Seven-year-old Leo became the youngest golfer to make a hole-in-one at Tauranga Golf Club in January – less than four months after his older brother Benson scored his first one at age 9.Benson said since then golf had been going…
Craig Parry with the trophy he picked up after winning the 2002 NZ Open. Picture / Mark MitchellEverybody calls it the Tiger Woods Open, the 2002 New Zealand Open at Paraparaumu, which starred the world’s No 1 player and generated…
Donald Trump’s Doral course is set to host a LIV Golf event on April 4-6, the week before the Masters. Photo / AFP US PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and Adam Scott have implored President Donald Trump to help complete…
Stuart Jones competes in the 1974 Fiji Open. And what about the floppy hats.New Zealand’s greatest amateur golfer of the past 50 years has just turned 80 after establishing a career record that is highly unlikely to be matched. Stuart…
“It was kind of a perfect excuse to take a bit of time off and get that sorted, but also just be able to refresh and reset and as you said, you hang out with friends and family and catch…
Michael Hendry. Photo / SuppliedNorth Harbour golfer Michael Hendry has had a couple of terrific years, the highlight being victory in the Indonesia Open in July 2010. The 32-year-old once despaired of his golf career, but rose to the top…
New Zealand have struck a new golden mark at the Paris Olympics reaching nine gold medals – the nation’s most at a single Games.With Dame Lisa Carrington’s success in the K1 500m, Lydia Ko’s performance in women’s golf, and Hamish…
Anthony Doyle. Photo / Getty ImagesAnthony Doyle was in a class of his own to claim back-to-back victories at the Shirley Open golf tournament in Christchurch yesterday. Doyle, the Christchurch Golf Club professional who rarely plays tournament golf, fired a…
Brett Wetterich. Photo / ReutersAt the end of a cold and brutal day at Augusta National, an American with a New Zealand caddy and a South African with an American education lead the 71st Masters on the extraordinarily high score…
The country has the second-highest number of courses in the world, per capita, behind Scotland (where the game began) and golf is now the number one participation sport in the country. The year-on-year growth is only a good thing for…