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The three players -- Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones -had all jumped ship to the obscene money of LIV Golf but come last month they wanted to jump back again.The injunction was unsuccessful, thank goodness. If golfers feel they can’t turn down the millions of dollars from LIV Golf, that’s fine. But don’t ex pect to have the best of both golf worlds by being able to play the PGA Tour as well. One of the reasons given by some LIV Golf converts was that it gave them the opportunity to play less golf. Isn’t it funny how they still want to play when there’s a bit of money up for grabs on the PGA Tour. There might be a huge amount of money in the pot for LIV Golf tourna ments but how competitive are the tournaments? Did you know there’s a team’s event component to LIV Golf tournaments? Can you name any team winner so far? I’ll make it easier, can you name any team? Because there is so much mon ey, does it even matter who wins? At least the likes of the PGA Tour in the United States and the DP World Tour in Europe remain highly competitive. There are thou sands of golfers around the world who are striving to make the PGA Tour and DP World Tour. And those who do make the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour have to work just as hard to stay there. I don’t get that feeling from LIV Golf. Competition is what makes sport. Competition is what draws fans. It’s not all about the money. The most competitive event in golf, which fans are fascinated by, is the Ryder Cup. The Ryder Cup has no prizemoney. Zero dollars. I wonder what happens to the players who have moved to LIV Golf but are not getting starts. Where do they play? Are they now putting in two dollars to play the stableford competition at their lo cal golf club? Also, unless something changes in the future, some of the biggest names in golf will gradually drift off the scene because they won’t earn points for a world ranking. Do you wonder what the likes of Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson and Bryson deChambeau are doing these days? Do you care?

Johnson, last month, dropped to a world ranking of 21, the first time in seven years he has not been in side the top DeChambeau20. dropped to No 33 last month, his worst ranking in more than four years. Another LIV Golf convert Ian Poulter continues to play the DP Golf Tour under a stay of proceed ings from court action. Poulter says the DP Golf Tour, pre viously named the European Tour, has been his home for 24 years.

By Paul Gueorgieff Editor, Golfer Pacific NZ If it’s greener on the other side, stay there. That’s my opinion on those who sign up for LIV Golf. Last month three golfers filed a court injunction to play in the Fe dex Cup playoffs, the lucrative endof-season events of the PGA Tour.

“I feel comfortable in the position that I have always committed to the European Tour. This has always been my home tour for 24 years,” Poulter told one British newspaper. So what’s that all about? He signs for the big dollars of LIV Golf but still wants to play the DP World Tour. Is he frustrated he can’t get to play as often as he used to? Another who wants the best of both worlds. I can understand the money from LIV Golf is hard to decline. But golfers must ask themselves what is the best thing to do? Many players on the PGA Tour and DP Golf Tour make millions of dollars and those tours are the ones that fans look to for real competition. green is the grass on the other side? 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

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Hideki Matsuyama, C T Pan, Cameron Smith, Cameron Davis, Lucas Herbert, Si-Woo Kim, Satoshi Kodaira and Kyo ung-Hoon Lee. The field is comprised annu ally of the top male amateurs in the Asia-Pacific region rep resenting the 42 Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation affiliated organisations.

James Hydes from North Harbour. Photo credit: BW Media/Golf New Zealand. Sam Jones from Taranaki. Photo credit: BW Media/Golf New Zea land. Jayden Ford of Wellington. Photo credit: BW Media/ Golf New Zea land. Mako Thompson from Hawke’s Bay. Photo credit: BW Media/ Golf New Zealand. Jared Edwards from Auckland. Photo credit: BW Media/Golf New Zealand. Josh Bai from Auckland. Photo cred it: BW Media/Golf New Zealand. Kazuma Kobori from Canterbury. Photo credit: BW Media/Golf New Zealand.

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Over the tournament’s 13year history it has served as a springboard to some of the world’s top players, includ ing future PGA Tour winners

Seven New Zealanders have gained a start in one of the most prestigious amateur events in the Asia-Pa cific. The tournament is the Asia-Pacific Amateur Champi onship which will be held at the Amata Spring Country Club at Chonburi in Thailand from October 27-30. The seven players are Ka zuma Kobori (world ranking of 61), James Hydes (122), Sam Jones (174), Jared Ed wards (328), Josh Bai (360), Jayden Ford (362), and Mako Thompson (490). Jimmy Zheng (290) can not attend due to his United States’ college commitments. Last year, he was the only Kiwi to play as covid-19 prevented New Zealand-based golfers from travelling. The championship has a big carrot with the winner earning a spot in the 2023 US Masters and The Open Championship in England. The runner(s)-up will also receive an invite to The Open qualifying series. For six of the seven golfers, it will be their first time play ing in the Asia-Pacific Ama teur. Kobori is the only one to have played in the event be fore, playing in the 2019 tour nament.GolfNew Zealand high per formance Manager Gregg Thorpe said it was great to send a new group of players to compete against some of the best golfers in the Asia-Pa cific.“After a tough couple of years, it’s exciting for these young men to compete at this level,’’ Thorpe said. “Travel restrictions prevent ed the New Zealand-based am ateurs from attending last year, so it’s exciting to have them playing abroad in the Asia-Pa cific region to test themselves against their peers.” The Asia-Pacific Amateur was created in 2009 by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confedera tion (APGC), the Masters Tour nament, and The R&A to fur ther develop amateur golf in the region.

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American Rose Zhang, the number one ranked amateur in the world, won the Smyth Salver for lead ing amateur after finishing on one over par for her 72 holes following a closing 73. In breezy conditions once more on the East Lothian coast, it proved a fascinating final round. After the opening nine holes, Buhai’s healthy overnight advan tage had been cut to just one. Chun’s fine front nine, with birdies at the second, fourth and sixth, saw her reach 12-under while Buhai dropped back to 13 under after a second bogey of the day at the par five ninth. Bogeys from Chun at the 10th and 12th holes al lowed Buhai to regain control and a three-shot lead. However, after driving into the bunker on the par four 15th, she then took two shots in the heavy rough leading to a triple bogey seven to fall back lev el with Chun. The pair parred the closing three holes to finish level at the top before Buhai’s play-off triumph, win ning with a brilliant greenside bunker shot for par. Next year’s Women’s Open, sponsored by AIG, will be played at Walton Heath, with St Andrews hosting the 2024 championship and Royal Porthcawl in 2025.

Buhai defeated In Gee Chun at the fourth extra hole of a sudden-death play-off to win her first major title in dramatic style in the Women’s Open at Muirfield in Scotland last month. Buhai, 33, let slip a five-shot overnight lead with a closing four-over 75 – largely due to a triple bogey at the 15th – to finish level with Chun on a 10 under par total of 274 at the finish of the regulation 72 holes.

Chun said: “I did what I could do. Ashleigh made a great up-and-down on 18 (in the play-off to win). Al most close, but still, I don’t want to give up and I just want to look for another tournament, another day.

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However, the South African held her nerve to final ly win with a par at the fourth time of playing the par four 18th to secure her biggest win.

Ashleigh Buhai from South Africa with her trophy after win ning the Women’s Open at Muirfield in Scotland last month.

The victor received $US1.095 million for her efforts after the overall prize fund was increased to $US7.3 million for this year’s championship.

Buhai said afterwards: “I’m a little overwhelmed to be honest. I’m trying to take a breath, but it’s ob viously fantastic to win this championship, the AIG Women’s Open, it’s a dream come true.

Ireland’s Leona Maguire (66), Minjee Lee from Aus tralia (69) and Swede Madelene Sagstrom (71) tied for fourth spot on seven under par. In an historic week for golf with Muirfield hosting the Women’s Open for the first time, 33,303 fans en joyed attending the championship.

Buhai joins famous past winners from South Afri ca to win at Muirfield after Ernie Els (2002) and Gary Player (1959) both won The Open over the renowned links.

“It’s a huge honour to have more South African success here. To follow those two greats (Els and Player), two of my idols growing up, and for us to play here for the first time at Muirfield, making history, I’m very, very honoured and very, very proud to be South African right now.”

“I just tried to stay in the present, that was my goal before the start of the final round. Then I played the play-off, so I’m still happy. To be honest, it’s not like happy-happy, but still, I think I made a good result and just I don’t want to like looking for any history. It’s already done and I just want to keep playing.”

“I was fairly calm in the play-off. I just tried to focus on what I was doing. I couldn’t control anything else but I knew it was going to be tough.

Buhai, who had been ranked 84th in the world golf rankings with three previous Ladies’ European Tour wins to her name, denied Korea’s Chun, 27, a fourth majorJapan’svictory.Hinako Shibuno, the 2019 Women’s Open champion, took third place thanks to a final round level-par 71 for a nine under par total.

