young Chinese star racks up third win in a row Yin Ruoning holds up three fingers following her third win in a row in China

T

here’s just no stopping teenage sensation Yin Ruoning.

Continuing one of the most astonishingly successful starts to a professional golfing career, the Chinese starlet eked out a hard-fought one-stroke victory in the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Orient

Masters last month.

It was her third win from three starts since relinquishing her amateur status in August.

Displaying skill and poise in equal measures, the 17-year-old closed with a bogey-free three-under par 69 for a 54-hole score of 10-under 206 at Fujian Province’s Orient Xiamen in China.

The former China national amateur representative is believed to be the first player to post three straight wins to start a professional golf career.

“Three straight wins definitely is a great achievement,’’ Yin said.

“It’s an incredible start for my professional career,” said Yin. “Last week, Chris Feng [China LPGA Tour operations director] told me to step on the gas and try to win back-to-back. I said I wanted three straight wins. He said no one ever did that. I’m really happy I did it. I proved that,” added Yin, who earned about $NZ22,000 for her latest triumph.

Zhang Weiwei, last year’s China LPGA Tour order of merit winner, shot a tournament low six-under 66 to finish one stroke back at the event that was played without spectators. Zhang Yunjie, who

led the tournament with three holes remaining, ended third on 208 following a 70.

Going into the final round with a onestroke lead, Yin made a birdie-four at the 534-yard second to get to eight-under. She parred the next nine holes before making her second birdie of the day at 12. Meanwhile, her playing partner

Zhang Yunjie progressed to 10 under par through 15 holes to lead by one.

It was the 165-yard 16th that proved decisive. While Zhang Yunjie three-putted for a bogey-four, Yin holed a 25-footer for a birdie-two. That two-shot swing enabled Yin to regain a one-stroke lead that she would not relinquish.

Book Now! www.titirangigolf.co.nz or on DotGolf

10

October 2020

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

Lee Trevino passionate as ever for golf at age 81

Lee Trevino at The Woodlands Country Club in Texas last year.

Photo credit: Christian Petersen/Getty Images.

WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME MEMBER REMAINS OUTSPOKEN ON SPORT’S GROWTH

By Chris Cox/PGA Tour

L

ee Trevino might have been an engaging, welcome personality on the PGA Tour to its passionate fanbase.

But that wasn’t the impression Trevino got from at least one of his fellow competitors.

“There was a guy I never got along with very well, a pro, who was okay but didn’t seem to like me,” Trevino recalled.

“I don’t know what his problem was, because I never bothered him.”

So Imagine Trevino’s surprise when the unnamed player approached him from two fairways over during a practice round prior to the 1971 Cleveland Open.

A week earlier, Trevino made waves by winning his second major championship at the US Open, beating the legendary Jack Nicklaus by four strokes in an 18hole playoff.

What the player was about to say to Trevino was anyone’s guess.

“He walked over two fairways to shake my hand and hug me,” Trevino said, laughing.

“He said we finally got somebody that can beat him.”

It didn’t matter that Trevino had a darker skin complexion than most of his peers or that his Hispanic surname, which traces its origins to Spain, always stood out on a leaderboard.

What mattered instead was the respect Trevino earned on the golf course. Beating the revered Nicklaus — in a major championship for the second time, no less — was a monumental achievement worthy of respect. Anything else was irrelevant.

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

Trevino continued with his thoughts of the person who had congratulated him.

“When he walked away, I got to thinking about what he said,” Trevino said.

“I thought, you know what? I’m finally one of the boys. I got very comfortable being out there.”

Trevino would go on to win 29 times in total on the PGA Tour, including six major championships, to cement his status in the World Golf hall of fame in 1981. More importantly, Trevino, nicknamed “SuperMex,” became an inspiration to point toward for other minorities looking for their own entry into golf.

That message endures today, as Trevino, now 81 years old and living in Florida, continues to be outspoken about growing the sport at the junior levels. He desperately wants youth programmes such to find unlimited, free access to golf courses throughout the country.

“The only thing that I can do now is be vocal about it, which I’ve been,” Trevino said.

“They can be done right. It would be extremely successful if they had their own golf courses, whether it’s nine holes or 18, and their own driving range when they can hit whenever they want to.”

“I would have mowed it and had it out there to let these kids play on all day,” he continued.

“Cow pasture pool is what we called it.

That’s how I learned to play, in the middle of a field.”

Trevino’s passion for the game is evident in his voice, even all these years later. He jokes that people can set a watch to his morning routine, which still includes two hours of daily practice time on the range.

He and his wife Claudia have largely been locked down inside their home

since the covid-19 pandemic began.

That’s meant more time for Trevino to find his swing speed again.

“It’s instilled in you. it’s just a disease, really,” he said.

“If you really love this game, it’s like drugs. I’ve been in this house now since the pandemic hit, but I’ve got a beautiful home with a big gymnasium and the whole thing. So I don’t go anywhere. I’ve got the greatest cook in the world (in Claudia).

“I’m working on some swing speed, and I’ve got some rubber bands, balls and weighted clubs. I’m going to end up killing myself!”

The increased time at home has also given Trevino more opportunities to watch the growing Latin American contingent on the PGA Tour. Three Latinos— Joaquín Niemann, Sebastián Muñoz and Mexico’s Abraham Ancer—qualified for the season-ending Tour Championship this year.

Niemann and Muñoz both claimed victories this time a year ago, and Ancer an-

October 2020

NEWS

nounced himself as a competitor worth monitoring when he became a key cog in the International team’s near upset of the United States at last season’s Presidents’ Cup. “They’re doing extremely well,” Trevino said.

“As a matter of fact, Carlos Ortiz (of Mexico), I just saw him the other day. Sebastián is doing extremely well, too.

“Ancer? Fantastic. Not a big guy, but extremely talented short game. He figured out that he wasn’t a bomber, so he was going to kill them someplace else. That’s what I did. I wasn’t a bomber but I was a heck of a wedge player and could putt a little bit. You can bring the guys down if you’ve got some tricks somewhere else.”

Trevino is as dialed in as ever on the game of golf. And that’s a good thing for all of us.

“My personality came from serving people. Every job I ever had I was serving someone. That’s what we were taught to do, and it’s never changed. I love people.”

Whangaroa Golf Club

Spring Open sponsored by

Sunday 11th October 2020 10.00 am Morning Tea, 11.00 am Tee-off $30.00 includes lunch and twos Men’s and Ladies’ entry Gross, Nett, Stableford Contact John O’Neill to enter- 09 405 1808 email: info@whangaroagolf.co.nz

11

PAC I F I C L AK E S V I L L AG E

72 HOLE MI X E D F O U R S O M ES M T M AUNGANU I

SATURDAY 28 AND SUNDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2020 MT MAUNGANUI GOLF CLUB

TO ENTER Entry forms available at www.mountgolf.co.nz Entry fee must be paid when entering – at the club office or via internet banking 12-3146-0073804-00.

Please put 72 MF as reference

DETAILS $100 per pair ($50 each) Entries close 20 November 2020 CONTACT Ray Horsfall Phone: 07 575 0590 Email: baytrain@kinect.co.nz

REGISTERED IN ORDER OF ENTRY FEE PAYMENT. ENTRIES LIMITED TO 64 PAIRS

FOLLOW US

PH. 07 572 7044

Mt Maunganui Golf Club

15 FAIRWAY AVE, MT MAUNGANUI

www.mountgolf.co.nz

Emiliano Grillo is here to stay

Emiliano Grillo reacts to a shot on the 18th hole during the final round of the 2020 Safeway Open Napa, California.

Photo credit: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images.

ARGENTINE FEELING OPTIMISTIC ENTERING 2020-21 PGA TOUR SEASON

E

miliano Grillo is already a winner on the PGA Tour but he still has a lot to live up to.

The Argentine golfer was part of a revered 2011 high school class that produced Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele, Jordan Spieth and Daniel Berger who between them have registered many PGA Tour wins.

Spieth won the FedEx Cup, the equivalent of the PGA Tour’s league table, in 2015 and Grillo was the next to break out at the first event the following season, winning the Safeway Open after sinking a

birdie on the second playoff hole to outlast Kevin Na. Grillo, 28, is still well in the early stages of his tenure on the PGA Tour but, as Thomas commented, he kind of appeared out of the blue.

“We always joke that no one ever knew how old he was,” Thomas said.

“He just showed up out of nowhere and started winning tournaments.”

With that early success in the Safeway Open, Grillo made sure to find a proper balance off the course for sustainability.

He has joked in the past that if he could earn as much in fishing as he does in golf, he would consider giving fishing a shot as his sport.

“Golf is a passion, yes, but it’s still a job

for us,” Grillo said. “When you’re back home, you want to get away from it.”

Grillo’s first Tour Championship appearance and subsequent rookie of the year award was evidence that the balance was working, and also put him even higher in the echelon of that famed 2011 class.

Added Thomas: “Grillo has had the same game since we played junior golf.

He has always just striped it. He hits every fairway and every green.”

Schauffele added: “He’s an unbelievable ball-striker. Not a very good putter.

He would sit here right next to me and tell you the exact same thing.”

Though he has seen spurts of success

NEWS

with the putter, Grillo finished outside the top 125 in seven prominent statistical putting categories in three of the next four seasons, which ultimately led to a four-year winless drought following his rookie campaign.

Grillo: “I got everything I could have asked for in my first year.

“I achieved my highest ranks in every single aspect of the game. It’s just a shame that I haven’t been able to get back where I was.”

He doesn’t have to look very far for motivation. For example the likes of Thomas who won three times last season and finished runner-up to Dustin Johnson at the Tour Championship.

“It’s great to see guys like Justin basically dominate golf nowadays,” Grillo said.

“It gives you a little extra motivation.”

Progress has been made. Grillo finished third at the Puerto Rico Open before the covid-19 pandemic sent the sport on hiatus, and he returned with another thirdplace finish at the 3M Open in late July.

Thomas again: “He is a part of our class of 2011 and hasn’t played as well as I know he can and he knows he can.”

Grillo knows that, too.

“I’m very confident,” he said. “My putting has been improving and I’m starting to put the pieces together.”

That includes enjoying the little things away from the golf course, too, like taking a moment to swim in the serene lagoons at Punta Cuna after a practice round of a Carribean tournament in the Dominican Republic last month.

“It’s a 50 percent balance off the golf course,” he said. “I spend half the year on the road, so the other half I want to spend it for myself with my friends. That’s important to me.”

That outlook rolls on as part of Grillo’s continued fresh start and promising return to golf prominence.

“Being okay with who you are and with your game and being positive around here is everything,” he said. “I always set the bar high, so I expect a lot from myself, especially when I put the time in.”

We’ve got a new name.

It tells you what we are and where we are.

It’s still the best links course in the Bay of Plenty and we’d love to show it off to you.

Play it once and we guarantee you’ll want to come back again.

Special Summer membership deals available!

Call us now to talk about what’s going to work for you.

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

October 2020

13

W H AT ’ S N E W

L

Callaway Golf announces new Big Bertha B21 Family of woods and irons

ast month, Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY), an industry leader in golf equipment and innovation, announced its new Big Bertha B21 lineup of drivers, fairway woods, hybrids and irons. These products are engineered with premium technologies and legendary Big Bertha design features, for distance any way you swing it.

Big Bertha B21 Driver Big Bertha B21 is built for golfers who want to hit their drives further, and straighter so that their ball finds the fairway. It’s especially suited for players who hit a slice or struggle to find a consistent ball flight, with advanced technologies that make this driver really long, forgiving, and easy to hit.

What’s truly extraordinary… it’s Callaway’s first driver with the unique combination of high launch, low spin and significant draw bias in a forgiving shape. This is a new formula for distance that’s designed to take the big miss out of your game. And it’s a total ball speed package, with the Company’s A.I. designed Flash Face SS21, Super Strength Titanium, and innovative Jailbreak Technology.

Big Bertha B21 Fairway Woods

Callaway’s easiest to launch fairway wood promotes more distance, more consistent contact and smoother turf interaction. With iconic Big Bertha shaping and increased offset, this forgiving design helps to take the slice or big miss out of your game.

It’s easy to hit like a hybrid, from a shallower face, progressive lengths, and a larger head that create more distance and better control. Fast balls speeds come from A.I. designed Flash Face SS21 Technology, and the Flash Face is combined with Jailbreak Technology to deliver even more speed at impact.

Big Bertha B21 Hybrids Built to unlock your distance with a total forgiveness package. This is the Company’s easiest to launch hybrid with a larger head volume, and it’s designed to help get rid of the big miss that spins off line. Fast ball speeds are led by an A.I. designed Flash Face SS21 and Jailbreak.

The offset is increased for a straighter ball flight, and to enhance launch and trajectory, dual MIM’ed (Metal- Injected Molding) Tungsten weights are precisely placed into the sole of the clubhead.

Big Bertha B21 Irons Designed with Big Bertha shaping to deliver a new

formula for distance and forgiveness. This is the first time that an A.I. designed Flash Face Cup is in a Big Bertha Iron. The unique Flash Face architecture in each iron creates high ball speeds and increased spin robustness for every club in the set. A new Visible Tungsten Energy Core (VTEC) deepens the CG for incredibly easy launch, and patented urethane microspheres provide pure feel. In short, you’re getting iconic shaping and incredible ball speed technologies.

The Big Bertha B21 Family will all be available at Australian and New Zealand Callaway Authorised Retailers from September 24, 2020.

Big Bertha REVA Women’s Family Today Callaway also announced their new premium Big Bertha REVA family of drivers, fairway woods, hybrids and irons. This product line delivers distance designed for women. Callaway’s R&D team has used significant research and testing with women to develop advanced distance technologies, optimised lofts, swingweights, shaft lengths, and forgiving head shapes.

Available at Australian and New Zealand Callaway Authorised Retailers from October 15, 2020.

For more information: au.callawaygolf.com

B21 Hybrids

B21 Irons

B21 Fairway Woods

14

October 2020

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

Mack Daddy CB Wedge INTRODUCING MACK DADDY CB

The new Mack Daddy CB Wedge is built to take the guess work out of your short game with enhanced forgiveness, control and tons of spin for more consistency around the green. This cavity back, game-improvement option is designed for precise shots even when you don’t make perfect contact, and it helps create a smooth transition from your irons to your wedges. With player friendly shaping, JAWS grooves and premium components, the Mack Daddy CB is engineered for better shots in the scoring zone.

Pre-Sale: FROM NOW Product At Retail: September 24th 2020 Recommended Retail Pricing: $219.99 AUD | $279.99 NZD The new Mack Daddy CB Wedge is built to take the guess work out of your short game with enhanced forgiveness, control and tons of spin for more consistency around the green. This cavity back, game-improvement option is designed for precise shots even when you don’t make perfect contact, and it helps create a smooth transition from your irons to

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

your wedges. With player friendly shaping, JAWS grooves and premium components, the Mack Daddy CB is your short game partner in the scoring zone.

FEATURES & BENEFITS

Seamless Transition from Cavity Back Irons The Mack Daddy CB helps you seamlessly blend game-improvement irons and wedges into your set. With a deep cavity back, slightly larger head and thicker topline, you’ll have the confidence of an iron with the control of a wedge.

