McIlroy and American Jimmy Dunne, who helped broker the PGA Tour’s deal with the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, took on Fox and Jim Rohrstaff, the managing director at Te Arai Links, with the four-time major winner and multiple Ryder…
As mid-to-high handicappers, we were challenged at times – especially on tricky par-threes like the 96m fifth hole. However, things started to click on the back nine, where the course seemed to open up a bit and invite more aggressive…
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…
Hole 1 – Par 4, 364mTalk me through the initial phone call to Ryan Fox ahead of the first event?“I actually saw the success of a concept like the Black Clash a few years ago and then thought there’s got…
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…
“But, where we’re at at the moment is probably as good as I could have hoped to have been at this point.”Hendry’s most recent bone marrow biopsy before Christmas showed that there were zero signs of leukaemia.“That’s basically the first…
You don’t want to know this but all that money you’ve spent on golf equipment in the last few years has not improved your game. Don’t feel bad. Nobody else, at least in the USA and New Zealand, has been…
“Just a couple of solid weeks in the next three or four weeks would lock up my card for next year. To be honest, there’s not a whole lot of difference between finishing 85 and 115 on the FedEx Cup…
Then all of a sudden, a switch flicked, including a birdie and three pars, as Tietjen and Pat Hokianga gave Jason Phillips and Pat Molloy a 5 and 3 towelling in their four-ball haggle before walking to the sixth green…
A Tara Iti spokesman said 11th place topped anything a New Zealand course had received. Tara Iti north of Auckland.”This is by far the highest rating ever achieved by a New Zealand golf course. It is also the highest ranked…