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The New Zealand Golf Course Su perintendents’ Association (NZGCSA) environment award was given to Rick Machray at Arrowtown, although he has since moved to Kinloch. Finally the NZGCSA environmental award went to Royal Auckland and Grange Golf Club. Guest speaker was Kereyn Smith one of New Zealand’s leading sports administrators. Eleven years as chief executive of the New Zealand Olympic Committee and now vice president of the Commonwealth Games’ Federa tion she was thrilled with the success of the New Zealanders for the Olympic Games in Tokyo despite the challenges there and in Birmingham for the Com monwealth Games. She has held many other roles including chair of Netball New Zealand. Smith said leadership is all about helping people achieve. Kaye Gregory asked the right questions and when increasing women’s involvement was raised, Smith emphasised the im portance of a welcoming environment in every Movingfield.today two the video confer ence presentations from former Golf Channel host and reporter Lisa Corn wall and golf course architects Tom Doak and Kyle Phillips were eagerly awaited. Cornwall talked about her on going legal battles with the Golf Chan nel over many instances of mistreat ment during her seven years there, including an incident with Brandel Chamblee and also retaliation and dis crimination. Her book entitled Trouble maker to be released in spring 2023 is sure to be a fascinating, if not an explo sive read. Cornwall has a long history in golf having been a very talented golfer and a four time state champion. Tom Doak gave some insights into his design approach. He has a portfo lio of 42 courses over a 35-year period with seven of them rated among the world’s top 100, including Cape Kid nappers and Tara Iti. He is the author of the book The Confidential Guide to Golf. He made it clear he is not a fan of trees which hinder the playability of a hole. He prefers the course to fit with the flow of the land rather than hav ing to do lots of reshaping to make a course. Kyle Phillips has over 30 years in course design in 30 countries on five continents. He believes each course should have its own character and personality coming from the existing natural land, location and history. He likes the unique natural sites in New Zealand and the huge variety of cours es. When it comes to improvements he likes to see the money spent focus on enhancing the course and the experi ence of golfers. The state of the game session was a key one with Martin Slumbers, The R&A chief executive, stating the goal is to make golf the number one partici pation sport. Golf New Zealand chief executive Dean Murphy mentioned the growing membership numbers are now almost 131,000. He also talked about common assumptions that golf as we know it will remain the same with councils continuing to support golf and funding models will not change. Drivers of change were also mentioned with changing work patterns, health and safety, use of council land and housing.

Murphy said: “So if we think things are going to stay the same we need to get our heads out of the sand because the future is going to be much differ ent. However, golf is in a good space and we need to keep driving that.” He pointed to the fact that whenev er a golf ball is hit, it is golf whether it be mini golf or a driving range. Also, he placed great emphasis on being more female focussed to take advantage of

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The leadership in golf award went to Chris Davies, the manager at Rem uera Golf Club which has a long term lease on council land. Davies has been at Remuera for 13 years and said the board members are good to work with.

By Neville Idour Golfer Pacific feels privileged and proud to bring this full coverage of the 2022 New Zealand Golf Industry Council (NZGIC) Golf Matters’ Conference to our readers. To our knowledge we were the only New Zealand media to not only put in an appearance but to spend the time and resources to attend for the entire event. Ironically the only other media en countered was Nicci Herrera the own er of the Australian publication Wom en’s Golf an impressive magazine with much appeal, especially for women. This event was a first in more ways than one. The inaugural 2022 NZGIC Golf Matters’ Conference and Expo held from August 8-10 at the new Christchurch Convention Centre, Te Pae, was a winner from go to finish. The next one in two years time is already on the agenda and more than likely at the same venue. We spoke to a satisfied NZGIC chair man Sam Sullivan at the conclusion and asked for his thoughts.

“I am very proud of the event. It turned out better than I envisaged, especially being the first time I have been involved in anything like this. The assistance of Denise Langdon and Par NZ was invaluable. The board put a lot of work in and we probably didn’t hit every mark that we wanted to but got pretty close. “With the PGA (Professional Golf ers’ Association) going through a few changes currently we are hoping that next time round they will take a bigger involvement and we can take this from the 300 this time to a 500-person event. “The 90 clubs represented out of 390 was not ideal but word will spread that this was worthwhile. We will grow the database and hopefully in a couple of years we will be back in Christchurch to do it again. It will be a board decision but it is a great venue in a great city with everything you would ever want. The delegates have loved it. Numbers are not a problem as you could cater for a thousand people.” So what made this ground breaker such a success? Let us check out some of the many highlights. On the first morning there was a field trip for those involved in turf and course management plus a session on golf tourism opportunities. In the afternoon the opening ad dresses were introduced by Kaye Greg ory who proved to be the perfect mas ter of ceremonies — after all she is a golfer. (See the interview with her else where in the magazine). Then employment legislation and employment matters were covered. The importance of continuing educa tion panel discussion concluded the first day. Training and best service was stressed. Even though golf clubs are not a normal profit company they need to provide service as good as elsewhere. It was also highlighted that board members needed to understand how to run a golf club. The gala dinner and industry awards ceremony was held that evening with the following winners announced. Club manager of the year was Andrew Jack son form Muriwai Golf Club. After hav ing spent many years in engineering he said the change was great. After five and a half years he is loving it.

Golf administrator of the year win ner was Linda Suddaby who has been with Golf Southland for 13 years. She was described as an amazing all round administrator. Volunteer of the year was Lloyd Blak ie of Riverton Golf Club. He has been a member for 36 years and a volunteer for 21 years. A retired farmer he is re sponsible for the complete re-doing of the club greens. Golf club of the year was the Geral dine Golf Club, inland from Timaru. It is a welcoming club with 200 members. Their women’s wine and nine days are very popular and the club is trying to bring all the local clubs together.

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GOLFERPACIFIC 7 our opportunities. The growing technol ogy was mentioned plus we should ex pect disruption with councils attempts to close courses. Finally, the message was to embrace the future.

Jason Perkins, the chair of the New Zealand Golf Course Superintendents’ Association, said there were pressures to retain staff with high enough wages with all costs continually increasing. He mentioned that up to 13 courses in Auck land are under scrutiny from councils for housing. The interview with Hana Rae Seifert will clarify the challenge and the way to meet it. There is no question this ground break ing initiative was a tremendous success with the vast input of industry knowledge available. There were several equipment exhibitors that added value to the con ference. Despite all the roadblocks with covid and the “orange” status limiting the time to put the whole show together, the patience and co-operation of all involved ensured that it did happen and with the utmost success.

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Dylan Lindstrom from Royal Wel lington highlighted that using organics rather than chemicals is not more expen sive.Julie Kidd from the Department of Con servation (DOC) stressed the importance of collective input, involving the wider community and that DOC wants to work with golf clubs. My enlightening interview with her accompanies this story. It should be noted at this point that through many of the sessions Stephen Gee, the Golf New Zealand workforce development manager acted as facilitator, questioning and prompting those involved to pro duce the best responses and outcomes. This was particularly the case at the in teractive sessions and panel discussions. Compliance with legislation and gov ernment matters were expertly explained by Hana Rae Seifert the general manager of partnership and legal council for Golf NZ. Read her interview also alongside thisThestory.morning concluded with the race to the bottom which threw up many questions about the way forward. Dis counted subs, multiple memberships and realistic green fees came under scru tiny. Titirangi has made their members guest rate much lower than the affiliated fee because members benefit by being encouraged to bring a friend to a great club. It was also mentioned that the big gest challenges for general managers after managing members is managing their board members who must know their membership and know their club’s needs.Strategic and business planning opened the concluding afternoon. Mike Rondel, the chairman of the Canterbury Golf Association, talked about the finan cial challenges. He said inflation in May 2021 was 2.7 percent. In June 2022 it was 7.3 percent. Average weekly earnings are up 5.3 percent to $1403 a week. Sponsor ship is harder to obtain. There is also a narrowing of funding from community funders. Ageing members incomes are down. Competition amongst clubs may increase. Finally he spoke about asso ciated increased costs for clubs such as labour, insurance, materials such as sand and fertiliser and maintenance and asset replacement. Management of finances has never been more important. Some concluding thoughts are perti nent. Dean Murphy revealed some pos itives. There has been 71 percent junior growth since 2017. There has been a five percent increase in female membership and eight percent in their participation. In 36 months there has been a 36 percent increase in nine-hole membership.

Michael Glading a NZPGA board mem ber and New Zealand Open director, mentioned the changing times reflecting back 10 years when range finders were almost non existent. Looking at the PGA he said how good it was to see the NZ PGA championship back in play in 2021 at Te Puke. The support of Sky TV was also welcome. He explained the bene fits of the recently announced merger between Golf New Zealand and the PGA which will bring an enhanced and cohe sive approach to the delivery of services throughout the country. Greater efficien cy will provide increased positive impacts for golf with the two organisations unit ing under a one workforce model. Glading highlighted the importance of the New Zealand Open and that Camer on Smith had played it along with Dylan Frittelli and Sung Jae Im and many oth ers who had now made their mark at the top. He lamented that the Charles’ Tour has too low a profile, citing his own club where, from a large membership, only a few will turn out to watch our best golf ers perform. However, the good news for the New Zealand Open is that despite the cancellation for the last two years the sponsors and amateur players have been retained which augurs well for 2023. The afternoon of day two looked at charitable trust funding, mental health and turf management. Sessions on grow ing your business and business diver sification followed with Mt Maunganui shown to be a model for clubhouse de velopment. Introducing a fitness centre into useable space creates a whole new clientele for the clubhouse and bar. The final day included an excellent session on club sustainability and partic ularly the environment. Andrew Jackson of Muriwai revealed how their initiatives had produced a significant increase in birdlife.

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“We have now on multiple occasions informed the council of their errors. We requested that the document be with drawn very quickly after its release. We were very concerned about public con sultation and we have since put in a strong submission which has been sup ported by Sport New Zealand, Auckland Golf, North Golf, all golf clubs, New Zea land Maori Golf and more.

Seifert expressed her frustration: “If council had worked with the sector before putting the plan out we could have been quite open about ways to open golf cours es a bit more. Most critically many clubs are doing this already with children and com munity groups and clubs have made sub missions pointing out the council’s errors.”