Player Friendly Sole Grinds The Mack Daddy CB features two sole grinds, both engineered to promote consistency. In the lower lofts, a full sole provides iron-like turf interaction with moderate bounce. In the mid and higher lofts, a modified W Grind enhances bounce to add forgiveness out of bunkers and thick rough. The modified W Grind is designed with a low leading edge if you need to open the face.

Aggressive Spin and Enhanced Control Our proprietary JAWS groove provides

W H AT ’ S N E W

precise edge sharpness on every groove for maximum grip and spin from all types of lies. On the sand wedge and lob wedge, the JAWS groove extends across the face to provide spin no matter where you hit it.

Premium Shafts & Grips The KBS Hi-Rev 2.0 105 shaft provides all the benefits of one of the most popular wedges shafts in the game, in a new lighter weight. For those players who use graphite shafts in their irons, we’re providing an all new graphite offering: the KBS Hi-Rev G, in both 60g and 80g.

We also partnered with Golf Pride to offer an all new short game grip, the SG-1.

This grip is longer than normal at 11.5” to allow you to choke down on the club for enhanced distance control.

Product One-liner: The new Mack Daddy CB Wedge is built to take the guess work out of your short game with enhanced forgiveness, control, and tons of spin for more consistency around the green.

For more information: au.callawaygolf.com

October 2020

15

GOLF EVENT

2020 Central Otago Autumn Golf Classic Course Review The confirmed dates for the postponed 2020 Mount Michael Central Otago Autumn Golf Classic, managed by PaR nz Golfing Holidays.

NEW DATES: MONDAY 30 NOVEMBER – FRIDAY 4 DECEMBER 2020

Playing golf in Queenstown? Just 20 minutes drive from Queenstown and commonly rated in the top 20 in New Zealand, the Arrowtown Golf Course is a must play.

The picturesque Arrowtown Golf Club is set in Central Otago, one of New Zealand’s most historic and scenic regions. This Golf Course is a must when playing Queenstown Golf, surrounded by mountains the 18 hole course has superb views from every fairway. The Arrowtown Golf Club is open all year round. Golf clubs, trundlers and electric carts are available for hire. Concessions for groups.

Please enquire at the clubhouse.

166 Centennial Avenue, Arrowtown • Tel: 03 442 1719 www.arrowtowngolf.co.nz

“New Zealand’s most scenic golf course”

www.queenstowngolf.co.nz

16

|

+64 3 442 9169

|

proshop@queenstowngolf.co.nz

October 2020

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

QUEENSTOWN GOLF CLUB (KELVIN HEIGHTS) • Blue 6102m • White 5839m • Ladies 5104m • Red 4100m EVER seen a post-card of Queenstown?

If so then it has probably been taken from the top of Skyline Gondola and has the Queenstown Golf Club in it!

This picturesque golf club offers not only Stunning views of the Remarkables mountain range and Lake Wakatipu but is an exciting and challenging golf experience. Located just 20 minutes from Queenstown, or 5 minutes by water taxi, this is one of New Zealand’s iconic golf clubs which is a ‘must play’ for all golfers visiting the region. The Course is surrounded by lake Wakatipu and cradled by stunning mountain ranges so every tee and green has a view which makes it hard to keep your head down!

Signature hole’s take on a whole new level at the Queenstown golf club especially the 4th, 5th, 9th, 10th, 14th and 17th which could be signature holes on any course.

With a proud and loyal membership, Queenstown golf club has a long history and welcomes visitors yearround. Equipped with 40 modern motorised carts, a PGA Professional, Pro shop, 7 day a week Café specialising in home-made faire and fully licenced Bar ensures all your golfing needs are met and exceeded.

The signature hole and probably one of the more scenic photographs on a New Zealand golf course would be the par 4 5th that curves left around the shoreline of Lake Wakatipu to an elevated green. Driving line is key as an over aggressive line combined with a miss-timed drive will see you ending up in the drink, however, the hole sets up for a right to left shaped drive which will carve yardage off your approach shot.

The facilities are excellent, carts and club hire available from the pro shop.

Green fees range from $50-100 depending on seasons.

» www.queenstowngolf.co.nz » Email: proshop@queenstowngolf.co.nz » Phone: 03-442 9169

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

WANAKA GOLF CLUB

CROMWELL GOLF CLUB

ALEXANDRA GOLF CLUB

ARROWTOWN GOLF CLUB

• Blue 5770m • White 5484m • Ladies 5029m A one hour scenic drive from Queenstown, the township of Wanaka is a stunning and tranquil holiday destination in the heart of the Queenstown Lakes region.

Perched above the picturesque township is the lovely Wanaka golf club; the biggest club in the South Island with over 1070 members. Host to the NZ Mixed foursomes, the NZ Women’s and Men’s Seniors events.

Wanaka Golf Club boasts a well maintained, charming and challenging layout, with magnificent views.

Measuring 5770m (blues) and 5484m (whites) the course isn’t long by modern standards, but careful course management and the ability to shape your shots is important if you want to score well. The small greens and natural contours of the land also present their own challenge, so playing safe to the middle of the greens is recommended. It’s also important to try and keep your eye on the ball, as the spectacular views across the town and lake to Mount Aspiring National Park are some of the best in New Zealand, and can certainly add an extra distraction to your game.

The two nines are very different. The front-nine, which was established in the 1930s, features an undulating layout with small greens nestled amongst the rolling terrain. The back nine, which was added across the road in 1967, is much longer and slightly flatter—but no less spectacular.

The club continues to progress significantly with capital improvements and course upgrades, making it one of the most scenic and playable courses around.

The club features all the usual facilities you’d expect from a quality golf club, including club and cart hire, fully-stocked pro shop, recently upgraded practice range facility and a café and bar.

• Black 6462m • Blue 6234m • White 5844m • Yellow 5204m • Red 4468m THE Cromwell Golf Course is a sand based, links style course located further from the sea than any other in New Zealand. Its fairways follow the natural lie of the land and features a sandy, wasteland feel, rough with patches of marram grass and large undulating greens.

The course has 5 tee locations ranging from beginner to championship providing a real challenge for all levels of golfer and was rated inside the top 30 NZ courses in NZ Golf Magazine’s 2019 rankings. The Cromwell course hosts the New Zealand Open final qualifying event annually.

Course facilities include a full length driving range and large multi-tier putting and chipping green, on-site PGA Professional, fully stocked pro-shop along with electric cart, trundle, and club hire.

Situated on the 45th parallel, the inland location and surrounding mountains creates a microclimate nearing semi-arid. With less than 400mm (<15 inches) of evenly spread rain and 2200 hours of sunshine per year, golf can be played comfortably year-round with dry underfoot conditions. In winter a crisp white frost usually ensures a brilliantly sunny day in which to enjoy a round of golf on a course maintained to a consistently high standard.

The golf course is in the centre of the town, which in turn is surrounded by vine yards and orchards. This is the centre of the world renown Central Otago Pinot Noir producing locations of Bannockburn, Bendigo and Lowburn so wine tasting opportunities are numerous. The town is also located adjacent to Lake Dunstan and the junction of the Clutha and Kawarau Rivers.

• Blue 6000m • White 5718m • Ladies 5179m Alexandra lies in the beautiful Manuherikia valley at the confluence of the Manuherikia and Clutha rivers.

Surrounded by the high mountain ranges of the Old Man, Dunstan and Hawkduns, and with the barren Knobby Range as its background, this is a special part of Central Otago featuring stunning scenery, great history as well as plenty of things to do for golfers and non golfers alike.

The pines bordering the golf course along State Highway 8 were originally planted to contain the desert sands that prevailed in the area. Most find it hard to imagine that today’s stunning golf course could be created from such beginnings. The course features a flat but undulating desert type terrain with fully irrigated fairways from tee to green. Narrow fairways mean accuracy is of prime importance if you are to avoid the desert remnants in the rough and the many trees lining the fairways.

Of interest, and one reason why golfers find their round at Alexandra appears to go so quickly, is the lack of continuous holes of same par value!

Only twice in the 18 holes do you play consecutive holes of equal par!

With the high ranges viewable from most parts of the course golfers find this is a most scenic as well as challenging course.

At just over an hour drive from Queenstown and Wanaka the golf course and this unique area are well worth a visit. Come and see what we mean, phone SubPar golf shop at 03 448 8374 or email SubPar@xtra.co.nz to book a tee time now.

Green fees are $35 for NZ affiliated players with group discounts available.

• White 5495m • Ladies 5035m Commonly ranked in the top 20 in NZ, Arrowtown Golf Club is the jewel in the crown literally as it sits below the Crown Range and runs alongside the famous Arrow river which over 100 years ago was once a hive of activity during the gold rush era. The course borders the outskirts of Arrowtown which is about 20km from the centre of Queenstown and offers stunning views of some well known ski fields, the Remarkables and Coronet Peak. If you are lucky enough to play on this hidden gem then you’ll will no doubt be blown away by the unique layout of the course as the narrow rolling fairways weave their way through valleys and rocky pillars very much like Roxburgh golf club. In the summertime the Browntop grass in the long rough is left to seed, leaving a colour scheme that represents a truly natural setting and makes the course look like a postcard. In 2012 the course won the New Zealand Golf Course Superintendants Association (NZGCSA) Environment award which recognises New Zealand’s leading golf course in relation to their environmental management practices. The club under took the removal of wilding trees and broom, while re-establishing Matagouri amongst the schist rock outcrops.

From a playability perspective, the course is the shortest out of the top 5 but probably requires the most accuracy from tee to greens.

Again like Wanaka, Roxburgh and North Otago, the greens are very small. However for any big hitters, there are a lot of risk and reward holes that can provide a lot of birdies but also double bogeys and beyond.

One of the best holes is the 18th which requires a blind shot over a hill to a fairway that slopes to the left towards a pond. A good drive leaves only a wedge shot to the green and a good birdie opportunity however getting a good drive away is the key.

Club hire is available and green fees are $50.00 for NZ Affiliated and $95.00 for Non Affiliated.

» www.wanakagolf.co.nz » Email: wanaka@golf.co.nz » Phone: +64 3 443 7888

» www.cromwellgolf.co.nz » Cromwell 9310, New Zealand » Phone: 03 445 0165

» www.alexandragolf.co.nz » State Highway 8, Alexandra 9340 » Tel/Fax: 03 448 8204

» www.arrowtowngolf.co.nz » 166 Centennial Ave, Arrow Junction 9371 » Phone: 03-442 1719

October 2020

17

DISCOVER OUR VERY OWN KIWI BACKYARD .

We have put together five New Zealand golfing mini-breaks for you and your golfing buddies to enjoy. You can also choose to include cycling the Otago Rail Trail or Fly-Fishing in Turangi before our Queenstown or Taupo Golf Escapes.

Check out golfencounters.co.nz for all the details.

BAY OF ISLANDS NOV 20

NAPIER OCT 20

QUEENSTOWN NOV 20

TAUPO

NOV/DEC 20

0800 377 479

FREEPHONE OR VISIT GOLFENCOUNTERS.CO.NZ 18

Golf Encounters - Travel Encounters t/a Golf Encounters. Travel Encounters Ltd is an approved Travel Broker for the Travel Managers Group Ltd. The Travel Managers Group is a bonded member of IATA.

October 2020

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

GOLFCOMMENT

Turning point for Danny Lee?

By Neville Idour

T

he enigma that is Danny Lee may have reached a watershed moment in his career with his “out of left field” meltdown at the United States Open.

Danny six-putted on the last hole at Winged Foot, of which three of the putts were hit carelessly. As he walked off the green he then whacked his golf bag with his putter.

I am sure he is still feeling devastated at his actions and will continue to do so for some time. So he doesn’t need me or anyone else to climb on their high horse.

So let us take a deep breath and look at how such a reaction could have suddenly exploded inside Danny.

He has always been one of the good guys on tour, and why not? He has banked around $US14million. I can’t remember seeing Danny involved in any dubious reaction in all his years on tour so what prompted this out of character anger?

Let us go back to his US Amateur victory in 2008, the youngest ever winner at 18 years and one month. The pundits said here was a star in the making.

He joined the PGA Tour in 2012, lost his card before regaining it for 2014 and has comfortably held his place since.

He had a stellar year in 2015 with his win at the Greenbrier Classic and a second finish at the season ending Tour Championship to bank almost $US4 million. Maybe this would see him fulfil the promise his ability hinted at.

Not quite. Each year since he has had his highs and lows and can look back at a career on the PGA Tour that has produced one win, four seconds, three thirds and 25 top 10s. He has always been in the top tier for birdies scored on tour but unfortunately too many dropped shots have been the handbrake on more wins.

The 2020 season has been a good one with more than $US2 million banked already. He tied for the lead with Justin Thomas after three rounds at the CJ Cup, finishing a fine second. However other promising starts have not been finished well. Danny scored his career low 62 to lead after the first round at the Mayakoba Classic but fell away to finish 26th. No doubt he felt disappointed and frustrated.

Then at the first FedEx Cup playoff in the Northern Trust he played superbly

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

and consistently for 63 holes to be second on four under par. At this point he could look forward to playing all three playoff events as he was sitting 18th overall.

Then the inexplicable happened. Bogeys on six of the next seven holes, which he had played so well each of the previous three days, plunged him to 18th and 42nd in the FedEx Cup. Eventually he failed narrowly to make the final event of the FedEx Cup because of that nine hole stretch.

So to the US Open and the 18th green in the third round. Sitting handily placed at 33rd with a reasonable chance of par from four feet, he lost the plot.

Even a bogey would have left him in the hunt for a creditable finish with a reasonable final round. His third putt, which he one-handedly hit with no care, showed he had given up.

Why oh why? It was one of the more uncomfortable watches in golf. Does anyone remember Ernie Els with the yips, ruining his major championship chances on the first hole some years ago with several putts from a couple of feet.

Could it be that those two aforementioned disappointing finishes were weighing heavily on Danny’s mind despite the fact he had been playing very well to get where he was. Maybe he feels he should do much better which puts unnecessary pressure on his psyche.

Let’s be frank. He has the ability to crack the top 50 consistently and possibly just needs to loosen the shackles and fight tooth and nail even when the chips are down.

Danny’s horror may have cemented him in folklore. At the recent Irish Open a player three putted unexpectedly and the commentator said “At least he didn’t do a Danny Lee.” I expect Danny’s well-documented sense of humour will allow him to ride such jibes with a smile. His apology for his blip was heartfelt. “I apologise for my poor, foolish and very unprofessional actions.”

As for his frustration and injury he said “Still it’s just an excuse, I shouldn’t have left like that.”

Let us hope that Danny will reappear with a new perspective to have the same never give up attitude like Justin Thomas or Tiger Woods. That may allow him to play to his potential and pick up that elusive second win on the world’s richest golf circuit, the PGA Tour.

Dave Mangan is the general manager of championship and golf operations for New Zealand Golf. Since 2013, Dave has been New Zealand Golf’s representative on the R&A rules of golf committee and was involved in the five years of discussions on the 2019 rule changes.

