$5,000 Skins Match with Luke Kwon, Taco, Sam and Tooms (Millbrook Resort) today choppers I’m at the beautiful Milbrook Golf Course in Queenstown and today we are playing for the first ever Ron Chopper Skins match thanks to Ripper Grips…
“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…
He carded four birdies and a bogey across the opening five holes before going even par across the next six.Then came the piece de resistance: a third eagle in as many rounds, this time the 308m 12th, as part of…
He missed a birdie putt in front of the 19th hole VIP hospitality to seal the mark on his own.Koh’s resolve was as hard as the schist surrounding him throughout, trumping the earlier foray of Australian James Marchesani who carded…
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 champagne was sprayed liberally by mates who stormed the green before he was cloaked in the tournament’s kōrowai.Peake’s blinder came under hyperbaric pressure after taking the lead for the first time on the 67th hole – he went 55…
Benefits would see the budgeted revenue boosted by more paying amateurs. There are currently 156, about half of whom are paid for by sponsors and half who contribute $20,000 + GST for places in the pro-am. Participants might also enjoy…
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…
In stark contrast to the first two rounds, conditions were benign and the scoring reflected that.Herbert may well be the favourite to win his second tournament of the year after already capturing one of the biggest tournaments on the European…
“I’m absolutely stoked to be returning to Queenstown for the New Zealand Open,” Herbert said. “It’s one of the most beautiful places I’ve played and since I last played at Millbrook Resort, all I keep hearing is how the tournament…