By Neville Idour Kay Gregory has been playing golf for four years as a member of the Ngaruawahia Golf Club so it is fitting she was invited to take the master of ceremonies’ role for the Golf Matters’ conference. Gregory said her club had a very strong and competitive ladies’ mem bership. She is also a secondary member at Stewart Alexander, an 18-hole course near Te Awamutu. The club is 50 years old. We asked how she got into golf. “My patient partner has been play ing for about 50 years and he sug gested I have a go,’’ Gregory began. “I didn’t think I would like it, but I went out and had a hit and thought, mmm, it’s ok. So I played again and he came home one day with a set of clubs and said you’re playing. So I had no choice really. Now we play golf everywhere we go. “I’m on a mission to play as many courses as I can. I’m up to about 110 or so and every holiday we go to play golf. I have started going on the Par NZ Tours. I recently played the Mount Michael Classic in Central Otago. We love it.” How did this master of ceremo nies’ job come about? “I do MC a lot of conferences as that is one of my jobs so when you com bine that with golf — happy days.” Gregory works for Newstalk ZB reading the news as well as on a number of their other stations in the mornings. “So that keeps me busy, and then I have plenty of time to go play golf.” Any thoughts about New Zealand media? “I love my work but we are chang ing. People don’t read newspapers like they did. Now they get a lot of it on line. I like being able to know what is happening right now rather than waiting till the end of the day or tomorrow’s paper.” Thoughts about the golf boom? “I love to see more people are play ing. In both of the clubs I belong to lots of young people are joining and I love to see them on the course. I would like to see more women play ing but for mothers with young chil dren it is very time consuming but I hope more come to golf eventually. I would like to see more women in the different echelons of golf and administration, but I think we are making progress.” Golf highlights? “Travelling to Mel bourne in 2019 to watch the Presi dents’ Cup.” Why do you love golf so much? “Golf – it is the places you go and the people you meet.” I don’t think too many of us would disagree with that.

By Neville Idour We spoke to Hana Rae Seifert, the manager for partnerships and legal council for Golf New Zealand following the compliance–leg islation and local government matters’ panel discussion and workshop.

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Seifert explains: “The Auckland council launched their draft golf investment plan in March, 2022. From their perspective it sets a regional direction for the future council investment into golf across Auck land.

“The way the trajectory is going with golf booming we are going to need these golf courses and they are fantastic communi ty assets and green space. We don’t want to see them repurposed or sold off for housing so it is quite scary as the whole process, consultation and response from council has been incredibly disappointing.”

We suggested cities need green space and Seifert responded: “They certainly do and it feels like golf is being unfairly singled out. They should be looking at it far more broadly and not just golf.

“Unfortunately this plan was done with limited consultation from the golf sector and it has resulted in a plan which has many factual inaccuracies. It is very bi ased and general and says things like golf is declining, there are limited places to play golf, there are low numbers of women and juniors, ethnicities and di versity, which is all fundamentally false.

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It now remains to be seen if the Auck land City Council comes to its senses. If Seifert has anything to do with it we can expect a better outcome.

“It is not even an investment plan be cause there is no investment planned in the plan. Also we are one of the only sports that fund our own maintenance of the green space whereas council has to look after all other sporting fields. Golf is self sustainable and has kept the life of their green spaces going for a long time.”

“We have requested it be withdrawn and restarted with a fair consultation pro cess. As a sporting body we want people to publicly benefit from land, but we don’t want it to be to the detriment of golf.

She elaborated nicely on the Auckland City Council’s draft plan which is threat ening golf in Auckland.

“I am no longer at the golf coalface. I am a Dunedin City councillor. I am often asked how do you go from being a golf pro to a city councillor? I say being a golf pro involves way more politics and it is much harder than being a city councillor. The 57,000 ratepayers think they own me, but golf clubs are worse. Many members think they own the golf club. But member ship is not ownership. So golf clubs need to keep the politics as simple as possible.

By Neville Idour Julie Kidd, the strategic partnership provider from the Department of Conservation (DOC), made it clear to the golf industry that her organisation is actually a friendly Department of Conver sation for golf clubs to talk to. Her inspiring contribution in the in creasingly difficult environment with councils negative views of golf clubs, three waters and other reforms lurking, came as welcome news during the club sustainability session. It was vital infor mation for all clubs. We spoke with her after the session and we asked if she was going into bat for golf clubs.

“Pupuke is a great example. They have walkers and cyclists using the perime ters. They have taken down all their fenc es and stopped calling themselves a golf course as they want to be a community hub. We call urban golf clubs the lungs of the city. The neighbours around Rem uera love the golf course. The kids make boxes for ruru birds, the neighbours are putting traps up because the golf course is trapping. Three schools do environ mental studies on the golf course. Be valuable to your community. So we are enablers and facilitators. Here is how you do it, here are the resources. I spend a lot of time connecting people.” So are you a golfer? “Yes. I am a strug gling 19 handicapper and I am a passion ate believer in recreation and conserva tion intersecting.”

“Council elections are on the 8th Oc tober so in mid to late October I want all clubs at this conference (and those not there) to contact council and invite councillors and senior staff to come out for a team building session. Walk them through the gate and the surrounds and show them what is happening on the course…the birdlife, the waterways. On my council there is one other golfer, the rest do not have a clue.

Andrew Whiley: Frankly speaking

Are clubs aware of all of this? “We have been doing this for five years, working re gion by region. For example in Auckland

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“Of course we want to rid the area of invasive predators such as rats, stoats, possums and weasels. Why? Because they wreck everything. Stoats are always pregnant, rats can have 20,000 offspring from one pair. Possums can destroy nice flora that you plant. So all that is cata strophic and devastating.

“I have always remembered those words and they keep me calm. What is worse is some of the smartest people you come across are the ones that strug gle the most. My club runs surveys about how the course is playing. Just go play the 18 holes. Don’t be challenged by the politics at the club.

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“Therefore DOC is helping golf clubs run a sustainable long term programme of predator control and habitat resto ration to get natives in there with native flora. Also to encourage clubs to work collaboratively with their local commu nities such as schools, local Māori tribes and community groups.”

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Whatever the sport, Kidd asks why can’t the environment and surroundings be softer such as plantings in the sur rounds. We must think differently for fu tureDOCgenerations.actually manages one-third of New Zealand. Kidd concludes: “There are 1000 loos and 1500 campsites and innu merable huts which are DOC’s primary focus and we keep them pristine. So I take that core conservation messaging outside the organisation to, in this case, golf courses and say this is what you can do that contributes to conservation. The message has to be clear — why, how, what, who do we work with, where’s the money. That’s what I do.” And she certainly does it well.

By Neville Idour New Zealand Professional Golfers’ Association president Andrew Whiley, a former Golfer Pacific col umnist, held little back in describing a typical golf scenario. “What do some golfers do when they arrive to play? They take their clubs out, throw their brains in and walk to the first tee. What do they do when they come off the course? They throw their golf clubs in the boot of the car, pull their brains out and drive off. Whatever happens nothing will ever surprise me.

Kidd then talks about plant species.

I started with one club, now there are 37 working with their communities around their club, such as bringing schools in to doHowplanting.”canclubs on leased council land combat the threats of closure for hous ing or alternative use? “In Auckland eight of the 37 are on council land and we are supporting the clubs in their response to council by positioning them, particular ly urban ones, as valuable green spaces including access for non golfers. That is what the council is saying to many of the golf courses. It cannot be single use, can it be multi use and golf clubs are working on how to do that.”

“Golf clubs want to increase native spe cies up to at least 50 percent because that is what birds and insects need for food and shelter. So the planting programme is out with exotics and in with the natives and trapping predators. One season of this can make a huge difference.”

“When new councils are elected they need to work together and need team building sessions. What better way than take them on a course with a nine-hole ambrose and let them have some fun.”

“When three waters and other reforms come up New Zealand Golf is going to have a fight and some golf clubs are go ing to be pushed so we need to work to gether.” Clearly there is a need to educate coun cillors and get them to walk the course and see the beauty of it.

Whiley wrapped up saying our PGA members are enjoying the game, are working too hard and there are a lot of challenges, but it is good to see so many people taking up the game, having les sons and being part of the Golf NZ pro gramme. Despite any challenges he feels that together we are all in a good space to move forward.

“I am. We are taking a swing at pests. That’s what we like to say. There are about 400 golf clubs in New Zealand cov ering about 15,000 hectares of beautiful green space. We are working with their superintendents and managers because we want to help them to run predator control programmes, habitat restoration and community engagement on their courses.

Geraldine Golf Club named club of the year

Anyway 10 members put up $2000 each to pay my salary for the first year. I was incredibly humbled that people were prepared to do that. Other people then decided if that’s what these members are pre pared to do then we need to listen to Chris, support him for a year and see where we are going to go.

An aerial view of Geraldine Golf Club course.

“A few of us got together and formed a steering committee to look at the short term, me dium term, long term and how to structure a board. Rich ard Hudson came to give us a hand on how to change this around and I guess the im portant thing was to use Rich ard’s expertise with what he had seen elsewhere and then we went down the process of special general meetings and the constitution.

“I knew that the only way we were going to make a differ ence was by word of mouth be cause we did have the money for that but not all those other things that would have taken away from the best advertis ing you can have. So that is the way that I decided to go about it and gradually over a period of time you could feel that lit tle things that you did, started to change the whole feeling of positivity in the club.