Readers are invited to submit questions to Golfer Pacific editor Paul Gueorgieff by email to pgueorgieff@yahoo.co.nz. Please ensure you explain your questions and situations clearly.

RAKING THE BUNKER Dave, I read one of your answers about not testing the sand in bunkers and I have consequently wondered about the following.

Are you allowed to rake a different part of a bunker from where your ball is before you play your shot? I did this recently because that part of the bunker was a mess and I raked it before I played my shot. I subsequently wondered if I had done wrong?

Veronica, Bay of Plenty Hi Veronica, One of the exceptions where touching the sand in a bunker not resulting in a penalty is the ability to smooth the sand in the bunker for the specific purpose of care of the course, which in your case looks like the reason you were doing it.

You would however get the general penalty if any of your actions improved the conditions effected your stroke.

WHAT SCORE COUNTS? Dave, What score counts?

A friend recently recorded the wrong scores where you put the crosses on our golf club scorecard.

He had marked scores of 5 and 4 on holes 8 and 9 when he actually had scores of 4 and 5 on holes 8 and 9. Consequently the wrong scores were shown when you looked up his

scorecard on the New Zealand Golf website.

But we later found that in the columns where you write the actual number you scored, our friend had correctly written in scores of 4 and 5 on holes 8 and 9.

It was no big deal to us but we wondered in a proper tournament what the situation would be.

Jonathan, Whangarei Hi Jonathan, The written scores are the ones that would count as to what you and your marker have officially verified.

REPLACING DIVOTS ON TEES Dave, I played with a guy who said you do not replace divots on tees. He said tee divots are not replaced because another player might stand on it and loss his/her footing when playing a shot. I thought what a lob of rubbish. That would mean to not replace a divot anywhere on the course.

I presume this is not covered in the rules but wondered if there was any protocol towards tee divots.

Murray G, South Auckland Hi Murray, There is nothing in the rules that would cover this and you would probably find that every course is very different. I have spoken to a few different green keepers about this and even they all have differing views.

Blenheim Golf Club

Come and play a round at Blenheim Golf Club.

It is centrally located, right in Blenheim town within the beautiful Pollard Park and Waterlea Gardens on Parker Street.

October 2020

$20 green fees. Phone: 03 578 4320

19

PGAPARS

pga.org.nz

Events are what provide the memories With this in mind the New Zealand Professional Golfers’ Association is looking at ways we can help so memberships continue to grow and current members are retained.

Our PGA professionals have been delivering a unique experience at our PGA pro-ams. Not only are PGA professionals playing great golf they are engaging with their amateur team players and helping with how to score better.

We are branching out into more unique events that are designed to provide experiences that leave lasting memories, socially connect people and keep mentally and physically active.

On September 29 there were 11 South Island professionals who took on 11 North Island professionals in a teams event based on individual matchplay. The teams consisted of top professionals that relished in the opportunity to compete in matchplay against friends. Even though this was a competitive format the social focus took precedent.

The PGA north team comprised Cameron Jones, Fraser Wilkin, Luke Toomey, Josh Geary, Harry Bateman, Gareth Pad-

By Dominic Sainsbury New Zealand PGA General Manager

T

his month I am focusing on events.

As we continue to see increases in golf rounds played and membership numbers at clubs across New Zealand, the events that clubs offer are going to play a huge role in maintaining playing numbers.

Some of the main reasons for golf numbers booming is what our game offers people, due the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown.

A lot of us have reset our values. We lost what we took for granted in freedom and now we have our freedom back we are looking at ways we can connect with friends and family socially.

We are taking our health more seriously and looking at different ways we can exercise. We are looking for experiences that leave us with lasting memories and golf is meeting these values we hold so dear.

So how do we capitalise on what we know are delivering the needs and wants of the golfing consumer? We do this through events.

dison, Jordan Loof, Daniel Hillier, Tae Koh, Trevor Marshall and Luke Brown.

The PGA mainland team was James Devlin, Sean Riordan, Carl Brooking, Nick Loach, Chas Craig, Laura Hoskins, Peter Giles, Ryan Chisnall, David Klein, Martin Pettigrew and Jordan Pruden.

The north team took out the title this year with a result of 7-1/2 matches to 3-1/2.

Another event that delivered a great

experience was the PGA Holden scramble. At its height in 2009 the Holden scramble had over 9000 golfers participating annually. The PGA is planning on bringing the PGA scramble back to the golfers and clubs around New Zealand.

This will be based on the format that was so successful and will emphasis all that is great about our game with a competitive element, a social focus and a very unique experience for all competitors.

The PGA mainland team in navy blue and the PGA north team in white.

“TEE FOR TWO” GOLF PACKAGE Play Kauri Cliffs + accommodation at Stone Store Lodge ü TWO golfers enjoy One Round of Golf each (Green Fees) at Kauri Cliffs Designed by David Harman **one of the top 100 courses in the world** www.kauricliffs.com ü TWO nights accommodation in a Deluxe Suite Dble/Twin suite with Inlet views, at Stone Store Lodge Kerikeri **201 Kerikeri Road** ü Self-service continental style breakfast is provided

NZ$945 for TWO *

*Must be NZ residents. International players ADD $555 TERMS & CONDITIONS: Above pricing valid 1st October to 31st December 2020.

Outs ide these dates please look at ou r webs ite

• NON Golfer Substitute: A selection from Health-Herbal-body treatments • No refund for unused services • Rain check available due weather within validity • Based on two persons - share Twin or Double Occupancy • Air and land transportation not included • Prices are GST inclusive • Golf carts not included

LODGE IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR EXCLUSIVE USE! Min. 2 nights. Use our fully equipped kitchen, self-catering. Lodge serviced daily.

If you have more than 6 golfers or are international golfers please enquire.

For reservations contact richard@stonestorelodge.co.nz www.stonestorelodge.co.nz | Ph (09) 407-6693

20

October 2020

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

THE BEST FROM IAN HARDIE

ianhardie.net

What should I expect to get out of golf coaching?

By Ian Hardie NZPGA Professional

A

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

2020 RUAPEHU CLASSIC Join us under the Mountain Saturday 31st October @Waimarino Golf Club

27 Holes - Gross – Nett – Long Drives – Nearest to Pins

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.

Division 1 – Men’s Blue Tees - Open to all Division 2 – Men’s White Tees - Hdcp 0 – 18 Division 3 – Men’s White Tees - Hdcp 18+ Division 3 – Ladies Yellow Tees – Open to all Saturday Entry Fee $65 Includes 2’s and meal Friday 30th October – Practice Round Saturday 31st October – Ruapehu Classic 27 Hole Tournament Sunday 1st November – 18 Hole Stableford Haggle $10

To Register before 26th October please send entries to Ruapehuclassic@gmail.com Name - Contact Number - Club ID# - Divison you wish to enter Payment can be made to Waimarino Golf Club # 02 0712 010 1723 00 plese use last name for Ref All enquires can Be directed to Ruapehuclassic@gmail.com - Scott 0272565186 Gareth 0276454545

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

$25 green fee Sunday to Friday 06 323-4553 | www.feildinggolfclub.co.nz October 2020

21

G O L F T R AV E L 22

E

Fiji Golf Week 2021

vents Travel and Voyages.Golf have commenced sales for the inaugural Fiji Golf Week to be held between 28 August - 04 September 2021; then to be an annual feature on the Fiji Events Calendar.

Fiji, like all Pacific Islands, is reliant on International Tourism which is a significant contributor to Gross Domestic Product employing a large percentage of the population across many sectors.

The Coronavirus pandemic has had a major impact by completely stopping tourism into the region.

Comments Glenn Hedley, Director of Events Travel, Voyages.Golf and FGW Tournament Director: “We have had a long involvement taking Fijian fans to Rugby Sevens events around the world. In doing so we have worked with Fiji Airways to assist fans dreams come true watching their Flying Fijians in action. I have never seen such an enthusiastic, polite, grateful, fun loving bunch of rugby fans. Many

years ago, we supported a fund-raising initiative called “Rugby thanks the Pacific” assisting with the installation of water pumps in several villages.

When Tourism Fiji (Events) recently approached us, through our Voyages.

Golf subsidiary, to see if we could help create a golf event we jumped right into the deep end. Locked in at home on the Mornington Peninsula, we have put the complete program together in a matter of weeks. We feel the timing is perfect for Australians and New Zealanders to commit now to an event they can feel very confident about travelling to. This event gives a ray of light for Fiji and to assist them as much as we can, we are committed to sourcing as many components as possible within Fiji. The only imports will be around 300 golfers and partners plus our Teams to manage the event.

I am very proud to announce that a financial contribution will be made to our nominated local charity; Loloma

Home, a respite for women and children in need in Nadi. We look forward to meeting these wonderful volunteers by inviting them to our Presentation Dinner where, on behalf of all the golfers and their partners, we will be making a substantial donation to what is a very deserving and worthy cause.

We call on golfers from New Zealand, Australia and around the Pacific rim to connect with us to help Fiji and Tourism recover. We encourage golfers & non-golfers, golf club members, travel agents, the media and fans of Fiji to get behind this cause; Head to Fiji Golf Week – you deserve it.”

There are a huge number of prizes up for grabs in what will be a friendly social competition. The first hole in one prize is a luxury trip for two to the 150th Open Championship in St. Andrews in 2022, valued at over A$20,000. The winner of Fiji Golf Week 2021 will win a return trip for two to Fiji Golf Week 2022 to defend their ti-

October 2020

tle. There are many group and individual daily prizes up for grabs over the 4 rounds of golf.

Key Partners are Tourism Fiji and Fiji Airways – golf bags fly free! Key Suppliers are Marriott Hotels with the newly renovated Sheraton Fiji Resort and Sheraton Denarau Villas offering two-bedroom luxury accommodation suitable for groups of golfers, Denarau Golf & Racquet Club and Natadola Bay Golf Club. Special post event options are excellent deals for Captain Cook Cruises and an amazing extension package at the stunning Marriott Resort Fiji Momi Bay. Fantastic Early Bird offers are in place now.

For further information about the event and a full brochure please go to: events.com.au/golf/fiji-golfweek-2021 For images and Marketing support contact: George Hedley: george@events. com.au

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

Green Fee Specials Play on one of New Zealand’s best layouts -

18 Holes only $59.00 this Summer

|

|

Restaurant & Bar

Black Tee Challenge

• Weddings & Functions

1st Friday every month • Play the championship tees • 18 hole competition • Great prizes

• Corporate Events

Cost $69.00 pp

• Indoor/Outdoor dining • Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

|

|

|

|

PING introduces G425 drivers, fairways, hybrids, irons and crossovers

W H AT ’ S N E W

N

ew Zealand (September 1, 2020): Continuing its commitment to bring golfers advancements in technology that lead to lower scores and more enjoyment on the golf course, PING today introduced the G425 Family, a complete set of custom fit, custom built clubs engineered for golfers of all skill levels.

“We’re very excited to bring PING’s next generation of score-lowering custom fit, custom built equipment to golfers,” said PING President John K. Solheim. “Our engineering teams have made significant performance improvements in the G425 family which we are confident will appeal to long-time, loyal PING players while attracting other golfers looking to play better and enjoy the game more, including those brand new to the game.

As is our engineering philosophy, we don’t introduce a new product unless it’s measurably better than its predecessor.

The G425 family exceeds that standard in both performance and appearance.”

“Early feedback from our tour players has been extremely positive as they look to continually improve their games through advancements in their equipment,” Solheim added. “They are instantly attracted to the clean, premium look of the clubs and even more impressed with the performance.”

MOI to the MAX In the G425 driver series, the primary model is named Max as it elevates the moment of inertia (MOI) to PING’s highest level in history and provide golfers

G425 Crossover

24

the most forgiving driver in golf. Joining the G425 Max are the LST (Low Spin Technology) and SFT (Straight Flight Technology) to best match a golfer’s swing and launch conditions.

To achieve the new performance levels in the G425 Max (9º, 10.5º, 12º lofts), PING engineers combined key technologies from the G400 Max and G410 Plus.

The resulting increase in MOI in the 460cc head comes mainly from a 26gram tungsten movable weight, which is made possible by weight savings attributed to advancements in the driver’s dragonfly crown technology. The weight can be positioned at distinctive settings over a smaller area than G410 Plus/LST to help shift the center of gravity lower and farther back without sacrificing performance elsewhere in the design. The CG-shifting weight can be secured in one of three settings -- neutral, draw or fade -to influence forgiveness and shot shape for maximum performance. The average MOI increase is 14% across the three weight positions compared to the G410 Plus, with three combinations of weight position and loft exceeding a combined MOI of 10,000 (gm-cm²).

The LST model (9º, 10.5º lofts) is designed with a pear-shaped head and measures 445cc to deliver spin reductions of approximately 200 rpm compared to the G410 LST and 500-700 rpm versus the G425 Max. The smaller head size of the LST employs a 17-gram CG shifter with three settings (Draw, Neutral, Fade) to fit the launch conditions best suited to the

golfer’s swing and desired ball flight.

For golfers who commonly miss their tee shots to the right, the 460cc SFT version (10.5º loft) is engineered with draw bias to help bring shots back on-line and into the fairway. It features a fixed 23gram tungsten back weight that shifts the CG closer to the heel to promote a rightto-left shot bend of approximately 25 yards compared to the G425 Max model.

A lighter swingweight (D1) also helps influence the ball flight correction.

To help contribute to increases in swing speed and ball speed, all three models share proven PING driver innovations, including turbulators for reduced aerodynamic drag and the proprietary T9S+ forged face to accelerate face flexing for more distance. An internal rib structure in the Ti-8-1-1 body improves acoustics for a solid and pleasing sound. Each model also features the lightweight, 8-position hosel for loft (+-1.5º) and lie (up to 3º flatter) adjustments to further dial in ball flight.

Big Advancements Mean Big Distance.

In the G425 fairway woods and hybrids, two shared PING innovations known as Facewrap Technology and Spinsistency combine to deliver more distance and spin predictability while offering numerous options to ensure proper gapping throughout a golfer’s bag.

With the Facewrap design, a thin, highstrength maraging steel face extends into the crown and sole to provide increased flexing for faster ball speeds that result

G425 Driver

G425 Iron

October 2020

in greater distance and high launching shots.

To bring more consistent spin performance, the faces of the fairway woods and hybrids are engineered with a complex face curvature that modifies the roll profile, mainly low on the face where the loft decreases approximately 2.5º to normalize spin and increase ball speed for more distance. Both player and PING Man robot testing revealed greatly improved distance results from Spinsistency, specifically low on the face, the most common miss-hit for fairway woods and hybrids.

A tungsten sole weight strategically positioned in each club increases the MOI in the stainless steel heads for added forgiveness. On the crown, a new 3-dot alignment feature provides golfers a visual cue to address the ball to best match their eye.

The fairway woods are offered in Max 3W (14.5º), 5W (17.5º) 7W (20.5º), 9W (23.5º), LST (Low Spin) 3W (14.5º) and SFT (Straight Flight) 3W (16º), 5W (19º) and 7W (22)º options. The hybrids are available in 2 (17º), 3 (19º), 4 (22º), 5 (26º), 6 (30º) and 7 (34º).

