“I hit down the right-hand side of the fairway and got a nice run right of the bunker. Then I struck a 5-iron into the front flag six feet past the hole to the right.“It was nice to keep momentum…
Steve Alker ahead of the NZ Open at Millbrook Resort, Queenstown. Photo / PhotosportKiwi Steven Alker is feeling “some good vibes” as he tries to capture a title he craves but has so far proved to be elusive – the…
Jones detonated a monster fade on the 463m par-5 first hole.“That’s further than I go on holiday,” he confided to a mate. Mind you, who would want to go far if you lived in the Queenstown-Lakes District?Fans, most bedecked in…
The previous local champion before Hendry was Mahal Pearce in 2003.Hendry says the best thing about what he considered an ordinary round was the score.“Everything else was pretty crap, to be honest. It’s always tough starting up on the hill…
Ko sat in a three-way tie for the lead walking up the 18th and then birdied the final hole to move to seven-under. She then had to wait 34 minutes. Behind her was the world number one Nelly Korda and…
Dame Lydia Ko. Photo / Getty ImagesDame Lydia Ko is by every metric one of the greatest women’s golfers in history and therefore one of the sport’s top earners.The 27-year-old Aucklander is ranked as the No 2 player in the…
“On the last, the leaderboard’s all there and I saw we were one shot away from the Rippers,” Campbell said. ”I knew if I holed it we’d move into tied second, so yeah, I knew the putt was a good…
The Queenstown resident carded a bogey-free four-under 67 to sit in a nine-way tie for 15th in his first tournament since joining the tour fulltime, six shots behind leader Adrian Meronk.Also making her debut start as a full member on…
Ryan Fox tees off on the eighth hole on day one of the Hero Dubai Desert Classic at Emirates Golf Club. Photo / Getty ImagesKiwi golfers practice to the Dubai Desert Classic, the first big tournament of the DP World…
“People have admitted to me they watched the fifth round thinking they’d be polite, but then I kept going. I was getting messages saying, ‘Matt, I’ve got work tomorrow, stop winning,” Ansley said.In the final putt, Ansley and his competitor…