By Neville Idour Geraldine Golf Club, the home of the Denfield golf course, was a de served winner of club of the year announced in Christ church last month. Chris Phillips, the business services development manag er, described the path the club took to a position of growth and success.

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“Richard explained to us that those clubs that did make a difference, those ones that had come back from the brink of losing their whole club al together were people who focussed on club services. He said this is what Geraldine needed to do in his view to make a difference otherwise you have all these ideas at board level but what’s hap pening down at the club has nothing to do with that.

“At that time I had done 40 years in education mostly as PE (physical education) teach er and for the last five years I was secretary and I sat there and thought “bloody hell, I could do that job, because it’s a real challenge and complete ly different to what I was doing before and to cut a long story short, I am here today. So once I started our chairman George Harper said to me whatever you are going to do Chris, it’s going to be something that you look through the lens and ask is it going to be something that will bring more money to the club.

“Before we did that my role was sort of put together with a job spec we were not really sure that this was the way to go and we weren’t even sure that my role was something that was necessary.

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“They had a ball of a time and again I thought, well, this is another way of getting people who camp in Motueka, Nelson, Invercargill and all over the place. They had said we’ve real ly enjoyed this, we will promote your club elsewhere and we will be back next year. It was anoth er way of diversifying and trying to move forward. I have moved a little bit further with Richard coming along with different ini tiatives. “It’s been a journey and to stand there yesterday to re ceive the award along with Will Polson our president has been quite humbling for me person ally. “But I would just say that it just shows that if there are other clubs out there who are in our position there is hope if you have the positivity, desire and the inter-personal skills which are incredibly important in this role. We hope we can all move on from here.”

“It became very clear that if we were going to change Geraldine we had to have the whole of the club with us and if we didn’t do that we were going to have so many issues whereby we might have some great ideas, but if the board wasn’t necessarily going to support them it was going to be extremely difficult. So having got ourselves in that position and decided that we would put a board together I was one of those on the board.

nament when I had 40 people who played. We ran it over three courses, Temuka, ourselves and Grande Vue in Geraldine.

The clubhouse at Geraldine Golf Club.

“I didn’t have any great ideas about where I was going to go, I just thought I would turn up on the day – but it be came clear that we needed to change the culture of the club, we needed to look at things in a much more positive way. We needed to think are we still losing money and where are we going to go? The first thing I started to look at was that we regularly had motor homes staying in our car park and so I started to think about what was the experience like for not only people in motor homes but for everyone else who came to the club. I want ed their experience to be from when they walked through that gate all the way to the club, to when they played their golf and came into the bar and went home.

“I went down the motorhome idea and a friend of mine sug gested we run a tournament for the motorhome people. I thought maybe and then two weeks later it was Chris, what have you done about organis ing a motorhome tournament? So I thought I am going to have to do something about this so I got in touch with the person up in the North Island who ran something similar. The result, we put together the inaugural South Island Motorhome Tour

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By Neville Idour Four thousand kilometres was the distance from Dunedin to as far north as Whangaroa and Kauri Cliffs that was driven on our recent road trip, enjoying golf and holiday time. It is a wonderful way to spend your retirement years or long holidays if you want to enjoy this beautiful coun try and the many gems of golf courses that populate the landscape. This was not the first time we have done this so we knew what to expect. The catalyst for doing this trip was the Bay of Islands Classic out of Paihia where we would spend six nights at the Copthorne Hotel with views to die for across to Russell and golf at four great courses. But also high on the agenda was the new Tieke Golf Estate near Cambridge.Timingyour distances each day to avoid night driving is the key to staying fresh on a road trip like this. Of course, two drivers helps too. So then, leaving Dunedin about 8am the aim is to reach Christchurch for lunch then on to Picton and a night at the Picton Yacht Club Hotel which is now part of the Fable Brand. While it was a 680 kilometre (420 mile) drive an early start had us there by 6pm. This makes for a relaxing over night and then a not too rushed morn ing ferry sailing across the Cook Strait. It was a smooth sailing and arriving in Wellington we then would spend a couple of nights with a lady friend near Paremata. Our stay included a round of golf at Paraparaumu with our friend’s 90-yearold father who is a member. He hit a remarkable ball especially considering a leg problem. With his golf cart he is still able to enjoy his golf. It was a de lightful round on this well maintained iconic course. It was a few years since our last round but the memory of it was loud and clear. One of the things we did not do was book any accommodation at all, apart from knowing when we had to be in Paihia for the tournament. This of course meant we could stop where we wanted to and not be tied to being in a specific destination on a given day. Leaving Wellington we find the drive north a pleasant one and from Wel lington on the new Transmission Gul ly highway it is simply brilliant. North of Hunterville we drive past the iconic Rangatira three-level golf course which we have played more than once and should be a must for anyone travelling through that area with its amazing ca ble car ride after the 18th hole. Rangi tikei is another course well worth the effort with its interesting layout. On this occasion we thought Taihape might be a good next stop as we have driven through it many times aware of its famous short drop down par three that is billed as the most natural par three in the world. This time we were not going to drive through and you can read my story of the club and course in a future issue of Golfer Pacific. Fol lowing our round we decided Ohakune would be a good overnight stop with a round at Waimarino’s Ruapehu Golf Club on the agenda. You can read all about this Alpine experience in last month’s issue of Golfer Pacific. Ohakune was surprisingly busy con sidering the ski season had not be gun so we stayed two nights as there were two standout restaurants that were full both nights. We dined at Os teria both nights as the other one had too long wait times. Great food and definitely a town with a buzz. Our next port of call was going to be Cambridge and a date with Tieke Golf Estate. We enjoyed the drive through National Park, Taumarunui and Te Kuiti. Taumarunui is home to the very nice Tarrangower golf course which we have played on occasions. It is pictur esque ,undulating and not overlong with some standout holes. Well worth a visit. We spent two nights in Cam bridge which allowed us a relaxing day at Tieke. This new Phil Tataurangi/Brett Thomson designed course is a stand out and a must if you get or make the opportunity. It is destined for a top five ranking in this writer’s opinion. You can read my overall review of Tieke in last month’s Golfer Pacific issue. Our next stop was one night in Tairua. This allowed us to play this gem of a layout a third time. Hopefully you read about it in the July issue. It really is a special delight and the volunteer spirit was in evidence in assisting the greenkeeper.Followingidyllic rounds of golf at Tieke and Tairua we head for Whitianga which is a wonderful base for exploring the Coromandel. Tairua is a beautiful spot with marinas and the wharf area. It was here on the waterfront we en countered Harry the chemo dog and owner Jeremy a painter. Harry had a long operation scar down his belly from two operations to remove tumours and growths plus three lots of chemo therapy. It was the ultimate dog love as it all cost the own er upwards of $45,000. Harry is from Tasmania and used to have wombats and wallabies as playmates and he runs like a kangaroo. Now a handsome 12 years old Harry looked in great shape. Whitianga has a much bigger feel with a beach front that stretches a long way and is perfect for that morning walk. Of course there are cafes to sat isfy that coffee fix. We were fortunate enough to find the best Rocky Road cake in the world at The Fig café. Our accommodation at the Beachside Re sort was managed by a lady who had been a good friend of former Welling ton professional golfer Gareth Paddi son for many years. The golf connec tion was inescapable. The Mercury Bay Museum in Whitianga was excellent for history of the area and some fascinating insights into the character of Captain Cook and the Ngati Hi Maori. They got on well. We then drove to Alan Rhodes Pottery at Whenuakite where he can be seen in action and loves a chat. We enjoyed time at Mercury Bay Es tate Winery at Cooks Beach where we were nicely hosted by Simone Ward. An Italian, Simone met her husband, a Kiwi, in Italy and they came to New Zealand 18 years ago, which now feels like home. They bought the winery six years ago. We ordered a pizza done the Italian way with a hand stretched base. This genuine Italian pizza was cooked at 450 degrees for just 45 seconds in an authentic pizza oven. Belissimo. After this we stopped off at the Pu rangi Golf and Country Club but did not have time to play although it was tempting. It looked to be an excellent nine-holer with lovely contours and variety. The greens were pristine with lovely well maintained lush green fair ways. Green fees of $20 are a gift. Unbelievably you could access one part of the clubhouse (there is no one on site) where the hire gear was. There were something like 20 good full sets of clubs that could be hired for just $10 plus about 10 folding trundlers for $3. The honesty system was alive and well, possibly helped by the course being a little off the busiest roads. We leave Whitianga and decide to take the shorter 309 road to Coroman del. Unlike the coast road it is mainly unsealed but in good condition and well graded. The advantage of this route are various attractions along the way such as the tall Kauri tree grove walk, Waiau Falls and Castle Rock. Nearer Coromandel we encountered The Waterworks which is the pro claimed quirkiest theme park in New Zealand. It is fun for all, especially chil dren. Despite the continuous rain we braved the walk for an hour with an umbrella and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.Furtheron we come to Stuart and the Wild Pigs without Stuart who was probably tucked up warm elsewhere. The pigs were revelling in the muddy conditions alongside the road. The fi nal point of note was the Coromandel Mussel Kitchen where you can sit in the café and watch them prepare your mussel dish. They are unique in that they do it all from cultivate, harvest, cook and serve green lipped mussels. We stop briefly in Coromandel and check out the nine-hole Coromandel