Both the fairway woods and hybrids are engineered with the lightweight, 8-position hosel for loft (+-1.5º) and lie (up to 3º flatter) adjustments to further dial in ball flight.

Get Custom fitted today. For your nearest Mizuno stockist contact Sports Network Ltd. Phone 0508 776 786.

G425 Hybrid

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

Mizuno releases ES21 wedges with perfectly centered sweet spot

W H AT ’ S N E W

SPIN CENTRAL A perfectly centred sweet spot is easier to hit consistently – ensuring a squarer strike, longer contact and higher spin.

N

ew Mizuno ES21 wedges deliver the ultimate in consistent and predictable spin to help golfers build an effective short game.

Mizuno, the Japanese equipment manufacturer long renowned for its beautiful, industry-leading forged irons and wedges, has unveiled the ES21 range of wedges with super stable design and more central sweet spot.

Mizuno, founded in Osaka, Japan, in 1906, has long held an enviable industry and tour-wide reputation for crafting the very finest wedges in the game, offering golfers the ultimate blend of looks, feel, control and consistency around the green and on shorter approach shots.

For 2020, Mizuno has unveiled the ES21 range of wedges, engineered to help players generate the consistent spin rates needed for a more effective short game.

Traditional wedges have a sweet spot that is slightly to the heel side, making it hard for many players to find consistency. But the ES21 wedges feature a higher,

more central sweet spot which, combined with a super stable design, delivers a squarer strike and greater levels of more controllable spin.

A multi-piece stainless steel construction features a hollow body for a higher and deeper centre of gravity, while the high toe and low heel keep the wedges extremely stable when the face is opened.

ES21 wedges feature Quad-Cut Grooves: ultra-precise CNC milled grooves cut into durable Grain Flow Forged Boron infused steel. In addition, Hydroflow Micro Grooves, which are vertically etched, help release moisture and maintain spin even in damp conditions.

The ES21 wedges are available with either a standard or wide sole option, each model featuring a surprisingly narrow top line to give the confidence-inspiring look of a players’ wedge at address.

Perfected for over 50 years at one factory in Hiroshima, Japan, Mizuno’s forging expertise is revered for its consistency of manufacture, distance control and incredible feedback. This reputation may be most commonly associated with Mizuno irons but the precision and feel of Mizuno’s Grain Flow Forged HD process offers scope for even more payback in the wedges where touch and feel are most critical.

“We’ve taken a very Mizuno type approach to the ES21 by keeping the top line very sleek – despite the technology inside. Our testing showed that there’s a lot of good golfers out there who will be surprised at the gains they could make by having more predictable spin numbers,” said Mizuno’s Director of R&D David Llewellyn.

Mizuno has strived to “create the best products for consumers” for 114 years, and the new ES21 wedge adheres firmly to that original spirit and desire, while offering the best performance benefits that modern technol-

ogy can bring. #ReachBeyond Get Custom fitted today.

For your nearest Mizuno stockist contact Sports Network Ltd. Phone 0508 776 786.

HIGH TOE & LOW HEEL Incredibly stable on open face, floated shots.

Mizuno launches new JPX Fli-Hi: The Precision Hybrid New Mizuno JPX Fli-Hi enginnered to hit specific distance gapping Mizuno, the Japanese golf equipment manufacturer founded in Osaka in 1906 that has been at the forefront of golf equipment design for 114 years, is proud to introduce its new JPX Fli-Hi, engineered to replace less predictable long and midirons.

The latest JPX Fli-Hi range of hybrids, use an adapted flow of loft and shaft length in combination with an updated construction to hit more precise, consistent gaps from #4-#7iron.

The new Fli-Hi’s wider footprint and material construction deliver an even more playable, high flying alternative to their predecessors. A 17-4 stainless steel face and 431 body deliver an upgrade in ball speed, while the bendable hosel al-

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

lows for adjustments in lie angle.

A graduating profile from fairway wood type to hybrid type is a subtle adaptation on previous models. The 20 degree (#4) has a wider fairway type profile, moving towards a tighter hybrid type shaped 29 degree (#7) with a deeper face.

An entirely new construction featuring 17-4 stainless steel face and 431 body has created a lighter crown which allows for a higher ball flight, while a re-engineered Wave Soleplate increases the effective high ball-speed area of the Fli-Hi’s clubface to deliver more consistent ball speeds.

With a deeper centre of gravity than the replaced iron, the JPX Fli-Hi produces more predictable launch and spin rates, thereby more reliable distance gaps between clubs.

The new Fli-Hi #7 is built to the exact loft and length spec as the JPX921 Hot Metal 7 iron. At the longer end, the FliHi #4 uses a little more loft and a slightly longer shaft than the JPX921 Hot Metal #4 iron. Testing showed this set-up proved easier to hit the right distance consistently.

“Unlike most hybrids, the JPX Fli-Hi isn’t chasing distance at all costs – the design is completely dedicated to hitting the same gaps as a corresponding iron,” says David Llewellyn Director of R&D for Mizuno. “Yet the CG placement makes them a lot more reliable than a traditional iron.”

Golfers unsure as to how many long irons to replace should visit their local Mizuno Swing DNA centre where qualified fitters will be able to analyse their Shaft Optimizer readings and make their

October 2020

recommendations accordingly. JPX-Fli Hi hybrids can be ordered individually or as part of a custom set.

Availability: 4-7 ‘iron’ replacement RH only Get Custom fitted today.

For your nearest Mizuno stockist contact Sports Network Ltd .Phone 0508 776 786.

25

W H AT ’ S N E W

Mizuno unveils new JPX921 Iron Series

The JPX921 Tour has a little less toe weighting than its predecessor – encouraging a more workable flight.

THE NUMBERS GAME

Mizuno unveils new JPX921 iron series 3rd generation chromoly including first full body forged irons Mizuno, the Japanese equipment manufacturer long renowned for its expertise in the manufacture of irons, has unveiled its new JPX921 Series of irons engineered with one intention – to improve on-course performance for golfers. The series features the use of Chromoly in a full body Forged iron for the very first time.

Mizuno, founded in Osaka, Japan, in 1906, has long held an enviable industry and tour-wide reputation for crafting the very finest irons in the game, offering golfers the ultimate blend of looks, feel and workability.

The JPX Series irons led a resurgence for Mizuno, starting with the JPX900 Tour and more recently the JPX919 Tour, residing in the bag of the back-to-back 2017/2018 US Open and 2018/2019 USPGA champion. Now Mizuno has unveiled the next evolution of JPX – the JPX921 Series, a highly engineered family of irons that has been developed alongside Mizuno’s comprehensive custom-fitting program to deliver exceptional performance and help all golfers get the very most from their games.

The new family comprises JPX921 Forged, integrating the power of Chromoly into a full body Forged iron for the very first time, JPX921 Tour, JPX921 Hot Metal and Hot Metal Pro, with each model engineered to help enhance performance for particular swing types.

The JPX921 Forged offers the fastest ball speeds Mizuno has ever produced from a fully Forged iron; JPX921 Tour blends precision with enhanced stability from off-centre strikes; the JPX921 Hot Metal and Hot Metal Pro represent the 3rd generation of Mizuno irons to be crafted from high-strength Chromoly 4140M. Despite design differences, all members of the JPX921 family of irons are unmistakably Mizuno in profile and sensation through impact.

JPX921 Forged / Faster, Forged, First The JPX921 Forged iron integrates the power of Chromoly into a full body Forged iron for the very first time.

JPX921 Forged / FASTER. FORGED. FIRST

Initially applied in Mizuno’s Hot Metal irons - Chromoly has made the cross over to Mizuno’s forgings with staggering results. Testing shows the fastest ball speeds Mizuno has ever produced from a fully Forged iron.

Grain Flow Forged HD in Mizuno’s legendary facility in Hiroshima Japan, the JPX921 Forged irons offer an identifiable and unsurpassed Mizuno feel. The integration of Chromoly 4120 allows for a clubface up to 0.5mm thinner which delivers the fastest ball speeds Mizuno has ever produced from a full body Forged iron.

Additional perimeter weighting with toe bias creates a Stability Frame to maximize results from off-center strikes, while a 6.4% wider CNC back milled slot further increases stability.

Despite this, the JPX921 Forged irons offer a sleeker, compact profile – a shorter blade length throughout, a beveled training edge and reduced offset. The feel is that of a traditional forged iron as the JPX921 Forged gets noticeably sleeker through the set.

JPX921 Tour / The Chosen One The most chosen Mizuno model on the Tour among non-contracted professionals - the JPX900 Tour and JPX919 Tour were both played to win Major championships. The stunning new JPX921 Tour maintains its predecessor’s surprising fusion of precision with stability from off-center strikes. Now even thicker behind impact for an enhanced, softer feel with tour refined short irons for smoother turf interaction.

Grain Flow Forged HD from 1025E Pure Select Mild Carbon steel, the JPX921 Tour delivers an identifiable and unsurpassed Mizuno feel. In addition, Mizuno’s Stability Frame with toe bias weighting promotes a longer, straighter and more consistent ball flight, even on off-center strikes.

The shorter irons feature a narrower sole for improved turf interaction while a thicker cavity pad throughout the set, evolving from Mizuno’s study of vibration patterns, produces a harmonic impact that can be felt for a fraction longer.

With a pearl brush, anti-glare finish to minimize dis-

Mizuno JPX921 Hot Metal / Hot Metal Pro – CHROMOLOY Generation 3

tractions over the ball, the JPX921 Tour offers the sharper, stripped-back functional look that the modern player appreciates.

JPX921 Special Edition Leftie (SEL) The first left-handed Mizuno JPX Tour irons since it’s conception in 2016. Built into a combination set with JPX921 Forged long irons (#3 and #4) and JPX921 Tour mid and short irons (#6-GW) for the perfectly balanced set up. Lofts have been pre-adjusted for perfect distance gapping between the models.

JPX921 Hot Metal / Chromoly 4140M The JPX921 Hot Metal irons deliver Mizuno’s fastest ever ball speeds, a piercingly straight ball flight together with controllable landing angles. The JPX921 Hot Metal represent the 3rd generation of Mizuno irons to utilise the resilience of Chromoly – R&D generally accepts that any new technology needs three generations to reach near-optimal performance.

The JPX921 features Mizuno’s most complex face geometry to date, to produce additional energy from the clubface; the Hot Metal Pro version offering a more compact profile with reduced offset.

The use of Chromoly 4140M and a re-engineered CORTECH face, now 0.2mm thinner across the centre point, creates exceptional ball speeds. These are further enhanced by the Seamless Cup Face featuring a variable thickness sole design that allows the leading edge to act as a hinge, generating greater flex.

Three additional sound ribs produce a more solid sensation at impact while extreme perimeter weighting and toe bias in Mizuno’s Stability Frame help to deliver greater consistency from off-center strikes.

Mizuno has strived to “create the best products for consumers” for 114 years, and the entire JPX921 iron family adheres firmly to that original spirit and desire, while offering the best performance benefits that modern technology can bring. #nothingfeelslikeamizuno Get Custom fitted today.

For your nearest Mizuno stockist contact Sports Network Ltd .Phone 0508 776 786.

JPX921 SEL SPECIAL EDITION LEFTIE

26

October 2020

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

October 2020

27

GOLF TRAILS

NEWS FROM AROUND THE REGIONS

NORTHLAND HIKURANGI GOLF CLUB’S ANNUAL DAFFODIL DAY TOURNAMENT

A very successful tournament was held Friday 25th September 2020 in support of the Northland branch of the Cancer Society’s 30th Daffodil Day appeal. Initially scheduled to be held on 28th August the event was postponed due to the gathering restrictions imposed under Level 2 lockdown. This was the 16th time the club has hosted this tournament with this year’s event raising more than $23,500 for the Cancer Society with the total raised through these events now in excess of $250,000, no mean feat for a club with less than 80 members.

The support received from local businesses and individuals was truly humbling given the uncertainty being experi-

Movie and coffee for 2 people $28.00

enced during the Covid-19 pandemic and far exceeded our expectations for this year’s event, with the amount raised being the largest since the event first started. We also acknowledge the support of the Hikurangi Mountain Lions Club for their assistance on the day which contributed $2,250 to the final total, and the participants for making the day a resounding success.

A total of 124 players on the day enjoyed excellent weather on a course presented in perfect condition. The Yellow Ball Team competition was won by the Flog Nobs team comprising John Jordan, Stu Rogers, Myles Stewart and Kevin (Red) Courtney with 39 points closely followed by the No.7 Espresso team comprising Gary Lynch, Rob Butler, Yvonne Hancock and Blue Mauchline and the Bull Bags team comprising Craig Morris, Barney

10% discount for a 2night stay

Bennett, Now Sisson and Paul Mosely on 38 points. Individual stableford was won

by Jenny Meara with 47 points, followed

by Rob Dawson and Heather Woolhouse (44), Judith Mabbott and Craig Morris (41), Les Doidge (40), Peter Marshall (39) and Dallas Campbell, Ian Dunn, Barrie Pattison (38). Everyone remaining in the field received a prize.

We would like to acknowledge the support from the following businesses and individuals who through their generosity made this year’s event so successful (apologies if we missed anyone): Hikurangi Mountain Lions, Harrison Construction, Real Estate with Pauline Dinsdale, 4 Square Hikurangi, Hikurangi Business Association, Rebel Sports, A.E. & R BYLES, Hikurangi Hotel, Repco, Abacus Upholsters, Hugh & Jean Tennant, Reyburn & Bryant 1999 Ltd, Absolute Stainless, Hunting & Fishing, Ringrose Stockfoods, Andrew Campbell, I Rentals, Rob & Jane Anderson, Angela Ford Electrologist, I.C. Ogle, Ross Insulation, Architectural Services Northland Ltd, Jean Charlesworth, Rouse Motorcycles, Arnold Franks, Jessie Rose, Rowsells Collision Repair Centre, Automotive Solutions Kauri, Jewellery Design, Rural Direct, Avon Industries, K&G Douglas, Russell Turner Accountants, B Robertson, Kamo Books & Gifts, Northland Cleaning Supplies, Barrells 100%, Kamo Club, Northland Farm Services, Barry & Lorraine Dempster, Kamo Dental, Northland Insulation, Bayleys, Kamo Denture Clinic Ltd, NZ Safety Blackwoods, Binn Inn Kamo, Kamo

Hammer Hardware, Omak Meats, Birt and Currie Surveyors Ltd, Kamo Parts, Orrs Pharmacy, Brian & Penny Coutts, Kamo Testing Centre, Salty Dog Bait, Brian Morgan, Kamo Village Florist, Scooters Plywood & Joinery, Briscoes Whangarei, Katrina Whatmough, Silver Fern Farms, Bryant Tractors, Kauri Creations & inovations Ltd, Sportclub Company, Brydon Electrical, Kensington Pharmacy, Steve Taylor Tyres, Buchannans Pharmacy, Kensington Refrigeration, Stonewood Homes, Busck Concrete, Kensington Tavern, Tait Real Estate, Coastal Accounting, Lea Rig Farms Ltd, Te Waiaua Farm, Colin Billington, Lion Breweries, The Bog Doc Ltd, Cowleys Hire Centre, Liquorland Kamo, The Pines Golf Club, Croft Pole Distributers, LM & BJ Henwood, The Tool shed Whangarei, Currie Electrical Ltd, Mahoe Cheese, Totara Café, Dickens Inn, Mangawhai Golf Club, Treewise Northland Ltd, Dive Tutukaka, Mark Cromie Holden, Val Rouse, Donovan Trade Supplies, Mathias & Currie Insurance, Virgin Concrete, Engineering Pipe & Tube Ltd, Morgan Engineering Ltd, Vivo Salon, Eves Real Estate, No7 Espresso, Waitangi Pro Shop, Excell Hair Design, North City Caravans, Wastewater Treatment, Frazerhurst Curtains & Blinds, North End Contractors Ltd, Wet and Forget Whangarei, Fulton Hogan Whangarei, Pacific Golfer New Zealand, Whananaki Beach Store, G & M Currie, Pacific Motor Group, Whananaki Farms Ltd, Gavin Jenyns Excavators, Palmer Canvas, Whangarei Foot Clinic, George Morris, Possum Man Pet Food,

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Mon - Fri 15% off all

Not going overseas this winter?

