Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) is pleased to announce the return of an environmentally friendly vegetation control system: a herd of goats which are temporarily taking up residence at Eastmoreland Golf Course, part of the five courses in the Portland Parks…
Viv Bell and Janet Muir will decide the intermediate title while Vonnie Fletcher and Jean Clayton are the junior finalists.Sue McLoughlin beat Suzy Gardner 1-up in the 9-holers’ final.What goes up … Tell that to Matt Henwood’s ball, which went…
Hukanui Brown, looking to increase his consecutive run of senior men’s crowns to seven, was equal-top with Shayde Skudder. Both men carded 1-over 71s.John Tietjen shot 97 to head the endeavour men.Shelley Robertson’s 92 was best of the senior women,…
Reigning champion William Brown crushed the hopes of the Tahi’s Hukanui Brown 8 and 6 in the championship decider, but Regan Hindmarsh flew the flag high in the Cook Handicap second 16.Hindmarsh defeated Selwyn Lloyd, one of a group of…
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…
Butler was left in awe of Jenkins, who ended up signing for a 3-over 75 off a 10-handicap after winning 3 and 2 on a demanding blue championship tee Awapuni Links course.There was reference to “a fine wine” when it…
Results-wise, the team honours went to Ururangi, comprising Patutahi men’s club captain George Brown, Jace Brown, Naomi Whitewood and Ron Reedy.Men’s course record-holder Hukanui Brown was 5-under the card after five holes, including an eagle-2 on the fifth hole, before…
Clark, off an eyebrow-raising 12 – a reflection of the little golf he has played in recent years – fired 78 off the stick, including pitching in for birdie on the 18th in front of the 19th-hole gallery.He had eight…
Here’s a selection of top courses and off-course attractions in five coastal regions of the British Isles (which includes the islands of Great Britain and Ireland). ENGLAND Cornwall’s Atlantic Coast The beautiful Cornish coastline, particularly the 74km stretch between the…
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…