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GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ Golf Club. It has a fine looking clubhouse and like Purangi looks in great condition and yet another nine-hole gem with con tours and variety in design. It is not long at 5250 metres from the blue tees. From Coromandel the coast drive to Thames is often windy but very attractive with its views. We encountered one ridic ulous 100kmh sign near Te Mata. No one in their right mind would do that on this road. A speed of 70kmh should be the maximum anywhere here. No wonder we have one of the worst road tolls in the world. There are several holiday villages along this road that would be bursting with people in summer. We made good time to and through Auckland ending in Wellsford for the night. Next day it was a comfortable drive to Paihia and check in for the Bay of Islands Classic, a Par NZ event. Six nights at the Copthorne and its fine facilities with love ly views was idyllic. We would play four courses, Waitangi, Bay of Islands (Kerik eri), Whangaroa and Kauri Cliffs. You can read reviews of the first three in subsequent issues, but suffice to say they are all excellent highly rated cours es. A couple of treats were a three-course lunch at Kauri Cliffs after our round. The food and service were divine. Also we en joyed a group meal at the historic Duke of Marlborough Hotel at Russell. There are so many must play courses north of Auckland one could easily spend a fortnight just playing golf. One out standing links course we did not get to this time is Kaitaia which offers a superb layout with great views. So with our stay in Paihia at an end it was time to begin the drive home. We wanted to visit friends for a couple of nights in Mangawhai which gave us the opportunity to spend some time at the Mangawhai Golf Club and get the low down on this blossoming club. Again, catch my story in an upcoming issue of this publication. From here it was a one night return to Cambridge as we wanted to experience the Sculpture Park nearby. Then it was a drive to Taupo and two nights with a friend whose husband, a great golf buddy, died recently. Next day it was the last hur rah in the north as we head for Wellington and the overnight Bluebridge ferry. This is the perfect way to get to Dune din in one day. The ferry arrives in Picton at 6.30am. Breakfast in Kaikoura around 8.30, lunch in Christchurch around mid day and an easy run home by 6pm. Done and dusted we looked back on a month that just whizzed by — which probably says “a good time was had by all”.

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By Neville Idour General manager John O’Neill start ed his role at Whangaroa Golf Club in 2017 and now is in his sixth year. O’Neill has worked in hospitality most of his life having come to Whangaroa af ter managing the Maonganui Hotel. Orig inally from Dargaville, he decided to help a mate who had bought the hotel settle in for a year and ended up there for 20 years.Finding the late nights were taking a toll, O’Neill is enjoying his time at the golf club and as well as managing the club he leases the bar from the club. In earli er times he managed what was the THC Waitangi Hotel, but is now the Copthorne. So in the time at Whangaroa what has changed? “It is constantly changing,’’ O’Neill said. “The great thing about clubs like us is that if you come back in two years we will be better. We will have more paths in, we will have taken some trees out. One of our members owns a concrete plant and he is regularly arriving here with a metre of concrete, which we get for free. Then our volunteers do the work required to lay the paths.

Looking ahead they will continue the incremental improvements, having paths boxed ready for that metre of spare con crete and having a group of members ready and able to drop everything to do the work. What about membership? “We are over 250 and have done well after covid. We ran a junior programme and got 10 or so members, as well as a ladies’ programme and picked up seven or so members from that. They were summer programmes that ran through daylight saving.”

What is the history of Whangaroa Golf Club? “Originally there was a course in the Kaeo area which apparently shut down during World War II then a course was developed and opened here in around 1952. It was originally a 12-hole course then went back to nine holes. Then in about 1987 a group of younger members decided they wanted to make it into an 18-hole course. They all did the breaking in of the back nine holes and eventually it opened as an 18 hole course in 1990.”

The club has a full time greenkeeper Colin Smith who was head greenkeep er at Kerikeri. He left there to work for a Russian billionaire at Helena Bay for a time. O’Neill continues: “When our green keeper died from cancer a few years ago, Colin, who was at Hikurangi, joined us and he loves it here. He has a paid assis tant, a club member, who works two days a week but is here more than that.

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One of the members wanted to run something for juniors and about 60 signed up with regular turnouts of around 35 enjoying some coaching and playing a few holes. Now there are usu ally 10 boys and girls who play nine holes on a Sunday.”

A good proportion of the membership are women and O’Neill said: “The strength of our club is we are one, not a men’s divi sion and a women’s division. They play a lot of mixed events and socialise together which is great.”

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“We have life members Ian and Frances Hills who live behind the seventh hole.

The clubhouse facilities are excellent especially the almost new looking chang ing rooms. There was a hope to build a clubhouse on top of the hill overlooking the course some years ago however it was going to be too costly. The result, about 12 years ago, money was spent on improving the clubhouse and the chang ing rooms. You might say the club has a big heart and the course, although not long, still presents an interesting challenge for all golfers. The course is situated on State Highway 10 in Northland, about 35 min utes north of Kerikeri. The 18-hole course has excellent fairways and greens. With native carpet grass fairways they don’t rely on water which is a huge advantage. Many of the fairways are flanked by ma ture native and exotic trees, with a creek winding through. There is never a dull moment with the undulating terrain guaranteeing plenty of variety and different challenges. The uphill 431-metre par five second hole requires accuracy, playing blind to the green via a marker post. The uphill sixth hole, a par 3 of 137 metres, will test the distance control as anything short or right of the green will feed down the hill. On seven beware of the sloping fairway. The number one stroke hole is the 321-metre eighth which doglegs left. Watch for the trees left, the creek right and the large gum tree before the green. Good luck. By now you will realise miss ing some of the greens to the side can see the ball fall down the slopes. The 11th, a par three, looks easy but pull it left and it is goodbye Charlie. The short uphill 283-metre 12th par four can be illusory as the crest of the hill is just 20 metres from the green. The par four 14th maybe just 306 metres but with trees either side, with a green that falls away on both sides and out of bounds only a few metres behind the green, an accurate shot selection is the name of the game. The 18th right dogleg par four at 316 metres requires a left of centre tee shot as anything short or right will be blocked by trees. Big hitters might be able to cut the corner and clear the trees, but fall short and disaster awaits. Finally there is a long narrow green with slopes off both sides to avoid. A pleasant day was had as part of the Bay of Islands Classic. Whangaroa is well worth a visit and be sure to have a chat with manager John O’Neill as his mission is to make your experience an enjoyable one.

Ian has been one of the stalwarts of the club and a previous president for many years. He was instrumental in breaking in the back nine. He sold his farm but kept a couple of diggers and a tractor so they can be constantly used around the course. It is that and our ladies that make Whangaroa what we are.”

— John O’Neill in charge

“You may have noticed a lot of manuka planted inside and outside the course, so we have a deal with a beekeeper to pro vide our own honey which we sell. We also run some sheep as we own almost as much land around the course as the course itself. Quite a lot of that is leased out to one of our neighbouring farmers.”

Previous winners

Women: 2022, 2021, 2020 Rose Zhang (USA), 2019 Andrea Lee (USA), 2018 Jennifer Kupcho (USA), 2017, 2016, 2015 Leona Ma guire (Ireland), 2014 Minjee Lee (Australia), 2013, 2012, 2011 Lydia Ko (New Zealand).

“To be honest going at such short notice a long distance was less appeal ing than it would normally have been where you would probably tack on some extra time rather than go there and back “Howeveragain. being the 150th Open ev eryone who was anybody was there so I was able to do a lot of networking, catching up with people who through the covid period I had not seen in per son for a long time. There were a cou ple of our New Zealand Open sponsors I was able to see and hang out with which was nice. So it had that added benefit that I hadn’t planned for. “Wearing two hats it worked very well although it wasn’t a player recruit ment trip because it was very hard to get near players, as it always is at a ma jor event. I got to a few players but you had to work it, even to see Foxy (New Zealander Ryan Fox) and some of the Aussie players. However I did see Tom Kim who has been to the New Zealand Open and Sung Jae Im and a few oth ers who have been to New Zealand before.” Where did you stay? “I was able to stay at a university dorm right in St Andrews which was absolutely fan tastic. The room may have been basic but the location allowed me to walk to the course. So I was on the course most mornings at 8am and left at about 7pm. They were long days, but because the room was just four walls you didn’t want to go back and be in your room so it was great to hang out with a few people. I met the guy from the Australasian Tour every day at 5pm by the 17th and we would have a beer and watch the guys play the 17th so there were those sort of add ons which were fantastic.”

By Neville Idour New Zealand Open tournament di rector Michael Glading was able to attend the recent 150th Open Championship at the home of golf, St Andrews, in Scotland in July. He spoke about the experience and other things to Golfer Pacific.

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“The first five holes we played were in thick pea soup fog. We could not see a thing and that is what I remember most, the first five holes … hitting and then having to go find your ball with people appearing out of the fog.”

We asked what the viewing was like and could you follow a player. “You could but it was hard work as you can only walk around the perime ter of the course not through the mid dle. Even crossing fairways was time consuming as most of them are double fairways and you had to wait till there were no players coming either way. Also it’s flat so there are no mounds to get any elevation. Unlike say The Hills (near Queenstown) where there are so many vantage points.

“We are all go. We had a very lengthy committee meeting recently and we have hung on to all our amateur play ers and virtually all of our sponsors so we are very happy.”

The men’s ranking encompasses more than 3300 counting events, ranking 4629 players from 110 countries. The women’s ranking was launched in 2011 and has a calendar of nearly 2300 counting events with more than 2,867 ranked players from 88 countries.