30% discount for a 3meals Looking for a Golfing getaway for your group night stay instead?

With Covid 19 putting an end to your overseas travel plans this year, you may find yourselves reaching for the golf clubs eager to explore a little closer to home. Thankfully New Zealand is a destination on its own and the Bay of All Day BreakfastPlenty or is one spot that's hard to turn down.

Soak, relax and Lunch Menu Mount Maunganui Unwind We've taken the hard work out of organising and including beverages Base track andyour group this year $9.00 pphave joined with afor selection of fabulous local Papamoa and Mt Maunganui 10% discount Summit walk businesses to offer some great savings when bundled together - the option groups Mon-Fri, al all your levelsneeds! Add on a 30 min to pickEnjoyable for and mix to suit fresco dining, Main of fitness massage Mount Beach Simply get in touch with us at Summerhill with your groups preferred dates and $55.00 which options below you'd like to bundle together and we will coordinate for you.

The beach right on our door step, walking trails, mountain biking, gorgeous boutique shops and some of the best local bars, restaurants and cafes around... the opportunities are endless!

Let us help combine your next golfing getaway with other highlights all right here in the Bay.

Coaching Clinic with Summerhill Estate 9 Summerhill Estate 18 Contact Summerhill Estate for more details and information a Golf Pro at to holes & morning tea holes & lunch get your next Golfing trip underway! Summerhill $20.00 $40.00

Phone 021 051 8653 info@summerhillestate.co.nz www.summerhillestate.co.nz

28

Coaching Clinic at Golf Learning Centre $120 hour for 6 players

$150 hour for 6 players

23 Summerhill Drive Small bucket of Papamoa range balls and 18 holes mini putt $20

Movie, platter and glass of wine for 2 $60.00

October 2020

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

Whangaroa Golf Club, Graeme Johnson Jewels & Time, Paul Priestley Plasterers, Wynn Fraser, Grant & Wilma Ferris, Pupuke Golf Club, Yovich & CO, Greenfingers Growing Mixes, R&P Anderson No.2 Trust, Yvonne Hancock, Gunson McLean, Raor Studio, Zest Insurance

SHERWOOD PARK GOLF RESULTS WEDNESDAY, 2ND SEPTEMBER 2020

Wednesday Men – Gross – Colin Jack (77); Shaun O’Shea (78); Neil Newman (81) Stableford – Chris Lynch (40); Chris Cleave (39); Vern Pere (39) Twos – Nil Thursday – 3 rd September 2020 Mixed Vets – Men – Malcolm Burrell (33); Henry Hirawani (32); Kerry Rabe (30) Ladies – Robyn Mulholland (33); Christine Houldsworth (33); Jeannie Allen (33) 9-Hole Haggle – Men - Richard Gellert (14); Bruce Davis-Goff (13); John Ogden (13) Ladies – Pamela Barclay (18); Marie Cook (18); Sheryl Trigg (16) Saturday, 5th September 2020 Ladies – Haggle (Stableford) – Ineko Nakaizumi (37); Fiona Pratt (37); Jennifer Parkinson (36) Men’s Club Haggle (Stableford) – Murray Batger (41); Paul Colcord (40); Wally Small (40) High Noon Medal (Gross) – Joey Kwon (75); Murray Batger (76); Lyn Tugaga (77) High Noon Medal (Net) – Murray Batger (66); Wally Small (67); Ross Neilson (68) Twos – Ineko Nakaizumi, Fletcher Coutts, David Ogg, Murray Batger, Wayne Turner, Howard Williams, Shaun O’Shea, David Inglis, Brian May. Sunday, 6th September 2020 Monthly Mini (Stableford) – Graeme Glass (34); Shigeru Nakaizumi (33); Peter Marshall (32) Twos – Graeme Glass Monday, 7 th September 2020 Monday Men – Brian McKay (39); Logan Watts (39); Brian Boys (38) Twos – Nil Tuesday, 8th September 2020 9-Hole Stableford - Men – John Ogden (21); Bruce Davis-Goff (17); Graeme Davey (15); 9-Hole Stableford -Ladies – Marie Cook (21); Anne Fowlie (17); Julia Davey (15) Ladies Haggle - Stableford– Jennifer Parkinson (44); Jeannie Allen (38); Mary Couper (34) Twos – Jennifer Parkinson, Kerry Pevy NORTHLAND NOTICEBOARD 11 Oct

Whangaroa

09 405 1808

Mangonui Haulage Spring Mixed Open

11 Oct

Paparoa

021 0810 8870

Mens Open

15-16 Oct

Sherwood

09 434 6900

Mix 2 Day Northland Vets Tournament

18 Oct

Waiotira

09 436 3403

Waiotira Mixed Open

22 Oct

Kerikeri

09 407 8837

Women’s Teams Tournament BOI

24-25 Oct

Northern Wairoa

09 439 6599

Mix Maori Tournament

24-25 Oct

Wellsford

09 423 8385

54 Hole Mens Open Tournament

29 Oct

Northland

09 435 0042

Ladies Pairs Day

WAIKATO SECONDARY SCHOOL MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONSHIPS

NORTH HARBOUR OMAHA MIXED PENNANTS The final round of the qualifying for the mixed pennants was played last month.

The Omaha team played Pupuke 2 at Huapai. It was a very close contest with Pupuke 2 coming out the winner by the narrowest of margins 36.5 – 35.5.

The top qualifying team of each of the four divisions now play off for the pennant.

Omaha has again made the championship round with total points of 123.5.

Omaha will now compete against Muriwai, Pupuke 1 and Warworth for the pennant. These matches are played in October and November.

Thanks to all those who have assisted so far – please don’t go anywhere.

OMAHA GOLF CLUB MEN’S HAGGLE AND LADIES SEPTEMBER RESULTS

AUCKLAND BRILLIANT WIN BY THE WOMEN’S AUCKLAND TEAM V NORTH HARBOUR

The Auckland women’s team recently defeated the North Harbour team 12.5 - 3.5.

Played at Remuera Golf Club.The Auckland team players were: Masters Brigit Holford Sian Kelly Scarlette Jeon Allison Drake-Wells Seniors: Fiona Xu Caryn Khoo Vivian Lu Carmen Lim Jessica Huang Grace Jung Rebekah Blackwell-Chin Mimi Guo Juniors: Rianne Li Aileen Du Chloe Lam Kelly Wu Junior and Senior Team Manager: Gaylene John AUCKLAND NOTICEBOARD 16 Oct

Howick

WAIKATO

09 535 1001

Auckland Match Play Championship (Changed 30 Oct-1 Nov)

From the 2nd to the 4th of September the NZ Age Group Championships were to be held at Ngaruawahia Golf Club. Unfortunately, due to the current COVID-19 restrictions the event had to be postponed. A silver lining to this was that Waikato Golf were able to hold its annual Waikato Secondary School Matchplay Championships that were supposed to be held back in April but were cancelled due to COVID-19.

The Waikato Secondary School Matchplay Championships were held on the 3rd and 4th of September in perfect weather conditions. In the morning of the first day all players played an 18-hole strokeplay qualifying round to determine if they were in division 1 to 4 and where they would be seeded in that division.

In division 4 the youngest player in the event, Isaac Steel defeated Heart Iadpluem. Isaac was 1 up heading down the 18th, Heart had a chance to send it to a playoff, but he just missed his 7-foot putt which meant that Isaac was declared the winner. Lauola Palamo took out division 4 plate after beating Thomas ter Beek 5 & 4 in the final.

The division 3 championship final saw Sam McArthur take on Rei Masters. It was a closely fought match that went until the 17th hole where Sam McArthur took it out to win 2 & 1. In the plate final Todd Higgs faced Ricci Putohe who was making his debut in the championships. Ricci put up a tough fight, but it was Todd Higgs who showed his class to win 3 & 2.

In division 2 Anthony East defeated Ben Ambler 3 & 1 in the championship final. Last years overall winner Sam Towers took out the division 2 plate after defeating Cole Tosland 5 & 4.

As to be expected, Division 1 was a very closely fought competition. After some tough quarter and semi-final matches the division one championship final saw Rhys Thomas take on Zahraa Bester, Michael Ellis faced Ing Iadpluem for 3rd and 4th and Jakob Bird took on Ethan Price for 5th and 6th.

Jakob Bird and Ethan Price went to the 18th hole before Jakob Bird was declared the winner 2 up. In the Championship Final and the 3rd and 4th final both matches were all square heading down the 18th. Each player had the chance to win their match with a birdie putt but all of

3 FANTASTIC MEMBERSHIP DEALS College Students $150 Under 30’s $475 Under 40’s $790

Contact the office on 563 8558 ext 5 or office@manorparkgolf.co.nz to redeem

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

October 2020

29

them fell agonisingly short and were then required to replay the first hole as a playoff. In the playoff Michael Ellis defeated Ing Iadpluem to take out third place and Zahraa bester defeated Rhys Thomas to be crowned the 2020 Waikato Secondary School Matchplay Champion.

PRODRIVE RIVERSIDE GOLF CLUB JUNIOR PENNANTS WINNERS

The Riverside Golf Club have been crowned champions of the 2020 Prodrive Hamilton Junior Pennants.

The final was held at Hukanui Golf Club earlier this month where Riverside proved to strong winning by 15 stableford points.

Their team made up of Ing Iadpluem, Rhys Thomas, George Hodgson, Heart Iadpluem, Benjamin Wright and Harry O’Rourke.

Ing Iadpluem, Rhys Thomas, George Hodgson, Heart Iadpluem, Benjamin Wright and Harry O’Rourke

TAUMARUNUI GOLF CLUB’S 71ST LEFTIES TOURNAMENT

Our Taumarunui Tournament was a great success with lots of friendships renewed and more made with newcomers attending. Because of Covid 19 level2 there were a few restrictions in place to ensure the safety of players and visitors but everyone cooperated and the tournament went without a hitch. Aucklanders waited in anticipation for the lifting of their Level to allow them to venture out of their region to attend. They made it, much to their and our delight. We had

a number of single-figured players with Kahu Tataurangi from Remuera playing off a course handicap of +4 leading the pack. There were moments of brilliant play although our greens did give many some rather challenging and frustrating moments. Our lefties are always a fun-loving group and there was much hilarity and ribbing going on during the weekend. Most have vowed to come back again next year. It was pleasing to see a number of new faces so hopefully that trend will continue.

On 4/ 5/6 September 2020 Taumarunui Golf Club held its 71st Lefthanders’ tournament in a kaleidoscope of weather patterns – Friday practice round in glorious spring weather with views of Mt Ruapehu, Saturday overcast and Sunday drizzly rain. Didn’t dampen the spirits of the 75 players who attended though, representing 33 clubs from as far afield as Kaikoura to Whangarei. Pictured is Kahurangi Tataurangi from Remuera Club (playing off a course handicap of +4) holding the Rod McLeish Cup for the best gross rounds of 73 and 66 respectively.

Other prize winners were: 36-hole Nett Dave McCrea [Ted O’Reilly Shield] (Urenui) 141 36-hole Stableford Tim Belcher (Feilding) 72; Senior Gross Kahu Tataurangi (Remuera) 139; Runner-up Ken Shea (Raglan) 150; Senior Nett Merv Hughes (Waipawa) 143; Runner-up Trevor Hayes (Ohope) 146; Intermediate Gross Barry Mathews (Titirangi) 174; Runner-up Leigh Virtue (Horsham Downs 176; Intermediate Nett Daniel Scotson (Rangitikei) 145; Runner up Lawrie Fawcitt (Riverside) 147; Junior Gross Grant Dalton (Trentham) 187; Runner up Garry Grimes (Taumarunui) 187; Junior Nett Kerry Bond (Riverside) 147; Runner up Harold August (Pahiatua) 150; Stableford Runner up Kevin Shannon (Taumarunui) 68; Third Stephen Leatherland (Ngaruawahia) 67; Fourth Roger Maxwell (Urenui) 67. Lefthanded Ladies Nett Harriet Byelich 143: Right-handed supporters Nett Jo McCrea (Urenui) 140; Stableford Evelyn Mills (Urenui) 70; Runner up Alby Adeane (Ngaruawahia) 65 Winning Team – Taumarunui 1: Peter Jacobson, Garry Grimes, Harriet Byelich (204)

be played at the Whakatane Golf course on the Saturday and Ohope on the Sunday.

The Men’s Open has already attracted a capacity field of 120 players. In fact, so popular the tournament has become the field was filled by the first week of September. The Women’s Open is also expected to attract a maximum field.

Kahurangi Tataurangi from Remuera Club (playing off a course handicap of +4) holding the Rod McLeish Cup for the best gross rounds of 73 and 66 respectively WAIKATO NOTICEBOARD 5 Oct

Waikere

07 826 3574

9 Hole Tournament

10 Oct

Narrows

07 843 6287

Women’s Christmas Tournament

10-11 Oct

Waitomo

07 873 7978

OTC ITM 36 Hole Tournament

14 Oct

Walton

07 888 3731

Four Person Ambrose

15 Oct

Hauraki

07 867 3197

Hauraki Mid-Week Open

16-18 Oct

Rotorua

07 348 4051

Rotorua Open

16 Oct

Ngaruawahia

07 824 8006

Monica Pellow Memorial

16 Oct

Te Awamutu

07 871 5661

Waikato King Country Lady Vets Tournament

17 Oct

Pio Pio Aria

027 878 3394

UBP 27 Hole Open Tournament

24-25 Oct

Taumarunui

07 896 7257

Labour Weekend Main Trunk Pairs

25 Oct

Mercury Bay Golf

07 866 5479

Labour Weekend Open

BAY OF PLENTY OHOPE 10,000 MEN’S OPEN 36HOLE TOURNAMENT

Ohope Beach Golf Links (previously known as Ohope International) is hosting its time-honoured Ohope 10,000 Men’s Open 36-hole Tournament over Labour Weekend, accompanied by the Toi Moana 36-hole Women’s Open. The latter tournament is a joint initiative between the Ohope and Whakatane clubs and will

‘THORBURN Builders’ Teams 4 Ambrose Open

Ryan Maxwell, an Ohope club member, won the men’s tournament last year (pictured with the tournament trophy which was presented by Club Captain, Doug Marra). Ryan, who also won the title back in 2010, is entered to defend his title and will be facing a particularly strong field of visiting golfers this year. Stepping up to the tee, will be Hastings visitor Stu Duff, already a four-time winner (2014-2017) of the tournament and a previous winner of the NZ Men’s Senior Open. Popping across from Ngaruawahia is Jordan Rangihika, a three time winner of the tournament, his first win dating back to 2008. Joining this trio will be four other golfers who play off a scratch handicap or better.

