Their 3 and 2 defeat of Paul Rickard and Brad Morgan in the handicap matchplay final came eight years after they first won it.Before Sunday’s final, only five pairs in the cup’s 74-year history had been able to do it…

Grant has had a couple of full rounds this year, but the previous one, according to the Golf New Zealand handicap website, was in 2006.But they have been oiling the swings over nine holes in recent years and while age…

Their 17th-hole win was a decent notch in the belt. “Haks” is a hardened match-player, who has now professional David Smail among his Poverty Bay-East Coast representative day scalps, while leftie Ball’s game usually personifies rock-solid.Allan and Shaw booked themselves…