Men: 2022, 2021 Keita Nakajima (Japan), 2020 Takumi Kanaya (Japan), 2019 Cole Hammer (USA), 2018 Braden Thornber ry (USA), 2017 Joaquin Niemann (China), 2016 Maverick McNealy (USA), 2015 Jon Rahm (Spain), 2014 Oliver Schniederjans (USA), 2013 Matthew Fitzpatrick (England), 2012 Chris Williams (USA), 2011 Patrick Cantlay (USA), 2010 Peter Uihlein (USA), 2009 Nick Taylor (Canada), 2008 Danny Lee (New Zealand), 2007 Colt Knost (USA).

“It is a great honour to receive the McCor mack Medal again,” said Nakajima. “The ex citement I felt when I saw the medal in Dubai last year is still fresh in my memory. Seeing it again in Paris (at the World Amateur Team Championships) will be really wonderful.

Keita Nakajima, of Japan, is the recipi ent of the Mark H McCormack Medal as the leading men’s player in the 2022 world amateur golf ranking. The McCormack Medal winner receives exemptions into The 151st Open in England and the United States Open in 2023. Nakajima, who has been the number one player in the rankings for a record 83 weeks, including 70 consecutively, is the first male player to receive the McCormack Medal twice. He also earned the honour last year. Nakajima, 22, and Takumi Kanaya are the only Japanese players to secure the honour. Nakajima, who competed in The Open and this year’s Masters Tournament and the US Open, won the Asia-Pacific Amateur Champi onship last November when he converted a 20-foot birdie putt on the second play-off hole. He is the third player from Japan to win the title, joining Hideki Matsuyama (2010, 2011) and Kanaya (2018) on the list of champions.

“Of course what makes it is the town, the place, the history. You don’t go there for the viewing experience, you go there for the atmospheric experi ence.” Glading said he played St Andrews once many years ago with his father Bob when he was very young and first went to Europe.

“It was a trip that was planned at short notice. With my new role with the PGA (Professional Golfers’ Asso ciation), New Zealand Golf chief ex ecutive Dean Murphy was the driver behind it. As you know we have been in discussions with Golf New Zealand over many months bringing about this structural change for Golf New Zealand and the PGA. So Dean felt NZ needed to be represented at the global PGA alliance meeting.

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The world amateur golf ranking, which is supported by Rolex, was established in 2007 when the men’s ranking was launched.

Japanese golfer first to top male amateur ranking twice Keita Nakajima of Japan who is the first to twice win the Mark McCormack Medal. Photo credit: The R&A.

“I appreciate the opportunities I have been given thanks to the medal. I hope I have created a pathway for not only Japa nese players but all Asia-Pacific players to pursue the dream they have.” Nakajima finished 41st in the PGA Tour’s 2022 Sony Open in Hawaii at 10 under par and was 28th in last year’s Zozo Champion ship. In 2021, he won the Japan Golf Tour’s Panasonic Open and captured the Japan Amateur Championship by three strokes, which included a second-round 63. The R&A and the USGA jointly award the McCormack Medal each year. It is named after Mark H McCormack, who founded sports marketing company IMG and was a great supporter of amateur golf.

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Previous Winners Men: 2021 Keita Nakajima (Japan), 2020 Takumi Kanaya (Japan), 2019 Cole Hammer (USA), 2018 Bra den Thornberry (USA), 2017 Joaquin Niemann (Chile), 2016 Maverick McNealy (USA), 2015 Jon Rahm (Spain), 2014 Oliver Schniederjans (USA), 2013 Matthew Fitzpat rick (England), 2012 Chris Williams (USA), 2011 Patrick Cantlay (USA), 2010 Peter Uihlein (USA), 2009 Nick Tay lor (Canada), 2008 Danny Lee (New Zealand), 2007 Colt KnostWomen:(USA).2022, 2021, 2020 Rose Zhang (USA), 2019 An drea Lee (USA), 2018 Jennifer Kupcho (USA), 2017, 2016, 2015 Leona Maguire (Ireland), 2014 Minjee Lee (Austra lia), 2013, 2012, 2011 Lydia Ko (New Zealand).

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The two destinations have highly contrasting golfing history. Moroc co, with its rich golfing pedigree, has been a regular fixture on the global golfing calendar over the past two de cades, hosting numerous international events.Onthe other hand, Egypt is a rela tively new market for professional golf with the International Series set to be the largest golf event ever staged in the country.The International Series was launched this year thanks to a new landmark partnership between the Asian Tour and LIV Golf to invigorate the game in Asia and the Middle East.

The world amateur golf ranking was established in 2007 when the men’s ranking was launched. The men’s ranking encompasses nearly 3300 counting events, ranking 4629 players from 110 countries. The wom en’s ranking was launched in 2011 and has a calendar of around 2300 counting events with more than 2867 ranked players from 88 countries.

The R&A and the United States Golf Association jointly award the McCormack Medal annually. It is named af ter Mark H McCormack, who founded sports marketing company IMG and was a great supporter of amateur golf.

After securing a tied-12th finish at the Augusta Nation al Women’s Amateur Championship, Zhang went on to win the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1 Women’s Championship by three shots. On the day of her 19th birthday, she received the Annika Award for best women’s college golfer of the year. She then clinched Stanford’s second NCAA team title by win ning the final match. Zhang played a leading role in the American team’s victory over Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup at Merion, winning two of her four matches.

“This has been an unprecedented season and we are delighted to be able to announce exciting news about the Asian Tour’s first visit to north Africa,” said Cho Minn Thant, commissioner and chief executive of the Asian Tour.

Rose Zhang of the United States has won the Mark H McCormack Medal as the leading women’s player in the 2022 world amateur golf ranking. This is Zhang’s third consecutive McCormack Medal, emulating previous three-time medallists Leona Magu ire from Ireland and Lydia Ko from New Zealand. It is her 101st consecutive week at number one, leaving her behind only Maguire at 135 weeks and Ko at 130 in the overall record.

Zhang enjoyed another year of outstanding golf, winning her first three collegiate starts in her Stanford freshman year at the Molly Collegiate Invitational, the Windy City Collegiate Classic and the Stanford Intercol legiate. She became the first Stanford player — male or female — to win her first three collegiate starts and did not finish out of the top 10 in her first seven starts.

Asian Tour expands to Morocco and Egypt

The additions of two more Interna tional Series events means this year’s Asian Tour schedule is on target to of fer at least 20 events.

LIV Gold chief executive Greg Nor man said: “LIV Golf’s investment in the Asian Tour through The International Series is already delivering new oppor tunities for golfers from all over the world. These events are enhancing the player experience, creating pathways for career development and reinforc ing golf’s growth on a global scale.”

The Asian Tour season is due to be completed in December with several additional events still to be announced.

Zhang also performed well in her major champion ship appearances, winning the Smyth Salver as the lead ing amateur at the Women’s Open at Muirfield in Scot land, finishing 40th in the US Women’s Open and 65th at the Evian Championship in France. Zhang said: “My amateur career continues to be in credibly rewarding and humbling. To be named the Mc Cormack Medal recipient for the third time is a testa ment to the work I’ve put in and the support of those around me. This caps an incredible year and motivates me even further for the season ahead.”

Professor Steve Otto, chief technology officer at The R&A, said: “Rose has performed to an extremely high level over the last three years and consistently demon strated just how talented she is as a golfer. I congrat ulate Rose on the remarkable achievement of winning the McCormack Medal for the third consecutive year. She has made a substantial contribution to amateur golf around the world and thoroughly deserves this recogni tion. We look forward to seeing her success continue.”

The Asian Tour’s ground-breaking International Series gathers fur ther momentum with two more tournaments added to the schedule, in two of the most exciting and exotic destinations it has ever visited, Moroc co and Egypt.

“The International Series Morocco and International Series Egypt are two spectacular additions to our schedule that will provide our members with a unique opportunity to compete some where new while allowing the tour to broaden its reach.”

The tour will first travel to the Inter national Series Morocco, to be played at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, in Rabat, from November 3-6, before going on to the International Series Egypt at Ma dinaty Golf Club, in Cairo, from Novem ber 10-13. Both events will boast prizemoney of $US1.5 million and play a key role in determining the Asian Tour order of merit champion, as well as the Interna tional Series money list winner.

The survey results from nearly 1600 golf course su perintendents were collected and independently anal ysed by scientists Travis Shaddox and J Bryan Unruh and the National Golf Foundation (NGF), which published the findings for peer review before making the informa tion public.

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Golf course superintendents have also increased the use of best management practices that can lead to re ductions in water usage. These practices such as keep ing turf drier, pruning tree roots, changing to a more drought-tolerant turfgrass, mulching landscape beds and increasing no-mow acres were significantly associ ated with reductions in applied water.