Visitors to the tournament will notice a lot of changes to the club’s profile and to the course’s facilities when they arrive on Labour Weekend. As well as the change to its branding, to Ohope Beach Golf Links, to more accurately reflect where the course is and what it is – a links course by the beach.

There have been a number of course improvements. Thanks to the generous sponsorship of the local business community, new tee-signs, 34 in total, with a hole pictorial and the hole length information, are being installed on or about the tee blocks and most will be in place by Labour weekend. Thanks also to generous donations from club members, 2metre-wide concrete pathways

Maraenui Golf Club

Huntly Golf Club 10am Sun 8th December 2020

The Friendly Club

ENTRY COST: $140 per Team 4 which includes after match meal, or $130 if paid as Early Bird entry before 5pm Sun 6th November 2020.

Situated within a 5 minute drive of Napier CBD and just an iron shot to the ocean. Maraenui Golf Club is a flat easy walking course with tree lined fairways and strategically placed bunkers. Green fee players welcome. maraenui@golf.co.nz | www.maraenuigolf.co.nz | +64 6 835 8273

30

October 2020

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

are replacing the current walkways to and from the tee blocks. The longest of these pathways will be completed by the time of the two tournaments. The club’s Haed Greenkeeper, James Rawsthorne, and his small team have also been busy with course enhancements, particularly noticeable being the revetting of some of the bunkers.

Next year will be a momentous occasion for the club. It will be celebrating its 50th anniversary. Back in the late 1960s the tip of the Ohope Peninsula was an untamed wilderness of sand hills and scrub of every variety. Thanks to the back-breaking toil of hundreds of hardy volunteers over the next few decades this wasteland has been transformed into a rolling terrain deservedly recognised as one of the premier links courses in this country and best described by NZ Golf Digest as a ‘hidden gem’.

All Blacks come to play at Ohope Golf club

5 COURSE CLASSIC

Established in 1971, the Omanu Golf Club offers a great golfing experience to its members and visitors alike. The golf course itself is of a very high standard and would best be described as parkland.

The fairways are irrigated, mostly flat with some slight undulation and the rough is cut to a consistent length which provides a challenge for the better golfer but remains playable for all levels.

It’s not just about the golf at Omanu – the club offers modern facilities including a proshop, café and bar, which are all open seven days a week. You will be welcomed into the clubhouse where you will find friendly people, good food and a bar stocked with a variety of low alcohol options. Omanu Golf Club is a must play

for anyone visiting the Bay of Plenty.

07 575 5957 98 Matapihi Road Mt Maunganui www.omanugolf.co.nz Located on the southwest edge of Tauranga City on the Racecourse Reserve and 10 minutes from the city centre, the Tauranga Golf Course offers a secluded and peaceful setting for golfers of all ages and ability. Only a two hour drive from Auckland and a short trip from Rotorua and Hamilton, enhances the popularity of Tauranga as a golfing destination for visiting golfers from NZ and abroad.

With a varied and undulating terrain, the Tauranga course has earned the respect of top amateurs and professionals alike as an exacting test of shot placement and concentration.

The course has interesting topography and variation in holes (it has been described as two courses in one) and its fairways and sand based greens are in beautiful condition as a result of permanent irrigation systems.

The Tauranga Golf Course has an area of approximately 45 hectares, and is a Par 71 measuring 5571m from the back tees.

With PGA Professional Jim Cusdin and a fully stocked Pro Shop onsite, Tauranga Golf Club is fast becoming the home for up and coming amateur golfers.

07 578 8465 Racecourse Reserve Cameron Road, Tauranga www.taurangagolf.co.nz Mount Maunganui Golf Club, with its championship 18 hole, par 72 course, offers golfers challenges to satisfy all levels of players as well as a year-round benign climate. Mt Maunganui is both challenging and aesthetically pleasing to play. The combination of a sand base and a modern irrigation system ensures the course is green but dry underfoot. Mt Maunganui is rated as one of the finest courses in New Zealand. Whatever your handicap this is a golf club that combines sport and relaxation in a modern centralised setting.

Take advantage of a course that has hosted many top amateur and professional events, which has included during the 1970’s and 1980’s PGA sanctioned tour events, both the 2012 New Zealand Men’s and Women’s Amateurs Championship and the 2002 Asia Pacific Cham-

This picturesque, well groomed 18 hole course is on flat easy walking land and is adjacent to the Tarawera River. Mountain views and the bird life add to the enjoyment for all players. The 6th, 15th and 18th holes, make the course a true test of a golfer’s skills. We are open all year round with no tee off times needed. Visitors are always welcome to join the club haggles. The course is only 40km east of Rotorua and situated at the south end of the Kawerau township.

kaweraugolf@xtra.co.nz Cobham Dr, Kawerau 3127, New Zealand  07 323 7095

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

pionship.

In 2019 the club will join the Charles Tour of NZ hosting a four round professional event. The Mt Maunganui Golf Club employs professional staff to constantly maintain our impeccably groomed fairways and greens.

Come and play one of New Zealand’s finest courses. Boasting one of the most up to date, spaciously luxurious club houses in the country. The Professional Shop is an integral part of Mt Maunganui Golf Club. Whether it is as a stop during your round to buy a drink or chocolate bar, or for fashion golf clothing, golf equipment to buy or hire, all are available seven days a week from a well stocked Pro Shop. The club also has professionals on hand to advise on all aspects of the game, from coaching, club fittings and repairs.

07 572 7044 15 Fairway Avenue Mt Maunganui www.mountgolf.co.nz Coined as one of New Zealand’s premier rural golf courses, the Te Puke Golf Club continues to make improvements to both its greens fairways, which is reflected in its growing reputation as one of the better courses to play when in the Bay. With on-site pro and NZ top 10 ranked player, Jared Pender, the club offers a fully stocked Pro Shop and professional lessons catering to all levels of golfer.

The course is located at the end of the new Tauranga Eastern Link expressway, so just 15 minutes from the Mount, and central to most Bay holiday destinations and the course is available to visitors most days of the week, so next time you are in the Bay, give the club a ring and book a tee time.

The club kitchen provides fantastic home based meals and can cater for all functions, from weddings to small finger food events, as well as out-catering.

07 5331115 847 SH 2 Te Puke www.golftepuke.co.nz Omokoroa Golf Club is situated on a small peninsula on the Tauranga Harbour.

It is a very flat course built on the harbour’s edge, and our 3rd and 5th fairways are below sea level. We have four different tees, so can cater for golfers of all abilities. And even though we are only 20

mins north of Tauranga, and 15 south of Katikati, we are a friendly country course that is so quiet, you can often only hear the birds and the waves lapping on the shore.

So make sure you get out soon to enjoy this hidden gem.

You’ll find Omokoroa Golf Club on Links View Drive, which from State Highway 2, turn onto Omokoroa Rd, onto Kaylene Place and onto Links View Drive.

For more information, phone 5480384 or email info@omokoroagolf.co.nz 07 548 0384 67 Links View Drive Omokoroa www.omokoroagolf.co.nz BAY OF PLENTY NOTICEBOARD 3-4 Oct

Omanu

07 575 5957

Masters Quad

16-18 Oct

Rotorua

07 348 4051

Rotorua Open

HAWKE’S BAY CROSSMAN CUP & GOLF FANATICS 2020

The Final round of the Crossman Cup was played late August at Hastings Golf Club.

Napier were the run-away winners of the Crossman Cup this year with 8 team points and 23 games won (Maraenui were 2nd with 4 Team Points and 14 games won). The Golf Fanatics was closely fought between Napier and Hawke’s Bay with Napier winning with 5 team points and 11 games won to Hawke’s Bay with 5 team points and 10 games.

HAWKE’S BAY NOTICEBOARD 2 Oct

Napier

06 844 7913

Hawke’s Bay Summer Foursomes

Paradise in the North Come and play a great sand-based course Just 90 minutes north of Auckland’s CBD – an easy day trip Booking essential – Ph: 09 431 4807

October 2020

31

7 Oct

Gisborne Park

06 867 9849

Enterprise Ambrose

24-25 Oct

Maraenui

06 835 8273

NZ Mixed Foursomes

27 Oct

Hastings

06 879 7206

Suzelle Open

31 Oct

Patutahi

06 862 7789

Patutahi Women’s Xmas Open

club in an interclub team, please contact the Club Captain.

Corporate Events

and “2 Twos” competitions. It costs a small fee to enter each competition.

Friday Club All members are invited to join our weekly Friday Club group. Tee times are usuallt between 8:30 and 9:15am. Enter the haggle in the Bunker Bar before you tee off.

TARANAKI

JUNIOR TWILIGHT SERIES AT JUDGEFORD GC

TARANAKI NOTICEBOARD 29-30 Oct

Kaitake

06 752 7665

Kaitake Women’s Open

MANAWATU-WHANGANUI MANAWATU-WHANGANUI NOTICEBOARD 4 Oct

Apiti

06 323 4714

Northern Manawatu Open Men’s Foursomes

25 Oct

Manawatu

06 357 8793

Manawatu 36 Hole Open

26-27 Oct

Whanganui

06 349 0559

Whanganui Open

WELLINGTON TRENTHAM GOLF CLUB

The people at Trentham Camp Golf Club are at the heart of the club. As well as enjoying golf together, members enjoy socialising in the clubhouse after their game.

The club caters towards golfers of all ages and abilities. If you want to play together on club days, just put your name on the start sheet and you will be guaranteed good company and an enjoyable game of golf.

If you’re interested in representing the

Trentham Camp Golf Club is a perfect location to host your corporate event.

Whether you would like to bring your group for a round of golf or just use our facilities and the clubhouse, we can cater for you!

Our stunning course can be hired out so you have the place to yourself. Follow your round with a drink and delicious food in our clubhouse which seats 144. A casual BBQ on the deck is another option you may enjoy!

The Clubhouse can also be hired as a venue for conferences with or without catering as necessary.

Practice Facilities There are two practice putting greens and two practice nets.

Our practice fairway is located next to the 8th hole.

Junior Members Trentham Camp Golf Club welcomes new junior players.

We support our junior players players and will actively assist in developing their game and providing ample opportunity.

Club Days Club Days are a great way to make friends and play with different people.

Often, a different style of competition is held every week. Club Days are held on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday.

The Start Sheet Located by the door outside the Bunker Bar, this is where you should enter your name beside the time that you wish to tee off during the following week’s Club Day. First in gets the first choice at a tee time, so be sure to put your name on the start sheet early!

Please ring to have your name removed from the Start Sheet if you are unable to play on the day, as someone else might want your spot.

The Haggle You can enter the Club Day Haggle, which is the “Competition on the Day” like Stablefords, Nett, Par etc. You only complete against other golfers in your same handicap division. There are also “Twos”

Judgeford Golf Club are hosting a 2020 Junior Twilight series of events from Thursday 1st October till Thursday 17th December.

Teeing off at 4pm, all Junior golfers in the Wellington area are invited. There will be two divisions, playing the back 9 holes at Judgeford teeing off from the 10th hole. Players will compete in a stableford competition with white, yellow and orange tees being used.

Daily prizes as well as prizes across the series. Juniors can play in any or all of the days.

Entry is a gold coin.

TRENT MUNN, DARAE CHUNG STROKEPLAY CHAMPIONS

New Members & Visitors Welcome

GOLF OMANU

THE BAYS Group available BESTrates GOLFING Enquire via proshop@omanugolf.co.nz EXPERIENCE A great destination for your next golfing trip

Twilight Golf at Te Marua Starts: Thursday 29th October.

Get your team of 4 together and register at the shop ph 526 7020 Weekly Prizes, a meal and fun Sponsored by Pak & Save Upper Hutt

For course availability book online or phone +64 7 575 5957 98 Matapihi Rd, Mt Maunganui

www.omanugolf.co.nz

The Northland Golf Club is a par 71, 18hole course set in a peaceful rural valley with many native trees and bird life.

Try out our $12 Monday special if you’re looking for a way to iron out the wrinkles in your game, or just want to have a gettogether with your mates.

2018 NZ GOLF CLUB OF THE YEAR

Harbour Road

Motueka

Tel: (03) 528 8998

Fax: (03) 528 8998

� Click to email us �

Harbour Road Motueka | Tel: (03) 528 8998 | www.motuekagolf.co.nz

32

You just need to turn up, and the Golf Shop team will look after you. Please contact us first if you require a golf cart.

160 Pipiwai Rd, Whangarei | 09 435 0042 | facebook.com/northlandgolfclubinc

October 2020

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

Edmonds/Janet Nicholls 39, 9th Barbara Winstone/Fran Sutherland 39, 10th Kaye Dickson/Susan Greenstreet 39 Twos – Polly Ruawai No. 4, Judy York, Julie Battersby, Sandy Holland No. 18 Tuesday, 8th – Stableford Div 1 1st Natalie Reed 36, 2nd Sue Murray 36, 3rd Tracy Bary 35, 4th Lynn Brand 34, 5th Barbara Simpson 34, 6th Bridget Quaiffe 32, 7th Rete Kydd 31, 8th Di Kay 31, 9th Erin Mulholland 31, 10th Kakthryn Maloney 31 Twos – Natalie Reed No. 4, Margaret Williams, Sue Murray No. 18 Div 2 1st Ange Van Rooyen 38, 2nd Thora Lawson 37, 3rd Lyn Schott 36, 4th Diana Clark 36, 5th Dawn Ellis 35, 6th Robyn Thomas 34, 7th Michelle Fletcher 32, 8th Sally Manning 32, 9th Pam Bowden 32, 10th Annette Tansey 32 Div 3 1st Lois Cocks 39, 2nd Marie Hill 36, 3rd Val Graham 35, 4th Wendy Thorns 34, 5th Donna Edmonds 34, 6th Denise Hall 34, 7th Anne Siave 34, 8th Jenny Elllison 32, 9th Jenny Croft 32, 10th Jociz Deans 32, Wednesday, 9th – Championship Round Gross –Div 1 Congratulations to Tracy Bary winner of the Kaikoura Women’s Championship with 78, 2nd Di Kay 85 Div 2

Shandon GC 72 Hole - September 2020 WELLINGTON NOTICEBOARD 8 Oct

Otaki

06 364 8260

Sims Cup

8 Oct

Judgeford

04 235 7633

Junior Twilight Series

12 Oct

BFGC

04 567 4722 Ext 1

Women’s 9 Hole, 18 Hole District Vets

15 Oct

Otaki

021 702 567

Women’s 6x6x6

24 Oct

Carterton

06 379 8457

Carterton Bucket Tournament

24-25 Oct

Mahunga

06 377 4990

Mahunga Easter Tournament

25 Oct

Judgeford

04 235 7633

Judgeford Memorial Ambrose

25 Oct

Otaki

06 364 8260

Watsons Labour Weekend Tournament

25 Oct

Masterton

06 377 4984

WBS Labour Day Tournament

30 Oct

Martinborough

06 306 9076

Wairarapa Women’s 4BBB

31 Oct

Kapiti

04 298 6151

Century 21 Kapiti 18 Hole Open

TASMAN KAIKOURA GOLF CLUB

Kaikoura Golf Club Women’s Tournament which was held mid-September run smoothly despite the Level 2 restrictions, we were very lucky with the weather over the three days.

