Daniel Hillier. Photo: Photosport New Zealand golfer Daniel Hillier’s emotions were “bittersweet” after finishing a narrow runner-up at the rich Dubai Desert Classic. Hillier pocketed $1.8 million for finishing second behind England’s Tyrrell Hatton at the World Tour event, with…
By Becca Milfeld, AFP US President-elect Donald Trump. Photo: CHIP SOMODEVILLA / Getty Images via AFP Every four years America’s president is sworn in on Inauguration Day, whether newly elected or returning to office, in a long-established ceremony held amid…
US President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump watch fireworks during a reception in his honour at Trump National Golf Club, Washington DC 18 January 2025. Photo: AFP / Alex Brandon President-elect Donald Trump arrived in the Washington area…
New Zealand golfer Daniel Hillier Photo: PHOTOSPORT New Zealand golfer Daniel Hillier has grabbed the lead after the third round of the $16 million Dubai Desert Classic. Hillier started the day a shot off the lead but after a scintillating…
Rory McIlroy Photo: PHOTOSPORT The war of words between Greg Norman and Rory McIlroy is as good as done. Although the ongoing negotiations between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf on their “framework agreement” have made little apparent progress, there…
Photo: AFP/PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU Olympic gold medalist Lydia Ko has once again found herself near the top of the leaderboard at the Women’s Scottish Open. The New Zealand golfer recorded four birdies and a bogey, turning in back-to-back 69s at the…
The Reading Cinemas building on Courtenay Place in Wellington in April 2020, when it had already been closed for about a year after being deemed earthquake prone. Photo: CC 4.0 BY-SA / Tom Ackroyd Wellingtonians are hopeful the future redevelopment…
In 2024, Dame Lydia won Olympic gold, the British Open and was inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame. Photo: photosport Golf star Lydia Ko, 27, is believed to have become the youngest-ever Dame in the modern Commonwealth, capping an…
New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko competes at the Evian Championship 2024. Photo: AFP Not even a gold medal is likely to persuade Lydia Ko to get another tattoo. Ko is preparing herself for her third Olympic golf tournament in Paris…
A camper living at the abandoned Gulf Harbour Country Club has threatened visitors with a weapon, locals say, but the men camping there say it is them that are being harassed. The property on the Hibiscus Coast was formerly a…