While in Northland at Waitangi re cently the opportunity for an up date with Pieter Zwart was too good to pass up. Zwart, now head professional at Waitangi Golf Club, finished his appren ticeship with Alex Bonnington in Novem ber, 2020. It took nearly four years. “So this is my first year with the pro shop business. I have been here near ly six years. Prior to that it was in the Hawke’s Bay.” Have there been any changes since your appointment? “We have already made some improve ments. We have added some technol ogy and now have an indoor simulator. Taylor Gill is with us in his second year as a professional and has been here five months.” Zwart spoke about an exciting event for club professionals. “There is a club pro fessionals’ New Zealand team going to compete in a Four Nations Cup in South Africa in September. The team is myself, Brad Shilton, Dongwoo Kang and Jared Pender. The other teams are Canada, South Africa and Australia. It is a PGA event. It was supposed to happen in 2020 but covid stopped it.” Have you played any local events re cently? “I have been able to play five pro events in recent times and finished top five in all with a couple of seconds.” We asked what effect covid has had on the club. “Waitangi has around 360 members which has been fairly stable. We are trying to stimulate junior mem bership. We have a few come on a Friday afternoon. However we are working with other clubs as well. Kerikeri have 25 or so juniors. Whangaroa is another one. We want to initiate a Bay of Islands academy from Waitangi north with a membership to a junior programme, similar to the Wakatipu Junior Club template. We have a few people here who are keen on grow ing the game. There is a lot of potential for growth. We just need the right people in the right areas.” Golf courses in the United States used 29 percent less water in 2020, compared with usage in 2005, according to recently released survey data. The 2021 survey was conducted by the Golf Course Superintendents’ Association of America (GCSAA) and funded by the GCSAA Foundation as part of its golf course environmental profile programme, which began in The2005.report found that US golf facilities applied approx imately 1.68 million acre-feet of water in 2020, a 29 per cent reduction since 2005. Two-thirds of the reduction was likely a result of operational golf facilities applying water more efficiently.

Waitangi: Pieter Zwart busy pro

“Data from the 2021 water use benchmarking survey shows that golf course superintendents continue to reduce water use at their facilities. The survey results indicate a 9% reduction in applied water since 2013, to taling a 29 percent reduction since the inaugural survey was conducted,” Unruh said. “Similarly, the median acrefeet per acre, a measure of water use efficiency, has im proved by 23 percent since 2005.”

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The most common sources of water, according to the report, were wells (32 percent) and lakes and ponds (23 percent). Less water was applied in 2020 from each wa ter source than in 2005 except for recycled water, which accounted for 21 percent of water applied.

Golf courses applying water more efficiently, according to US

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“The balance of the Ben Hogan busi ness in apparel continues to grow in consumer appeal while flourishing and remaining one of the most successful and recognisable brands within our golf portfolio and retail distribution. We will endeavour to assist with customer enqui ries regarding this announcement.”

Soon after Troon North opened in 1990 to rave re views, Garmany’s payroll company quickly grew into something much bigger and the modern-day golf man agement company was born.

Thegrowth.brand, which was bought out of receivership in 2015 by majority share holder ExWorksCapital, turned to a di rect-to-consumer business model in 2017 and enjoyed its best year of trading in 2021. However, that failed to secure the com pany’s future and its board filed for bank ruptcy protection in the United States in March. The company officially shut down on July 22. Ben Hogan golf equipment chief exec utive Scott White said: “I am very proud of what we accomplished at the company over the last few years. “We had a great team and produced some excellent products that we think would have made Mr Hogan proud. But we were simply under-funded and couldn’t pursue a lot of the more expen sive initiatives that would have accelerat ed our growth.” Ben Hogan products were licensed to Perry Ellis International (PEI), whose chairman George Feldenkreis, said: “We are grateful for our partnership with the Ben Hogan Golf Equipment Company, which had a premier reputation known for producing performance, quality and technologically advanced golf clubs and accessories. “Wekindly request your patience, as we seek a new licensee for this golf equipment product category. We are already exploring options for a new club-manufacturing partner while explor ing the current market for future oppor tunities. I would also like to assure you that this decision has no impact on exist ing apparel products or other golf brands produced by Perry Ellis International or our other licensees.”

* Capital Canyon Club in Prescott, Arizona

* Pinnacle at Troon North Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ari zona

* Monument at Troon North Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ar izona

* La Cantera Golf Club in San Antonio, Texas

Ben Hogan Golf Equipment Company was founded by golf legend Ben Hogan in 1953 and grew throughout the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s to become one of the most successful equipment brands in the game.

Fourteen-year-old wins

Ni, who was 14 years, 11 months and six days old, bet tered the previous mark set by Zhang Yahui last October when she won as a 15-year-old.

Ben Hogan golf equipment brand closes Tom Weiskopf dies at age 79

Oscar Feldenkreis, chief executive and president of PEI, added: “We believe in the Ben Hogan brand, and with sound con viction we will conduct business as usual.

The golfing world has lost an icon and true gentle man with the passing of Tom Weiskopf. The winner of 28 tournaments during an illustri ous playing career highlighted by victory in The Open Championship at Royal Troon in 1973 and four run ner-up finishes at The Masters, Weiskopf died on August 20 at the age of 79. The American was a prolific golf course designer/ co-designer, responsible for 70-plus courses around the world. Included among them was Loch Lomond Golf Club in Scotland, The Dunes at Shenzhou Peninsula on Hainan Island in China and Troon’s flagship facility, Troon North Golf Club (with Jay Morrish) in Scottsdale, Arizona.Troon Executive chairman and founder Dana Garma ny said: “The industry has lost one of its best with the passing of Tom Weiskopf, and Troon has lost a dear friend. “Ron Despain, Jeff Spangler and I have countless memories of travel while working on various projects with Tom. His family is in our thoughts during this dif ficultWeiskopftime.’’ played a significant role in the creation and subsequent growth of Troon. In the late 1980s, Weis kopf, Morrish, Garmany, developer Jerry Nelson and his Japanese partners aligned to build Troon North Golf Club.The project was the impetus for Garmany to trade mark the Troon Golf name for the purpose of creating a company that could handle payroll for the Japanese partners and protect them from any management risks.

Golf equipment brand Ben Hogan has closed after its owners cited the impact of the coronavirus pan demic and a lack of capital to invest in fu ture

* The Ocean Club in Paradise Island, Bahamas

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“I knew that Zhang Yahui was the youngest winner,’’ Ni said afterwards. “My goal was to become the youngest winner and break her record. I am happy that I made it today.”

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Ni, who began the week in 253rd place in the world amateur golf rankings, added: “This was my second start on the CLPGA Tour. I felt very tight during my first start in Beijing last year and didn’t have my best stuff. Since then, I have played many CLPGQ Tour events which was helpful in terms of experience.’’

A14-year-old has become the youngest winner on the China LPGA Tour. Ni Zixin completed a wire-to-wire victory in a tournament in Shandong province last month with a score of one under par 212 for three rounds.

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The new facility will feature a range of introductory golf formats including a twist on pitch and putt, adventure golf and community putting greens plus a double decker floodlit driving range and a new look nine-hole course for all the family to play. These will sit alongside other attractions and activi ties such as paddle tennis courts, na ture trails, bike hire and street foodstyle dining and drinks’ area.

The state-of-the-art development is set to create more than 100 jobs and offer a range of apprenticeships that will boost employment opportunities for those living locally.

* A short game area with three adven ture golf courses, Park Golf pitch and putt and a family putting green for people of all ages to enjoy.

* A 55-bay floodlit double-decker Top Tracer driving range, including be spoke family bays and simulators.

* Seven Lochs Visitor Centre with na ture trails that link to Scotland’s larg est urban nature park.

* Street Food by The Big Feed.

* Free bike access in partnership with St Paul’s Youth Forum.

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* Golf It! booking and business solu tions powered by Sweetspot.

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* Three paddle tennis courts by Game 4Padel.

* Fit, Build, Play retail area by Scotts dale Golf.

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The vast new indoor and outdoor at traction is a new innovation and marks a significant financial investment by The R&A towards its purpose of mak ing golf more accessible and inclusive.

* A golf equipment library with easy access to hire equipment for anyone who wants to try before they buy.

Martin Slumbers, chief executive of The R&A, said: “Golf It! is an ambitious project and fantastic opportunity for residents of Glasgow and visitors to the city to be introduced to the sport in a welcoming, inclusive and enjoyable environment.“Therange of features at Golf It! makes this a destination like no other. We want this to be a place where ev eryone from this great city and further afield can feel at home. “Golf It! will enable people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds to be a part of a community-driven facility that lev els the playing field and provides new pathways into golf. “It marks a significant commitment by The R&A to re-establish the sport’s roots in the heart of Scotland and take golf into communities that may never have seen it as a viable, family-friendly activity before. In that regard, we want Golf It! to be an exemplar format for working hand-in-hand with the com munities it serves. We are excited about getting the facility ready for its opening next (northern hemisphere) summer.” The facility will include something for everyone new to the sport as well as those golfers who already play. The new nine-hole course will incorporate four sets of tees and an integrated ‘Go Golf It!’ par-three tee position on each hole to encourage people of all abilities to play. Other features include:

The R&A has revealed the name of its brand new golf concept that will open in Scotland next year. Golf It! will be its new communi ty-based golf and entertainment facil ity located on the south bank of Hog ganfield Loch in Glasgow following the redevelopment of Lethamhill golf course.

* A community orchard and gardens.

* A long-term education programme across Glasgow with the aim of pro viding in-curriculum golf experiences to 42,000 children across the city.

* Early Years Nursery operated by Lul laby Lane.