Results Monday, 7th 4BBB – Stableford 1st Lois Cocks/Jackie Hall 42, 2nd Jenny Davies/Val Graham 42, 3rd Tanya Moore/ Gill Walker 41, 4th Sandy Holland/Helen Kain 40, 5th Avis Kemp/Barbara Simpson 40, 6th Sally Manning/Diana Clark 40, 7th Marie Bell/Annette Tansey 40, 8th Donna

1st Diana Clark 91, 2nd Marilyn Smith 99 Div 3 1st Dianne Stalker 103, 2nd Lois Cocks 103 Nett – Div 1 1st Sue Murray 72, 2nd Di Kay 73, 3rd Natalee Reed 73, 4th Margaret Robertson 74, 5th Jo Carolan 75, 6th Erin Mulholland 76, 7th Sarah Williamson 76, 8th Barbara Simpson 76, 9th Lynn Brand 76, 10th Margaret Williams 77 Twos – Lynn Brand No.4, Sharon Screen, Natalee Reed, Tracy Bary No. 18 Div 2 – Congratulations to Ange Van Rooyen who won the Jo Broadhurst Memorial Trophy with best nett for a local player with 71, 2nd Tracy Wills 72, 3rd Dawn Ellis 73, 4th Adele Wilshire 74, 5th Jayne Marwick 74, 6th Sue Cooper 75, 7th Jenny Davies 76, 8th Ann Perkins 77, 9th Sally Manning 77, 10th Valerie Parsons 77 Twos – Ruth Smith, Kaye Keys No. 1 Div 3 – Linley Trapp 72, 2nd Donna Edmond 73, 3rd Marie Hill 74, 4th Barbara Miller-Davies 75, 5th Nan Wright 76, 6th Helen Walls 76, 7th Anne Siave 76, 8th Maureen Morris 77, 9th Janet Nicholls 77, 10th Jackie Hall 77 Lois Cocks No. 4 CTP – Ruth Smith No. 4, Sandy Holland No. 18 Div 1 - No. 5 in 3 shots - Lyn Brand Div 2 – No. 17 in 3 shots – Marilyn Smith Div 3 – No. 8 in 2 shots – Lois Cocks

Nelson New Zealand is a great destination for a long weekend.

Or just a break to play some amazing golf courses.

Nelson Golf Club has partnered with Motueka Golf Club and the Greens Motel to bring you an amazing package.

Saturday & Sunday 23-24 January 2021

$60 – 2 rounds Saturday, 1 round Sunday

Stay centrally at the Greens Motel (just a putt away from the Green) Play Nelson Links.

This superbly crafted links golf course that blends seamlessly into the natural Coastal Terrain. It provides a unique “True Links Experience” The second course on your trip to the top of the South is at Motueka. Motueka Golf Club was the 2018 Holden Club of the year has been described as one of New Zealand’s hidden gems by the great Sir Bob Charles. Both courses are known for their hospitality.

Phil and Jill will plan, manage and book your Nelson Golf holiday from start to finish so all you have to do is focus on your swing!

36 Hole Stableford

Or

• Huge prize table • Monster raffle • All card draw to win a round of golf at Cape Kidnappers for 2

Please note that the photo of this year’s trophy winners Ange Van Rooyen and Tracy Bary was taken when they also won them at last year’s tournament.

GOLF HOLIDAY TOP OF THE SOUTH

Maraenui Women’s Golf Club

54 Hole match play

Straightest Drive No. 17 – Kathryn Maloney

$40 – 1 round Saturday, 1 round Sunday

      

NEW!!

Casual Kai & Karaoke night on Saturday Free glass of wine, great dinner, spot prizes - $30

• Entries received before Xmas Day go in the draw to have entry fee refunded

What’s included: 3 nights Motel accommodation at Greens Motel (1 or 2 Bedroom Apartment) 2 Rounds Championship Golf: Nelson Golf Club and Motueka Golf Club Warm up bucket of balls at Nelson Golf Course Range Light refreshment after each round at the course.

Preferential car hire rate with Hardy Rentals( Starting as low as $30 per day) Ferry excursion ride from Mapua Wharf.

24-hour help and support, including local activity bookings Full itinerary.

Cost: $250 per person (normally $420 per person) *Terms and conditions apply Minimum of 4 people (at the advertised price, please note there is a surcharge for a smaller group) Spaces limited, travel must be completed by 14th December 2020

Entry forms available online at www.maraenuigolf.co.nz

Phone Phil and Jill on (03) 546-4341 to book

Tournament secretary Barb Gilkison: gilkisonbk@gmail.com Entries close 5pm Monday 18th January 2021 Entries close 5pm Monday 18th January 2021

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

October 2020

33

ONEKAKA LINKS GOLF CLUB TASMAN NZ

Find out why so many golfer have discovered Onekaka Links.

Onekaka Links stunning

Onekaka Links in your Kiwi backyard

30 MINUTES FROM HAMILTON • 40 MINUTES FROM TAURANGA • 90 MINUTES FROM AUCKLAND

Onekaka Links – We know the view is stunning! Back to golf, boys.

“Picturesque & Tranquil One of the finest 9 hole golf courses in the South Island”

Play at New Zealand’s Walton Golf Club

Totaradale 03 541 8030

Labour Weekend Open

October 24th & 25th 2020

in heartland Waikato

36 Holes Gross, Net & Stableford

www.waltongolf.co.nz

CARTS AVAILABLE BY ARRANGEMENT PH OR EMAIL • GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS WELCOME

1928 MORRINSVILLE-WALTON ROAD • PHONE (07) 8883731 • EMAIL waltongolf@outlook.com

34

Onekaka Links, Tasman NZ – Yes it could be anywhere in the world for playing golf!

Totaradale Golf Club, Pigeon Valley Rd, Wakefield, Nelson. www.totaradalegolf.co.nz Email: info@totaradalegolf.co.nz

October 2020

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

MOTUEKA GOLF CLUB

On another beautiful day in Paradise and it was the turn of Astrolabe Fashions to host us with their annual Stableford competition. Played mid-September.

Pleasingly, numbers were very slightly increased from last year’s event.

Results - Not all but just the top 5 Ladies: 1st Linda Thurow 41 2nd Robyn Frater 39 C/B 3rd Sally Jones 39 4th Yvonne Stevenson 38 C/B 5th Jenny Van Heerden 38 Men: 1st Peter McCann 42 2nd John O’Neils 38 3rd Graham Shaw 37 4th Ralph Meikle 36 C/B 5th Peter Johnson 36 Lower Moutere Store Closest to the Pin. Ladies: Jocelyn Thomson; Men: John Hewitt. There were seven Twos today each receiving three balls

1st Caroline Fitzgerald and Helen Hughey 28 2nd Sue Park and Diane Inoka 31 Well done on a very successful DOD with 37 players in the field.

Group A Gross Winner Suzanne Park 46 Nett Winner Helen James 35 Runner up Paula Mc Diarmid 36 c/b 3rd Bev Bradley 36 4th Michelle Sowman 38 Group B Gross Winner Linda Paul 58 Nett Winner Helen Hughey 35 Runner up Lyn Cooper 36 c/b 3rd Verna Drummond 36 4th Audrey Vickerman 36 5th Helen Galbraith 38 Closest to the Pin in 2 on number 14 Brenda Gibbens Straightest Drive Number 18 Jean McConachie

New World Open Winners Andrew Woolley, Lee Willetts, Bruce Miller (Sponsor), Jacquie Martin and John Frater

MOTUEKA LATEST LADIES RESULTS

15/9/2020 Wilton Cup 1st Yvonne Stevenson 40 2nd Sharon Mc Geown 35 3rd Linda Thurow 34 4th Lorraine Moorhead 34 5th Penny Brown 34 6th Penny Vincent 33 Closest to the pin Yvonne Stevenson Twos Penny Brown Nett Eagles Number 17 not struck 11 Nett Eagles today 4.9.20 Closest to the Pin Twos None Nett Eagles not struck 9 Hole 15.09.20 Canadian Foursomes

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

Acheson Cup Day Winners Rhonda Heckler, Penny Brown, Jacquie Martin, Penny Vincent (absent Alison McMillan) TASMAN NOTICEBOARD 11 Oct

Awatere

03 570 5399

Marlborough Junior Golf Tournament

12 Oct

Marlborough

03 578 7646

Gwen Crossman Foursomes

14 Oct

Greenacres

03 544 8420

3 Day Tournament

24-25 Oct

Totaradale

03 526 6819

Totaradale Open (Re-Scheduled)

26 Oct

Nelson

03 548 5029

Pestells Open

26 Oct

Picton

03 573 7750

Meaters Ambrose

27 Oct

Wairau Valley

03 572 2575

Marlborough Vets

29-30 Oct

Nelson Region

03 526 6819

Tasman Women’s Foursomes

CANTERBURY CANTERBURY VS AORANGI The annual Canterbury vs Aorangi Representative match was played at Ashburton in mid-September in fine conditions and the course in great order.

Canterbury were dominant winning the fixture overall 40-16. Men won 11-5, Women won 14-2, Masters Men won 9-7, U19 Men won 6-2.

Men - Reverse Singles Hayato Miya halved with Alex Kelliher; Marcel Boet bt Dan Perham; Dominic Brettkelly bt Marcus Tessier; Zach May bt Tim Leonard; Hiroki Miya bt Ryan Cockburn; Tom Parker lost to Josh Smith; Mike Toeke bt Jeff Hewitt; Andrew Green bt Damian Rodgers.

Singles Hayato Miya lost to Dan Perham; Boet bt Kelliher; Brettkelly lost to Leonard; May bt Tessier; Hiroki Miya bt Smith; Parker lost to Cockburn; Toeke bt Rodgers; Green halved with Hewitt.

Women - Reverse Singles Yoyo Fu lost to Christine Ross 2 down; Amy Weng bt Kelly Karton 8/7; Olive Tapu lost to Sharon Bradford 2 down; Catherine Bell bt Vicky Moore 7/6; Hillary O’Connor bt Catherine Knight 2/1; Maddie May bt Pauline Bell 5/3; Momoka Kobori bt Ginny Bolderston 7/6; Amelia Garvey bt Lynda Brown 5/3 Singles Fu bt Karton 8/7; Weng bt Ross 6/5; Tapu bt Moore 4/3; Catherine Bell bt Bradford 7/6; O’Connor bt Pauline Bell 6/5; May bt Knight 4/3; Kobori bt Brown 6/5; Garvey bt Bolderston 7/5.

Masters Men - Reverse Singles Woobong Kim bt John Smitheram; Antony Dale bt Hamish Niles; Paul McEwan lost to Regan Stills; Jonathan Stieller bt Owen Millar; Jason Sincock bt Andrew Peck; Brett Turner lost to Robbie Bell; Andrew Dufton lost to Nigel Heney; Aaron Forsyth bt Blair Franklin.

Singles Kim bt Niles; Dale halved with Smitheram; McEwan bt Millar; Stieller halved with Stills; Sincock lost to Bell; Turner lost to Peck; Dufton lost to Franklin; Forsyth bt Heney.

October 2020

U19 Men - Reverse Singles Etienne Collier bt Jack Brown 6/5; Phong Nguyen bt Sam Morrison 6/4; Sam Harris lost to Hiro Kakeda 2 down; Cooper Moore bt Mac Kelliher 4/2.

Singles Collier bt Morrison 1 up; Nguyen lost to Brown 1 down; Harris bt Kelliher 4/3; Moore bt Kakeda 5/4.

WOODWARD & POLLOCK CUP REVIEWS FOR 13 SEPTEMBER

Woodward Cup Round 5 of Woodward Cup was held at Waitikiri Golf Club in warm, sunny conditions.

Hosts Waitikiri had a battle on their hands against Harewood with six of the eight matches going down to the final two holes, ending in 4-4 draw. For the home team Aaron Forsyth, Brett Turner, Antony Dale and Simon Marshall had wins while Harewood’s wins came from Matt McLean, Josh Smith, Kerry Branson and Harry Weeds.

Christchurch changed their order around and were dominant against Hororata taking out their match 7-1. Hororata’s sole win came from Anton Fouchee defeating Jason Sincock 1 up, while wins to Richard Reed at No. 1, Marcel Boet, Jordan Bakermans, Tom Parker, John Rademakers, Nick Franzmann and Mike Toeke at No. 8 sealed the two points for Christchurch.

The local derby between Templeton and Weedons proved to be just that.

While the scoreline appeared one sided at 6.5-1.5 it was far from that. Three matches went down the 18th and another two ending at the penultimate hole.

For Templeton, Tom Wilson, Ryan Bellamy, Rhys Wilson on his 50th Woodward Cup appearance, Jordon Latter and Lance Gahan had wins with Josh Simpson halving with James Metzger at the top of the order, Mac McCall halving with William Bastings and James Robb halving with Devon Nightingale.

The Pegasus vs Bottle Lake match was also a real arm wrestle with five matches being decide at the final hole. Wins to Kazuma Kobori, Peter Brinsdon and Shaun Allan was the difference between the teams with Jason Campbell being Bottle Lakes sole win. In the remaining matches Zach May halved with Lachie Mackay,James Cadenhead with Daniel Asplin, Brandon Parker with Aaron Neill and Marcus Mariu with Steve Dellow.

In the final match of the day Avondale kept Russley honest with three matches finishing at the 17th before Russley proved too strong with wins to Reid Hilton, Hiroki and Hayato Miya, Taylor Hosking and Owen Burgess. For Avondale, Nathan Andrews, Dan Vesty and Sam Purdon at No. 8 had wins.

The next double rounds of Woodward Cup will be at Templeton on 27 September, with Canterbury playing Aorangi at Ashburton next Sunday.

Pollock Cup The third round of the Pollock cup was played at The Christchurch Golf Club on Sunday in calm and dry conditions. The competition attracted supporters and spectators from the competing clubs.

Pegasus once again showed their strength with a six match win over the Harewood team. The match between Harewood’s Catherine Knight and Momo-

35

ka Kobori started at a blistering pace with Knight making birdie on two of the first three holes to be one up, but a double bogey for Knight on their fifth hole of play saw the match go back to all square and it remained all square for the next five holes until Kobori took advantage of a bogey from Knight and then went on to win the next three holes to record a 4/3 win.

The match between Waitikiri and Clearwater was a more closely fought affair with Clearwater getting home 3.5 to Waitikiri’s 2.5. Once again Clearwater’s Amelia Garvey was dominant as their number one putting on a great exhibition of golf with a 7/5 win over Ginny Bolderston.

There was much interest in the match between the hosts Christchurch and Russley with Canterbury Women’s Interprovincial team mates from recent years playing at numbers one and two for both teams. Christchurch’s Catherine Bell playing Maddie May at one went through the turn at three under and a four up lead, but a bogey from Bell on the eleventh and two consecutive birdies from May saw the lead narrowed to a difference of one. The next four holes were halved in pars and the pair reached the eighteenth with Bell still one up. May played her second to the green to be pin high and made the putt for a three while Bell’s birdie putt slipped by and the match was halved. At number two Christchurch’s Olive Tapu was all square going through the front nine against Hillary O’Connor but started to apply pressure on the back nine winning three of the next four holes and went on to finish with a 3/2 win. The final result was a 5-1 win to Christchurch.

Congratulations go to Bobbi Oliver of Pegasus (right) and Christchurch’s Mel Brew who received their 50th Pollock Cup game badges.

After three rounds Pegasus still leads Christchurch on a games count back.

The next round will be September 27 at Waitikiri, with Canterbury playing Aorangi at Ashburton next Sunday.

CANTERBURY GOLF 9 HOLE TOURNAMENT

The Canterbury Golf 9 Hole Tournament was held at Bottle Lake Golf Club in early September in warm, sunny conditions and the course in great order.

38 golfers played in the annual tournament with Bottle Lake’s Margaret Walker winning Grade 1 with 19 stableford points, from Vicki Hight (Waitikiri) and Kathryn Ferris (Avondale) both on 18 points.

Russley’s Linda Downes won Grade 2 with 20 points from Kae Golding (Russley), Judith Godman (Kaiapoi) and Owen Patchett (Amberley) all on 19 points.

Linda was the overall winner with 20 points and is pictured with the trophy.

TWILIGHT GOLF STARTING

Making the most of daylight saving evenings with a weekly (Wednesday) round of 9 Holes at Charteris Bay Golf Course. Tee off time 4 - 5pm. BBQ and prize giving at 7.15pm. $5 members $10 non members.

Join in the fun with warmer weather conditions and a great social atmosphere.

Check out our website or Facebook page for more information about Golf at Char-

36

teris Bay. Banks Peninsula, Canterbury.

30 mins from CHCH City.

CANTERBURY NOTICEBOARD 7 Oct

Greendale

03 325 4128

Men’s & Women’s Midweek Open Sponsored Tournament

8 Oct

Waimairi

03 383 0307

Eagles Halberg Golf Tournament

8 Oct

Christchurch

03 385 9506

9 Hole Tournament

9 Oct

Harewood

03 359 8843

Canterbury Junior October Tournament

12 Oct

Coringa

03 359 7174

9 Hole Open Tournament

13 Oct

Hanmer Springs

03 315 7110

Men’s & Women’s 40 Years & Over Tournament

15 Oct

Avondale

03 388 8203

9 Hole Tournament

15 Oct

Everglades

03 312 2078

Ladies Team Stableford

16 Oct

Rangiora

03 313 6666

Rangiora Friday Tournament

19 Oct

Amberley

03 314 8735

Amberley 9 Hole Tournament

19 Oct

Templeton

03 349 7571

Women’s Teams Stableford Tournament

24 Oct

Tai Tapu

03 329 6710

27 Hole Men’s Open

24 Oct

Bottle Lake

03 383 1403

Bottle Lake Spring Classic

26 Oct

Weedons

03 347 8519

Weedons Machinery Tournament

26 Oct

Rangiora

03 313 6666

Labour Day Open Stableford

26 Oct

Waimakariri Gorge

03 312 4339

Labour Day Pairs Tournament

30 Oct

Waimakariri Gorge

03 312 4339

Women’s Canadian Foursomes

OTAGO/SOUTHLAND AORANGI WOMEN’S VETERAN’S TOURNAMENT

The Aorangi Women’s Veterans Tournament was played at the Ashburton Golf Club on Monday 31 August 2020 in warm and windy conditions.

The winners were: Jacqui Welsh (Ashburton) Clarkson Trophy – Best Nett over the field: 66 Daphne Campbell (Pleasant Point) Euny-Peg Trophy – Best Stableford over 70 years: 40.

Pauline Bell (Ashburton) Hedges-Kennard Trophy – Best Gross over the field: 78 Class A – Nett: S Hastie (Ash) 77.

Class B – Nett: B Davidson (Ash) 67, 1st Stab: V Prendergast (Tinwald) 37, 2nd Stab: V Sisson (Rakaia) 37, 3rd Stab: S Bensemann (Ger) 36, 4th Stab: L Guna-

October 2020

tunga (Ger) 36.

Class C – Nett: J Stocker (Mayfield) 69, 1st Stab: D Sutherland (Pleasant Point) 39, 2nd Stab: M Wederall (Rakaia) 39, 3rd Stab: B Cochrane (Tinwald) 36 Class D – Nett: J Lake (May) 73.

Nearest the pins: Grade 1 (0-25) C Ross (May), Grade 2 (26+) E Porter (Ash). Longest Putt: J McArthur (Ash). Twos: M Watson (Ash), C Ross (May Below: Left to right: Jacqui Welsh - Ashburton, Daphne Campbell - Pleasant Point and Pauline Bell - Ashburton

GLENITI WIN THE R J LOW CHALLENGE CUP

Gleniti won their fifth and final R J Low Cup challenge against Waimate 4 – 2 on Thursday 3 September.

Gleniti’s name will now be engraved on the Cup for the second time. The winning team was: Elisabeth Thorp, Glenda Frew, Ann Westgarth, Christine Bowman, Debbie Lovett and Kath Galwey.

Others who played in some of the previous challenges were Jan Ford, Viv Brookland and Heather Taylor.

The next match will be played between Lower Waitaki and Kurow in October.

ABOVE: From left to right are the winning team, Gleniti: Elisabeth Thorp, Glenda Frew, Ann Westgarth, Christine Bowman, Debbie Lovett and Kath Galwey.

ALEXANDRA GOLF CLUB HAVE RETAINED THE BRASCH CUP FOR ANOTHER YEAR

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

Scoring was a lot higher than last year and may have something to do with the new handicapping system or maybe the good old winter weather played it part throughout Otago over August.

The Country Day Cup is played in conjunction with the Brasch Cup and is awarded for the best individual and this year went to Taieri Lake member Ian Boath.

UP RESULTS 2020 CLUB RESULT PLAYED Alexandra 6 8-Aug Allan Grange 27.6 22Aug Balclutha 17 22-Aug Chisholm Links 12.8 15-Aug Clinton 55.6 29-Aug Cromwell 10.8 15-Aug Dunstan 16.6 15-Aug Heriot 24.2 23-Aug Lawrence 29 8-Aug Maniototo 28.4 22-Aug North Otago 19.2 29-Aug Omarama 60.6 29-Aug Owaka 46 29-Aug Roxburgh 35.8 29-Aug Taieri Lakes 23.4 22-Aug Toko 50.4 29-Aug Twelve Oaks 45 29-Aug Waikouaiti 26.6 22-Aug Waitoa Park 15 15-Aug WINNERS 2020 Alexandra COUNTRY DAY CUP Top 10 Player Individual Best Nett Player Nett Score NZCR nett Ian Boath Taieri 66 -4.6 K Harris Alexandra 66 -3.6 Chris Mann Cromwell 68 -2.7 Tim Hutchinson North Otago 67 -2.3 John Rawson Waitoa Park 60 -2 Marty Hupton Cromwell 70 -0.7 Aaron Smith Balclutha 67 -0.5 Frank Pliger Waitoa Park 62 0 Donald Sinclair Dunstan 69 0.1 Greg Rabbitt Dunstan 69 0.1

OTAGO CONVINCING AGAINST SOUTHLAND

Otago had a convincing victory in three of the team contests against Southland at St Clair Golf Club over the weekend.

The Otago senior men’s team won 21½3½ over Southland while the women’s team had a 13½-2½ victory.

The Otago masters team beat its Southland counterparts 13-7 but Southland recorded a 6-4 win in the under-19 grade.

In the 10-player senior men’s contest, Otago showed its depth to claim all five contests in the foursomes.

It won eight of the reverse singles, squaring one match and registering just one loss.

Otago won eight of the initial singles to Southland’s two.

Top Otago pair Inia Logan and Callum Judkins had a tight tussle with top Southland duo Matt Tautari and Tyler McLean

in the singles.

Judkins beat Tautari 1-up in the reverse singles while Logan and McLean were all square.

In the first singles, Logan beat Tautari 1-up while Judkins went down to McLean 2 and 1.

Otago’s depth shone through.

Duncan Croudis teamed up with Parker Aluesi in the foursomes for a 9 and 7 win over Bryan Cantlay and Daniel O’Connor.

Croudis then won his singles contests 1-up over Robbie Maitland and 2 and 1 over Josh Kalweit.

Aluesi, new to this level, beat Brad Harper 2 and 1 and then defeated O’Connor 6 and 5.

In the eight-player women’s clashes, Otago won three of the four foursomes and Otago’s Tracey Storer and Rebecca Calder finished all square with Bronwyn O’Brien and Fiona Murray.

Otago won all but one of the reverse singles, Storer finishing all square with O’Brien.

Sumin Kang teamed up with Yoonae Jeong in the foursomes for a convincing 8 and 6 win.

Kang and Jeong then won their reverse singles 6 and five.

Kang won 5 and 3 over Geraldine Todd while Jeong beat Robyn Pullar 1-up.

Southland’s only win of the women’s contest came when Tuani Marshall beat Eleanor Newton 2 and 1.

Invercargill A 3 ½ Winton ½ Liam Balneaves defeated Peter Buckley 2/1, Liam Hewitt defeated Josh Kalweit 1up,, Craig O’Rorke defeated Ewan Clark 1 up, Paul Adams square Max Schuster Invercargill B 3 Greenacres 1 Matt Tautari defeated Jason Osbourne 7/5, Tyler McLean lost Daniel Mills 1 down , Doug Carmichael defeated Luke Harvey 6/5, Rob Mainland defeated Chris Sherlock 6/5 Play off 3rd/4 Greenacres 2 Winton 2 Jason Osbourne defeated Peter Buckley 3/2, Daniel Mills lost Josh Kalweit 4/3, Luke Harvey lost Ewan Clark 6/5, Chris Sherlock defeated Max Schuster 6/5 Greenacres won in a playoff Final Invercargill A 1 ½ Invercargill B 2 ½ Liam Balneaves defeated Matt Tautari 2/1, Liam Hewitt lost Tyler McLean 4/3, Craig O’Rorke square Doug Carmichael, Paul Adams lost Rob Mainland 6/5

SALISBURY CUP RESULTS PLAYED 13TH SEPTEMBER AT ST CLAIR GOLF COURSE

OTAGO/SOUTHLAND NOTICEBOARD Aorangi 15 Oct

Geraldine

027 842 2332

Eagles Halberg Men’s Tournament

17 Oct

Maungati

03 612 9805

Men’s & Women’s All Grades

17 Oct

North Otago

03 434 6169

Springs Teams Tournament

23 Oct

Methven

03 302 8438

9 Hole Tournament

29 Oct

Mayfield

03 303 6342

Women’s 2BBB Tournament

31 Oct

Temuka

03 615 9666

RNP Homes Temuka 2000

10-11 Oct

Lower Waitaki

03 431 3800

Whitestone Cheese Four Ball

11 Oct

St Clair

03 487 7076

Lottie Smellie Mixed Foursomes

13 Oct

Arrowtown

03 442 1719

9 Hole Tournament

16-18 Oct

Island Park

03 488 4212

Island Park 50th Jubilee

8 Oct

Wyndham

03 206 4659

Town V Country

15 Oct

Drummond

03 236 2850

Ladies Teams Event

Otago

MATAURA LICENSING TRUST PRESIDENT PENNANT FINALS RESULTS

Mataura Licensing Trust President Pennant Winners; Invercargill B Doug Carmichael, Tyler McLean, Jimmy Allison MLT Matt Tautari, Rob Mainland Semi Finals

Dayna Kaio lost Elanor Newton 3/2 Tuani Marshall lost Imelda Marnane 3/2 Otago 7 ½ Southland ½ Singles Geraldine Todd lost Sumin Kang 5/3 Robyn Pullar lost Yoonae Jeong 1dwn Fiona Murray lost Abby Crawford 3/2 Helen Baird square Kathryn Baker sq Kate McGregor square Tracey Storer sq Bronwyn O’Brien lost Rebecca Calder 2 dwn Dayna Kaio lost Imelda Marnane 4/3 Tuani Marshal beat Eleanor Newton 2/1 Otago 6 Southland 2 Overall Otago 13 ½ Southland 2 ½

SALISBURY CUP RESULTS 2020 Played 13th September at St Clair Golf Club Reversed Singles Geraldine Todd lost Yoonae Jeong 6/5 Robyn Pullar lost Sumin Kang 6/5 Fiona Murray lost Kathryn Baker 2/1 Helen Baird lost Abby Crawford 7/5 Kate McGregor lost Rebecca Calder 4/3 Bronwyn O’Brien square Tracey Storer Sq

Southland

18 Oct

Waikaka

03 207 2874

Open Stroke

25 Oct

Otautau

03 225 8135

King of the Mountain

19 Oct

Winton

027 224 7714

Lions Charity Tournament IHC Southland

29 Oct

Mataura

03 203 8427

Ladies 4BBB

Spring Golf at Tasman

Tasman Golf Club at Kina Cliffs

Where spectacular views are par for the course TEE UP THIS SPRING AT TASMAN GOLF CLUB For an unforgettable golfing experience you really will enjoy! Play 9 undulating and interesting holes with some of the most beautiful views of mountains and sea in the Nelson area. Green fees just $25 for as much golf as you want to play. Clubs and trundlers available for hire, 10-round concession books too at a great price. All players welcome. Kids under 12 play for free.

Interested? Then come on up! For more info: Call Lyndal on 03 526 6819 or check out our website.

Tasman Golf Club - 128 Cliff Road, RD1 Upper Moutere, Nelson teeup@tasmangolfclub.com | www.tasmangolfclub.com

WWW.GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ

October 2020

37

A N Y WAY YO U S W I N G I T

You don't need to change your swing to get more distance.

The entire B21 family was engineered to straighten out the distance you already have. Unlock your inner distance with new Big Bertha B21.

CALLAWAYGOLF.COM.AU 2020 Callaway Golf Company, Callaway, the Chevron Device, Big Bertha and Big Bertha REVA are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Callaway Golf Company.