The sport of XDL is about to get more exciting for players all over the world. IGANZ has been investing in the sport of BIG Drivers since 2016. With 7 countries already landmarked with IG ANZ XDL events and the future only looks brighter. By the end of 2023 there will be associates all around the world ready to fly the IGANZ XDL flag high to grow the sports league. IGANZ sponsor (New Horizon Construction) has been a pillar of support especially during the pandem ic. “JP Liebenburg is like gold to our sport and to me personally”, says Olna Ford, CEO of IGANZ. Olna and JP are sending 9 players from the pacific going to Thai land to compete this September at the Asia Long Drive Championship - Phuket. IGANZ and New Horizon Construction are going for Gold in 2023 with plans to get the sport of XDL seen in every region of New Zealand and Australia. The sport hasn’t got it’s own environment hence the plans to build these. IGANZ has made impact on the sport of Long Drive since 2016 and with the recognition from sports authorities in 2020 for the success of claiming a high performance sport, IG ANZ is motivated to establish the Home of XDL Champions that will be the cat alyst of rapid global expansion for the sport and has international interest to design and build the first of many. With software launching worldwide in Decem ber, IGANZ feels in full swing and with 8 events still yet to host the remainder of 2022 provides a full calendar for players. Clubs all around the pacific will have the opportunity to host their own XDL event and qualify for major internation al events. New Horizon Construction is at the forefront of IGANZ activities and the national teams of Xtreme Drivers League. Go to www.iganz.co.nz to keep up with events, media and opportunities to work in the sport in 2023. The hard hitting sport of Xtreme Drivers League, is officially rec ognised as high-performance sport (not golf) and in 2020 during the pandemic IGANZ (International Golf Associates New Zealand) was congratulated for the dedication and investment made to Long Drive (amatuer division) and Xtreme Driv ers League (professional division) and is now listed as National Sports Organisation. The founder and pri vate investor of XDL, Olna Ford has been focused on getting the sport of big drivers to be independent from Golf since 2016. With 30 events in 7 countries, two national teams and the largest purse paid out in the sports history, one can say that ded ication is paying off. When the pan demic caused chaos, the home golf clubs for XDL National events were hit hard with loss of sponsors and with this Olna decided to become a major sponsor & gold sponsor to both her North Island and South Island Clubs (PGA events). This Oc tober will be the 3rd year of major sponsorship to support the clubs that Olna feels gives support to her and the sport of XDL. The pros love smashing it out and one things for sure the Long Ball is the talk around the table at the 19th hole. XDL growth and major sponsorship plans for the Pacific Region in 2023.

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After the morning round, we had just 3 players under par. Ben Westgate from Wainui, was in for lunch with the best score of 67, a two shot lead over Scott Robertson also from Wainui with a 69 and Matthew Cormack sitting with a 1 un der, 70 round. The afternoon 9 holes was a sprint to the finish! Scoring the best af ternoon round was Jordan Rangihika who climbed the leaderboard finishing with scores of 40, 33, 33 for a 106 total and 5 shots back from our overall winner, Ben Westgate who carded 33, 34, 34 gross score of 101!

The annual Waikato Men’s Masters Championship was held on Saturday 6th August at the Waikare Golf Club. The en tries received for this Year’s event, which exceeded all expectations! Subsequently, the decision was made to except all en tries and cut back to 27-Holes. The forecast predicted early fog and that is exactly what we had. We had to delay starting for 30 minutes so the deci sion to cut the event to 27 holes was defi nitely the right call.

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WWW. GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ28 September 2022 NORTH HARBOUR NORTH HARBOUR STROKEPLAY 2022 CHAMPIONS The 2022 North Harbour Strokeplay Championship was played recently. Zack Swanwick - Gross 135 (R1 65, R2 65) Jessica Green - Gross 144 (R1 75, R2 69) playoff winner COVICAUCKLANDWAIUKU REPORT 16 AUGUST 2022

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Shield and Plate results are: SHIELD TEAMS 1st Waiuku 137points 2nd Wattle Downs 129 points 3rd Maramarua 121 points 4th= Huntly-Waiterimu 116 points 4th= Awhitu 116points PLATE TEAMS 1st COVIC Extras 134 points 2nd Clarks Beach 130 points 3rd= Pukekohe 125 points 3rd= Onewhero 125 points 5th Hauraki 122 points POINTS STANDINGS (after Round 1): 4=321Shield:Waiuku;WattleDowns;Maramarua;Huntly-Waiterimu; 4= Awhitu. Plate: 1 COVIC Extras; 2 Clarks Beach; 3= Pukekohe; 3= Onewhero; 5 Hauraki. THEWAIKATOANNUAL

A great day of COVIC golf at Waiuku to day with the threatening rain staying away. Colin Bava of Pukekohe (photo) claimed the Claret Jacket with a strong 38 points first place on a tough playing course, indi cated by the fact that lucky prizewinners went all the way down to 29 points. The Challenge Gold Cup host club Waiuku beat holders Hauraki 39.5 to 32.5 points. And will now defend the Cup against Onewhero at Onewhero in the Fi nals Round 2 day on Friday 2nd Septem ber 2022. a Card Audit Finals 1 WAIKATO MEN’S MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP

In the Under 14 Girls division, Tere sa Wang from North Shore shot a tworound score of 7 over par, 151 to best our last years winner Grace Kim by 6 shots. Our third place winner on countback at 157 was Hope Wang from Whitford Park. In the U14 Boys, Samuel Ding played two solid rounds with scores of 73 and 72 to finish 1 over for the tourna ment and winning over Ishaan Shah from Remuera who finished with 147. Oliver Kiing was another 2 shots back in third place. In the U16 Girls was a tight finish but it was Chloe Lam from Remuera who just managed to hold on to her lead after shooting rounds of 73 and 81 to finished at 154, a 1 shot win over Emma Zheng who finished 155. Hunter Edwards as another 2 shots back in third place. The U16 Boys with 27 in this division was a battle from the beginning. Ryan Xie, from Remuera kept his composure and shot rounds of 71, 68 to take the win

The veteran members of todays ten COVIC clubs and their respective clubs, have a lot to say THANK YOU for, about his example of personal volunteerism and the revenue generation from which they alone benefit. If you knew the Cor poral, then it is time to be upstanding in his memory. As Graham Jones was known to say when he wanted to be heard… AT TENTION!

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WWW. GOLFERPACIFIC.CO.NZ 29September 2022 GRAHAM (CORPORAL) JONES RIP Golf turns up its fair share of great characters and its good when one of them takes up the leadership reigns for organising large groups of likeminded golfing fanatics. Graham Jones, common ly referred to as Corporal Jones, was one such fellow. So full of fun, frivolity and dear I say ‘much enjoyable mischief’. He made everyone around him feel im portant and wanted. Towering over most at 6 foot plus, he was not hard to find in a crowd and his voice made him easy to hear when he spoke in public. Those 9.15am pre-start welcomes at COVIC (Counties-Manukau Veterans Inter-club Community) golf events, will be long re membered by those who played under Graham’s watch. He epitomised what golf should be about ‘Try hard but always be of good cheer’. COVIC has been active since the early 1990’s conceived by Graham Jackson of Clarks Beach Golf Club through his con tacts with Vets players through several Franklin District Region Clubs. Jacko last ed for a decade or so at the COVIC helm, before passing the reigns over to Clarks Beach and Pukekohe regular Graham Jones for the second decade. In that time participating clubs grew to ten and reg ular player numbers at events grew to eighty and sometimes one hundred. Under Jones’ Convening an estimated 10,000 rounds of golf were played. Tra ditions like awarding the Claret Jacket to the most deserving (not necessarily the best) player of the day, were intro duced. His last initiative was to introduce the annual Jackson Jones Justices Cup, a midwinter Ambrose threesomes event in recognition of Jacko and his Convenor efforts of over twenty years. With both Graham’s having now passed on to that heavenly nineteenth hole, this event will become a deserving annual memorial of their memory, vision and hard work on behalf of others.

The 2022 Waikato Age Group Champi onships were held on the 18th and 19th of July at Cambridge Golf Club. This tour nament is run across 36 holes over two days and is split into three age groups, Under 14 Boys and Girls, Under 16 Boys and Girls, and Under 19 Boys and Girls.

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WWW.September 2022 4 shots clear of the closest competition, Robby Turnball, who put in a fine effort with scores of 68 and 75 to take second place and Hunter Ussher from Whan gamata was our third place finisher at 145. The U19 Girls division was lead by Amy Han with scores of 74, 74 to finish 3 shots clear of Suwanna McPhee from Cam bridge. Rebekah Blackwell-Chin from Remuera finished in third place with a to tal score 153, 5 shots off the lead. The U19 Boys division started with a bang! Nathan Clark from Tauranga set the course on fire with a round of 62, 10 under that had the whole clubhouse in awe! It was starting day two where the competition really started to heat up. Jordan Jones from Pakaurang was 8 shots behind Clark starting the day however he pulled out some magic tricks and shot 64, total score of 134 and had a long wait to see where he’d finish. Clark managed to finish -1, 71 for a total score 133 and winning by 1 shot. Our third place went to Shinju Aoki from North Shore with two solid rounds of 69, 69.

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NIGHTCAPS GC SECURE LAING SHIELD WITH 62 WINS - 6 YEAR REIGN Southland ‘s Night caps have beaten Queens Park Golf Club recently 6 - 0 to have the record for the most wins of the Laing Shield with 62 wins. below of players that have played in the team over the 6 years from left to right Row Murray, Alan Roberts, Pethric, Clark

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The winners of the 45th Fiordland Golf Classic 2022 sponsored by Ray White Te Anau, Shannon Robinson and Harry Swain from Gore. Despite some very challenging weath er, the 45th Fiordland Classic was again a social golfing occasion not to be missed.

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